【英音模仿秀】卫星指路

 模仿文本：

In cars, in ships, in planes, in our phones, we'll be lost without sat nav. It's amazing - some might say alarming - just how rapidly it sent us off in a new direction, away from self-reliance towards technological¹ dependence², which would be fine if GPS and its sister systems were all utterly³ dependable. But they're not, and that could have dangerous, potentially disastrous⁴ consequences. We'll get onto what those are in due course. But before we set off, it might help to get our bearings.

译文：

汽车里、轮船上、飞机上、手机中，如果没有卫星导航系统，我们就会迷失方向。它如此迅猛地将我们送往一个全新的方向，不再依靠自己，而是依赖于技术，这真是无比神奇，但也有人会说这令人警醒。如果GPS及其协同系统都完全可靠，这固然不错。但事实并非如此，而这也就可能带来危险、甚至可能是灾难性的后果。我们稍后会讨论这个。不过在此之前，先了解一些情况会有所帮助。

 

1 technological   

adj.技术的；工艺的

参考例句：

• A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
• Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。

2 dependence   

n.依靠，依赖；信任，信赖；隶属

参考例句：

• Doctors keep trying to break her dependence of the drug.医生们尽力使她戒除毒瘾。
• He was freed from financial dependence on his parents.他在经济上摆脱了对父母的依赖。

3 utterly   

adv.完全地，绝对地

参考例句：

• Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民，把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
• I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。

4 disastrous   

adj.灾难性的，造成灾害的；极坏的，很糟的

参考例句：

• The heavy rainstorm caused a disastrous flood.暴雨成灾。
• Her investment had disastrous consequences.She lost everything she owned.她的投资结果很惨，血本无归。