学术综合英语Unit课件.ppt--(课件中不含音视频)
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1、Unit 3Traffic2012Pace Car In motorsport,a pace car or safety car is a car which limits the speed of competing cars on a racetrack in the case of a caution period such as an obstruction on the track.During a caution period the pace car enters the track ahead of the leader.With fewexceptions,competito
2、rs are not allowed to pass the pace car or other competitors during a caution period,and the pace car leads the field at a pre-determined safe speed,Pre-listeningNew Words and ExpressionsBackground InformationPart APart BListeningwhich may vary by series and circuit.At the end of the caution period,
3、the pace car leaves the track and the competitors may resume racing.Pre-listeningNew Words and ExpressionsBackground InformationPart APart BListeningPre-listeningNew Words and ExpressionsBackground InformationPart APart BListeningDriving Simulator Driving Simulators are used for entertainment as wel
4、l as in training of drivers education courses taught in educational institutions and private businesses.They are also used for research purposes in the area of human factors and medical research,to monitordrivers behavior,performance,and attention and in the car industry to design and evaluate new v
5、ehicles or new advanced driver assistance systems.motorsport:a collection of sports which primarily involve the use of motorized vehicles,such as motorcycle racing,truck racing and motorboat racing.Part APart Badvanced driver assistance system:a system to help the driver in its driving process.When
6、designed with a safe Human-Machine Interface,it should increase car safety and more generally road safety.Part APart BPre-listeningNew Words and ExpressionsBackground InformationPart APart BListeningpace car prescribed course driving simulator inebriated rear-endingpick up speed the overall flow of
7、traffic driver performancehands-free model领驶车领驶车规定车道规定车道驾驶模拟器驾驶模拟器喝醉的喝醉的追尾追尾加速加速整个车流量整个车流量驾驶员行为驾驶员行为免提式免提式Pre-listeningTask 1 Listen and Take NotesTask 2 Listen for DetailsPart APart BListeningA news reporter is going to give a report on a research study on driving while talking on a cell phone.List
8、en to the report and try to get its main ideas by taking notes.Fill in the blanks according to your notes.Pre-listeningTask 1 Listen and Take NotesTask 2 Listen for DetailsPart APart BListening1.What is this news report about?2.Why is driving while talking on a cell phone worse than driving while dr
9、unk?This news report is about driving while talking on a cell phone._ _Because the research finds that those talking on a phone are more sluggish and slower in reacting._ _Pre-listeningTask 1 Listen and Take NotesTask 2 Listen for DetailsPart APart BListening3.Who holds that driving while talking on
10、 a cell phone is worse than driving while drunk?4.When was this statement made?The researchers at the University of Utah,USA._In the summer of 2006._Pre-listeningTask 1 Listen and Take NotesTask 2 Listen for DetailsPart APart BListening5.How was the conclusion obtained that driving while talking on
11、a cell phone is worse than driving while drunk?Using a driving simulator,the researchers compared 40 peoples driving abilities in three groups:on the phone,drunk,and with no distractions._Listen to the report again and try to answer the following questions.Pre-listeningListeningTask 1 Listen and Tak
12、e NotesTask 2 Listen for DetailsPart APart B1.How dangerous is driving while talking on the cell phone according to the report?It will increase the likelihood of an accident five-fold.2.In what way is driving while talking on the phone different from driving while drunk?Drunk drivers are aggressive,
13、while those talking on the phone are more sluggish.Pre-listeningListeningTask 1 Listen and Take NotesTask 2 Listen for DetailsPart APart B3.How much will driving while talking on the phone affect the driver?4.What is the governmental response to driving while on the cell phone?It will reduce the dri
14、vers reaction time by 9 percent in braking and 19 percent in picking up speed after braking.Some states have made laws to prohibit the use of cell phones while driving.Pre-listeningListeningTask 1 Listen and Take NotesTask 2 Listen for DetailsPart APart B5.Is the governmental legislation effective a
15、nd why?It is not effective because the drivers will use the hands-free model,which is also dangerous.Part APart BDriving While on a Cell Phone Worse Than Driving While Drunk21:44:27 EDT June 29,2006 Thursday,June 29 Maneuvering through traffic while talking on the phone increases the likelihood of a
16、n accident five-fold and is actually more dangerous than driving drunk,U.S.researchers report.That finding held true whether the driver was holding a cell phone or using a hands-free device,the researchers noted.Part APart B “As a society,we have agreed on not tolerating the risk associated with dru
17、nk driving,”said researcher Frank Drews,an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Utah.“This study shows us that somebody who is conversing on a cell phone is exposing him or herself and others to a similar risk cell phones actually are a higher risk,”he said.His teams report appears
18、 in the summer issue of the journal Human Factors.In the study,40 people followed a pace car along a prescribed course,using a driving simulator.Some people drove while talking on a cell phone,othersPart APart Bnavigated while drunk(meaning their blood-alcohol limit matched the legal limit of 0.08 p
19、ercent),and others drove with no such distractions or impairments.“We found an increased accident rate when people were conversing on the cell phone,”Drews said.Drivers on cell phones were 5.36 times more likely to get in an accident than non-distracted drivers,the researchers found.The phone users
20、fared even worse than the inebriated,the Utah team found.There were three accidents among those talking on cell phones all of them involving a rear-ending of the pace car.InPart APart Bcontrast,there were no accidents recorded among participants who were drunk,or the sober,cell-phone-free group.The
21、bottom line:Cell-phone use was linked to“a significant increase in the accident rate,”Drews said.He said there was a difference between the behaviors of drunk drivers and those who were talking on the phone.Drunk drivers tended to be aggressive,while those talking on the phone were more sluggish,Dre
22、ws said.In addition,the researchers found talking on thecell phone reduce reaction time by 9 percent in terms of braking and 19 percent in terms of picking up speed after braking.“This is significant,because it has an impact on traffic as a system,”Drews said.“If we have drivers who are taking a lot
23、 of time in accelerating once having slowed down,the overall flow of traffic is dramatically reduced,”he said.In response to safety concerns,some states have outlawed the use of hand-held cell phones while driving.But that type of legislation may not be effective,because the Utah researchers found n
24、o difference in driver performance whether the driver was holding the phone or talking on a hands-free model.Part APart BPart APart BDriving While on a Cell Phone Worse Than Driving While Drunk21:44:27 EDT June 29,2006 Thursday,June 29 Maneuvering through traffic while talking on the phone increases
25、 the likelihood of an accident five-fold and is actually more dangerous than driving drunk,U.S.researchers report.That finding held true whether the driver was holding a cell phone or using a hands-free device,the researchers noted.Part APart B “As a society,we have agreed on not tolerating the risk
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