communication tools, allowing users to share ideas, pictures, posts, activities, events, interests with people in their network.
社交网站多种多样，可整合各种新的信息及通讯工具，并允许用户跟网络中的其他人分享观点、图片、帖子、活动、事件以及兴趣爱好等。 SNS have affected the social life and activity of people in various ways.SNS 已通过各种方式影响到人们的社会生活以及社交活动。
With its availability on many mobile devices, a social networking service allows the users to continuously stay in touch with friends, relatives and other acquaintances wherever they are in the world, as long as there is access to the Internet.
随着各种移动设备对SNS访问的实现，只要能连接上互联网，用户在世界上的任何地方都能一直与朋友、亲戚及其他认识的人保持联络。
A social networking service can also unite people with common interests and beliefs through groups and other pages, and has been known to reunite lost family members and friends because of the widespread reach of its network.
SNS还可让拥有相同兴趣和信念的人通过群组或其他页面建立联系，同时，由于其网络分布广阔，还能让失散的家庭成员或朋友重新团聚，这点早已为人所知。
Unit 5
fabricate 编造，捏造
nominal 名义上的，有名无实的 temporal 收时间限制的，世俗的 reciprocal 相互的，交互的 denote 意指，代表，表示
consecutive 连续的，不间断的 spectator 观众（可数） mutter 低嘀咕，低声说 composite n.合成物adj合成的 malicious 恶意的，恶毒的
1. Although he was not a legal expert, he knew it would not be proper to (fabricate) anything to mislead the public.
2. He does not work full time there, but he has been the (nominal) head of the organization's scholarship program for five years.
3. As Mark walked the sites on that initial trip of the migrants, he found some important (temporal) clues — dated bus tickets, shopping receipts and calendars.
4. In urban planning, it is important to take into consideration the (reciprocal) influence between the transportation network and other facilities, for example shopping centers and medical centers.
5. The label \Choices\on the front of food packages usually (denotes) products that meet criteria for lower fat, sugar and sodium (钠) content. 6. The public high school graduation rates in New Mexico and Arizona have been increasing for three (consecutive) years, thanks to an online program that helps students earn missing credits.
7. In the accident at the air show last week, a pilot and 10 (spectators) were killed when a fighter plane crashed into the crowd.
8. The mother was not sure where the boys went, but she did hear them (muttering) something about going out for a movie with friends.
9. This newly released portrait of Planet Earth is actually a (composite) of several pictures taken earlier this month by a new research satellite.
10. You shouldn't feel insulted. We can assure you he meant to be friendly and there was nothing impolite or (malicious) in his words. 短语
get to the point 切入主题 be attached to 与…有联系，是…的特征
starve to death 饿死 If anything 如果有什么不同
1. We chatted for half an hour before he finally (got to the point) : He wanted to work as a business consultant and wondered if I could pass along the names of certain potential clients.
2. Scientists at the research center identified various features that (are attached to) the commodities purchased by female consumers.
3. The three mountain climbers (would have starved to death) if the villagers had not found them lying at the bottom of the valley.
4. The boy looked up timidly at his father who was sitting next to him, but he
be suspicious of 感觉不可信任，怀疑 wander around 离题，漫游，闲逛 on the side 作为副业，作为兼职 be representative of 有代表性的
didn't stop crying. (If anything) , his crying became more intense. 5. Since no one knew how the disease spread, they (were suspicious of) everything, including mosquitoes, swimming pools, and people from other neighborhoods.
6. At the press conference, the government spokesman avoided answering the question about health-care reform directly. Instead he just (wandered around) to talk about the harsh economic situation.
7. Mr. Rogers, whom you met in the museum yesterday, works as a software engineer and plays folk music (on the side) .
8. These schools were selected for our survey because the composition of their student bodies (was representative of) the district's enrollment, which included a large proportion of children from immigrant families.
The Renaissance was an influential cultural movement which brought about a period of scientific revolution and artistic transformation at the dawn of modern European history.
文艺复兴是一场影响巨大的文化运动。它在现代欧洲史的开端时期开创了一个科学革命和艺术变革时代。
It began in Italy and later spread to the rest of Europe, immediately following the Middle Ages and spanning roughly from the 14th to the 17th century.
它始于意大利，之后蔓延到欧洲其他国家。它紧接在中世纪之后，贯穿14至17世纪。
The Renaissance was characterized by a revival of interest in classical learning, wisdom and values from the Ancient Greek and Roman eras.
文艺复兴时期的特点是，人们对古希腊和古罗马时期的古典知识、智慧和价值观重新焕发了兴趣。
Renaissance scholars employed the humanist method in study and searched for realism and human emotion in art.
文艺复兴时期的学者在学术中采用人文方法，在艺术上追寻现实主义和人类情感。
Scientists no longer accepted the teachings of the Church at face value.
科学家们不再一味地接受教堂传播的说教。
Instead, they studied the natural world through their own observation and experimentation.
相反，他们通过观察和实验来研究自然世界。
Likewise, artists developed new techniques and achieved more advanced effects by applying mathematics and optics (光学) to paintings, sculpture and other art forms.
同样，艺术家们将数学和光学运用到绘画、雕塑及其他艺术形式中，从而发展出新技术，并取得了更高水平的艺术效果。
The Renaissance profoundly changed the European intellectual life in the early modern period.
文艺复兴深刻地改变了现代早期的欧洲知识界。
Through the rediscovery of ancient texts, it triggered both a rebirth of classical learning and a rebirth of European culture in general.
它通过对古代文献的重新发现，触发了古典知识和整个欧洲文化的重生。Its influence was felt in literature, philosophy, art, politics, science, and many other fields.
文学、哲学、艺术、政治、科学及其他许多领域都能感受到它的影响。