第十五单元

　　1.常考单词：

　　solely content sensiblepersistvitallogicevaluaterawultimatefunctional　extensionundueconcreteconquererrorprolongtechnicianproofpossessto pull down　to mistake…forto distinguish betweento come to terms with　to end in 　to reflect on 　to come about 　to speculate on

　　2. 常考句子：

　　1） Electronic brains can reduce the profusion of dead ends involved in vital research.

　　2） Nor do they connect a man to the things he has to be connected to - the reality of pain in others.

　　注意本句的倒装形式。并且注意“ connect … to ”表示“把 … 与 … 连接起来”。

　　3） The reason these matters are important in a computerized age is that there may be a tendency to mistake data for wisdom.

　　本句中注意“ tendency ”后面要接动词不定式作定语。另外“ mistake … for ”表示“把 … 错认为 … ”

　　4） For the danger is not so much that man will be controlled by the computer as that he may imitate it.