Smart cities， future cities

2018-10-27

疯狂英语·新读写 2018年10期

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近几年，IBM正式提出了“智慧城市”愿景，希望为世界和中国的城市发展贡献自己的力量。它的发展前景是什么?会给我们的未来生活带来哪些变化？

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未读先知

1.picture v.想象；描述

2.trial n.实验

3.ensure v.保证

4.strengthen v.加强；增强

5.estimate v.估计

6.opportunity n.机会；机遇

The concept of smart cities is not a new idea.IBM first came up with it in recent years，picturinga more streamlined（流线型的）and eco-friendly city managed by modern technology.

The idea was introduced to China in 2015.The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development's data showed that China had 193 trial smart city projects last year，reported Xinhua.

However，the phrase“smart city”never appeared in the government work report.Until 2015，when Premier Li Keqiang mentioned that“we will develop smart cities and protect historical and local culture，ensuring it is passed on from generation to generation.”

Other measures helping Chinese cities go smart includestrengtheningurban facilities（设施） for water， gas，and electricity supplies， and improving public transport，flood prevention and rainwater control systems.In all，the goal for building smart cities is to improve the environment for urban living.

What does it mean for you?

Li Ying，an official at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology，estimatedthe market for smart city development will reach 4 trillion yuanin the future.In the 2016 China Smart City Development Summit Forum，she said the development of smart citiesdepends oncloud computing， big data and the Internet of Things（IOT）.

Mark Gibbs， president of SAP Greater China echoed(回应)Li's view and told China Daily that China's urbanization plan and the development of smart cities will create a great number ofopportunitiesfor various fields，including cloud technology and intelligent systems.

Market researcher Gartner Group further forecasts the IOT as an area full of commercial potential，since “the governmentintends to speed upthe building of fiber optic networks，improve the speed ofbroadband Internet connections and push development in logistics under its plan to integrate （整合）the Internet，” Xinhua reported.Innovation Works CEO Li Kaifu holds that“the IOT is a field that will be led by younger generations，such as those born post-1995.”It's also a start-up field they can risk into， ”he told Global Times.

语言提取

Ⅰ.热词积累

1.pass on传递

2.in all总之

3.in the future在未来

4.depend on依靠；依赖；取决于

5.intend to do sth打算做……

6.speed up加速

Ⅱ.典句剖析

1.However， the phrase “smart city” never appeared in the government work report.Until 2015，when Premier Li Keqiang mentioned that“we will develop smart cities and protect historical and local culture，ensuring it is passed on from generation to generation.”然而，“智慧城市”一词从未出现在政府工作报告中，直到2015年李克强总理提到“我们将发展智慧城市，保护历史和地方文化，确保它代代相传”。

【点石成金】when引导时间状语从句，that引导的是宾语从句，ensuring是doing作状语，和that从句中的主语we是主动关系，not...until表示“直到……才”。

句式仿写

直到我来到南昌，我才体验了共享单车，意识到我跟不上时代的潮流了。

I didn't experience shared bikes _____________I came to Nanchang， _______________（realize）that I was out of date.

2.OthermeasureshelpingChinesecitiesgo smart include strengthening urban facilities for water，gas，and electricity supplies， and improving public transport，flood prevention and rainwater control systems.

翻译：________________________________________

句中helping Chinese cities是doing作定语修饰measures，与被修饰的名measures词是主动关系，help sb（to）do sth表示“帮助某人做某事”，句中的谓语动词是___________include，include doing“包括做某事”，and improving public transport与strengthening是并列结构。