人教课标版 高二必修人教课标版 高二必修5 Unit 35 Unit 3

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

Just imagine, several thousand years

later, the scientific technology is

becoming more modern than it is now.

What will happen?

Are you me?

Clone!!

I HAVE SEEN AMAZING THINGS

I have seen amazing things.

* enormous adj. 巨大的；庞大的* imitate vt. 模仿；仿照* up-to-date adj. 现代的，最新的* moveable adj. 可移动的；活动的* citizen n. 公民；居民；市民* thoughtpad n. 思想仪

• instant n. 瞬间；片刻 adj. 立即的；立刻的• limitation n. 限制；局限，极限• efficient adj. 有能力的；效率高的

• dustbin n. 垃圾箱• ribbon n. 丝带； 带状物• ecology n. 生态；生态学• dispose vt. 布置；安排

* greedy adj. 贪吃的；贪婪的；贪心的* swallow vt. 吞下；咽下* recycle vt. 回收利用；再利用* manufacture vt. （用机器）大量生产； 成批制造* motivation n. 动机

Fast Reading

1. How many stops did they visit?

2. How many inventions did the guide

introduce to us? What are they?

Three inventions. Thoughtpad, a

machine and robots.

Three.

Detail Reading

Divide the text into four Parts.

1). What is the space station

like?It is an enormous round plate.

1. Read the first part

2). Why did the space station spin

slowly in space?

To imitate the pull of the earth’s

gravity.

2. Read the second part

True or false

1). Messages can be sent using

a thoughtpad.

2). The space citizens could send message

clearly at any time.

3).We can blame the tools for the faults of

the user.

T

F

F

Place the metal band over one’s

head, clear one’s mind, press the

sending button, think one’s message

and the next instant it’s sent.

How are the messages sent in the

31st century?

3. Read the third part

True or false

1). The rubbish used to be sent to be

buried or burned.

2). The rubbish is turned into the same

grades of material.

3). Nothing is wasted and everything is

recycled.

F

T

T

The giant machine swallows all the

waste available and the rubbish is

turned into several grades of useful

material, such as “fertilizer” for the

fields and “soil” for deserts.

How does the waste machine work?

4. Read the fourth part

1).What can be produced in space?

Who manufactures them?

drugs, clothes, furniture, hovering

carriages, etc.

Robots manufacture them.

2). How are the goods transported to the

earth?

By industrial spaceship.

Analyze and compare. Fill the table.

Modern Inventions of the 31st Century Only to be

seen on the Space Station

communicat

ion

Waste

Disposal

Manufact

uring

inventi

on

thoughtpad manufact

uring

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 messages may be mixed up

1 no waste2 no pollution3 no environmental damage

1 disposes of all waste2 turns them into three grades of useful material

People must live on a space station to monitor the robots

n. (pron.)

疑问词＋ to do

doing sth.

wh-clause

1. consider

考虑

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。

all things considered

从各方面考虑起来，就各方面而言

All things considered, we are doing

quite well.

consider

认为

that 从句作宾语

doing sth.

复合宾语 (… to be / as)

I consider it a great honor to be invited

to dinner.

I consider that you are wrong.

I considered him as a politician.

2. You place the metal band over your head, cl

ear your mind, press the sending button, thi

nk your message and the next instant it’s se

nt.

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。

moment, minute, instant

这些名词均含“瞬间、片刻”之意。moment: 较 minute 所表示的时间短，指一 刹那或一段很短时间，有时也含 持续的意味。minute: 指极短的时间，但可觉察到时间 的持续。instant: 常与 moment 换用，指一瞬间，但 更侧重时间短促，多用于表示紧 迫、瞬变等情况。

【词义辨析】

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。

Summary

It was my first visit to a space station.

Described as an e 1 round plate, it spi

ns slowly in space to 2 ( 模仿 ) the pu

ll of the earth’s gravity. The g 3 sh

owed us three stops. In the first stop, I s

aw the thoughtpad used for s 4 messa

ges.

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