首页
登录
职称英语
Narrator Listen to a talk on home automation in a mechanical engineering
Narrator Listen to a talk on home automation in a mechanical engineering
游客
2025-02-07
24
管理
问题
Narrator
Listen to a talk on home automation in a mechanical engineering class.
Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer. [br] According to the professor, what is the main reason for the popularity of home automation system?
Today I would like to talk about automated home facilities. Current advances in home automation offer homeowners comfort, convenience, security and energy saving. In a fully automated house, you would be able to pick up phone, call your house and instruct it to stop the security system, turn on lights, turn on the compact disc player and start cooking the food in the oven, etc. , all while you were away from home.
These and other advances in home automation are fast becoming available to people nowadays, thanks to the ongoing efforts of scores of consumer electronics companies.
During the last decade, consumers have readily accepted such technological wonders as microwave ovens, fax machines and cellular phones. Cars are computerized, automated teller machines are widely used in banks and many people have access to personal computers. The interest in home automation, however, is not born of a desire to create a space-age home. It stems from a genuine interest in finding new ways to make a house safe, energy-efficient and comfortable.
Take security for example. If there is a fire, an automated house will detect it, turn off the gas, turn on the lights, unlock the doors, set off an alarm and call the fire department. If someone tries to enter your home, a triggered motion detector can turn on floodlights in the yard and instruct your stereo set to produce the sound of a barking dog in order to frighten the person away. If you want to avoid unwelcome guests, you can mount a video camera at the front door, and view visitors on a TV screen. If the caller is someone with a clipboard and a hopeful expression, you can skip that trip to the door. But if it is a friend, you could tap a couple of buttons on the remote control, unlock the door and welcome him in.
With home manager, one of several automation systems being sold on the market, you can warm up the master bedroom, kitchen and bathroom in the morning before the alarm goes off. Or you can program it to keep your children’s room at a constant temperature. In midsummer, you can even instruct sensors in the house to open skylights, turn on the ceiling fans and close the curtains when the house reaches a certain temperature. The increase of working couples and single people living alone means there is less time for and interest in menial tasks. Why not automate these tasks whenever possible?
Home control systems also offer a lot of conveniences. First of all, you can program your house to do certain things at different times of the day or for different scenarios. A "wake-up mode", for instance, might turn off the security alarm, turn on the kitchen lights, turn up the furnace, heat water and start the coffee pot. A "romantic mode" might allow you, with the flip of a switch, to dim the lights, play romantic music and light the fireplace. And an "unoccupied mode" will arm the security system and randomly turn lights on and off in different rooms. All of these functions can be controlled while in the house or remotely from a phone or computer.
In addition, home automation offers tremendous lifestyle improvements for elderly and disabled people. For those who can’t push a button or flip a switch, a voice command can be used to activate security cameras, turn on the stereo volume or drop the room temperature a few degrees. The click of remote control could turn on the oven, close the window or open the door. So, what is home automation exactly? In short, it is actually a combination of several things including microprocessors, enhanced power line transmission, computer chips, telephone and cable wiring, infrared sensors and radio frequency waves.
选项
A、People are fond of new and modern things.
B、People dream of creating a space-age home.
C、People dream of an easy life.
D、People have not enough time for household chores.
答案
D
解析
本题为细节题。题目问:根据教授的意思,家庭自动化系统普及的主要原因是什么?作者认为:“It stems from a genuine interest in finding new ways to make a house safe, energy-efficient and comfortable (家庭自动化系统普及的原因是源于找到一些方法来使家庭安全、节能和舒适这么一个真正的兴趣)”,所以不难判断本题的正确答案为D。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3946561.html
相关试题推荐
NarratorListentopartofaconversationbetweenastudentandaprofes
NarratorListentopartofatalkinanenvironmentalscienceclass.
NarratorListentopartofatalkinanenvironmentalscienceclass.
NarratorListentopartofatalkinanenvironmentalscienceclass.
NarratorListentopartofalectureaboutGPS.Nowgetreadytoans
NarratorListentopartofalectureaboutGPS.Nowgetreadytoans
NarratorListentopartofalectureaboutGPS.Nowgetreadytoans
NarratorListentopartofalectureaboutGPS.Nowgetreadytoans
NarratorListentoatalkonhomeautomationinamechanicalengineering
NarratorListentoatalkonhomeautomationinamechanicalengineering
随机试题
WhichtwospeechesmadeEmersonfamous?A、NatureandEssays.B、RepresentativeMen
[originaltext]Doyouhavecancer?Whetheryou’vejustbeendiagnosedorwhether
企业进行材料清查时,对于盘亏的材料,应先记入“待处理财产损溢”科目,待期末或批准
下列哪项不是肾病综合征蛋白代谢紊乱所致的后果:A.营养不良 B.微量元素缺
A.山茱萸 B.桑螵蛸 C.莲子 D.诃子 E.金樱子具有益肾固精,养心
药品委托生产必须经A:国务院药品监督管理部门批准 B:省级药品监督管理部门批准
流行性脑脊髓膜炎(流脑)的主要传播途径是A.空气、飞沫传播 B.玩具及用品传播
在班主任班级管理的内容中,以下哪项属于了解和研究学生个人的内容?()A.学生
有人把我国食品安全事件频发的根源形象地概括为,一个西红柿在农贸市场卖归农业管,在
一般资料:求助者,男性,50岁,汉族,己婚,机关公务员。 求助者自述: 我高
最新回复
(
0
)