1. 单元内容介绍
2. 重要词汇，短语的用法
3. 重，难点句的解释。
知识总结与归纳：
（一）单元内容介绍：
1. 本单元主题：未来的生活--未来的交通，商业，医药健康和教育。
2. 主要学习材料：听力：来自3044年的信：描述了3044年火星人的生活。阅读：幻想人类未来生活的科普文章，设想了未来的交通；商业；医药健康和教育。
3. 语言学习：Word study：通过相关的练习巩固所学的新单词，理解生词在不同语境中的运用。注意单词表里的词汇，运用学过的构词知识掌握新的单词。
4. 语法学习：名词性从句。
（二）重要单词及短语的用法：
1. glimpse：一瞥； catch / get / have / hold a glimpse of….瞥见，窥见。
One way to catch a glimpse of the future is to examine some of the major trends in contemporary society.
I caught a glimpse of Mary at the station this morning.
I caught a glimpse of him before he disappeared into the crowd.
2. touch：触摸；联系，相关短语：
keep in touch with….
get in touch with…
lose touch with…
be out of touch with…
The Internet also makes it easier for companies to keep in touch with customers and companies in other countries.
3. remain：保持不变，留下，剩下，仍然。后面接名词，形容词，分词或不定式结构。
The boundary questions remain unsettled
This still remains a serious problem.
There remains a still more difficult task for us.
Whether it will do us good or not remains to be seen.
The troops were ordered to remain where they were.
4. cure：治愈，cure somebody of something：治愈某人的疾病。
注意：treat：治疗，对待。
Most of the patients can be cured of the disease.
This kind of medicine will cure you of your disease.
5. in store：储藏，准备，就要来临，即将发生。
If we learn to accept change and appreciate what is new and different, we will be well-prepared for whatever the future may have in store.
There is a shock in store for him.
We have a few surprises in store.
6. cheat：欺骗，作弊。 cheat somebody of something：骗取某人某物。
This company promises that consumers who have cheated by it can get double their money back. They cheated the old man of his money.
7. require：要求，需要；相当于demand 后面接名词；doing形式；不定式做宾补；后面如果接从句，则从句的结构是：that+主语+should do / should be done …（should可以省略）
You are required to pay for your purchases before you leave the supermarket.
Carrying out this plan would require increasing our staff by 50%.
Consumers require / demand that they should be told the further information on the product.
（三）难点句解释：
1. A good example of how transportation is changing is the new maglev train, which is environmentally friendly, energy-saving and travels at an amazing 430km/h.
交通公共正在改善的一个很好的例子就是新型磁悬浮列车，它环保，节能，而且能以每小时430公里的惊人速度行驶。
at：以……速度 / 价格 / 比率 / 年龄
at a high / low / reasonable price
at the age of…
at the speed of…
2. With a better understanding of the human body, scientists and physicians will be able to cure more diseases.
随着对人体的更好的理解，科学家和医生将能够治愈更多病人的疾病.
with：随着……
With time passing by, I realize the importance of study.
3. It’s certain that things will change. We cannot be sure whether our dreams will come true, but we can at least be hopeful that our efforts to improve the world will be successful.
事物肯定会发生变化。我们不能肯定我们的梦想能否成真，但至少我们能希望我们改善世界的努力将会成功。
（1）It’s certain that…主语从句。固定句型。
（2）that our efforts to improve the world will be successful名词性从句做be hopeful 的宾语。
（3）come true：实现，梦想成真。
（4）efforts to improve the world：改善世界的努力。
4. If we learn to accept change and appreciate what is new and different, we will be well-prepared for whatever the future may have in store.
如果我们学会接受变化并且学会欣赏不同的新事物，我们就能有充分的准备去迎接未来带给我们的一切。
注意句中what is new and different和whatever the future may have in store 两处的名词性从句。
5. We now have e-friends to help us and keep us company.
我们现在都有了电子朋友来帮助我们并陪伴我们。
keep sb. company：陪伴某人。company：不可数名词，同伴，陪伴，
I’m very grateful for John’s company on the long journey to Moscow.
If you’re going out for a walk, I’ll come along and keep you company
（四）语法补充：有关表语从句的连词：除了that / whether / wh-疑问词外还可以用because / why / as / as if等引导。
He didn’t come to school yesterday. That was because he was ill.
It seems as if it were spring already.
It sounds as if that someone is knocking at the door.
【典型例题】
1. The election is coming. Mr. Bush will this evening.
A. broadcast B. report C. announce D. present
答案：A
解析：broadcast：意为“广播；在广播中讲话”。
2. Before you sign anything important, pay careful to all the conditions.
A. notice B. attention C. regards D. reference
答案：B
解析：pay attention to… 注意……
3. A steam engine heat into power.
A. move B. remove C. exchange D. transform
答案：D
解析：transform…into… 把……转变成……
4. Because the government was weak, the army became the ____ ruler of the country.
A. practical B. suitable C. virtual D. convenient
答案：C
解析：the virtual ruler实际统治者；practical实用的，不合句意。
5. The of prices is still upwards.
A. way B. method C. manner D. trend
答案：D
解析：句意为“物价仍有上涨的趋势。”
6. She argued with him, but he could not face up to ____.
A. reality B. practice C. deed D. training
答案：A
解析：face up to reality面对现实。
7. Those gifts of rare books that were given to us were deeply ____.
A. appreciated B. agreed C. promised D. thanked
答案：A
解析：appreciate感激；重视；欣赏。句意为“那些作为礼物送给我们的珍贵图书深受重视。”
8. The 20th century has witnessed an enormous worldwide political, economic and cultural ____.
A. translation B. transportation C. tradition D. transformation
答案：D
解析：句意为“在政治、经济和文化方面，二十世纪经历了一场世界性的巨大变革。”transformation“变化；变革”，符合句意。
9. I don’t think there is any to bring him into the affair yet.
A. doubt B. necessity C. result D. influence
答案：B
解析：there is no necessity to do sth．没有必要做某事。
【模拟试题】（答题时间：60分钟）
一. 单项选择：
1. Newspapers keep us the world.
A. get in touch B. touching with C. out of touch D. in touch with
2. Although this medicine can cure you your illness, it has a bad effect you.
A. for; in B. for; on C. of; on D. of; at
3. The part of a little baby's life is spent in sleeping.
A. major B. valuable C. favourite D. fortunate
4. The government should an unfair salary structure.
A. build B. found C. reform D. imitate
5. The guide the place on a map that we will visit.
A. designs B. indicates C. points D. prints
6. The bell the end of the period rang, our heated discussion.
A. indicating; interrupting B. indicated; interrupting
C. indicating; interrupted D. indicated; interrupted
二. 阅读理解：
（A）
To Treat Every Day as the Last Day of Your Life
Every day I feel dull and boring until one day I had a conversation with one of my best friends.
She is an extraordinary common girl with plain appearance but weird thoughts sometimes.
When I told all my boring feelings to her, she kept silent at first. Then she asked me: “If today is the last day of your life, What will you do ?”
I was dumb at all. Just at that moment, she voiced her opinion: “I would contact my ex-boy friend and try to remedy the faults done by me before.
“Wow, to love only if you are limited and to achieve only if you are restricted. Most of us have formed the habit of procrastination（拖沓）. We take everything for granted too easily. But what shall we do and how regretful we will be if today happens to be the last day of our lives?”
My friend has already gone to do her business when I came to consciousness. Yes, to treat every day as the last day your life, then you will, at least, have less to be pitied.
1. What kind of person is the author’s friend ?
A. She is an ordinary girl with a quick mind.
B. She is a common girl with a kind heart.
C. She is a girl who often helps others.
D. She is a girl who has an active attitude to life.
2. The underlined word “remedy”（paragraph 4）means ______.
A. explain B. correct C. continue D. limit
3. The author’s friend told her to _____.
A. love her boy friend. B. dare to love, dare to achieve
C. correct her mistakes D. have pity for herself.
4. Why was the author dumb when she heard what her friend had said ?
A. She was afraid of facing her last day of her life.
B. She was too frightened by what her friend had said.
C. She had never thought of such a philosophical question.
D. She was regretful for what she had done.
5. This passage mainly tells us that ____.
A. We should live actively every day.
B. Everybody has his last day of life.
C. We should get rid of the habit of procrastination.
D. We should take everything for granted easily.
（B）
The desire to make explorations is born with man. Wherever his imagination goes, man also has a strong wish to go. A large part of human history is considered with the exploration of the world in which we live. Again and again people have set out with surprising courage and patience to look into unknown regions and lands to see what had not yet been seen, to make the unknown known. With kites, balloons and aircraft they left the ground to pass through the lower atmosphere. Now the outer space receives their attention.
Why should man take the trouble of conquering space ? It is hard to list the specific practical benefits that will surely see and discover new things in space that will increase our scientific knowledge, and this new knowledge will find its way into valuable practical uses. What we learn about man himself, from his experience in space, and from the effects of space and the space flight environment n him, will be extremely valuable. The new techniques developed to carry out the exploration of space, and to keep man alive in space, will certainly find practical uses in everyday life in some way. The areas that will benefits are manifold. They include communication, generation of power, transportation and travel, food production, materials, fuels and many others. But to say definitely just what the practical results will be is almost impossible.
1. The main idea of the first paragraph is that ___.
A. man desire to explore what is unknown.
B. man often goes wherever his dreams go
C. man is no longer interested in the study of the land and sea now.
D. man’s history is his exploration of the world.
2. The word “manifold” in the second paragraph probably means ___.
A. vast B. various C. valuable D. practical
3. The author seems to be in favor of ___.
A. doubting the necessity of the space exploration
B. the exploration of space
C. exploring more in space than in sea
D. his experience in space
4. In the last sentence of Paragraph 2 the phrase “practical result” refers to the results ___.
A. that are obtained from experience
B. that can be learned as knowledge
C. that can be made use of
D. helping us make further exploration.
三. 短文改错：
I live in a small town in the south. This is typical 1.__________
Chinese town. There are not only two main streets 2.__________
which across in the middle of the town. Around the 3.__________
town stand a high wall, which was built long ago, 4.__________
and it is still possibly to walk along it. No motorcars 5.__________
allowed in the business streets, which makes shopping 6.__________
very easier and safer. On warm days some small 7.__________
restaurants put table and chairs outside the houses to 8.__________
let people to take a rest and have some tea or ice-cream 9.__________
There are no tall buildings but some beautiful parks. 10.__________
【试题答案】
一. 单项选择：
1. D keep+宾语+in touch with the world（宾补），意为“使某人与外界保持联系”。
2. C cure sb. of sth．治愈某人某病；have a bad effect on sb．对某人有坏影响。
3. A 句意为“婴儿的大部分时间都用来睡觉。”major大的；较大的，符合句意。
4. C 句意为“政府应该改革不合理的工资制度。”
5. B indicate the place on a map = mark the place on a map，意为“在地图上标明某地”。
6. A 预示着结束的铃声响了，打断了我们的热烈讨论。Indicating做定语，interrupting做状语。
二. 阅读理解
（A）
1. D 从作者的朋友一番话中可以看出这个女孩的积极的人生态度。
2. B 根据第四段：I would contact my ex-boy friend and try to remedy the faults done by me before. 意思是说：我会找到我以前的男友，尽力去改正我以前犯的错误。
3. B 根据第五段：to love only if you are limited and to achieve only if you are restricted可以表明作者朋友的观点。
4. C 一开始，作者没有明白或想过朋友提出的问题，后经过朋友的解释，作者才恍然大悟。
5. A 全文通过作者朋友的话揭示了全文的主旨，即应当积极地度过每一天。
（B）
1. A 考查文章的主旨大意。从第一段Again and again people have set out with surprising courage and patience to look into unknown regions and lands to see what had not yet been seen, to make the unknown known.可知。
2. B 词义猜测。从第二段The new techniques developed to carry out the exploration of space, and to keep man alive in space, will certainly find practical uses in everyday life in some way. 可知the areas that will benefit是广泛多样的。文章下文说明获利饿各个方面。
3. B 从全文看，作者对探索太空持赞成态度。
4. C 文章最后一句意思是：但是要确切地说这种实际结果是什么将是不可能的。这种实际结果就是能应用上文所提到的各种领域所获得的利益。
三. 短文改错：
1. typical前加a 中心词是下一行的town。
2. 去掉not 不是“不仅有”，而是“仅有”。
3. across→cross across是介词，而cross是动词。这里缺谓语动词。
4. stand→stands 主语是其后的wall，主、谓倒装了。
5. possibly→possible。It is + adj. + to do的句型。
6. allowed前加are 应用被动语态。
7. very→much very不能修饰比较级。
8. table→tables 一个餐馆有若干张餐桌，更何况是restaurants。
9. 去掉to。let sb. do的用法。
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