Words in reading 2

1. 公民，居民2. 打字员3. 打字机4. 邮资5. 邮政编码6. 按钮7. 瞬间8. 接受者，听筒9. 效率，功效10. 丝带11. 垃圾箱12. 清除，处理 (n.)13. 生态，生态学14. 原料，材料

1. citizen2. typist3. typewriter4. postage5. postcode6. button7. instant8. receiver9. efficiency10. ribbon11. dustbin12. disposal13. ecology14. material

15. 货物16. 代表，典型人物17. 定居，解决18. 模仿19. 布置，安排20. 吞下，咽下21. 回收利用22. 机器批量生产23. 动机24. 巨大的，庞大的25. 可移动的26. 高效率的27. 贪吃的，贪婪的

15. goods16. representative17. settlement18. imitate19. dispose20. swallow21. recycle22. manufacture23. motivation24. enormous25. moveable26. efficient27. greedy

What will our future life be like?

e-schools

in the future

Any disease can be

cured in the future.

People can live longer.

videophone

On-line shoppingOn-line shopping

solar energy

carspersonal flying cars

I Have Seen Things

What are the amazing things that LiQiang has seen in the space station?The most up-to-date inventions of the 31st century:

1)the latest forms of communication: thoughtpad ( 思想仪 )2)a system where the waste is disposed of using the principles of ecology: waste disposal machine ( 垃圾处理器 / 系统 )3) the changes happening to work practices: manufacturing robots ( 产业用机器人 )

Ex. III 预读理解： ( P. 38) (cxsj)

Read the passage again and decide whether the sentences are True or False:

Ex. 1 (P. 23 TB)

communication Waste disposal Manufacturing

Invention

thoughtpad manufacturing robots

advan tages

Dis-advantages

none

waste machine

1.quick2. efficient2.environ-mentally friendly

1.Dispose of all wastes2.Turns them into several grades

1. No waste2. No pollution3. No environmental damage

Thoughts must be clear, or the messages will be unclear/ mixed up.

Representatives must be trained to live and work in space settlements to monitor the robots and the production

Modern Inventions on the Space Station

phrases

1. The latest/ most up-to-date inventions/ news/ fashion

2. space citizens/ residents3. environmentally friendly4. blame sb. for sth.5. dispose of sth. ( 学案 )6. be greedy for sth.7. work practice8. programme robots to do 9. perform tasks

1.My first visit was to a space station consider the most modern in space.

2.Describe as an enormous round place, it spins slowly in space immitate the pull of the earth’s gravity.

3.No more typists work on a typewriter or computer!

4.I looked at the pair of small objects call “thoughtpads” on a table.

5.There is a system which the waste is disposing of suing the principles of ecology.

considered

Described

to

working

called

wheredisposed

6. A giant machine, is always greedy for more, swallows all the waste available.

7. I stared at the moving model of the waste machine, absorbing by its efficiency.

8. Our third stop shows the changes have happened to work practices.

absorbed

that

1. My mind began to wander.

She wandered aimlessly around the streets.

It’s easy to be distracted and let your attention

wander.

Try not to let your mind wander.

Her thoughts wandered back to her youth.

Don’t wander off the subject– keep to the point.

他在大街上漫无目的地到处游荡。

很容易走神分散了注意力。

尽量别让你的思想开小差。

她浮想联翩，思绪回到了青春岁月。

别离题，要扣住要点。

2. They have to monitor the robots and the production.

The details of today’s flights are displayed on the monitor.

Each student’s progress is closely monitored.

今天航班的详细情况都列在显示屏上。

每一位同学的学习情况都受到密切关注。