版权所有:中国好课堂Ⅰ.Readthetextandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.Whatdidthewriterseeonthespacestation?A“thoughtpad”,awastemachineandmanufacturingrobots2.Whydoesthespacestationspinslowlyinspace?Toimitatethepulloftheearth'sgravity.3.Whowilltaketheplaceoftheworkersinthe31stcentury?Therobots.Ⅱ.Choosethebestanswersaccordingtothetext.1.Themostuptodateinventionsofthecenturyareonexhibition.A.31stB.41stC.21stD.51st2.Peopleinthefuturecommunicatewitheachotherbyusing.A.computerB.typewriterC.lettersD.a“thoughtpad”3.Rubbishwillbedealtwithby.A.buryingitB.burningitC.throwingitawayD.agiantmachinewhichcanswallowit4.Iftheuserdoesn'tthinkhisorhermessageclearly,maybesent.A.anunclearmessageB.arightmessageC.awrongmessageD.auselessmessage5.Inthefuture,therewillbenointhewonderfulworld.A.wasteB.pollution版权所有:中国好课堂.environmentaldamageD.alloftheabove答案:1~5ADDADⅠ.单词拼写1.Thetelegramaskedforaninstant(立即)reply.2.OnceanArabwastravellinginthedesert(沙漠)onhiscamel.3.Mostpeoplearegreedy(贪图)formoney.4.Plasticbottlescanberecycled(回收利用)intoclothing.5.Histhroatwassopainfulthathecouldhardlyswallow(咽下)anything.6.Remembertoputthewasteintothedustbin(垃圾箱).Ⅱ.拓展词汇1.typev.打字→typistn.打字员→typewritern.打字机2.postn.邮政v.邮寄→postagen.邮资→postcoden.邮政编码3.ecologyn.生态(学)→ecologistn.生态学家→ecologicaladj.生态的4.representativen.代表;典型人物adj.有代表性的;典型的→representv.代表5.settlev.定居;解决→settlementn.定居;解决→settlern.移居者;拓荒者[巧记单词]Ⅲ.补全短语1.speedup加速2.showsb.around/round带领某人参观3.blamesb.for因……而责怪某人4.usedtodo过去常常做某事5.stareat盯;凝视6.beabsorbedby被……所吸引1.[教材原句]Thatiswhywepersuadefamiliesnottolosesightoftheadvantagesthatcomefromaperiodoftimeinspace.那就是为什么我们要劝说家人不要忽视在太空工作一段时间所带来的好处。[句型点拨]Thatiswhy...意为“那就是为什么……”;why在句中引导表语从句。版权所有:中国好课堂[佳句赏析]IreadaboutyourreformoftheschoolEnglishnewspaper,andthat'swhyI'mwritingtovoicemyopinion.我获悉了你对英语校报的改革方案,那就是为什么我写信发表观点的原因。2.[教材原句]Insidewasanexhibitionofthemostuptodateinventionsofthe31stcentury.太空站里展出了31世纪一些最前沿的发明。[句型点拨]地点状语放于句首,句子使用全部倒装句式。[佳句赏析]Infrontofourhousestandsatalltreewithahistoryof1,000years,whichisprotectedbythegovernmentnow.在我们房子的前面有一棵1000年树龄的大树,现在已经被政府保护起来了。[课文对译]IHAVESEENAMAZINGTHINGSMyfirstvisitwastoaspacestationconsideredthemostmoderninspace.Describedasanenormousroundplate,itspinsslowlyinspacetoimitatethepulloftheearth'sgravity.Insidewasanexhibitionofthemostuptodateinventionsofthe31stcentury.Aguide(G)showedusaroundalongamoveablepath.G:Goodmorningtoallourvisitorsfrom2008.Firstwe'regoingtoexamineoneofthelatestformsofcommunicationamongourspacecitizens.Nomoretypistsworkingonatypewriterorcomputer!Nomorepostageorpostcodes!Messagescannowbesentusinga“thoughtpad”.Youplacethemetalbandoveryourhead,clearyourmind,pressthesendingbutton,thinkyourmessageandthenextinstantit'ssent.It'sstoredonthe“thoughtpad”ofthereceiver.It'squick,efficientandenvironmentallyfriendly.Theonlylimitationisiftheuserdoesnotthinkhisorhermessageclearly,anunclearmessagemaybesent.Butwecannotblamethetoolsforthefaultsoftheuser,canwe?DuringtheexplanationIlookedatthepairofsmallobjectscalled“thoughtpads”onatable.Theyjustlookedlikemetalribbons.Soordinarybutsopowerful!WhileIwasobservingthem,thepathmoveduson.G:Andnowladiesandgentlemen,weareinthe“environmentarea”.Peopleusedtocollectwasteindustbins.Thentherubbishwassenttobeburiedorburned,amIright?(Wenodded.)Well,nowthere'sasystemwherethewasteisdisposedofusingtheprinciplesofecology.Agiantmachine,alwaysgreedyformore,swallowsallthewasteavailable.Therubbishisturnedintoseveralgradesofusefulmaterial,suchas“fertilizer”forthefieldsand“soil”fordeserts.Nothingiswasted,andeverything,evenplasticbags,isrecycled.Agreatidea,isn'tit?Istaredatthemovingmodelofthewastemachine,absorbedbyitsefficiency.Butagainwemovedon.G:Ourthirdstopshowsthechangesthathavehappenedtoworkpractices.Manufacturingno版权所有:中国好课堂!However,thecompanieshavetotraintheirrepresentativestoliveandworkinspacesettlements.Theyhavetomonitortherobotsandtheproduction.Whenthegoodsarereadythey'retransportedbyindustrialspaceshipbacktoearth.Mymindbegantowander.WhatjobwouldIdo?MymotivationincreasedasIthoughtofthewonderfulworldofthefuture.,我看到了奇妙的东西我首先参观的是一个太空站,这个站被认为是太空中最现代化的地方。太空站像一个巨大的圆盘,在太空中缓缓地旋转,以模仿地心的引力。太空站里展出了31世纪一些最前沿的发明。有个导游带领我们站在一条移动的运送带上,到各处参观。导游:从2008年来访的朋友们,早上好!首先,我们要查看一种我们太空居民使用的最新的通讯方式。再也不需要打字员在打字机或电脑上工作了!再也不需要邮费和邮政编码了!现在我们可以通过一种“思想仪”来发送信息。你把金属带放在头上,排除杂念,按下发送键,然后想着你要发送的信息,刹那间信息就发出去了。它被存储在接受者的“思想仪”里。它快捷、有效,而且环保。唯一的缺点是,如果使用者没有想清楚要发送的信息的话,发送出去的信息就可能是模糊的。但我们不能将使用者的这一过错归咎于工具本身,不是吗?在导游解说之际,我看了看桌子上这副被称为“思想仪”的小东西。它们看上去像金属丝带。如此普通却又如此神通广大!当我还在观察它们时,运送带又载着我们向前移动了。导游:女士们,先生们,现在我们到了“环保地带”。人们过去常用垃圾箱收集废弃物,然后这些垃圾会被掩埋或焚烧,对不对?(我们点点头。)那么,现在有一种系统,能利用生态学原理来处理废弃物。一台巨型机器,能把所有可获得的废弃物都吞进去,而且总是“贪得无厌”。垃圾被转化成几种有用的物质。如用于耕地的“肥料”和用于沙漠的“土壤”。什么都不浪费,所有的东西,哪怕是塑料袋也被循环利用了。绝妙的创意,不是吗?我注视着这台转动的垃圾分解机器模型,被它的高效所吸引。但是,我们又开始向前移动了。导游:第三站要展示给我们的是发生在生产实践中的一些变化。批量生产不再在地球上进行,而是转移到