Language points
unit 3 life in the future

First impressions
Why did he have the chance to travel to the year AD 3008?
He took up a prize that he won last year
How did he travel to the year of AD3008?
By a time capsul.
Who was his guide?
His friend Wang Ping was his guide.
Why did his head ached?
He was hit by a lack of fresh air.
Finally whose house did Wangping showed him into?
Wangping's future house.
他把绘画当成他的职业。
take up 开始从事，选修, 占用, 吸收
新环境难以忍受
请提醒我给我的妈妈写信。
结果我就成了一名艺术家。
她不缺朋友
the air seemed thin, as though its combination of gasses had little oxygen.
as if /though 好象，仿佛，似乎；一般引导表语从句和状语从句。从句中的动词有时要用虚拟语气。
It looks as if it is going to rain. 看起来天要下雨了。
Tom stared at his father as though he had never seen him before. 汤姆盯着他父亲仿佛从来都没见过他似的。
He passed the soldiers as if they didn't exist.他走过哨兵，好像他们不存在似的。
he looked as if he had been ill.他看起来好像病过一样。
he heard a noise, as if someone was breathing.他听到一种声音，就像是有人在呼吸一样。
Just as I tried to make the necessary adjustment to this new situation , …
adjustment: The act of adjusting or the state of being adjusted.
ad-: to -just：刚好 -ment:名词后缀
He made adjustment to the machine.
Back on one’s feet
Ford Motor Company is finally back on its feet after years of low sales.
press
vi & vt.
1)压；按；推。例如：
She pressed the key / button / doorbell. 她摁按键/按纽/门铃。
2）紧迫。（了解即可）例如：
Time presses. 时间紧迫
The problem of fuel presses for solution.这个燃料的问题急待解决。
We'll let you know if anything presses. 如有紧急情况,我们会通知你的。
press n. 按;压。出版业；新闻界；例如：
Flatten the paper with a press of the hand. 用手把纸压平。
the University Press 大学出版社
The power of the press is very great. 新闻界的力量非常强大.
However, I lost sight of Wangping when...
sight n. 视力；视野；情景，景象。例如：
He has good/ poor (eye)sight
She lost her sight.
Keep out of my sight.
I watched him until he disappeared
from sight in the distance.
The sunset is a beautiful sight.
落日是很美的景象。
我望着他直到他消失在远方
不要让我看到你。
她眼睛瞎了。
他视力好/差。
常见的短语：
be in sight 看得见；
come in sight进入视线；
out of sight不被看到；
lose sight of…看不见...了；
catch/ get/ have (a) sight of…发现, 看出；
at first sight乍一看。
he was swept up into the center of them and my link with him was broken as I was carried up to top of a high building nearby.
sweep up:本意是打扫， 清扫，经常引申为“横扫， 掠过”等意思
The leaves were swept up into the air by the wind.
sweep swept swept
Wang Ping flashed a switch on a computer screen, and a table and chairs rose[rise 的过去式] from under the floor as if（they were risen） by magic.
王平闪了一下电脑荧屏上的开关，于是一个桌子和几把椅子就像变魔术般的从地板下面升了起来
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switch :
n. 开关 where is the light switch?
vi. 转换， 改变：
he got tired of teaching and switched to writing stories.
switch off 把…关掉， 不听， 不理睬
switch on: 接通， 把开关打开
switch out: 关上
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magical: adj 魔力的， 不可思议的
magically adv 迷人地， 不可思议
magician n:魔术师
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slide vi;n 滑动，移动
slide into “不知不觉地陷入”
slide into bad habits 染上坏习惯
slide from 从...滑落
slide past 流逝
slide slid slid
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