新实用英语读写译教程（第3册） - Softcover

胡光忠，纪淑军

Softcover

ISBN 10: 7300197868 ISBN 13: 9787300197869

Publisher: 中国人民大学出版社, 2015

Synopsis

《新实用英语读写译教程》主要体现三个方面的内容，阅读部分培养精读和泛读能力，精读部分含有两篇主题一致的主课文，配以综合训练，泛读部分含有三篇内容主题与主课文主题一致或者接近的阅读短文；写作设计了写作指导和写作练习，主要是应用写作和短文写作，培养学生日常应用能力；翻译部分由翻译技巧和翻译练习组成，训练学生英汉语言转换的能力。本书为读写译教程第3册，话题涉及大学生活、节假日等贴近学生生活、工作的话题。PARTIIIWORKPLACECONTEXTTimeZonesPriortothelatenineteenthcentury,timekeepingwasapurelylocalphenomenon.Eachtownwouldsettheirclockstonoonwhenthesunreacheditszenitheachday.Aclockmakerortownclockwouldbethe"official"timeandthecitizenswouldsettheirpocketwatchesandclockstothetimeofthetown—enterprisingcitizenswouldoffertheirservicesasmobileclocksetters,carryingawatchwiththeaccuratetimetoadjusttheclocksincustomer'shomesonaweeklybasis.Travelbetweencitiesmeanthavingtochangeone'spocketwatchuponarrival.However,oncerailroadsbegantooperateandmovepeoplerapidlyacrossgreatdistances,timebecamemuchmorecritical.Intheearlyyearsoftherailroads,thescheduleswereveryconfusingbecauseeachstopwasbasedonadifferentlocaltime.Thestandardizationoftimewasessentialtoefficientoperationofrailroads.In1878,CanadianSirSanfordFlemingproposedthesystemofworldwidetimezonesthatweusetoday.Herecommendedthattheworldbedividedintotwenty-fourtimezones,eachspaced15degreesoflongitudeapart.Sincetheearthrotatesonceevery24hoursandthereare360degreesoflongitude,eachhourtheearthrotatesonetwenty-fourthofacircleor15ooflongitude.SirFleming'stimezoneswereheraldedasabrilliantsolut

Edition details

• Publisher: 中国人民大学出版社
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: Chinese
• ISBN 10: 7300197868
• ISBN 13: 9787300197869
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1