Unit 3 Life in the future
【诵读·积累】
随着时代的发展, 我们的生活将会发生许多变化。下面三幅图片所描绘的情景有可能在未来的生活中变为现实, 请结合图片, 发挥想象, 展望未来的生活, 以Life in the future为题, 用英文写一篇120个词左右的短文。
Life in the future
As time goes by, there are going to be great changes in our everyday life in the future.
For example, when we are hungry, we don’t need to cook in a hurry. Just take some pills, and everything will be OK. When we are free, we can go to other planets for holidays by spacecraft, which will be very cheap, just like taking a taxi now. And of course, if we want to see what is like under the sea, just travel down there in a flying object like UFO or in an
unmanned bus through a special tunnel. Maybe there will be a lot of buildings and people living there.
I believe our life in the future will be more convenient, interesting and wonderful.
【尝试运用】
词汇翻译
在未来 ___________
(时间)过去 _____
日常生活 ________________
急急忙忙 __________________
度假, 休假 ____________________;
_________________
in the future
go by
everyday/daily life
in a hurry/hurriedly
for holidays/a holiday
have/take a holiday
乘坐宇宙飞船 ___________________________
一辆无人驾驶公共汽车 ________________
通过一条特殊隧道 _____________________
一句多译
在未来我们的日常生活将会发生巨大变化。
①___________________________________________________
_________________
②___________________________________________________
________
by spacecraft/take a spacecraft
an unmanned bus
through a special tunnel
Great changes will/are going to take place in our everyday
life in the future.
Our everyday life will/is going to change greatly/a lot in the
future.
Ⅰ. 单词盘点
核心速记
1. ________ (adj. ) 在前的；早先的
2. _____ (n. ) 指导；向导；导游
(vt. ) 指引；指导
3. _______ (vt. ) 容忍；忍受
4. ____ (vi. & vt. ) 缺乏；没有
(n. ) 缺乏；短缺的东西
previous
guide
tolerate
lack
5. ______ (n. ) 开关；转换
(vt. ) 转换
6. ______ (adj. ) 贪吃的；贪婪的；贪心的
联想串记
7. __________(n. )印象；感想；印记→_______(v. )使留下深刻印象→__________(adj. )给人深刻印象的
8. ________(adj. )时常发生的；连续不断的→ _________ (adv. ) 不断地
switch
greedy
impression
impress
impressive
constant
constantly
9. ____________(n. )周围的事物；环境→___________(adj. )周围的→_________ (vt. )围绕
10. __________ (n. )调整；调节→ ______ (vt. )调整；使适应
11. _____ (vi. & vt. )按；压；逼迫(n. )按；压；印刷；新闻
→ ________ (n. )压力
12. _________(adj. )乐观(主义)的→ __________(反义词, adj. )
悲观(主义)的
13. ______ (n. )瞬间；片刻(adj. )立即的；立刻的→________ (adv. )马上
surroundings
surrounding
surround
adjustment
adjust
press
pressure
optimistic
pessimistic
instant
instantly
14. _____________ (n. )代表；典型人物(adj. )典型的；有代表性的→ _________ (v. )代表
15. _________ (n. )定居；解决→ _____(v. )定居；解决
representative
represent
settlement
settle
Ⅱ. 短语互译
1. 拿起；接受；开始；继续 _______
2. (困境后)恢复；完全复原 __________________
3. 打扫；横扫 ________
4. (快捷而悄声地)移动；溜进…… __________
5. 加速 _________
6. lose sight of. . . ___________
7. be optimistic about _______________
8. be similar to. . . ___________
take up
be back on one’s feet
sweep up
slide into
看不见……
对……感到乐观
与……相似
speed up
9. in all directions ___________
10. under repair _________
向四面八方
在修理中
Ⅲ. 句型透视
1. 特殊疑问词＋插入语(do you think/suppose/expect/believe 等)＋陈述语序
Which problems ___________(你认为) people will have overcome in one thousand years?
2. 形容词+不定式(作状语)
At first my new surroundings were _________________(难以忍受).
do you think
difficult to tolerate
3. 过去分词短语作状语
_____________________(由于缺少新鲜空气), my head ached.
4. what引导的名词性从句
However, I lost sight of Wang Ping when we reached _____ _______________________(看上去像个大市场) because of too many carriages flying by in all directions.
5. where引导定语从句
Well, now there’s a system __________________________(废弃物被处理)using the principles of ecology.
Hit by a lack of fresh air
what
looked like a large market
where the waste is disposed of
Ⅳ. 语篇完形
Li Qiang took up the prize to travel to AD 3008 in a time capsule. At first he was worried about the journey and 1. _______ from “time lag”, so he felt 2. _______and uncertain.
When safely transported into the future, Li Qiang felt the new surroundings were difficult to 3. _______. His head ached due to the 4. ____ of fresh air. Just as he tried to make the necessary 5. __________ to this situation, his friend Wang Ping appeared and reminded him to put on a mask. Soon he was 6. _____ on his feet again and following Wang Ping to collect a
suffered
nervous
tolerate
lack
adjustment
back
hovering carriage, in which they could move swiftly. However, he 7. ____ sight of Wang Ping when they reached 8. _____ looked like a large market because of too many carriages flying by 9. __ all directions. Then he caught up with Wang Ping.
Arriving at a strange-looking house, Wang Ping showed Li Qiang into a room and 10. _______ a switch on a computer screen, and a table and some chairs rose from under the floor. After Wang Ping left, Li Qiang slid into bed and fell fast asleep.
lost
what
in
flashed
1. 选用框中词汇的适当形式完成句子
tolerate, guide, adjustment, take up, under repair
(1)At the age of sixty he _______the study of Russian.
(2)The company made an __________ in my salary.
(3)The teacher cannot _______ eating in class.
(4)I can’t use my office at present; it is ___________.
(5)A blind man is sometimes ______ by a dog.
took up
adjustment
tolerate
under repair
guided
2. 选用句型透视中的句式仿写句子
(1)你为什么认为他们不会按时到呢？
________________________________________
(2)他的理论很难懂。
____________________________________
(3)受到老师责备, 女孩开始哭了起来。
_______________________________________
Why don’t you think they will arrive on time?
His theory is very difficult to understand.
Scolded by the teacher, the girl began to cry.
(4)他在会上说的话令每个与会者震惊。
___________________________________________________
(5)你能设想这个单词被使用的场合吗?
___________________________________________________
What he said at the meeting astonished everybody present.
Can you think out a situation where this word can be used?
1. lack vi. &vt. 缺乏；没有 n. 缺乏；短缺的东西
(1)lack (for) sth. 缺少……
be lacking (in) sth. 缺乏……
(2)(a) lack of. . . ……方面的短缺
have no lack of. . . 不缺乏……
for/by/from/through lack of sth. 因缺乏……；因没有……
①(2012·北京高考)As I look back on that day now, it surely lacks any sense of reality.
当我现在回顾那一天时, 感到此事确实缺乏现实感。
②He seemed to be lacking in courage.
他似乎缺乏勇气。
③(2012·福建高考)__ ____ __ confidence can lead to a lot of suffering.
缺乏信心会导致许多痛苦。
A
lack
of
④(语境填词)His girlfriend thought that he must be a rich person _______ ___ nothing. In fact, he couldn’t afford to buy even a small flat ___ ____ __ money.But he ______ the courage to tell her the truth.
他的女朋友认为他是个什么都不缺的富人。事实上, 因为没有钱, 他甚至连很小的公寓也买不起。但他一直缺乏告诉她真相的勇气。
【点津】 lack虽可作及物动词用, 但不用于被动语态；lack作不及物动词用时, 常与介词for或in连用；lack作名词用时, 常与介词of连用。
lacking
for
for
lack
of
lacked
【高考链接】
(2010·福建高考)More and more high-rise buildings have been built in big cities ______ space.
A. in search of B. in place of
C. for lack of D. for fear of
【解析】选C。考查介词短语。句意：因为缺少空间, 越来越多的高层建筑在城市中被建造。A项意为“寻找……”；B项意为“代替, 替代”；C项意为“因缺乏”；D项意为“担心, 害怕”。根据句意可知, C项正确。
2. press vi. & vt. 按；压；逼迫
n. 按；压；印刷；新闻
写出下列句中press的词性及含义
①Just watch what will happen when I press the button.
( )
②Someone’s bag pressed hard against my back in the crowded train. ( )
③Please don’t press me on this point. I have no more to say.
( )
vt. 按
vi. 压
vt. 逼迫
④My suit needs to be pressed. ( )
⑤Every civilized country should ensure the freedom of the press. ( )
⑥It’s reported that Mo Yan’s new book will come to press next month. ( )
【拓展】
press sb. to do sth. 极力劝说/敦促某人做某事
press sb. for sth. 极力要求某人做某事
press for sth. 极力要求某事
vt. 熨平
n. 新闻
n. 印刷
3. instant adj. 立即的, 立刻的
n. [C] (一般用单数) 瞬间, 片刻；某一时刻
at that instant 当时, 那一刻
for an instant 一会儿, 片刻
in an instant＝instantly 立刻, 马上
the instant＋从句= instantly＋从句 一……就……
①Instant foods are more and more popular among people nowadays. 如今, 速食方便食品越来越受到人们的欢迎。
②The boss wants the job finished __ ___ ______.
老板要求立刻完成这项工作。
③He started to work ___ ______ he got to his office.
他一到办公室就开始工作了。
in
an
instant
the
instant
4. take up 拿起；接受；开始；继续；占用
写出下列句中take up的汉语意思
① Are you going to take up the challenge of lasting a whole week without arguing? ( )
② Writing the paper took up most of the weekend. ( )
③She took up the story where Tim had left off. ( )
④Marx took up English when he was 50. ( )
接受
占用
继续
开始学
【拓展】
take apart 拆开
take back 拿回, 收回；取消
take down 写下, 记下
take in 收容(某人)；吸收；领会；欺骗；包含
take off 脱掉；(飞机)起飞；(产品等)走红
take on 雇用；呈现；承担
take over 接管；控制；占据
5. lose sight of. . . 看不见……
①The place was so crowded；we soon lost sight of him.
那地方人太多, 一会儿我们就看不见他了。
②Only a short-sighted man will lose sight of the importance of education.
只有鼠目寸光的人才会看不见教育的重要性。
【拓展】翻译下列相关短语
catch sight of. . .