必修5 Unit 3 Life in the Future 未来生活
I．Vocabulary
vehicle n.交通工具；车辆 carriage n.四轮马车；客车 mud n.泥；泥浆 bathroom n.浴室；盥洗室 temple n.庙宇；寺院 private adj.私人的；私有的 location n.位置；场所 settlement n.定居；解决 impression n.印象；感想；印记 take up 拿起；接受；开始；继续 constant adj.时常发生的；连续不断的 constantly adv.不断地 remind …of…使某人回想起/意识到 jet lag n.飞行时差反应 flashback n.闪回；倒叙 previous adj.在前的；早先的 space agency 宇航局 | tablet n.药片 expertise n.专家意见；专门知识 capsule n.太空舱；胶囊 opening n.通道；开口；开端 surrounding n.周围的事物；环境 adj. 周围的 lack vi. & vt.缺乏；没有 n.缺乏 ache n. & vi. 疼痛；痛 mask n.面具；面罩；伪装 hover vi. 盘旋 bend vi. & vt.(使)弯曲 press vi. & vt.按；压；逼迫 n. swift adj.迅速的；快的；敏捷的 swiftly adv.迅速的；敏捷地 master vt.掌握；精通；征服 n. lose sight of…看不见… assist in帮助；援助；协助 | catch sight of …瞥见… sweep up 打扫；横扫 switch n. vt. 开关；转换 optimistic adj.乐观的；乐观主义的 pessimisitic adj.悲观的；厌世的 opportunity n. 机会；时机 length n.长度；长 speed up 加速 pedal n.踏板；脚蹬 alien adj.陌生的；外国的；外星的 n.外国人；外星人 enormous adj.巨大的；庞大的 imitate vt.模仿；仿造 extraordinary adj.特别的；非凡的 Pleiades n.昂（宿）星团 nightlight n. 夜明灯；通宵灯 |
II. Reading FIRST IMPRESSIONS 第一印象
Spaceman: ****************************************** 15/11/3010 (Earthtime)
Dear Mum and Dad, I still cannot believe that I am taking up this prize that I won last year.亲爱的爸爸妈妈！我依然不能相信我现在在领取我去年获得的奖品。【注释：take up (1) To accept (an option, a bet, or a challenge) as offered.接受所提供的（一种选择、一笔赌注或一个挑战） eg. I’ll take up your challenge.我接受你的挑战。 (2)To begin again; resume:再次开始；重新开始：eg. Let's take up where we left off.让我们接着我们停下来的地方重新开始 (3)To use up, consume, or occupy:用尽，耗掉或占用：eg. The extra duties took up most of my time.额外工作耗费了我绝大部分时间 (4)To develop an interest in or devotion to:喜欢，钟爱：对…产生了兴趣或钟爱：eg. take up mountain climbing.喜欢上登山运动】 I have to remind myself constantly that I am really in AD 3010.我不得不不断地提醒自己：我真的已经生活在公元3010年。【注释：remind sb. of /about sth.提醒某人注意某事； remind sb. to do sth.提醒某人做某事；remind sb. that-clause提醒某人…/使某人想起… eg. 1)The picture reminds me of my childhood. 2) Please remind me to attend the meeting
tomorrow. 3) He reminded me that I should take the medicine on time. 辨析： remind, remember, recall (1)remind指人或某事使人“联想起”另外的人或事，用于remind sb. of…结构中； (2)remember主要表示“还记得、记住了过去发生的事情”，指事物自然在记忆中出现，不包含意志；但与can或could连用时，其所接宾语及意义与recall基本一致，eg. Do you remember giving/ having given me this photo? (3)recall指有意识地“回忆、回想”，强调其动作包含有意识的努力或意志，常与can或could连用。 Eg. I don’t recall his name./I can’t remember his name. 试题：
The film ____ the old man of the days which he had spent sailing on the sea.
A. remembered B. remained C. reminded D. returned 】
Worried about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days.由于担心这次旅行，所以我头几天心存疑虑。【注释：unsettled ： uncertain or doubtful:疑虑的：不确定的或有疑虑的：eg. We were still unsettled with respect to their future plans.我们对于他们有关未来的计划仍然心怀疑虑】 As a result, I suffered from “Time lag”.结果，我饱受“时间滞后”之痛苦。 This is similar to the “jet lag” you get from flying, but it seems you keep getting flashbacks from your previous time period.这类似于你在飞行时所产生的“飞行时差反应”，它不停地让你“闪回”。【注释： be similar to类似于…eg. My new dress is similar to the one you have.我的新衣服和你的那件相似。 keep doing sth.不断地做某事。Eg. You shouldn't keep chopping and changing like this; you'd better make up your mind right now!"你不能再这样变化无常了,最好现在就拿定主意!"】 So I was very nervous and uncertain at first.所以我开始时非常紧张，心里没底。 However, my friend and guide, Wang Ping, was very understanding and gave me some green tablets which helped a lot.不过，我的朋友兼向导王平非常理解，给我一些绿的药片，很有作用。 Well-
known for their expertise, his parents' company, called "Future Tours", transported me safely into the future in a time capsule.他父母的公司——“未来旅行”，以专业技术而著称，用时间舱把我们安全地送到未来世界。
I can still remember the moment when the space stewardess called us all to the capsule and we climbed in through a small opening.我依然能够记得那一时刻：当时太空乘务小让我们都进太空舱，我们通过一个很小的通道爬进去。【注释：when the space stewardess … opening是由关系副词when引导的定语从句，修饰限定前面的先行词the moment.】 The seats were comfortable and after a calming drink, we felt sleepy and closed our eyes.座位很舒服，喝了镇定剂之后，我们昏昏欲睡，闭上双眼。 The capsule began swinging gently sideways as we lay relaxed and dreaming.当我们躺下放松做梦时，太空舱开始轻轻地向两边摆动。 A few minutes later, the journey was completed and we had arrived.几分钟之后，旅行结束，我们到啦。 I was still on the earth but one thousand years in the future.我依然还是呆在地球上，但已是一千年之后的未来 What would I find?我会看到什么呢？
At first my new surroundings were difficult to tolerate.首先，我很难忍受周围的新环境。【注释： sth. be + adj. for/ of sb. to do. → It is adj. for/ of sb. to tolerate sth.注意：如果句中的形容词是用来描写不定式（to do）的性质,则用for引导出不定式的逻辑主语，即it is adj. for sb. to do sth.或sth. is adj. for sb. to do（这类形容词常用的有：hard, difficult, easy, impossible, heavy, light, 等.; 如果句中的形容词是用来描述不定式逻辑主语（即人）的行为品质时，则用of 引导出不定式的逻辑主语，即It is adj. of sb. to do sth. 或sth. is adj. of sb. to do.(这类形容词常用的有clever, bright, stupid, kind, nice, generous, mean(吝啬的) 等)。】 The air seemed thin, as though its combination of gases had little oxygen left.空气似乎稀薄，好像混合气体没有氧气了。【注释：as though 好像 conj.(连词) eg. 1） The animal was walking as though it had hurt its leg.这动物走路的样子好像伤了腿似的。2） It looked as though they had been quarreling.看起来他们刚才好象在吵架】 Hit by a lack of fresh air, my head ached.由于缺乏新鲜空气，我的头痛。 Just as I tried to make the necessary adjustment to this new situation, Wang Ping appeared.正当我要做出必要的调整以适应这新的环境时，王平出现了，"Put on this mask," he advised.“带上这个面具，”他劝我， "It'll make you feel much better."“它会让你感觉好些。” He handed it to me and immediately hurried me through to a small room nearby for a rest.他把它递给我，要我立刻到附近的一间小房子里休息。tablet5 I felt better in no time.我立刻就感觉好些。【注释：in no time立刻,马上； all the time一直，总是；at all times随时，总是；at any time无论如何，随时；at one time一度，曾经；at a time一次，每次；at times有时；for a long(short) time长（短）时间； for the time being暂时，暂且；from time to time不时地，有时； in time of war在战时； in time of在…时候（注意time前无冠词）；ahead of time提前；after a time过了一段时间；take one’s time慢慢来，别着急；tell the time说出时刻，看钟表；time after time = time and time again屡次，好几次；some time or other = sooner or later迟早，早晚；out of time延迟，不合时宜的；many a time多次，屡次；of the time现代的，当时的；some other time = some other day改时间，改天；in the old times在古时候；in ancient/ modern times在古代/现代；in one’s time在某人那个时代；at the time of在…时代；】 Soon I was back on my feet again and following him to collect a hovering carriage driven by computer.很快，我便恢复过来，跟着他上了一架由电脑操控的悬浮式太空车。【注释：be back on one’s feet 意思是从某种遭遇或不幸中站起来或恢复过来，可指经济上、健康上或心理上等方面（to recover from misfortune; can be financially, physically or mentally）。Eg. 1) Shortly after his surgery, he got back on his feet.他开刀不久后就康复了。（也有人省去back）。2) We collected money to help him get on his feet again after his family disaster.他家庭遭受不幸后，我们集款助他再度立足。 (2)但是to stand on one’s (two)feet则是指使一个人自力更生，或有能力独立生活（to be independent）。Eg. Many Chinese parents need to train their children to stand on their own feet.许多中国父母应该训练他们的儿女独立谋生。】 These carriages float above the ground and by bending or pressing down on the driving stick in your seat, you can move swiftly.这些太空车漂浮在地面上，通过扳或按下座位上的操纵杆，你就可以很快地开动。 Wang Ping fastened my safety belt and showed me how to use it.王平把我的安全带固定好，然后教我如何使用它。 Soon I could fly as fast as him.很快，我就能飞得和他一样快。 However, I lost sight of Wang Ping when we reached what looked like a large market because of too many carriages flying by in all directions.可是，当我们飞到一个看起来像是个大商场的地方时，我看不见王平了，因为有太多的太空车到处乱飞。【注释： lose sight of看不见看不见；失去信息；失去联系；忘记；没有考虑到 in all directions向各个方向，四面八方】 He was swept up into the centre of them.他被裹进了中间，【注释：be swept up into被裹进去；sweep up打扫干净, 收拾干净】 Just at that moment I had a "time lag" flashback and saw the area again as it had been in the year AD 2010.就在那时，我经历一次“时间滞后”的闪回，再次看到了公元2010年的情景。【注释：as it had been in the year AD 2010是方式状语从句，as是连词，表示“像…的样子”，as还有prep., adv., pron.等词性，当as用作连词时，可引导五种状语从句：时间状语从句、原因状语从句、方式状语从句、让步状语从句以及比较状语从句 。（1）as引导时间状语从句：要区分与when, while, as等连词的用法。1) when句子中的谓语动作既可为时间点（即终止性动词），也可为时间段（即延续性动作）。Eg. He watched TV when he finished his homework. 2) while句子中的谓语动词为延续性动词，往往表示“一个动作发生时，另一个动作正在发生”。Eg. Someone broke in while I was out. 3) as常表示“一边干…,一边干…”, 也有“随着…”等意思。Eg. As he gets older, he gets more open. (2) as引导原因状语从句：要区分because, since, as的用法 1) because常回答why的问句，语气强，用法比较正式；2) since有 “既然”之意，引导的从句常位于句首，如： Since this method doesn’t work, let’s try another. Because he was ill, he didn’t go to school. 3)as引导的原因常常是对前面所述作出补充说明，故而as引导的原因状语从句多放在主句后面，如：You had better rest, as you are tired （3）as引导方式状语从句：同just as(语气最强)，意为“正如，照…方法”。Do as you like.你喜欢怎么做就怎么做。 （4）as引导让步状语从句：1)要用倒装语序，即：n. / adj./ adv./ v./ pp. + as/ though + 主语+ 谓语。 Eg. 1) Try as you will, you won’t succeed.你即使试了，也不会成功。 2) Much as I would like to see my parents, I can’t go to my hometown now.虽然我很想见到我的父母，可现在却不能回家。（5）as引导比较状语从句：常构成as…..as结构，第一个as为副词，第二个as为连词或介词。如：1) You should do as the teacher tells you to.你应该按老师告诉的去做。2) Air is necessary to human beings as water is to fish.和水对于鱼一样，空气对于人类来说是必须的东西。 3) We’d better leave things as they are.我们最好别干涉这些事。】 I realized that I had been transported into the future of what was still my hometown!我意思到我已经被传送到了我的家乡的未来 Then I caught sight of Wang Ping again and flew after him.随后，我又再次看到了王平，于是就跟着他飞。【注释：catch sight of 看见…；瞥见… eg. I caught sight of the morning dew on the end of small things.我瞥见了细微末节的晨露。】
Arriving at a strange-looking house, he showed me into a large, bright clean room.到了一个看起来有点奇怪的房子，他把我领到一个宽敞、明亮、干净的房间。 It had a green wall, a brown floor and soft lighting.有绿的墙壁，棕的地板以及柔和的灯光。 Suddenly the wall moved - it was made of trees!突然，墙壁移动了，原来是用树做的。 I found later that their leaves provided the room with much-needed oxygen.我后来发现树叶为房间提供了非常必须的氧气。【注释： provide sb. with sth.= provide sth. for sb.为某人提供某物 eg. 1) We can provide food and shelter for a family.我们能为家庭提供食物和住宿。 2) They provide us with food.他们供给我们食物。 3) provide(预约；规定): It is provided in the contract that the work should be accomplished within a year.契约上规定这项工作必须在一年内完成。 supply sth. to sb. = supply sb. with sth. eg. 1) That company supplies paper to the printers.那家公司向印刷商提供纸张。2) When money is in short supply many businesses fail."银根吃紧时,许多企业会倒闭。"】 Then Wang Ping flashed a switch on a computer screen, and a table and some chairs rose from under the fl
oor as if by magic.然后，王平让电脑屏幕上的一个电建闪烁一下，于是，一张桌子和几把椅子像魔幻一般地从地板下面出来啦。【注释：as if: conj.（连接词）(1)In the same way that it would be if:似乎，仿佛： 1) It looked as if she were made of ice.她看起来似乎是冰做的. 2) She spoke to me as if she knew me.她和我说话的神情，好像她早就认识我似的。 (2):相当于that： eg. It seemed as if the meeting would never end.看起来会议没完没了】 "Why not sit down and eat a little?" he said.他说道：“为什么不坐下吃点东西呢？” "You may find this difficult as it is your first time travel trip.“你也许会觉得这有点困难，因为这是你第一次这样旅行。 Just relax, since there is nothing planned on the timetable today.放松一下吧，因为今天没有什么安排。 Tomorrow you'll be ready for some visits."明天，你要准备一些参观。” Having said this, he spread some food on the table, and produced a bed from the floor.说着，他把一些吃的摆在了桌子上，并从地板下搞出一张床来。 After he left, I had a brief meal and a hot bath.随后，我简单地吃了顿便餐，并洗了个热水澡。 Exhausted, I slid into bed and fell fast asleep.已是筋疲力尽，我一股脑门地钻进被窝睡着了。【注释： slide into不知不觉地陷入； fall fast asleep睡得很香。注意：表示“睡得很香”时，只能用fast来修饰asleep,不能用very.】
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