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1、2010年职称英语理工类阅读理解练习(1)ElectricBackpack Backpacksareconvenient.Theycanholdyourbooks,yourlunch,andachangeofclothes,leavingyourhandsfreetodootherthings.Someday,ifyoudon'tmindcarryingaheavyload,yourbackpacksmightalsopoweryourMP31player,keepyourcellphonerunning,andmay
2、beevenlightyourwayhome. LawrenceC.RomeandhiscolleaguesfromtheUniversityofPennsylvaniainPhiladelphia2andtheMarineBiologicalLaboratoryinWoodsHole3,Mass.4,haveinventedabackpackthatmakeselectricityfromenergyproducedwhileitswearerwalks.Inmilitaryactions,search-and-re
3、scueoperations,andscientificfieldstudies,peoplerelyincreasinglyoncellphones,globalpositioningsystem(GPS)5receivers,night-visiongoggles,andotherbatterypowereddevicestogetaroundanddotheirwork.Thebackpack’selectricity-generatingfeaturecoulddramaticallyreducetheamoun
4、tofawearer’sloadnowdevotedtosparebatteries,reportRomeandhiscolleaguesintheSept.9Science6. Thebackpack’selectricity-creatingpowersdependonspringsusedtohangaclothpackfromitsmetalframe.Theframesitsagainstthewearer’sback,andthewholepackmovesupanddownasthepersonwalks
5、.Agearmechanismconvertsverticalmovementsofthepacktorotarymotionsofanelectricalgenerator,producingupto7.4watts. Unexpectedly,testsshowedthatwearersofthenewbackpackaltertheirgaitsinresponsetothepack’soscillations,sothattheycarryloadsmorecomfortablyandwithlesseffor
6、tthantheydoordinarybackpacks.Becauseofthatsurprisingadvantage,Romeplanstocommercializebothelectricandnon-electricversionsofthebackpack. Thebackpackcouldbeespeciallyusefulforsoldiers,scientists,mountaineers,andemergencyworkerswhotypicallycarryheavybackpacks.Forth
7、erestofus,power-generatingbackpackscouldmakeitpossibletowalk,playvideogames,watchTV,andlistentomusic,allatthesametime.Electricity-generatingpacksaren’tonthemarketyet,butifyoudogetoneeventually,justmakesuretolookbothwaysbeforecrossingthestreet! 词汇: backpack/5bAk
8、pAk/n.背包watt/wCt/n.瓦(特) receiver/ri5si:vE(r)/n.接收机gait/eit/n.步态,步法 night-visiongoggle夜视镜oscillation/7Csi5leiFEn/n.摆动 spring/spriN/n.弹簧commercialize/kE5mE:FE
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