1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 3 Life in the future 重点单词 1 aspect n方面；层面 2 previous adj.在前的；早先的 3 guide n指导；向导；导游 vt.指引；指导 4 capsule n太空舱；胶囊 5 sideways adv.往 (向、从 )一侧；侧着；侧面朝前 6 tolerate vt.容忍；忍受 7 lack vi.& vt.缺乏；没有 n缺乏；短缺的东西 8 adjustment n调整；调节 9 fasten vt.系牢；扎牢 10 switch n 开关；转换 vt.转换 11 desert n沙漠；荒原 12 enor
2、mous adj.巨大的；庞大的 13 imitate vt.模仿；仿造 14 receiver n接受者；接收器；电话听筒 15 greedy adj.贪吃的；贪婪的；贪心的 16 swallow vt.吞下；咽下 17 material n原料；材料 18 impression n印象；感想；印记 impress v使留下深刻印象 impressive adj.给人深刻印象的 19 constant adj.时常发生的；连 续不断的 constantly adv.不断地 20 steward n乘务员；服务员 stewardess n女乘务员 21 surroundings n周围的事物；
3、环境 surrounding adj.周围的 22 press vi.& vt.按；压；逼迫 n按；压；印刷；新闻 pressure n压力；挤压；压迫 (感 ) 23 optimistic adj.乐观 (主义 )的 optimism n乐观 (主义 ) pessimistic adj.悲观 (主义 )的 pessimism n悲观 (主义 ) 24 postage n 邮资 post n 邮件 vt.邮递 ； 张贴 ； 公布 postcode n 邮政编码 25 instant n 瞬间 ； 片刻 adj.立即的 ； 立刻的 instantly adv.马上 26 representati
4、ve n 代表 ； 典型人物 adj.典型的 ； 有代表性的 represent 【 精品教育资源文库 】 vt.& vi.代表 ； 象征 ； 表现 27 settlement n 定居 ； 解决 settle vt.& vi.(使 )定居 ； 解决 settler n 定居者 28 motivation n动机 motivate v成为 ? 的动机；激励 重点短语 1 take_up 拿起；接受；开始；继续 2 be_back_on_ones_feet (困境后 )恢复；完全复原 3 lose_sight_of 看不见 ? 4 sweep_up 打扫；横扫 5 slide_into (快捷
5、而悄声地 )移动；溜进 ? 6 speed_up 加速 7 in_all_directions 向四面八方 8 show_sb_around 带领某人参观 重点句型 1 This is similar to 与 ? ? 相似 This is similar to the “jet lag” you get from flying?( 教材 P17) 2主语 be adj. to do (不定式的主动形式 ) At first my new surroundings were difficult to tolerate.(教材 P18) 3 as though 引导状语从句 The air se
6、emed thin, as though its combination of gases had little oxygen left.(教材 P18) 4 what 引导的名词性从句 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.(教材 P18) 语法要点 过去分词作状语 Worried about the journey, I was unsettled
7、for the first few days.(教 材P17) 1tolerate vt.容忍；忍受 At first my new surroundings were difficult to tolerate.(教材 P18) 开始的时候，新的环境让我难以忍受。 (1)tolerate (sb) doing sth 容忍 /忍受 (某人 )做某事 【 精品教育资源文库 】 (2)? tolerance n.宽容；忍耐力tolerant adj.宽容的；能耐 ? 的 (3) ?put up withendure 容忍；忍受 ?stand ?sb? doing sthbear sb doin
8、g/to do sth 容忍 /忍受某人做某事 Nobody can tolerate being_cheated (cheat), and thats why he has no friend. 没有人能忍受被欺骗，这也是他为什么没有朋友。 Many old people have a very l imited tolerance (tolerate) to cold. 许多老年人抗寒能力有限。 I think you become more tolerant (tolerate) of other people as you get older. 我认为随着年龄的增长，你变得更能宽容他人
9、了。 Lets hurry up ！ He cant stand keeping (keep) waiting. 咱们快点吧！让他等别人，他可受不了。 2lack vt.& vi.缺乏；没有 n缺乏；短缺的东 西 Hit by a lack of fresh air, my head ached.(教材 P18) 由于缺乏新鲜空气，我感到头痛。 (1)? lack n.缺少 ?lack for n.?多用于否定句 ?缺乏 ? (2)? for/through lack of因缺乏 ?a/no lack of?不 ?缺乏 ? (3)? lacking adj.短缺的；缺乏的be lacking
10、in缺乏 ?品质、特点等 ? She leads a happy and comfortable life, never lacking (lack) for money or friends. 她过着幸福而舒适的生活，从未缺过钱或朋友。 For lack of sufficient evidence, the accused was allowed to go free. 由于缺乏充足的证据，被告被开释了。 3switch n开关；转 换 vt.转换 Then Wang Ping flashed a switch on a computer screen, and a table and s
11、ome chairs rose from under the floor as if by magic.(教材 P18) 【 精品教育资源文库 】 然后王平按下电脑荧屏上的一个开关，一张桌子和几把椅子就像变魔术那样从地板下面升了起来。 make a switch in 在某一方面作出改变 switch to 转 (换 )到 switch on/off turn on/off 打开 /关 掉 The board had to make a switch in their arrangement. 董事会不得不对他们的安排作些变动。 The time of talk has been switc
12、hed to the afternoon. 已将会谈时间改在下午了。 The TV will be switched on at the time you wanted. 电视机将在你所希望的时间开启。 4instant n瞬间；片刻 adj.立即的；立刻的 You place the metal band over your head, clear your mind, press the sending button, think your message and the next instant its sent.(教材 P22) 你把金属带戴到头上，整理思绪，按下发送按钮，然后想着你要
13、发送的信息，刹那间信息就发出去了。 (1)? in an instant instantly立刻；马上for an instant一瞬间 (2) ?the instant ?that? instantlythe moment/the minute从句 instantly/immediately/directly从句 on sth/doing sthhardly?when?一 ? 就 ? In an instant/Instantly, he took off his coat and jumped into the water. 他马上脱下大衣跳 进了水里。 For an instant th
14、e sky was lit up by a shooting star. 一颗流星划过，瞬间点亮了天空。 The instant (that) I reached the platform the train began to move. 我一到站台，火车就开动了。 The proposal was instantly (instant) voted through with two to one in favour, accompanied by enthusiastic applause. 在热烈的掌声中，提案以 2 比 1 的优势很快通过了表决。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 Instan
15、t foods are more and more popular among people nowadays. 如今，速食越来越受人们的欢迎。 1take up 拿起；接受；开始 (从事 )；继续；占用 (时间、空间等 ) I still cannot believe that I am taking up this prize that I won last year.(教材 P17) 我仍然无法相信我是 在接受去年获得的这个奖励。 【一词多义】 写出下列句中 take up 的含义。 The teacher took up the lesson where he left off las
16、t week. 继续 She took up the receiver and began to dial the number. 拿起 The piano takes up too much space. 占用 He did not particularly want to take up a competitive sport. 开始从事 Are you going to take up the challenge of lasting a whole week without arguing? 接受 take down 拿下；取下；记 (录 )下来；拆卸 take for 当作，认为；骗
17、取 take in 吸收；欺骗；领会；理解 take off 取 (脱 )下；起飞； (事业 )腾飞，突然成功 take on 呈现 (面貌等 )；雇用；承担 take over 接收 (管、任 )；采用 We have introduced sin gers like Madeline Bell as headliners and I think the club is beginning to take off. 我们已经聘请了马德琳 贝尔等歌手担任主唱，我认为俱乐部马上就会有起色了。 Technology is here to help us, but we should not all
18、ow it to take over our lives. 技术是用来帮助我们的，但我们不应让它来接管我们的生活。 2lose sight of 看不见；忽略； 忘记 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.(教材 P18) 但是，当我们到达一个看上去像个大市场的地方时，王平不见了，因为很多四轮马车都四面八方地从身边飞奔。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 (1
19、)? come into sight进入视野内 ，映入眼帘go out of sight从视野中消失lose ones sight失明(2)? at first sight乍一看at the sight of在看到 ? 时out of sight看不到in/within sight在视野内We must never lose sight of the fact that man must live in harmony with nature. 我们永远也不能忽视这个事 实：人类必须与自然和谐相处。 The boat soon went out of sight in the fog. 船很快
20、就消失在雾中。 She was frightened at the sight of the snake. 一看见蛇，她就非常害怕。 Every person, like the moon, has a dark side out of sight. 每个人都像是一轮月亮，都有隐藏的、从不示人的一面。 3speed up 加速 When we wanted the hovering carriage to speed up we pressed down hard on the driving pedal and bent over in the direction we wanted to go.(教材 P20) 当我们想
