trend true of the progress in any other areas of man's life? (6)What are the three stages of technological innovation? (Why does the author describe the three sta ges as a self-reinforcing cycle? (8)Why is it that technology is now able to advance at a quickening pace Step Three Detailed study Explain the important and difficult points in the text,including the usage of new words and phrases.structure of complex and relevant gramma The fantastic spurt in technology the unbelievably quick process/development in technology 2.To most people the term technology conjures up images of smoky steel mills or noisy machines (1)conjure up:bring a thought,picture,idea,or memory to someone's mind E.g.The singing of birds outside the window conjured up memories of my childhood in the countryside (2)Meaning:The word technology calls up pictures of smoky steel mills or noisy machines in the minds of most people. 3.It is time for our symbols of technology to change 一to catch up with the quickening cha Pattern:It is(about/high)time for sb.to do sth It is (about high)time sb.did sth. e.g.It's high time man controlled the increasing population. 4.The invention of the horse collar in the middle ages led to major changes in and wa s much a tech nological advance as the invention of the ace centuries later Meaning:While most people would agree tha t the invention of the Bessemer furnace was a technological advance,some people might doubt whether the invention of the horse collar could also be called a technological advance,since the horse collar had nothing to do with factories or machines.But Toffler says the invention of the horse collar ological invention too,because it brought important changes in agricultural methods 5.This acceleration is frequently dramatized by a brief account of the progress in transportation (1)dramatize: V.1)change (a book,a story,ete.)into the form of a play E.g.Jane Austen's Emma was dramatized on TV recently. 2)to show or express in a dramatic (exciting.interesting.colorful.vivid.impressive) wav Don't worry too much about what she said-she tends to dramatize things. (2)Meaning:A brief description of the progress in transportation often makes this acceleration more vivid and impressive (3)Translate it into Chinese 简要地回顾一下交通发展史，工艺技术的这种加速变化往往便可得到生动形象的 说明。 trend true of the progress in any other areas of man's life? (6) What are the three stages of technological innovation? (7) Why does the author describe the three stages as a self-reinforcing cycle? (8) Why is it that technology is now able to advance at a quickening pace? Step Three Detailed study Explain the important and difficult points in the text, including the usage of new words and phrases, structure of complex sentences and relevant grammar. 1. The fantastic spurt in technology:the unbelievably quick process/development in technology 2. To most people the term technology conjures up images of smoky steel mills or noisy machines. (1) conjure up: bring a thought, picture, idea, or memory to someone's mind E.g. The singing of birds outside the window conjured up memories of my childhood in the countryside. (2) Meaning: The word technology calls up pictures of smoky steel mills or noisy machines in the minds of most people. 3. It is time for our symbols of technology to change — to catch up with the quickening changes in technology itself. Pattern: It is (about / high) time for sb. to do sth. It is (about / high) time sb. did sth. e.g. It's high time man controlled the increasing population. 4. The invention of the horse collar in the middle ages led to major changes in agricultural methods and was as much a technological advance as the invention of the Bessemer furnace centuries later. Meaning: While most people would agree tha t the invention of the Bessemer furnace was a technological advance, some people might doubt whether the invention of the horse collar could also be called a technological advance, since the horse collar had nothing to do with factories or machines. But Toffler says the invention of the horse collar was a technological invention too, because it brought important changes in agricultural methods. 5. This acceleration is frequently dramatized by a brief account of the progress in transportation. (1) dramatize: V. 1) change ( a book, a story, etc.) into the form of a play E.g. Jane Austen's Emma was dramatized on TV recently. 2) to show or express in a dramatic (exciting, interesting, colorful, vivid , impressive) way Don't worry too much about what she said ―she tends to dramatize things. (2) Meaning: A brief description of the progress in transportation often makes this acceleration more vivid and impressive. (3) Translate it into Chinese. 简要地回顾一下交通发展史，工艺技术的这种加速变化往往便可得到生动形象的 说明