1. To get to know some of the most up-to-date inventions of the 31st century.
2. To talk about the advantages and disadvantages of living on the space station
3. To learn some new words and expressions
In the 31st century, the scientific technology is becoming more modern than it is now. What will happen?
How will people communicate in the future?
Where will the rubbish go in the future?
Will robots replace human beings in manufacturing?
Space Station of the 31st century
Read the title “I have seen amazing
things”. With the help of the picture in the
passage, guess what the writer will see.
Read the passage and choose the correct answers.
1. The main idea of the passage is to tell us
_______?
A. What the space station is
B. The most up-to-date inventions in the space station
C. How the space station works
D. The different languages used by new creatures
B
2. How many kinds of inventions
mentioned in the passage?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
A
Read the passage carefully and finish the task.
Answer the questions:
1. What is the space station like?
It is an enormous round plate.
2. Why did the space station spin
slowly in space?
To imitate the pull of the earth’s
gravity.
True or False:
1. Message can be sent using a thoughtpad.
2. The space citizens could send message
clearly at any time.
3. We can blame the tools for the faults of the
user.
4. The rubbish used to be sent to buried or
burned.
5. The rubbish is turned into the same grades
of material.
6. Nothing is wasted and everything is recycled.
F
T
T
T
F
F
Answer the questions:
1. What can be produced in space?
Who manufactures them?
drugs, clothes, furniture, hovering
carriages
Robots manufactures them.
2. How are the goods transported to the
earth?
By industrial spaceship.
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
Communica-tion
Waste Disposal
Manufac-turing
invention
thoughtpad
Manufac-turing robots
a waste machine
Advan-tages
1
2
Disadv-antages
None
efficient
Environ-mentally friendly
1. dispose of all waste
2. turns them into several grades of useful material
1. no waste
2. no pollution
3. no environ-
mental damage
thoughts must be clear, or it would be an unclear message
people must live on a space station to monitor the robots
1. Which of the following is true according
to the passage?
A. People and robots do most of things in the station.
B. One has to be trained to live and work in space settlements.
C. Only through the work of robots can the station have no pollution.
D. There is less waste left than we can imagine.
B
2. We can know from the passage that _____.
A. there are many kinds of robots in the station
B. the writer feels nervous and uncertain about the station
C. it is too modern for the writer to believe
D. some representatives are chosen to
transport goods to earth
A
Finish the summary of the passage.
It was my first visit to a space station. Described as an e_________ round plate, it spins slowly in space to ________ (模仿) the pull of the earth’s gravity. The g_____ showed us three stops. In the first stop, I saw the thoughtpad used for s_______ messages.
enormous
imitate
guide
sending
Next stop, we are in the environment area. There is a _______ machine which can s_______ all the waste available. The t_____ stop showed us how the goods are m__________ by r______.
waste
swallow
third
manufactured
robots
1. Use the information in the text to
introduce the 3 inventions to others
2. 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.
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.
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.
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. Here comes the teacher.
注意:当主语为代词时,不倒装。
e.g. 他冲出了教室。
Out _________ the classroom.
he rushed
3. …and the next instant it’s sent.
instant n. 瞬间;片刻
adj. 立即的;立刻的
e.g. It took only an instant for him to
react.
Contrary to expectations, the film
was an instant success.
【拓展】常见的instant的用法还有:
instant与the连用,起连词的作用,相当于as soon as,意为“一……就……”。
?in an instant?立刻,立即,马上。
e.g. 电话铃声一响她就醒了。
She woke up __________________
___________.
? 雨一下开,人群立刻散去了。
When the rain started, the crowd
vanished ________________.
the instant the phone
in an instant
rang??
4. But we cannot blame the tools for the faults of the user, can we?
blame?sb.?for...?因...责怪某人
be to blame for … 因为某事应该被责备。用主动表被动。
e.g. 你不应该因为打碎了花瓶而责怪他。
You shouldn’t __________________
__________ the vase.
blame him for
breaking
5. A giant machine, always greedy for more, swallows all the waste available.
greedy adj. 贪婪的
be greedy for 贪心……
available adj. 可利用的,可得到的,空闲的,有效的,可与之联系的。
翻译下列句子。
这附近有水吗?
Is there water available around here?
这张电影票已经不再有效了。
This film ticket is no longer available.
校长现在有空了。
The principal is available now.
6. I stared at the moving model of the waste machine, absorbed by its efficiency.
absorbed 过去分词作伴随状语
= I stared at the moving model of the waste,
and I was absorbed by its efficiency.
be absorbed by…=be attracted by… 被……吸
引
I.?根据下面各句句意以及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示词,写出该单词的正确形式(每空一词)。
1. Always chew food well before s_________ it.
2. She woke up the i________ the phone rang.
3. Just press this b________ to start the computer.
4. It is said that they ________ (回收利用) more than half their waste paper last year.
swallowing
instant
button
recycled
5. The government urged ________ (市民) to begin preparing for a major storm.
6. Brick was used as the main building m________ for local churches.
citizens
material
II.?单句语法填空。
1. These methods can help increase students’ __________ (motivate) and interest.
2. She picked up the ________ (receive) and put it to her ear.
3. As far as I know, Mike is quite a fast ________ (type).
4. The ____________ (settle) of his debts took him several months.
5. The study was carried out in one small town, so we can’t be sure that the results are truly _____________ (represent).
motivation
typist
receiver
settlement
representative
6. You can hardly blame Peter ________
being angry with her.
5. I can tell that Tom was not hungry just
now. He was just greedy ________
biscuits.? ? ??
for
for
Make a model of your own invention
and describe it to your partner.