2022年職稱英語考試綜合類課堂筆記八十五2

2022年職稱英語考試綜合類課堂筆記八十五2A.herehumansbehave（舉止）（in）thewayanimals（動物）do

B.peopleinaliftareallscared（嚇壞了）

C.heresomepeopletakenotes（記筆記）

D.inaliftthebubble（泡沫，空想）ofpersonalspace（個(gè)人空間）break（裂開，違反，打破）

5.D.細(xì)節(jié)題。利用問題句中的細(xì)節(jié)信息詞（psychologists,humanbehavior）及

Thinkofamoderncityandthefirstimagethatcometomindistheskyline.Itisfullofgreatbuildings,pointinglikefingerstoheaven.Itistruethatsomecitiesdon’tpermitbuildingstogoaboveacertainheight.Butthesearecitiesconcernedwiththepast.Thefirstthinganycitydoeswhenitwantstotelltheworldthatithasarrivedistobuildskyscrapers.

Whenpeoplegathertogetherincites,theycreateademandforland.Sincecitiesareplaceswheremoneyismade,thatdemandcanbemet.Andthebestwaytomakemoneyoutofcitylandistoputasmanypeopleaspossibleinaspacethatcoversthesmallestamountofground.Thatmeansbuildingupwards.

Thetechnologyexistedtodothisasearlyasthe19thcentury.Buttheheightofbuildingswaslimitedbyoneimportantfactor.Theyhadtobesmallenoughforpeopleonthetopfloorstoclimbstairs.Peoplecouldnotbeexpectedtoclimbamountainattheendoftheirjourneytowork,orhome.

ElishaOtis,aUSinventor,wasthemanwhobroughtusthelift–orelecator,ashepreferredtocallit.However,mostofthetechnologyisveryold.LiftsworkusingthesamepulleysystemtheEgyptiansusedtocreatethePyramids.WhatOtisdidwasattachthesystemtoasteamengineanddeveloptheelevatorbrake,whichstopstheliftfallingifthecordsthatholdituparebroken.Itwasthisthatdidthemosttogainpublicconfidenceinthenewinvention.Infact,hespentanumberofyearsexhibitingliftsatfairgrounds,givingpeoplethechancetotrythembeforesellingtheideatoarchitectsandbuilders.

Aliftwouldnotbeaverygoodthemeparkattractionnow.（第4題答案相關(guān)句）Goinginaliftissuchaneverydaythingthatitwouldjutsbeboring.Yet（然而）psychologistsandotherswhostudyhumanbehaviorfind（發(fā)覺）liftsfascinating（迷人的）.Thereasonissimple（簡潔的）.Scientistshavealwaysstudiedanimalsinzoos（動物園）.Thenearesttheycangetto（開頭，到達(dá)）thatwithhumansisinobserving（觀看，遵守）theminlifts.

“Itbreaks（打破）alltheusual（通常的）conventions（規(guī)定，習(xí)俗）aboutthebubble（夢想）ofpersonalspacewecarry（攜帶）aroundwithus–andyoujustcan’tchooseto（打算）moveaway（離開）.”saysworkplace（工作場所）psychologist,GrayFitzgibbon.Beingtrappedinthissettingcancreatedifferenttypesoftensions,hesays.Somepeoplearescaredofthem.Othersusethemasanopportunitytogetclosetotheboss.Somestandclosetothedoor.Othershideinthecorners.Mostpeopletryandshrinkintothebackground.Butsomebehaveinawaytha