1. 單元內容介紹
2. 重要詞匯，短語的用法
3. 重，難點句的解釋。
知識總結與歸納：
（一）單元內容介紹：
1. 本單元主題：未來的生活--未來的交通，商業，醫藥健康和教育。
2. 主要學習材料：聽力：來自3044年的信：描述了3044年火星人的生活。閱讀：幻想人類未來生活的科普文章，設想了未來的交通；商業；醫藥健康和教育。
3. 語言學習：Word study：通過相關的練習鞏固所學的新單詞，理解生詞在不同語境中的運用。注意單詞表里的詞匯，運用學過的構詞知識掌握新的單詞。
4. 語法學習：名詞性從句。
（二）重要單詞及短語的用法：
1. glimpse：一瞥； catch / get / have / hold a glimpse of….瞥見，窺見。
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：觸摸；聯系，相關短語：
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：保持不變，留下，剩下，仍然。后面接名詞，形容詞，分詞或不定式結構。
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：治療，對待。
Most of the patients can be cured of the disease.
This kind of medicine will cure you of your disease.
5. in store：儲藏，準備，就要來臨，即將發生。
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：欺騙，作弊。 cheat somebody of something：騙取某人某物。
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；相當于demand 后面接名詞；doing形式；不定式做賓補；后面如果接從句，則從句的結構是：that+主語+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）難點句解釋：
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個很好的例子就是新型磁懸浮列車，它環保，節能，而且能以每小時430公里的驚人速度行駛。
at：以……速度 / 價格 / 比率 / 年齡
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.
隨著對人體的更好的理解，科學家和醫生將能夠治愈更多病人的疾病.
with：隨著……
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.
事物肯定會發生變化。我們不能肯定我們的夢想能否成真，但至少我們能希望我們改善世界的努力將會成功。
（1）It’s certain that…主語從句。固定句型。
（2）that our efforts to improve the world will be successful名詞性從句做be hopeful 的賓語。
（3）come true：實現，夢想成真。
（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.
如果我們學會接受變化并且學會欣賞不同的新事物，我們就能有充分的準備去迎接未來帶給我們的一切。
注意句中what is new and different和whatever the future may have in store 兩處的名詞性從句。
5. We now have e-friends to help us and keep us company.
我們現在都有了電子朋友來幫助我們并陪伴我們。
keep sb. company：陪伴某人。company：不可數名詞，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）語法補充：有關表語從句的連詞：除了that / whether / wh-疑問詞外還可以用because / why / as / as if等引導。
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.
【典型例題】
1. The election is coming. Mr. Bush will this evening.
A. broadcast B. report C. announce D. present
答案：A
解析：broadcast：意為“廣播；在廣播中講話”。
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……轉變成……
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實際統治者；practical實用的，不合句意。
5. The of prices is still upwards.
A. way B. method C. manner D. trend
答案：D
解析：句意為“物價仍有上漲的趨勢。”
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面對現實。
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；重視；欣賞。句意為“那些作為禮物送給我們的珍貴圖書深受重視。”
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：句意為“在政治、經濟和文化方面，二十世紀經歷了一場世界性的巨大變革。”transformation“變化；變革”，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．沒有必要做某事。
【模擬試題】（答題時間：60分鐘）
一. 單項選擇：
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. 閱讀理解：
（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. 短文改錯：
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.__________
【試題答案】
一. 單項選擇：
1. D keep+賓語+in touch with the world（賓補），意為“使某人與外界保持聯系”。
2. C cure sb. of sth．治愈某人某病；have a bad effect on sb．對某人有壞影響。
3. A 句意為“嬰兒的大部分時間都用來睡覺。”major大的；較大的，符合句意。
4. C 句意為“政府應該改革不合理的工資制度。”
5. B indicate the place on a map = mark the place on a map，意為“在地圖上標明某地”。
6. A 預示著結束的鈴聲響了，打斷了我們的熱烈討論。Indicating做定語，interrupting做狀語。
二. 閱讀理解
（A）
1. D 從作者的朋友一番話中可以看出這個女孩的積極的人生態度。
2. B 根據第四段：I would contact my ex-boy friend and try to remedy the faults done by me before. 意思是說：我會找到我以前的男友，盡力去改正我以前犯的錯誤。
3. B 根據第五段：to love only if you are limited and to achieve only if you are restricted可以表明作者朋友的觀點。
4. C 一開始，作者沒有明白或想過朋友提出的問題，后經過朋友的解釋，作者才恍然大悟。
5. A 全文通過作者朋友的話揭示了全文的主旨，即應當積極地度過每一天。
（B）
1. A 考查文章的主旨大意。從第一段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 詞義猜測。從第二段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是廣泛多樣的。文章下文說明獲利餓各個方面。
3. B 從全文看，作者對探索太空持贊成態度。
4. C 文章最后一句意思是：但是要確切地說這種實際結果是什么將是不可能的。這種實際結果就是能應用上文所提到的各種領域所獲得的利益。
三. 短文改錯：
1. typical前加a 中心詞是下一行的town。
2. 去掉not 不是“不僅有”，而是“僅有”。
3. across→cross across是介詞，而cross是動詞。這里缺謂語動詞。
4. stand→stands 主語是其后的wall，主、謂倒裝了。
5. possibly→possible。It is + adj. + to do的句型。
6. allowed前加are 應用被動語態。
7. very→much very不能修飾比較級。
8. table→tables 一個餐館有若干張餐桌，更何況是restaurants。
9. 去掉to。let sb. do的用法。
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