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1、UNIT14TechnologyWarmup-ThinkingabouttheTopicLookattheseimages.Talkaboutthemwithyourpartner.1WhatistheEnglishnameforeachitem?2Howaretheseitemschanging?3Whatwillhappentothewaytheseitemsworkinthefuture?Examples-TheTVmightshowmoviesfromtheinternet.Thefridgemightbeconnectedtothesuperm
2、arket.BeginningtoReadScanningtoFindSpecificWordsTechno-wizardryintheHomeATechno-wizardrysoundslikesomethingforthefuture,butactuallyhomeswithadvancedtechnologicalabilityarealreadyinexistence.Ifyouwantahomethatisnotonlyconvenientbutfarsaferthanaconventionalone,thenatechno-savvyhome
3、isforyou.Atechno-savvyhouseisbasicallyanetworkofappliances,lightswitchesandvariousassorteditemswhichintercommunicate,sothatthewholehouseoperatesalotmoreefficientlyandsmoothly.BCuttingedgetechnologyisbeingintegratedintohomeseverywhere.Insimpleterms,atechno-savvyhousehasa'brain'.Te
4、chno-savvysystemsrelyonacontrolpanel,switchesoratouchscreentoaccessthedesiredfunction.Theconnectionsaremadeusingcablingwithinwalls,ceilingsandunderfloorsofthehouse,oraninternalwirelesssystemoracombinationofbothofthese.7CInorderforthesystemtomeettheneedsofthehome'soccupants,itshou
5、ldnotbetoocomplex;itmustbebothconvenientandtimesaving.Thismeansthearchitect,developerandhomeownerhavetoco-planverycarefullyinordertoachieveatrulyintegrated,easy-to-usesystem.Anintegratedhousesystemoperatesandmanagesalltheelectricalequipmentinahometoincreasecomfort,flexibility,com
6、munication,safetyandsecurity,andalsotoreduceenergyconsumption.DAtechno-savvyhomecanhaveatremendousimpactontheoccupants'lives.Manychoresorjobscanbedonemoresimply,asitallowsallsortsofelectronicgadgetsandappliancestoperformavarietyoftasks.Forexample,analarmclockcanbeprogrammedtosend
7、amessagetothecoffeemakertobeginbrewingthemorningcoffee.Inanotherexample,therefrigeratorcansuggestwhatcouldbeeatenasasnackbasedonwhatithasinside.Itthencommunicateswiththemicrowaveoroventosuggestacookingtime.Itseemshardtobelievethatthesetypesofrefrigeratorsalreadyexist.Theycantalkt
8、otheInternetanddownloadrecipes;theycanev
