Unit 3 Life in the future
Language points
1. What changes do you expect to see in your life in one thousand years’ time.一千年之后你料想会发生什么变化。
Important words and phrases.
expect (sb.) to do sth. 希望(某人)做某事
I expect to be back within a week.
I didn’t expect him to stay so long.
hope to do something 希望做某事
Joan’s hoping to study law at Harvard.
wish
wish to do something 希望做某事
I wish to make a complaint.
wish somebody something 希望某人…
We wish them every happiness in their new home.
2. I still cannot believe that I am taking up this prize that I won last year.我还是无法相信我是在接受去年获得的这个奖励。
When does the new manager take up his job?
Sorry , I have taken up you too much time.
He wants to take up art in college.
He decided to take up photography as his career.
Do you intend to take up his offer of a job?
开始某项工作
占用(时间或空间)
选修
从事
接受
office
apart
in
it easy
take back
down
notes
away
aim
就职
拆开
吸收，留宿
别着急
收回
取下,记下
作笔记
拿走
瞄准
out
　notice of
　it for granted
　hold of
take steps to do sth
　sb as..,
　advantage of…
　a deep breath
拿出
注意
想当然的认为
抓住
采取措施做某事
把某人当作
利用
深呼吸
pride in
one’s chance
trouble to do sth
take over
pity on sb
turns to do sth
以……为荣
碰运气
不辞劳苦去做某事
接管
怜悯某人
轮流去做某事
take up 举起, 拿起, 抬起; 对…有兴趣;从属于;占据时间、空间
John took up writing at school. The work took up a whole day. Please take the piano out, it ____too much room. A. picks up B. makes up C. takes up D. takes on
3. I have to remind myself constantly that I am really in AD 3008. 我得不断提醒自己, 我真的到了公元3008年。
1）remind sb. of/about sth. 使某人想起某事
reminded her of college days. 使她回想起了大学里的日子
remind sb. to do sth 提醒某人做某事
must remind him to call 必须让他记着打电话
区别: remind, remember, recall
remind 指“由于受到提醒或启发而想起往事”
remember指“过去的事情仍在记忆中, 不必费劲就能想起”, 记住recall 较 remember 正式, 指“对自己或他人的 过去进行有意义的回忆”。
2) constantly adv. 不断地
Fashion is constantly changing.
时尚总是日新月异。
Heat the sauce, stirring constantly.
加热调味汁并不停地搅动。
4. Worried about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days.我很担心这次旅行, 所以头几天心里总是不踏实。
worried about the journey 为过去分词作状语,在此处作原因状语。
worried adj. 焦虑的烦恼的担忧的;
worrisome adj. 使人烦恼的,焦虑的
5. As a result, I suffered from “time lag”. 结果我得了时间滞后症。
as a result (of): because of something that has happened 作为……的结果,由于
It snowed, as a result, she was late. 天下雪, 因此她迟到了。
result from 起因于……
result in 导致某事,造成某事(=lead to)
suffer from: to experience (something unpleasant, such as an illness), especially over a long period of time or habitually 患有(疾病等);为……所苦,因……而吃苦头。She suffers from headache. 她患头痛病。
辨析: suffer与suffer from
suffer 意为遭受苦痛,损失,忍受侮辱等,其宾语为pain, lose, grief, insult, punishment, wrong, hardship, injustice, discouragement, disappointment, setback, suffer from 遭受战争,自然灾害带来的苦难及患病之意。
suffer from the war / the flood/ a headache… 遭受战争,洪水之苦/患头病；suffer (from) cold and hunger 遭受寒冷和饥饿
(派) suffering n. 痛苦,苦恼;劳苦,困难
6. This is similar to the “jet lag” you get from flying, but it seems you keep getting flashbacks from your previous time period. 这种病有些像乘喷气式飞机高速飞行时所引起的时差反应那样，所不同的是,它意味着你的脑海里不停地从以前的时间段一直往回闪去。
1) keep doing sth. 继续做某事
It kept raining for a week. 接连下了一星期雨。 辨析:keep doing sth. 与keep on doing sth.
这两个短语都表示每隔一段时间就发生的动作,这时可互换;keep doing sth. 强调动作的连续性和客观性,而keep on doing sth.强调动作的重复性或动作执行者 的决心,常含有一定的感情色彩;
keep doing sth. 还可以表示持续不间断的状态和动作;而keep on doing sth. 无其用法。
He kept on smoking after the doctor told him to stop.医生已经劝他戒烟, 可他仍继续抽烟。
keep away from 不接近;避开
keep back 留在后面,不上前;隐瞒
keep off 不接近,挡住
keep out (of) 使在外
keep up 跟上;赶上;保持
keep up with 跟上;不落人之后
2) flashback 倒叙
The events in his happy family life were shown in flashback.
他幸福的家庭生活是用倒叙法来表现的。
7. At first my new surroundings were difficult to tolerate. 开始的时候，新的环境让我难以忍受。
1）surrounding adj.
in surrounding area
surroundings n. 只用复数
surroundings –影响生活质素的,某地\人身边的一切事物
The house is situated in very pleasant surroundings.
environment —人们所在的影响其感觉及发展的物质、社会环境;自然环境
new laws to prevent the pollution of the environment
We simply cannot tolerate cheating in exams.
我们就是不能容许考试作弊行为。
I cannot tolerate her rudeness.
我不能容忍她的粗鲁无礼。
2）tolerate 容忍；忍受
8. Hit by a lack of fresh air, my head ached.
由于缺乏新鲜空气，我感到头痛。
过去分词hit在句中作状语，表示与主
句中动作伴随发生的状况
hit: to have a bad effect on…
对……有不良的影响
How will the new law hit the
unemployed?  新颁布的法令将使失业者
遭受什么样的打击？
辨析: beat, hit与strike
beat指连续地打;hit侧重指“击中”,有时也指“打一下”;strike常指“猛地一击”。“敲锣”要用strike;“打鼓”要用beat;“敲门”要用knock;“钟敲几点”要用strike;比喻意思的“打击”要用give (deal) a blow to sb.
2) lack 缺乏；不足。可作名词或动词用
He did not enter university because of
lack of money.
由于缺钱，他没有上大学。
He is good at his job but sometimes he
seems to lack confidence.
他擅长自己的工作，但有时似乎缺乏信
心。
[联想] lacking adj. 缺少的；不足的
be lacking in ... 在……不足
[例句] Money was lacking for the plan.
此项计划缺钱。
Robin is not usually lacking in confidence.
罗宾平时并不缺乏自信心。
用上述单词或短语的适当形式填空。
1. Though ______ money, his parents managed to send him to university.
2. If something that you need is _____, you can just come here and ask for some.
3. I can’t buy that book because of my _______________ money.
4. He just _____ a little confidence for he is often afraid that he may fail again.
5. He seems to be totally ______________ common sense.
lacking in / lack of
lacking
lacking
lack of / lacking
lacks
9. ache
He has an ache in his back.

My body was all aches and pains.

cure an ache 治好疼痛 feel aches 感到疼
suffer from an ache 遭受疼痛
His back aches/ is aching.
My body ached all over.
n.
n.
v.
v.
10. I felt better in no time. 我立刻感到舒服多了。
in on time: very quickly 立刻;马上
They will be back in no time. 他们马上就会回来。
all the time 一直, 始终
at a time 依次, 逐一, 每次
at all times 随时,永远
at one time 从前
at times 有时
behind the times 过时的,落伍的
for the time being 暂且, 眼下
from time to time 不时,偶尔,间或
in good time 不消多久
no time to lose 刻不容缓
on time 按时
11. I lost sight of Wang Ping when we reached what looked like a large market….
lost sight of
1)看不见
It was so dark he lost sight of him at once.
I’ve lost sight of Smith.
2)忘记， 忽略
No matter how rich and famous he became, he never lost sight of the fact that he had been born in the slums.
拓展：
catch sight of 望见，看到
in sight 在视线内
out of sight 看不见了
set one’s sight 目标，想达到
take sight 瞄准
within sight of 已能看到，在…在望
12. Then Wang Ping flashed a switch on a computer screen, and a table and some chairs rose from under the floor as if by magic.
[点拨] 此句是由and连接的两个并列分句。前一个分句的谓语是appeared和flashed，后一个分句的谓语是rose。这里要注意的是flash这个动词在此句中是及物动词，表示“（使）闪现”。from under是两个介词重叠使用，表示“从下面”。
如：“Now it’s OK,” said the mechanic as he crawled out from under the car. “修好了，”那修理工从车底下爬出来说道。
[仿写] ______________________________
____________
我从练习册下面找到了我的钢笔。
I found my pen from under the exercise book.
13. Have a class discussion and decide whether you think the writer has an optimistic or a pessimistic view of the future. 全班同学讨论一下, 断定作者对未来持有乐观还是悲观的态度。
adj. believe that good things will happen in the future 乐观的,乐观主义的(常与about连用)
The experts are optimistic that we will succeed. 那些专家们对我们的成功抱有乐观态度。
We should be optimistic about our life.
optimistic
adj. expected that bad things will happen in the future or that a situation will have a bad result 悲观的,悲观主义的(常与about连用)
There is no reason to be pessimistic about the future. 没有理由对未来悲观。
pessimistic
14. Be prepared to join in a class discussion. 一定准备好参加班级讨论。
join in 参加, 加入
She burst into song. Several passengers also joined in. 她唱了起来, 几位乘客也跟着唱了起来。
辨析: join in, take part in与join join in与take part in 都可以作“参加某项活动”讲。join加入某个组织，并成为其中的一员；join in参加小型的活动, join sb. in；take part in 参加大型的活动
He joined the army five years ago.
He joined us in the discussion .
Liu Xiang will take part in the 2008 Olympic.
Learning about Language
Find out the words and phrases in the passage according to the expressions:
2. to see =
3. to be unable to see =
4. You have travel led through many time zones. So you feel very tired. The feeling of this kind of tiredness is called _____.
to catch sight of
to lose sight of
jet lag
1. to make use of (the prize)=
to take up
5. all the time, very often =
6. to make sb. remember sth. =
7. rapidly, quickly =
8. tired =
constantly
remind
exhausted
swiftly
I. 根据括号内所给的提示将下列句子翻译成英语。
她在1980年走上了教学岗位。(take up)

2. 这个景色使她想起了她的家乡。(remind ... of ...)
She took up her teaching post in 1980.
The view reminded her of her hometown.
Practice
3. 大概过了10分钟，我就看不见那座桥了。(lose sight of)
About 10 minutes later, I lost sight of that bridge.
5. 他被留下来清扫那些碎玻璃。 (sweep up)
He was left to sweep up the broken glass.
6. 他手术后又恢复了健康了。 (back on one’s feet)
He is back on his feet again after his operation.
7. 他们马上就会回来。(in no time)
They will be back in no time.
9. 那里突然出现了一个穿绿衣服的青年女子。(过去分词作后置定语)
8. 她向我招了招手，好像认识我似的。 (as though)
She waved to me as though she knew me.
Suddenly there appeared a young woman dressed in green.
10. 我恐惧地把信递给了他。(过去分词作状语)
Frightened, I handed the letter to him.
II. 用括号内所给词的适当形式填空