【大家说英语】 第354期:公共无线网
英语课
A thief 1 is stealing 2 money from a store 3. Someone 4 calls the police 5. 一个小偷正在偷一家商店的钱。有人报了警。
Soon the police arrive at the store. But they cannot find the thief. 不久之后警察来到了该商店。但是他们找不到那个小偷了。
The police use Wi-Fi to check a security 6 camera in the store. 于是警察使用无线网查看店内的监控摄像头。
They get a picture of the thief from that. 他们从中获得了小偷的一张照片。
Next, the police use Wi-Fi to check security cameras near the store. 接着，警察使用无线网查看商店附近的监控摄像头。
They see the thief running 7 away. But soon the police catch him. 他们看到小偷正在逃跑。但是警察马上就抓捕了他。
Smartphones are useful 8. They help us learn, play, shop and work. 智能手机很有用。它们帮助我们学习、做游戏、购物以及工作。
They let us use the Internet 9 everywhere we go. 它们让我们不论走到哪里都可以用互联网。
But using the Internet on a smartphone can be expensive. 但是用手机上网会比较昂贵。
Some people can't afford 10 that. And some people don't have smartphones. 一些人不能承担这一费用。而有一些人还没有智能手机。
They get on the Internet with their computers or tablets 11. 他们用自己的电脑或者平板来上网。
So many cities have public 12 Wi-Fi. 因此许多城市都提供公共无线网。
Public Wi-Fi gives everyone a cheap, fast way to use the Internet. 公共无线网为所有人提供了一种便宜、快速的使用网络的方式。
Free 13 public Wi-Fi also helps in other ways. 免费公共无线网也能够在其它方面提供帮助。
It helps small businesses 14 grow because it helps them save 15 money. 免费公共无线网有助于小企业增长，因为它可以为企业节省金钱。
It helps cities see how we use water, gas 16 and electricity 17. 免费公共无线网可以帮助城市了解我们是如何用水、用天然气和用电的。
Then they don't waste 18 those things. 这样我们就不会在这些方面浪费了。
It also lets people do their work without going 19 to the office. 免费公共无线网还可以让人们不用去办公室就可以做工作。
And it helps police and fire services 20 get information 21 more easily 22. 它可以让警察以及消防人员更轻易地获得信息。
Isn't public Wi-Fi great? 公共无线网是不是很棒？
n.贼；小偷
- He saw the thief running away.他看见贼逃走了。
- The thief broke the window and got into the house.那个窃贼打破窗子，进入屋内。
n.偷窃，贼赃，偷垒adj.有偷窃行为的v.偷( steal的现在分词 )；悄悄地做，悄悄地走
- A delicious languor was stealing over him. 一种美滋滋懒洋洋的感觉悄悄传遍他的全身。
- We found out he'd been stealing from us for years. 我们发现他从我们家偷东西已经好多年了。
n.商店，贮藏，仓库；v.储存，贮藏，供给
- The shoe store is across from the bank.鞋店在银行对面。
- Some food won't store.有些食物不能贮存。
n.警察，警察当局，治安，公安；vt.维持治安，警备，管辖
- They sent him over to the police.他们将他遣送警察局。
- It took the police only several days to break the case.警察只用了几天就破案了。
n.安全，安全感；防护措施；保证(金)，抵押(品)；债券，证券
- A security guard brought him down with a flying tackle.一名保安人员飞身把他抱倒。
- There was tight security at the airport when the President's plane landed.总统的专机降落时，机场的保安措施很严密。
adj.有用的；有益的
- The horse is a useful animal.马是有用的动物。
- He's a useful member of the team.他是该队的一名强手。
n.因特网；互联网络
- You can find it on the Internet.你可以在因特网上找到它。
- I surf the Internet two hours a day.我每天上网冲浪两个小时。
vt.提供，负担得起的(后果，损失等)，给予
- At last they could afford a house.他们终于买得起房子了。
- I'll afford you a chance.我将给你提供一个机会。
n.药片( tablet的名词复数 )；（木、竹）简；碑；一块肥皂
- The tablets may make you feel drowsy. 这药片可能会使你昏昏欲睡。
- Take two tablets with water before meals. 每次两片，饭前用水冲服。
adj.公开的，众所周知的，公众的；n.公共场合，公众，同好者
- Most children go to public school.大多数孩子上的是公立学院。
- She is shy of speaking in public.她怯于在公众面前讲话。
adj.自由的，免费的；v.使自由；adv.随意地
- I don't have much free time.我没有多少空闲时间。
- There really is no free lunch.天下果然没有免费的午餐。
n.事情( business的名词复数 )；商业；营业额；交易
- The gang extorted money from over 30 local businesses. 这帮歹徒向当地30多户商家勒索过钱财。
- Costs are to be shared on a fifty-fifty basis between the government and local businesses. 费用由政府和当地企业均摊。
n.救援，救球，节约；v.解救，保存，节省；prep.除...之外
- Why didn't you save me?你为什么不救我？
- We have to save old newspapers.我们得保存旧报纸。
n.煤气，气体，汽油；vt.毒(死)，加油
- I seem to smell gas.我好像闻到煤气味儿。
- There are several kinds of gas in the air.空气中有几种气体。
n.电；电学
- This room is lighted by electricity.这个房间用电照明。
- We use electricity to run machines.我们使用电力来运行机器。
v.浪费；滥用
- Ah!This is a waste of time!啊，真是浪费时间！
- If you give her money,she'll only waste it.如果你把这笔钱给她，她只会把它浪费掉。
n.去，离去，地面(或道路)的状况，工作情况；(复数形式）goings: 行为；adj.进行中的，流行的，现存的
- We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
- He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。
n.公共事业机构（或公司）；（提供技术或帮助的）服务；宗教礼仪；礼拜仪式；服务( service的名词复数 )；公共机构；业务；服役
- arrangers of care services for the elderly 安排照料老人的筹划者
- Social services keep lists of at-risk children . 社工组织保留有在家里可能遭受伤害的孩子名单。
n.起诉；信息，消息；知识；报告，通知，情报
- I hope the information I gave you was helpful.我希望我给你的消息对你有所帮助。
- We must get further information.我们必须获得更多的消息。
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