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1、TEXT ANALYSIS-LANGUAGE FOCUSWhat once were science fiction fantasies are turning into realities right in front of our eyes.(Para.1)What Makes Smart Cities Smart?right in front of our eyes here is to emphasize thatscience fiction fantasies becomes reality.Analysis 那些曾经只是科幻小说里的奇思异想，正逐渐在我们眼前成为现实。Transl

2、ation 1Around the world,most cities have outdated foundations making them ill-equipped to fully cater to food,water and energy needs of their inhabitants.(Para.3)What Makes Smart Cities Smart?Analyze making them ill-equipped to fully cater to food,water and energy needs of their inhabitants modifies

3、 outdated foundations.2Around the world,most cities have outdated foundations making them ill-equipped to fully cater to food,water and energy needs of their inhabitants.(Para.3)What Makes Smart Cities Smart?Paraphrase Most of the cities in the world have city foundations that are out of date and ca

4、nnot satisfy their citizens needs for food,water and energy.2Around the world,most cities have outdated foundations making them ill-equipped to fully cater to food,water and energy needs of their inhabitants.(Para.3)What Makes Smart Cities Smart?Translation 从整个世界来看，多数城市的基础已经落后，陈旧的设施根本无法满足其居民对食品、用水和能

5、源的需求。2Existing infrastructures can be improved by retrofitting,which involves simply modifying the equipment that is already in service.(Para.6)What Makes Smart Cities Smart?Analysis“which involves simply modifying the equipment thatis already in service”is a non-restrictive attributiveclause modify

6、ing the gerund，specifying the contentsof“retrofitting”.Translation 现有基础设施可以通过改造实现优化，这只需要将现有运行的设备做些改进。3Despite its dystopian view of the future,the movie provides what some would consider a glimpse into the future.(Para.7)What Makes Smart Cities Smart?ParaphraseAlthough the movie takes a pessimistic

7、view about thefuture,it offers,on the part of some people,a windowinto what our future would look like.Analyze“dystopian”is the opposite of“Utopian”;“dystopian view”in the sentence means negative or passive view.4With a price tag of$22 billion,it is due to be fully functional by 2025.(Para.8)What Ma

8、kes Smart Cities Smart?ParaphraseThe total money invested for the Masdar Project willbe$22 billion,and will be completed and put intofunction by 2025.Analyze该项目号称投资2.2万亿，预计到2025年完全投入运行。5What Makes Smart Cities Smart?Masdars foundations are not being laid just with bricks and mortar,but are being wea

9、ved into the citys infrastructure through social innovation and technology.(Para.8)AnalysisTheexpression“bricksandmortar”isusedmetonymically,and it refers to traditional way ofconstructing a building.6What Makes Smart Cities Smart?Masdars foundations are not being laid just with bricks and mortar,bu

10、t are being weaved into the citys infrastructure through social innovation and technology.(Para.8)ParaphraseMasdars foundations will not be laid in the traditionalway of construction,but are also carefully integratedintothecitysinfrastructurebywayofsocialinnovation and technology.6What Makes Smart C

11、ities Smart?Masdars foundations are not being laid just with bricks and mortar,but are being weaved into the citys infrastructure through social innovation and technology.(Para.8)Translation 马斯达尔城的基础并不仅仅是用砖块和灰浆建成的，而是通过社会和技术革新融入城市的基础设施建设。6Many critics are already questioning the practicality ofMasdar

12、,claiming that by the time thecity is built,many of the technologies on which its foundations arebased will become outdated.(Para.9)What Makes Smart Cities Smart?ParaphraseMany critics doubt the utility of Masdar.They assertthat after the city is built,many of the technologies onwhich its foundation

13、s are based will be out of date anduseless.7Many critics are already questioning the practicality ofMasdar,claiming that by the time thecity is built,many of the technologies on which its foundations arebased will become outdated.(Para.9)What Makes Smart Cities Smart?Translation 许多批评家已经在质疑马斯达尔城的实用性问题，认为到该城市建成时，其基础设施赖以建立的许多技术也就要过时了。7Thanks！