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Words and Expressions registration: n. 登记证明 genuflect: v. 服从 ponytail: n. 马尾辫 upholstery ： n. 室（车）内装饰 electronic sensors: n. 电子传 Volvo: 沃尔沃（汽车品牌） dent resistant bumpers: n. 防撞缓冲 headrests: n. （汽车）头枕 News Listening - Female Cars

1.sex 2. Concept 3. features 4. accommodate 5. parallel parking 6. risky 7. fifty-four percent 8.buying power 9. season 10. mood 11. interior 12. doesn’t necessarily make it man-made key Study& Practice

Comprehension questions 1.What is the future evolution today’s car poised for? The car will be clean, safe and drive itself in the future. The stricter regulations and smarter technology are making cars cleaner, more fuel-efficient and safer than ever before.(Para.3) 2.What challenges would the growth of car ownership present to us ？ We are faced with congestion, the price of fuel, pollution and global warming.(Para.2) 3.Why does the author consider battery-powered cars disappointing? Battery-powered cars remain expensive, lack range and are sometimes dirtier than they look.(Para.4) Study & Practice

Comprehension questions 4.What are the benefits that drivers may gain from the “diver assistance” technologies? Can you name a few such technologies mentioned in the article? The “driver assistance” technologies can help new cars reverse-park, read traffic signs, maintain a safe distance in steady traffic and brake automatically to avoid crashes. They can also detect pedestrians and cyclists, overrule the driver and stop the vehicle before it hits them.(Para.5) Study & Practice

Comprehension questions 5. What benefits will be reaped if and when cars go completely driverless? Huge numbers of elderly and disabled people could regain their personal mobility when their cars are driverless; the young will not have to pay crippling motor insurance; the colossal toll of deaths and injuries from road accidents, along with the costs to health systems and insurers, should tumble down; driverless cars should also ease congestion and save fuel; people who commute by car will gain hours each day to work, rest or read a newspaper.(Para.8-9) Study & Practice

Comprehension questions 6. What are some concerns with regard to driverless cars? People are concerned about the computer failure. They will be too terrified to hurtle down the motorway in a vehicle they do not control; carmakers might face ruinously expensive lawsuits due to their self-driving technology implicated in traffic accidents, and be put off continuing to develop it.(Para.10) 7.What would a world of driverless cars look like? Would you like to ride a completely driverless car on the motorway? Why or why not? Open-ended. Study & Practice

Summary of the Text 1.mobility 2. poised 3. fuel-efficient 4. emissions 5. a variety of 6. stress 7. enormous 8. unmanned 9. congestion 10. crashes 11. bunk 12. terrified 13. implicated 14. entrusted 15. fallible key Study& Practice

Brainstorming Study & Practice Body: inevitable trend of future car development Introduction: growth of car ownership to boost new technologies Topic: prediction of future cars - clean, safe, driverless

Brainstorming Study & Practice Trend 1: Cars of new energy resources Benefits 1. to be cleaner 2. to save fuel 3. to lower emissions 4. to alleviate global warming 5. _______________________ 6. _______________________ 7. _______________________ 8. _______________________ … Trend 1: Cars of new energy resources Benefits 1. to be cleaner 2. to save fuel 3. to lower emissions 4. to alleviate global warming 5. _______________________ 6. _______________________ 7. _______________________ 8. _______________________ … Trend 2: Cars with autopilot control system Benefits: 1. to be safer 2. to relieve stress 3. to cut accidents 4. to reduce insurance costs 5_______________________ 6_______________________ 7_______________________ 8_______________________ … Trend 2: Cars with autopilot control system Benefits: 1. to be safer 2. to relieve stress 3. to cut accidents 4. to reduce insurance costs 5_______________________ 6_______________________ 7_______________________ 8_______________________ … Conclusion: positive attitude towards self-driving technology despite its downsides