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People living in ancient times had no alternative but to do housework manually. They fire the wood when they cook,they hand wash clothes with hands; they sweep the floor with brooms.
Now, modern inventions come as a great relief to people. We cook with electric cookers; we do laundry with the help of washing machines; a computer-controlled cleaner can assist us in almost all cleaning. These modern inventions facilitate our housework so much that we cannot imagine anyone can make do without them.
Furthermore, robots are under development for making our life easier: It is likely that people can be entirely liberated from tiring housework in the future
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知識點
----單詞
relief n寬慰
assist v幫助
alternative n可供選擇的事務
housework n家務勞動,家務事
manually adv用手地,人工地
broom n掃把
tiring adj令人疲勞的,累人的
electric adj電動的,用電的
laundary n洗衣物的活
cooker n爐具
facilitate v使便利
furthermore adv此外,而且
robot n機器人
entirely adv完整地,完全地
liberate v解放,使自由
Cambridge 劍橋(地名)
----短語
have no alternative but to do 别無選擇
wash clothes by hands 用手洗衣服
sweep the floor with brooms 用掃把打掃衛生
electric cooker 電飯鍋
washing machine 洗衣機
computer-controlled cleaner 用電腦控制的吸塵器
Stephen Hawking 斯蒂芬 霍金
motor neuron disease 運動神經元病