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Unit 1: Lost
"Oh, no!" Luke cries. "I'm lost again."
He pulls over to the side of the road and puts the car in park, trying to hold back the tears. He gets out of the car and looks around, hoping to see something familiar, but he has no idea where he is.
"This seems to happen to me a lot," he mutters to himself. "Thank god my wife bought me a GPS for my birthday!"
He switches the dash-mounted GPS on and waits for it to get a signal. It responds with a beep to let him know that it is ready for use. He then browses the onscreen menus until he finds his destination. A map of the area comes up and he uses the pointer to select the exact address that he is trying to find. Now that the GPS is programmed, it will lead him right to where he wants to go…the Ming Harng Temple.
An arrow flashes on the screen showing him which way to go. Sometimes the machine even beeps when he needs to turn.
A GPS, or Global Positioning System, uses satellites to communicate information to it. In order to calculate your whereabouts, the GPS needs to be connected to at least 3 satellites, but the more satellites it connects to, the more accurate the information that it provides will be.
A GPS can give you other information as well. It can tell you your altitude, speed, and even your ETA (estimated time of arrival). It can also be programmed to record coordinates that are important to you, like where you buried that body last summer.
Thanks to the wonder of modern technology, Luke finally sees the big temple off in the distance. For a man who has spent most of his life lost and in the dark, the GPS is a godsend. Never will he waver off course again.
單字表：
1.pull over (ph.) 路邊停車
2.hold back (ph.) 忍住；抑制
3.familiar with (ph.)熟悉
4.mutter(v.) 喃喃自語
5.switch(v.) 開關；扭轉
6.dash-mounted (adj.) 儀表板式的
7.signal (n.) 訊號
8.respond with a beep (ph.) 以嘟聲回應
9.onscreen (adj.) 在螢幕上的
10.destination (n.) 目的地
11.pointer (n.) 指針
12.select (v.) 選擇
13.exact (adj.) 確切的
14.programmed (adj.) 程式化的
15.arrow (n.) 箭頭
16.flash(v.) 閃耀
17.satellite (n.) 人造衛星
18.communicate (v.) 溝通
19.calculate (v.) 計算
20.whereabouts (n.)下落；去處
21.connect (v.) 連結；連接
22.at least (ph.) 至少
23.accurate (adj.) 正確的
24.provide (v.) 提供
25.altitude (n.) 高度
26.coordinate (n.) 座標
27.bury (v.) 埋葬
單字編輯整理：清蓮老師
第一課：迷路
「喔，不！」路克大喊。「我又迷路了。」
他把車子停在路邊，試著忍住淚水。他走出車外並望向四周，希望看見熟悉的事物，但他對於自己身在何處毫無頭緒。
「這似乎常發生在我身上，」他對自己小聲抱怨：「幸好我老婆在生日時買了一個衛星導航給我！」
他打開裝在儀表板上的衛星導航，並等待它收到訊號。衛星導航發出嗶一聲讓他知道現在可以用了。然後他瀏覽螢幕上的目錄直到找到自己的目的地。一個區域的地圖出現，他用觸控筆選擇他之前一直在找的正確地址。現在衛星導航已經安排好了，它將會直接帶他到他想去的地方—明航寺。
一個箭頭在螢幕上閃爍指示他該走哪條路，在他需要轉彎的時候機器還會發出嗶嗶聲。
衛星導航，或說全球定位系統，利用衛星來通信。為了計算你的所在位置，衛星導航需要連接到至少三個衛星，但連接愈多個衛星，它就能提供愈正確的資訊。
衛星導航也能提供其他資訊給你。它可以告訴你海拔高度、速度，甚至是你的預計到達時間。它也可以被指定來記錄對你而言重要的座標，像是你去年夏天在哪裡埋了屍體之類的。
由於現代科技的美好，路克終於看到大寺廟出現在遠方。對於一個花費大半輩子迷路又處在黑暗中的男人來說，衛星導航是個天賜。他再也不會徘迴於路程中。