Unit 3

What will life be in the future?

communicationworkbusiness and moneyhouses and buildingstransportationeducation

People will use smart cards instead of cash.

What’s the advantage of on-line shopping?

Maybe people will shop with animals.

People will use robots doing housework or get them to play music.

Robots are used in many places.

Will people in the future be able to enjoy a longer and healthier life? Why?

People will live a longer life.

What kinds of schools will be there in the future?

It would be possible for Ss to stay at home to have lessons.

Perhaps we’ll travel by Flying Plate.

Reading

Scan the text within 6 minutes.

Think about what you have read and do some exercises given below.

Scan the text within 6 minutes.

Think about what you have read and do some exercises given below.

What are mentioned in

the article?

What are mentioned in

the article?

A time capsuleA time capsule Adventure Adventure

Take up a prizeTake up a prize

SurroundingsSurroundings

Medical scienceMedical science

Flash a switchFlash a switch

Time lagTime lag

This is an introduction to the advantages and problems of life in AD 3005.

Good changes and reasons

Bad changes and reasons

Time travel

Transport

HousesTowns

Air Quality

Can travel to different times as you wish

Time lag

Can move swiftly Flying by in all directions, difficult to find way

Save living space Short of space

Like a large market Easy to get lost

Plenty of oxygen at home

Lack of fresh air in public

1. take up 接受；开始；继续；从事；占据 sweep up carry up

speed up look up

make up

take in

take off

take out take over take away

打扫，横扫建高 ( 房屋 ) ；追溯加速仰望；尊敬；查寻

弥补；虚构；整理；化妆

吸收；理解；欺骗取消；脱衣；起飞拿出；出发

接管取走

She took up her first teaching post in 1990 .

Are you going to take up the challenge of competing against Tom?

你打算接受跟 Tom 比赛的这个挑战吗？

1990 年她走上第一个教学岗位。

Tom often helps his friend even though going to office ______ most of his day.

C. carry up D. look up A. takes up B. makes upA

2. remind sb. of sth. 使……想起 提醒 remind sb. about sth. remind sb. to do sth. remind sb. that /what /how

I haven’t used this machine for ages. Please remind me what to do.

我已经很久没有使用这个机器了，请提醒我应该做什么。

in time on time at a time at one time at no time at times = sometimes;

from time to time; now and then at all times in no time = immediately

及时；迟早按时；准时每次 一度；曾经从不；决不

不时地；时常

总是；始终

3. 归纳 time 短语

立即；马上

for the time being It’s high/about time that sb. did sth.

time and time again

many a time kill time keep time

暂时

重复地，一次又一次

到时间做某事

常常，多次消磨时间 钟表走得准；合拍子

Eg: I will see him ________. The film began _________. Don’t speak at once! One _________. He is busy with his work __________. The Young Pioneers come to help the

sick ________. Those people had chances for their

jobs _________. I used to go skating __________, but

now I seem to have lost interest.

in time

on time

at a time

at all times

at times

at no time

at one time

4. 辨析 expect, hope, wish

expect /wish sb. sth.expect /hope /wish to do sth.expect /wish sb. to do sth.expect /hope/wish that (wish 虚拟语气 )hope for… hope so (not)

--Do you think the Bulls will beat the Suns?--Yes, they have better players, so I ______ them to win.

A. hope B. prefer C. expect D. want

How I wish I could fly to the moon!

After this dry weather, everyone hopes for rain.

C

Translation1. Well prepared, Bob was

optimistic about his performance in the examination.

2. Sarah reminded me of the lack of water in Africa and that we had to switch from baths to showers.

3. Li Zhong required his children to exercise every morning before breakfast .

4. I was asked if he worked hard. My impression was that he was doing a good job

5. He pressed a mask to his face swiftly to avoid any poisonous gas.

6. The travel agency instructed him to speed up his work.

Grammar : 过去分词

过去分词主要考查其在句中作状语、定语、表语和补语的用法。

1. 作状语

_____ in thought,he almost ran into the car in front of him.

A. Losing B. Having lost C. Lost D. To loseC

过 去 分 词

2. 作定语

The Olympic Games,___ in 776 B.C.did not include women players until 1912.

A.first played B. to be first played C. first playing D. to be first playingA

过去分词

3. 作表语Cleaning women in big cities usually get

____ by the hour.

A. pay B. paying

C. paid D. to payC类似的有： get burnt, get hurt , get wounded.

get done 进入或变为某种状态 get paid; get used to ; get caught in; get engaged to sb. get married; get lost; get separated from; get rid of; get dressed; get hurt/harmed/wounded/injured get prepared for;

Be careful when you cross this very busy street. If not, you may --- run over by a car.

a. have b. get c. become d. turn How are the team playing? -- They are playing well, but one of

them --- hurt. a. got b. gets c. are d. were

B

B

3. As we joined the big crowd, I got --- from my friends.

A. separated B. spared C. lost D. missed 4. You didn’t let me drive. If we ----in

turn, you ----- so tired. A. drove, didn’t get B. drove, wouldn’t get C. were driving, wouldn’t get D. had driven, wouldn’t have got

A

D

5. Cleaning women in big cities usually get ---- by the hour.

• Pay b.paying c. paid d. to pay

6. Five soldiers got--- in the battle.a. wound b. harmed c. damaged d. wounded

C

D

过去分词

4. 作补语

该 See sth.done 这结构常见的还有 watch(notice, observe,have 和 make)sth. done.

The managers discussed the plan that they would like to see ___ the next year.

A.carry put B. carrying out C. carried out D. to carry out

C

Men breaking the law will be punished.

Men who break the law will be punished.

Can you see the girl dancing with your boyfriend?

Can you see the girl who is dancing with her boyfriend?

Hearing the news, he went out. On hearing the news, he went out.

比较

I have a lot of work to do. This is the question to be

discussed tomorrow.Do you have anything to be

typed?This is the question being

discussed now.That was the question

discussed the day before.