全新版大学英语综合教程第4册Unit2.pptVIP

Unit 2 Smart Cars;;Types of Automobile;;Automobile Brands;How much do you know about smart cars?;Warm-up discussion;Smart is short for Swatch Mercedes ART. 2. Smart car is a vehicle equipped with multimedia digital systems, such as sensors, in-car navigational systems, Global Positioning Systems, small radars to make driving safe and fast, so it’s versatile. 3. It is an application of artificial intelligence in vehicles. 4. It plays an important role in Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). ;;;;Terms of smart cars:;Terms of roads:;Part Division of the Text;Global Reading;Global Reading;Global Reading;The Introductory Paragraph;Part1 Questions;Part1 (Paras1~3); ; ;Part2 True or False;Part2 True or False;Part2 (Paras4~9) ;Part2 Terms in quotation marks or with capitalized first letters; ;5. Smart cars have already been built which can monitor one’s driving and the driving conditions nearby. Small radars hidden in the bumpers can scan for nearby cars. Should you make a serious driving mistake (e.g., change lanes when there is a car in your “blind spot”) the computer would sound an immediate warning. ; ;7. Two of the most frustrating things about driving a car are getting lost and getting stuck in traffic. While the computer revolution is unlikely to cure these problems, it will have a positive impact. Sensors in your car tuned to radio signals from orbiting satellites can locate your car precisely at any moment and warn of traffic jams. We already have twenty-four ;;9. In Japan there are already over a million cars with some type of navigational capability. (Some of them locate a car’s position by correlating the rotations in the steering wheel to its position on a map.);Part 3 Summarize main ideas of paragraphs;Part3 (Paras10~13);Part3 Terms in quotation marks or with capitalized first letters;Part3 (Paras10~13);10. With the price of microchips dropping so drastically, future applications of GPS are virtually limitless. “The commercial industry is