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1、Unit2Book4TechnologyandHappiness1.Difficultsentences1)(LL24~25)Butit’sbeenleftlargelyunexaminedbyeconomistsandsocialscientists.Whatdoes“it”refertohere?(=Itreferstotherelationshipbetweenhappinessandtechnology.)Paraphrasethissentence.(=Buteconomistsandsocialscientistshavehardly

2、examinedtherelationshipbetweenhappinessandtechnologyatall.)2)(LL25~29)Thetrulygroundbreakingworkontherelationshipbetweenprosperityandwell-beingwasdonebytheeconomistRichardEasterlin,whoin1974wroteafamouspaperentitled“DoesEconomicGrowthImprovetheHumanLot?”Whatisthemeaningof“lot

3、”?(=Itmeansfortuneinlife.)Howisthepaperofgreatsignificance?(=Asaworkontherelationshipbetweenprosperityandwell-being,itisinnovative.)TranslatethissentenceintoChinese.(=经济学家理查德·伊斯特林在经济繁荣和幸福的关系方面进行了具有开拓性的研究，并于1974年发表了一篇题为“经济增长改变人类命运吗？”的著名论文。)3)(LL32~33)Money,Easterlinargued,coul

4、dnotbuyhappiness—atleastnotafteracertainpoint.Whatdoesthissentenceimply?(=Moneycan’tbringpeoplehappiness,atleastwhenpeople’swealthhasreachedtoacertainlevel.)4)(L.39)…peopleadaptveryquicklytogoodnews.Howusuallywillpeoplereacttogoodnews?(=Theytendtofeelhappyandexcitedonhearingg

5、oodnewsbuttheysoontakeitforgranted.)5)(L.58)Telemarketing,trafficjams,andidentitytheftallcometomind.Explainthethreeexpressionsinthesentence,“telemarketing”,“trafficjam”and“identitytheft”.(=Telemarketingmeanssalespeopletrytosellproductstoyouonthephone.Trafficjammeansyourcariss

6、tuckinheavytraffic.Identitytheftmeansyourpersonalinformationisstolen.)TranslatethissentenceintoChinese.(=我们马上会想到电话推销、交通阻塞以及身份资料失窃等情况。)6)(LL60~62)Butforthemostpart,moderncritiquesoftechnologyhavefocusednotsomuchonspecific,badtechnologiesastheimpactoftechnologyonourhumanrelatio

7、nships.Whatdomoderncritiquesoftechnologymainlyfocuson?(=Theymainlyfocusontheimpactoftechnologyonourhumanrelationships.)Paraphrasethissentence.(=However,currentcommentsontechnologyhavemostlycenteredonthebadeffectsoftechnologyonourhumanrelationshipsratherthanparticular,harmfult

8、echnologies.)7)(LL66~68)Thenotionthattechnologydisruptsrelationships