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选择性必修第四册
UNIT 10 CONNECTIONS(一)
1．The white traffic light would be equipped with(配备) wireless Bluetooth technology and
would engage when the number of autonomous vehicles driving on the road at any given time
exceeds a certain threshold(阈值)．
2．Any human drivers in the mix would be informed to follow the lead of(跟随……的示范) the
vehicle in front of them via the white light: stop if it stops，continue if it continues.
3．The higher the percentage of autonomous vehicles at an intersection，the faster(the＋比较
级．..，the＋比较级．..) the traffic moved，with improvements of about 40 to 99 percent in
terms of(就……而言)total delay reductions possible(with的复合结构)．
4．“The white light can be used to coordinate( 协调) traffic in any situation involving
autonomous vehicles (现在分词短语作后置定语) and tell human drivers what’s going on，so
that(引导结果状语从句) they know what(引导宾语从句) they are supposed to do(应该
做……) as(引导时间状语从句) they approach the intersection，” says...
5．As an example，most recently，Tesla’s problematic full-self-driving vehicles have been at
the forefront of(处于……的最前列) public criticism after a car crashed into a fire truck.
6．In conversations with strangers，people commonly tend to(倾向于) think they should speak
less than half the conversation time to be likable.
7．For example，a previous study randomly assigned one in a pair to take on(担任) the role of
“speaker” and the other to take on the role of “listener”．
8．Further，we assigned people to speak for up to 70% and even 90% of the time.The result
shows it is not an ideal strategy(理想的策略)．
9．Future research should figure out(理解，解决)whether our findings generalize to more natural
interactions.
10．Scientists have solved a puzzle(解决难题) about modern humans，after research showed
that a famous skull of a human ancestor found in South Africa is a million years older than experts
thought.
11．To get a more accurate age for Mrs Ples，a team led by Professor Darryl Granger of Purdue
University in Indiana，US，used a new method to date(熟词生义：vt.测定年代) the sandy rocks
where the skull lay.
12．This applies to(适用于)finances，food，clothes，possessions，use of common areas and so
on.13．You should talk about these kinds of things so that(引导目的状语从句)you know what to
expect from each other.
