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UNIT 12 INNOVATION(二)
1．With new advances in AI and autonomous(adj.自动的) driverless cars and trains，it makes
sense(讲得通；有意义)that this mode of transportation could be expanded(vt.扩展) to buses，
too.(it作形式主语，真正的主语为that从句)
2．While the buses are autonomous，fully self-driving vehicles are not currently(adv.当前；现
时) permitted(vt.允许；准许) in the UK so a driver has to be onboard at all times.
permit sb to do sth允许某人做某事
permit doing sth允许做某事
permission n.[U] 允许；许可
without permission 未经允许
3．The vehicles are required[v.(尤指根据法律)规定] to have a safety driver to monitor(vt.监
督) the technology and a bus captain that will help passengers board[v.上船(或火车、飞机、公
共汽车等)] and purchase(vt.买；购买) tickets.
require sb to do sth要求某人做某事
sth requires doing/to be done某事需要做
It is required that...should do sth要求……做某事
4．The driver can take control(控制；掌管) in case of(如果发生……) an emergency(n.突发事
件；紧急情况) situation.
in case以防万一
in any case 无论如何；总之
in no case 绝不置于句首，引起倒装
as is often the case 这是常有的事
5．And the vehicles use sensors to travel on specific(adj.确切的；特定的) routes and can reach
the top speed of 50 miles per hour.
6．It’s really exciting to see the innovative and ambitious(adj.有雄心的；有野心的) CAVForth
project take to the roads after all the hard work of the partner organizations involved in(与……有
关) bringing this world first to Scotland.
7．This project was one of six to receive funding(n.基金；专款)from a joint UK government and
industries undertaking(v.从事；承担) to speed up(加速；加快) the commercialization of self-driving technology，reported The Guardian.
at high/low/full/top speed 以高速/低速/全速/最高速
with all speed 以最快速度，开足马力地
at a speed of...以……速度
pick up/gather speed 加速
8．The government hopes the autonomous buses will be faster and more reliable(adj.可靠的；可
信赖的) to use than conventional(adj.传统的；习惯的) buses since 88% of road accidents are
caused by drivers’ errors.
9．Innovative(adj.革新的，创新的) firms embraced(v.欣然接受) new tech，but many less
adventurous(adj.富有冒险精神的) ones did not bother.
10．Although(引导让步状语从句) the internet began to be used by some companies in the early
1990s，it was not until the late 2000s that(“not...until...”的强调句，意为“直到……
才……”) two-thirds of American businesses had a website.
11．Some evidence even suggests that usage of ChatGPT and its competitors is falling—perhaps
as people have tried it out(测试；试验)，and then decided it is not for them.
12．Indeed，even the most powerful technologies take time(花费时间) to be adopted(vt.采用)，
because companies tend to(倾向于，往往) use a mix of software and services，some of which
may be years or even decades old.
13．We could not have felt more foreign(熟词生义：adj.陌生的；不熟悉的)．
否定词和形容词/副词比较级连用表达最高级的含义。
I haven’t seen a more interesting film before.,我之前没看过比这更有趣的电影。
I couldn’t agree with you more.非常赞同。
14．Legend has it that(传说) an emperor during the Yuan Dynasty occasionally hunted a wild
duck and then roasted it.
15．In this period，the method of cooking duck was to hang the duck from the ceiling of an
oven and roast it over burning wood(不定式短语作表语)．
