Using LanguageUsing Language

Complete the phrases with prepositions

from the passage First Impressions:

1. __ the earth

2. __ the future

3. __ no time

4. _____ the ground

5. __ bending and pressing down

in

in

above

by

on

6. __ all directions

7. __ a computer screen

8. ____ _____ the floor

in

on

from under

I HAVE SEEN AMAZING THINGS

Fast Reading

Task 1

1. How many stops did they visit?

2. How many inventions did the guide

introduce to us? What are they? (What are

these amazing things? )

Three inventions. Thoughtpad, a machine and robots.

Three.

Task 2 Careful reading

Reading carefully by comparing, and fill the table.

Modern Inventions of the 31st Century Only to be seen on the Space Station

communication

Waste Disposal

Manufacturing

invention

thoughtpad manufacturing robots

Use the information from the reading passage to fill in this poster for the Space Station.

a waste machine

advantages

1

2

disadvantages

None

efficientEnvironmentally friendly

Thoughts must be clear or an unclear messages may be sent

1 no waste2 no pollution3 no environmental damage

1 disposes of all waste2 turns them into several grades of useful material→ nothing is wasted, and everything is recycled.

Representatives must trained to live and work on a space station to monitor the robots

n. (pron.)

疑问词＋ to do

doing sth.

wh-clause

1. consider

Language points

Let me consider. 让我仔细想想。I am considering the purchase of car.

我在考虑买一辆车。We must consider giving it a try.

我们应当考虑试一试。We should consider what to do next.

我们应当考虑一下怎么办。

2. You place the metal band over your head, clear your mind, press the sending button, think your message and the next instant it’s sent.

instant 在这里是名词，意思是“顷刻，刹那”。如：

I'll be back in an instant. 我马上就回来。 I took an instant dislike to him. 我一见他就不喜欢。 I don't like to drink instant coffee. 我不喜欢喝速溶咖啡。

3. A giant machine, always greedy for m

ore, swallows all the waste available.

greedy adj. 贪婪的 He looked at the shop window with gre

edy eyes. 

他用贪婪的眼光看着商店的橱窗。 The greedy little boy ate all the candy a

t the party.  那个贪吃的小男孩把宴会上所有的糖果都吃光了。

He is a greedy capitalist. 

他是一个贪婪的资本家。 A greedy, rapacious person. 

贪心的或贪婪的人 He’s a real greedy guts. 

他真是贪吃的大肚汉。

Task 4 Summary

It was my first visit to a space station. Described as an e 1 round plate, it spins slowly in space to 2 ( 模仿 ) the pull of the earth’s gravity. The g 3 showed us three stops. In the first stop, I saw the thoughtpad used for s 4 messages.

Next stop, we are in the environment

area. There is a 5 machine which can

s 6 all the waste available. The t 7

stop showed us how the goods are m8

by r 9 .

Answers:

1. enormous 2. imitate 3. guide

4. sending 5. waste 6. swallow

7. third 8. manufactured 9. robots

Discussion• In pairs discuss the advantages and

disadvantages of living on a space

station. For example: would you like

to live and work in one? What

would you do with your spare time?

Prepare to report to the class.

Homework

1. words

2. Top English P55-58

3. review the text