Unit8GradReadingBook1(辽宁大学研究生英语课本).doc

PAGE  PAGE 11 Reference Notes Unit 8 Smarter Transportation Reading Focus The Hidden Danger of Seat Belt About the text 1. David Bjerklie, the writer of this passage, is a senior reporter at TIME. He has covered a broad range of stories for the science section of the magazine since 1984, including 40 cover stories on such topics as cold fusion (冷聚变——室温或近室温下发生的核聚变), cloning, ice age art, vegetarianism, bioethics (生物伦理学) and the origin of life. Most recently he has covered obesity, fetal development, mental health, women and heart disease, as well as meditation, mental health, diabetes and diet. Mr. Bjerklie studied biology, anthropology and limnology (湖泊学, 湖沼学) at the University of North Dakota and University of Minnesota and spent a year at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Knight Science Journalism Fellow, where he studied philosophy and cognitive science. He also contributes science articles to TIMEs sister publication, TIME For Kids magazine. 2. Motor vehicle travel is an increasingly important means of transportationin China, providing an unprecedented degree of mobility. Yet for all its advantages, deaths and injuries resulting from motor vehicle crashes are the leading causes of death for people from age 2 to age 30. Traffic safety is a field worthy of more research. In the Unites States, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) supports different programs and projects to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce car crashes. Its Occupant Protection Division provides national leadership in planning and developing traffic injury control programs in the areas of safety belt and child safety seat use, and automatic occupant protection systems (e.g. air bags). This article introduces to the readers a sociological research on occupant protection means. Technology is important, yet technology is not everything. 参考译文 安全带可以避免乘客在车祸中受伤或死亡，这几乎是常识。但是，约翰·亚当斯最近所做的研究得出了更加复杂的统计数据。当司机系着安全带时，他们开车无