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Reading and Thinking
Tasks:
1.
Read the title “I have seen amazing
things”. With the help of the picture in
the passage, guess what the writer will
see.
2. Skim over the passage, underline the
amazing things that the writer has
seen.
3. Compare your answers with your
partners.
提问答问
先把下列句子译成英文, 然后根据课文
内容回答句子提出的问题。
1.太空市民之间信息是怎样发送的？
How are messages sent among space
citizens?
By using a “thoughtpad”.
2. “thoughtpad”看起来像什么样？
2. What does a “thoughtpad” look like？
It looks like a metal ribbon.
3. 在太空, 废品是怎么处理的？
3. How is the waste disposed of in space?
By using the principles of ecology.
4. 在太空, 谁生产商品？
4. Who produce goods in space?
The robots.
5. 商品是怎样送回到地球的？
5. How are goods sent back to the earth?
By industrial spaceship.
Summary：(提示：作者的太空之旅使他大
开眼界。)
概要导写: The author tells us some amazing
things that he sees in a space 1 _______.
station For
example, people in space send 2messages
________by
using “thoughtpads” and the waste there is 3
_________of
______.
disposed using the principles of 4ecology
Reading and
Discussing
Task 1:
In pairs use the information from
the reading passage to fill in this
poster for the Space Station.
Modern Inventions of the 31st Century
Only to be seen on the Space Station
communicati Waste
Manufact
on
Disposal uring
invention thoughtpad
manufact
a waste
uring
machine
robots
1. disposes of
all waste
2 Environm
2. turns them
entally
into
three
Advan friendly
grades of
tages
useful material
1 efficient
Thoughts
None
Disad must be clear
vantag or messages
es
may be
mixed up
1. no waste
2. no
pollution
3. no environ
mental
damage
People must
live on a space
station to
monitor the
robots
Reading and
Discussing
Task
2:
Now 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.
Language
points
1. My first visit was to a space station
considered the most modern in space.
considered 过去分词作后置定语，表被动。
• consider doing sth. 考虑去做某事
• be considered to be 被认为是……
e.g. I am considering going abroad.
e.g. He is considered to be one of the greatest
artists in the world.
2. Inside was an exhibition of the most
up-to-date inventions of the 31st century.
这是什么语法？怎么用？这个句子的主语
是什么？
• 当表示方位的介词词组、副词放在句首时，句
子完全倒装。
e.g. In front of the house is sitting a boy.
Out rushed an angry man.
3. What’s the difference among later, late,
lately, latest?
late adj. 迟的，迟到的，晚的
adv. 迟地，迟到地，在晚期地
later 1) late的比较级
2) adv. 以后，后来，过一会
lately adv. 相当于recently 最近
latest 1) late的最高级
2) adj. 最近的，最新的
3) n. 最新的事物
这四个词经常出现在短文改错中。
4. But we cannot blame the tools for the
faults of the user, can we?
blame sb. for sth. 因为某事责备某人
• 回忆：在本册书，我们还学了关于blame的哪
一个重点词组？
• be to blame for … 因为某事应该被责备。用
主动表被动。
e.g. Who is to blame for the broken vase?
5. A giant machine, always greedy for
more, swallows all the waste available.
• greedy a. 贪婪的
• available a. 可利用的，可得到的，空闲的，
有效的，可与之联系的（单选重点考查词汇）
e.g. Is there water available around here?
• This film ticket is no longer available.
• The principal is available now.
6. I stared at the moving model of the
waste machine, absorbed by its
efficiency.
• moving 现在分词作定语
• absorbed 过去分词作伴随状语
• 本课已经讲述了很多现在分词和过去分词作
伴随状语的例子，请用分词，把下列几个句
子译成英语。
1 她哭着跑出了教室。
She ran out of the classroom, crying.
2 我们的学校位于郊区，被绿树和鲜花包围
着。
Our school is located in the suburb,
surround by green trees and flowers.
3 他正在床上睡觉，身上盖着一条暖和的毯
子。
He is lying in the bed, covered with a
warm blanket.
一、 单词拼写
1. There is something wrong with my
watch. It r _______
equires repairing.
2. The number of p rivate
______ cars is
increasing quickly when more and more
Chinese people buy cars.
3. His s ight
____ is weak; He needs a pair of
thick glasses.
4. The project had to be stopped because
of l ack
___ of money.
5. I have a bad t oothache
_______ . I will have to
get the bad tooth pulled out tomorrow.
6. Only when you practice a lot can you
______
master (掌握)spoken English.
7. She moved to the countryside last
month and enjoyed her new surroundings
_________
(环境).
8. There are several _________
switches (开关) on
the wall. Make sure to turn on the right
one.
9. Do you know the _______
length (长度)
of the new built bridge?
10. A train is a kind of _______
vehicle (交
通工具), which is fast and safe.