General English:8
Unit5 Writing about product innovation
revolution
developed
competition
mobile applications
developer
invented
app
competitor
discussion
collocation 搭配
descriptive adj. 描写的，叙述的；描写性的
skyscrapers 摩天大楼
Can you describe how the new touch screen works?
The competition is catching up to us.
Texting revolutionized the way we communicate.
The smartphone was an amazing development.
We had a heated discussion about production.
His latest invention is a tiny phone worn like a ring.
Multi-Drive is a revolution revolutionize revolutionary new way to use your smartphone in your car.
Multi-Drive helps you be more production productive produce on your way to work. You can prepare reports, make appointments and text colleagues.
Todd Meacham created the Multi-Drive application. He‘s one of our most inventive invent invention developers.
Todd will now description describe descriptive how Multi-Drive works. Todd?
Sorry, I‘m not very organized organize organization . I can‘t find my notes. Uh, just a minute.
Future continuouus
Frank thinks he‘ll be desining skyscrapers someday.
Oscat thinks someday robots will be helping humankind.
People will be using their smartphones for everything.
They‘ll be producing smartphones that you can wear like a ring.
A: Will you still be working here in 20 years?
B: Yes, but I‘ll be running the company.
INVENTOR: Everything is changing. Technology is revolutionizing our work and entertainment.
JUDY: What‘s she talking about?
MAC: I‘m not really sure. Something about how they‘ll soon be producing notebooks that are as thin as a piece of paper?
JUDY: I‘m not interested. I‘m happy with my old desktop computer.
MAC: Shhh! Let‘s listen to what she‘s saying.
INVENTOR: No more monitors. We‘ll be using our hands, the wall, a desk – anything flat – as a touch screen .
JUDY: Huh?
MAC: Wow. I think that she means we‘ll be taking anything flat and using it as a computer monitor.
Like, we could see a video game and a keyboard on a wall and press the keys to play the game.
JUDY: Scary! I don‘t want to play a video game or call somebody on my hand.
MAC: But you will. Everyone will be doing it someday.
INVENTOR: Yes, ladies and gentlemen! This is the future.
Expressing worries and concerns
Are we ready for it?
I can see why you‘re worried.
I have some concerns about ...
We‘re in danger of ...
Do you think they‘re concerned about ...?
I‘m worried that we‘ll fall behind the competition.
I‘m concerned that we won‘t be able to compete.
Expressing worries and concerns
Use the words worry and concern to talk about bad things that could happen.
‘Worry‘ and ‘concern‘ with ‘that‘
Use that when the next part of the sentence is an independent clause
(a phrase with a noun and a verb that can stand alone as a sentence).
I‘m worried that we‘ll fall behind the competition.
I‘m concerned that we won‘t be able to compete.
‘Worry‘ and ‘concern‘ with ‘about‘
Use about when the next part of the sentence is a noun or a gerund (verb + ing). Notice that,
in these examples, concerned is an adjective and concerns is a noun.
I‘m worried about the competition.
I‘m concerned about losing so much money.
I have some serious concerns about the deal.
Another expression you can use to express concern is in danger of. In danger of is always followed by a gerund or a gerund phrase.
We‘re in danger of falling behind the competition.
Use the following questions to ask someone about their concerns.
What are you concerned about?
Are you worried that we‘ll fail?
To show sympathy with someone‘s worries, you can use this expression.
I can see why you‘re worried about that.
DAN: You look worried.
COURTNEY: I am. I‘m very worried.
DAN: What are you worried about ?
COURTNEY: I‘m concerned that we don‘t offer a mobile banking application.
DAN: I can see why you‘re concerned . All the other banks in the area have one.
COURTNEY: I know. I‘m worried that we‘re falling behind them. It‘s driving me crazy.
DAN: Yeah. So many problems. I‘m also worried that the online banking product isn‘t doing very well.
COURTNEY: What do you mean?
DAN: Well, I have some serious concerns about design. Our online banking product looks like it was made in 1990.