1、2Unit 4 Science and Technology Warming-up Exercises F Is Google Making Us Stupid?Six simple letters on a plain white page thats the face of _ in the world,revered,envied,and sometimes scorned.Googles cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page started the company as grad students _.It has made them _.Toda
2、y they stand atop an empire cast in their own image,_,ambitious,and often _.It is a company like no other,_ on long hours,too much coffee,and something quite elusive genius.1.2.3.To be continued.4.5.Bruce Friedman,who blogs regularly about the use of computers in medicine,also has described how the
3、Internet has altered his mental habits.“I now have almost totally lost the ability to read and absorb a longish article on the web or in print,”he wrote earlier this year.A pathologist who has long been on the faculty of the University of Michigan Medical School,Friedman elaborated on his comment in
4、 a telephone conversation with me.His thinking,he said,has taken on a“staccato”quality,reflecting the way he quickly scans short passages of text from many sources online.“I cant read War and Peace anymore,”he admitted.“Ive lost the ability to do that.Even a blog post of more than three or four para
5、graphs is too much to absorb.I skim it.”More to do2)It was a godsend to have him there just when we needed someone.More to do.More to do“What happened?”He speculates on the answer:“What if I do all my reading on the web the way I read has changed,i.e.Im just seeking convenience,the way I THINK has c
6、hanged?”(Para.4):to think or talk about the possible causes or effects of something,without knowing all the facts or detailse.g.Scientists speculate on the origin of the universe.Please do not speculate on my private life.n.speculation;adj.speculative More to do“e.g.I donated the money not so much b
7、ecause showing-off,but because my conscience.What if I do all my reading on the web not so much because the way I read has changed,i.e.Im just seeking convenience,but because the way I THINK has changed?To translate:A pathologist who has long been on the faculty of the University.,Friedman elaborate
8、d on his comment in a telephone conversation with me.(Para.5)faculty:If somebody is on the faculty of a particular college or university,he or she works in it.But1)How can the faculty improve their teaching so as to encourage creativity?2)the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences 3)She is over ei
9、ghty but still has all her faculties.:to give more details or new information about something e.g.IBM would not elaborate on the quarterly results until Thursdays detailed report.The ministry statement did not elaborate on the complaints or how the investigation would proceed.More to doAndan elabora
10、te research projectShe had prepared a very elaborate meal.Six simple letters on a plain white page thats the face of _ in the world,revered,envied,and sometimes scorned.Googles cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page started the company as grad students _.It has made them _.Today they stand atop an empire cast in their own image,_,ambitious,and often _.It is a company like no other,_ on long hours,too much coffee,and something quite elusive genius.Thanks for Attending!Jincao YU
