hard-pressed （由于缺少时间）面临困难的

where would we be without… 假如没有…我们将会是怎样的？

windscreen wiper 雨刷器

sub-zero 温度在零度以下的

brainwave （突发的）灵感，妙计

dishwasher 洗碗机

throw (a party) 举办（聚会）

in someone’s blood 在某人的血液中，在骨子里

whirr （洗衣机）发出嗡嗡声

patent 注册专利权

pitfall 陷阱

bulletproof vest 防弹背心

wind turbine 风力发电机

notoriously 出了名地（负面），声名狼藉地

gender 性别

outnumber 在数量上压倒

binary 二进位制

测验与练习 1. 阅读课文并回答问题。 

1. How did a cold day cause the windscreen wiper to be invented? 

2. Why did Cochrane invent the dishwasher?  

3. Which word expresses the relationship between two amounts?    

4. Which word refers to something lone with a sharp edge?    

5. Which industry used to employ comparatively more women in the past than today?

2. 请你在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处 。

1. I’ve just had a ______. Why don’t we invent a machine that answers questions in Take Away English?

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