第十四单元

　　1.常考单词：

　　device   compassion   grab   belonging   threatening　convince   foster   persuasion   avail   suspect　profound   to convince sb. to do sth.   to comment on

　　2. 常考句子：

　　1）It was a microcassette found in Kathleen Weinstein's shirt pocket that not only led police to　her alleged killer but also revealed the New Jersey teacher to be a woman of extraordinary courage　and compassion.

　　本句是个强调句，另外注意 found 的用法

　　2）It was there，police believe，that Weinstein was able to activate the recorder she kept in her bag. 本句是强调句。

　　3）Weinstein's body，with hands and feet bound，was discovered by a hiker on March17.

　　4）But before she died she somehow slipped the microcassette into her pocket without her killer knowing it.

　　第十五单元

　　1.常考单词：

　　solely   content  sensible   persist   vital   logic   evaluate   raw   ultimate   functional　extension   undue   concrete   conquer   error   prolong   technician   proof   possess   to pull down　to mistake…for   to distinguish between   to 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.