大学英语-Unit-3-Security课件.ppt

. Security devices: dead-bolt locks (钢栓式防盗锁） security chains （防护链） electronic alarm systems （电子报警系统） trip wires （触发式报警装置） sliding glass doors… with steel bars built in (嵌有钢条的玻璃滑门） Ancient Latch hook up to: connect or attach (sth.) to (sth. else) with or as if with a hook e.g. 我的电脑连上了网络，所以我在寝室就可以和朋友通过电子邮件交流了。 My computer is hooked up to the Internet, so I can communicate with my friends through email in the dorm. …trip wires hooked up to a police station: pry force sth. open or away from the surfacelook or inquire closely and curiously Her car trunk had been pried open and all the equipment was gone. 你能不能帮我不打破这个木箱盖而撬开它？ Can you help me pry open this cover off this wooden box without breaking it? Don’t pry into the affairs of others. Collocation: pry about 到处窥探 pry into 窥探，打听 Points to Practice Points to Practice Small notices pasted on the window announcing the premises are under surveillance…(para. 5) premises (pl.): 1) all the buildings and the land that an institution occupies in one site eg: There will be a mall erected on that premises. Other ways to guarantee security 2) sth. that you accept as true and use as a basis for another idea or way of thinking eg: Major : children should go to school. Minor : Jack is a child. Conclusion: Jack should go to school. on the premise of / that…:在……前提下 Premise premise premise It is not uncommon, in the most pleasant of homes, to see pasted on the windows small notices announcing that the premises are under surveillance by this security force or that guard company. (Para 5) 译：在最温馨的家里，也常常可以看到窗户上贴着小小的告示，称本宅由某家安全保卫机构或保安公司负责监管。 Not uncommon: double negative feature 报纸以显著位置报道那个事件。 The newspaper featured the story of the events. 这出戏有两位著名的演员。 The play featured two well-known actors. The building contained many new features of construction. 1) vt. give a prominent part to (sb. / sth.) 2) n. a prominent or distinctive aspect, quality, or characteristic Points to Practice Points to Practice C