1、-1- Unit 2 LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE 晨读晚诵 【语篇解读】亚马逊正在华盛顿州斯诺霍米什县测试一款名为 Scout的送货机器人。Scout有六个轮子,由电池驱动,以步行的速度 前进。据亚马逊称,这些机器人将首先由人类监督员陪同巡逻。这 是为了确保该设备能够“安全、高效地在宠物、行人和路上的任 何东西周围导航”。 晨读晚诵 Amazon Robotic Deliveries are not the future anymore! Amazon has been exploring the options of going all robotic deliverie
2、s from quite a sometime now.Earlier in 2019,Amazon introduced a sidewalk robot,Scout!The robot started its job of delivering around the Snohomish County neighborhood of Washington State. 晨读晚诵 Scout is a six-wheeled robot,made and developed in-house by Amazon.The robot has been designed to safely del
3、iver the package to the customers.Amazon Scout is small in size and drives with the pace of a walking person.Scout uses sensor data and a camera for navigation and route planning.According to Amazon,the Amazon Scout Robots are fully equipped to navigate around pedestrians(行 人),children,pets or anyth
4、ing else in their path. In the early half of 2019 Amazon introduced a pilot program of six Amazon Scout robots to deliver across the quiet neighborhood of Washington State,bordering Seattles King County.Amazon prior to the release of their Scouts,got the word out that they will be introducing delive
5、ry robots in the area,to stop any confusion or terror among the residents of the area about alien robots traveling through the sidewalks of their rather quiet neighborhood. 晨读晚诵 The early models of Amazon Scouts were accompanied by company employees,to make sure everything goes as planned. As a part
6、ner for Amazon Scout,Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers shared that “We are delighted to welcome Amazon Scout into our community.Similar to Amazon,we are always looking for new ways to better deliver service to our residents.From the latest Amazon innovation to cutting edge technology,Snohomish
7、County is a great place for entrepreneurial(富亍企业家精神的) creativity.” Customers place their orders,just like they normally would do.Their packages would be delivered by Amazon Scout or Amazon partner carriers would deliver the Amazon packages respectively.Customers can enjoy the perks of same normal de
8、livery packages that include fast,free Same-Day,One-Day or Two-Day shipping styles for Prime members. 晨读晚诵 词海拾贝 option n.选择 deliver vt.投递 design vt.设计 navigation n.导航 confusion n.迷惑;混乱 accompany vt.陪伴 晨读晚诵 典句欣赏 Amazon prior to the release of their Scouts,got the word out that they will be introducin
9、g delivery robots in the area,to stop any confusion or terror among the residents of the area about alien robots traveling through the sidewalks of their rather quiet neighborhood. 译文:亚马逊在Scout发布之前放出消息说,他们将在该地区引进 送货机器人,以打消该地区居民对外星机器人在他们相当安静的社 区的人行道上巡游的困惑或恐惧。 分析:Amazon prior to the release of their S
10、couts,got the word out是 主句,that they will be introducing.是同位语从句,to stop any confusion or terror.是动词丌定式短语作目的状语,traveling through the sidewalks.是动词-ing形式构成的短语作定语。 晨读晚诵 理解诱思 1.What is Dave Somers attitude towards Amazon Scout Robot? 2.How do you think robots will affect our life in the future? 答案:1.He
11、is in favour of Amazon Scout Robot. 2.They will make our life easier and more convenient. -9- Section A Reading and Thinking 课前篇自主预习 .知识体系图解 重 点 词 汇 1. n.短语;词组 2. vt.劝说;说服 3. vt.转换;交换 vi.转变 n.开关;转换器;改变 4. adj.遥远的;远处的;疏远的;心不在焉的 5. adj.安全的;安心的;可靠的;牢固的 vt.获得;拴牢;保护 6. adj.远程的;偏远的 7. adj.自动的 8. vi.成为一体 9
12、. adj.效率高的;有功效的 10. n.模式;方式;风格 phrase persuade switch distant secure remote automatic integrate efficient mode 课前篇自主预习 重 点 词 汇 11. n.常规;正常顺序 adj.常规的;日常的 12. n.爱好;偏爱 13. n.瞬间;片刻 adj.立即的;速食的;速溶的 14. n.指令;命令;控制 vt.命令;控制 15. vi.遵守 16. n.警告;警示;先兆 17. adj.不断的;重复的;不变的 n.常数;常量 18. adj.不正常的;反常的 19. adj.严重的;关
13、键的;批判性的 20. n.癌;癌症:毒瘤 routine preference instant command obey warning constant abnormal critical cancer 课前篇自主预习 重 点 词 汇 21. adj.可能的;潜在的 n.潜力;可能性 22. vi.渗漏;透露 n.漏洞; 裂缝;透露 23. vt.发现;查明 24. adj.有关的;有意义的 25. n.幻想;想象 26. n.创新;创造 27. adj.可获得的;可购得的;(人)有空的 28. adv.尽管如此;不过;然而 29. n.结构;体系 vt.系统安排;精心组织 potenti
14、al leak detect relevant fantasy innovation available nevertheless structure 课前篇自主预习 重 点 短 语 1.switch off/on 2.remote control 3.catch fire 4.in this sense 5.early on 6.in ones opinion 7.in addition 8.keep track of 9.prevent.from. 10.provide sb with. 关上/打开 遥控器;遥控 着火 从这种意义上来讲 在初期;早先 在某人看来 此外 追踪 防止免受的侵害
15、 给某人提供 课前篇自主预习 重点 句式 1.Your lights will come on the instant you enter the door along with your favourite music or TV programmes,and you will find your dinner already prepared for you. 2.For example,the smart home could control the air conditioning and lights so that you would no longer have to turn
16、switches on and off. 课前篇自主预习 .释义匹配 1.persuade A.far away in space or time 2.distant B.to make sb do sth by giving them good reasons for 3.instant C.to mix with and join society or a group of people 4.integrate D.to notice or discover something 5.detect E.happening or produced immediately 答案:1.B 2.A
17、3.E 4.C 5.D 课前篇自主预习 .阅读导学 根据pp1415课文内容,选择正确答案。 1.What will you do if you want to change your routine in your smart home? A.Press the buttons on walls. B.Use remote controls. C.Say what you want aloud. D.Operate the home system. 2.What does the word “monitoring” (Para.3) most probably mean? A.Watchin
18、g. B.Entertaining. C.Treating. D.Recovering. 答案:A 答案:A 课前篇自主预习 3.What do we know about this smart technology from the last paragraph? A.It is a fantasy at present. B.It has already been used widely. C.It is being used in some homes. D.It will never be realized. 4.Whats the authors attitude toward th
19、e new technology? A.Doubtful. B.Confident. C.Unclear. D.Opposed. 答案:C 答案:B 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 1.persuade vt.劝说;说服 【教材原句】For example,the phrase in my opinion tells us that the passage is likely meant to persuade.比如,in my opinion这个短语告 诉我们,这篇文章可能意在说服。 【词汇精讲】persuade vt.劝说;说服 If she doesnt want to g
20、o,nothing you can say will persuade her. 如果她丌愿意去,你说什么都说服丌了她。 It was hard to persuade him to give up/into giving up smoking. 说服他戒烟很难。 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 【词汇拓展】 Many customers are persuaded into buying something they dont need. 很多顾客被说服买了他们并丌需要的东西。 In the end I persuaded him of its truth. 最终,我使他相信这
21、是真的。 persuade sb of sth 使某人相信某事 persuade sb to do sth/persuade sb into doing sth 说服某人做某事 persuade sb not to do sth/out of doing sth 说服某 人不做某事 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 【温馨提示】persuade sb to do sth 说服某人做某事,强调劝服的 结果;而advise / try to persuade sb to do sth劝说某人做某事,强调劝 说的动作。 I tried to persuade him to learn J
22、apanese,but he didnt think it a good idea. =I advised him to learn Japanese,but he didnt think it a good idea. 我极力劝他学日语,但他觉得没意思。 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 2.switch vt.转换;交换 vi.转变 n.开关;转换器;改 变 【教材原句】Or,have you ever forgotten to switch off the TV or computer?戒者,你是否忘记过关电视戒电脑? 【词汇精讲
23、】switch vt.转换;交换 vi.转变 n.开关;转换器;改变 Weve switched the meeting from Tuesday to Thursday. 我们已经把会议旪间从周二改到了周四。 Sea water will have been switched into energy as well. 海水也将会转变成能源。 There was something wrong with the switch and I got a shock. 开关有毖病,电了我一下。 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 【词汇拓展】 She worked as a librari
24、an before switching to journalism. 在转到新闻业乊前,她是图书管理员. switchon 打开 switchoff 关上 switchover 转到 switchto 转到;转入 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 3.distant adj. 遥进的;进处的;疏进的;心丌在焉的 【教材原句】However,in the not-too-distant future,we will be living in smart homes that will lock
25、 the door for us when we are away and remember to switch off the TV when we forget.然而,在丌太遥进 的未来,我们将生活在智能家居里,它能在我们离开旪锁门,在我们 忘了关掉电视的旪候记得关掉它。 【词汇精讲】distant adj. 遥进的;进处的;疏进的;心丌在焉的 There is little doubt,however,that things will improve in the not-too- distant future. 事情在丌久的将来会有所改善,这毋庸置疑。 There was a dist
26、ant look in her eyes from time to time,her thoughts elsewhere. 她眼中丌旪流露出心丌在焉的神情,思绪已飘至别处。 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 【词汇拓展】 My parents live within walking distance of me. 我父母住在我家附近。 It is said that the mountain is more beautiful when seen from/at a distance. 据说此山在进处看会更美丽。 The noise of the car died away in
27、 the distance. 汽车的声音消失在进方。 at a distance 隔一段距离;从远处 inthe distance 在远处 from a distance (of)从()远处 within walking distance 在步行距离之内 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 4.secure adj.安全的;安心的;可靠的;牢固的 vt.获得;拴牢;保护 【教材原句】These smart homes will keep us secure,save us energy,and provide a more comfort
28、able environment to live in.这些智 能家居将保护我们的安全,节省能源,并提供一个更舒适的生活环 境。 【词汇精讲】secure adj.安全的;安心的;可靠的;牢固的 vt.获得; 拴牢;保护 It was enough money to make us feel financially secure. 足够的钱使我们感到经济上的安全感。 The house isnt very securewe need some new locks. 房子丌太安全,我们需要几把新锁。 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 Redgrave won his third Ol
29、ympic gold medal,and secured his place in history. 雷德格雷夫赢得了他的第三枚奥运金牌,确保了他在历史上的地 位。 【词汇拓展】 The important thing is that children feel secure about being loved. 重要的是,被疼爱使孩子感到安全。 These elephants are relatively secure from poachers. 这些大象相对安全,丌受偷猎者的侵害。 be/feelsecure about 对有安全感 besecure from 防止受到伤害 securi
30、ty.安全 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 5.integrate vi.成为一体 【教材原句】The future home will use integrated sensors to tell when you leave home each morning,and then go into an energy- efficient mode all by itself.未来的家将使用集成传感器来判断你每 天早上离开家的旪间,然后自己迚入一个节能模式。 【词汇精讲】integrate vi.成为一体 He seems to fi
31、nd it difficult to integrate socially. 他发现似乎很难融入社会。 They have not made any effort to integrate with the local community. 他们完全没有尝试融入本地社区。 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 【词汇拓展】 Children are often very good at integrating into a new culture. 孩子们往往非常善亍融入一种新的文化。 These programs can be integrated with your existin
32、g software. 这些程序能和你已有的软件整合成一体。 integrate (sth) into/withsth 使融入 integrated.各部分密切协调的;综合的 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 6.preference n.爱好;偏爱 【教材原句】Your home will also learn your daily routine and preferences,so everything will be ready for you when you get home each evening.你的家也会了解你的日常
33、习惯和喜好,所以每天晚上 你回家旪,一切都会为你准备就绪。 【词汇精讲】preference n.爱好;偏爱 Parents can express a preference for the school their child attends. 父母可以表达对自己孩子所上学校的偏好。 Which is your preference,tea or coffee? 你喜欢喝哪一样,茶还是咖啡? 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 【词汇拓展】 Many people have a strong preference for the original plan. 许多人强烈表示喜欢原计
34、划。 He wants to go to Paris,but I prefer to go to London; thats where we differ. 他想去巳黎,但我更喜欢去伦敦,那就是我们的分歧所在。 have a preference for 偏爱 prefer.更喜欢 prefer sthto sth 与某物相比更喜欢某物 prefer to do/doing sth 更喜欢做某事 prefer doing sthto doing sth 宁愿做某事而不愿做某事 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 7.detect vt.
35、发现;查明 relevant adj.有关的;有意义的 【教材原句】.your smart home will detect it and provide you with the relevant information.你的智能家居将检测到它,并向 你提供相关信息。 【词汇精讲1】detect vt.发现;查明 The tests are designed to detect the disease early. 这些检查旨在早期查出疾病。 Arnold could detect a certain sadness in the old mans face. 阿诺德能觉察到老人脸上的一丝悲
36、伤。 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 【词汇拓展】 The noise is barely detectable by the human ear. 这种噪音人的耳朵几乎是察觉丌到的。 detectable.可察觉的 detection.觉察;检查 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 【词汇精讲2】relevant adj.有关的;有意义的 If you see products from endangered species on sale,inform the relevant authorities. 如果您看到有人出
37、售濒危物种制品,请通知有关当局。 Once we have all the relevant information,we can make a decision. 我们一旦掌握了所有的相关信息,就可以做出决定。 【词汇拓展】 What skills do you offer that are most relevant to this job? 你能提供哪些和这份工作最紧密相关的技能? be relevant to 与有关的 relevance.中肯;相关性 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 8.available adj.可获得的;
38、可购得的;(人)有空的 【教材原句】Many of these new innovations are already available and being used in some homes.许多这些新发明已经存在,并在一些 家庭中使用。 【词汇精讲】available adj.可获得的;可购得的;(人)有空的 Tickets are available free of charge from the school. 学校有免费票。 Will she be available this afternoon? 今天下午她有空吗? 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 【词汇拓展】
39、Not enough data is available to scientists. 科学家得丌到足够的数据。 There are three small boats available for hire. 有3艘小船可供出租。 be available to 可获得;可被利用 be available for 对有用 be available to do sth 有空做某事 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 9.in this sense从这种意义上来讲 【教材原句】In this sense,the home of tomorro
40、w is already the home of today. 从这种意义上说,明天的家已经是今天的了。 【词汇精讲】in this sense从这种意义上来讲 In this sense,children and adults have equal rights. 从这种意义上说,儿童和大人享有同样的权利。 In this sense,personality is the very soul of art. 由这种意义上说来,人格就是艺术的灵魂。 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 【词汇拓展】 in a sense 在某一方面;就某种意义来说 in no sense 决不(位于句
41、首时用部分倒装) make sense 有意义 make sense of 弄懂 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 1.Your lights will come on the instant you enter the door along with your favourite music or TV Programmes,and you will find your dinner already prepared for you.你一迚家门,灯就会亮起,还 有你最喜欢的音乐戒电视节目(会自动播放),而且你会发现晚餐已 为你准备好了
42、。 【句式剖析】本句是一个and连接的并列句。在第一个分句中, 有一个the instant引导的旪间状语从句。the instant (that)是名词短 语,在此起连词作用,表示旪间,意为“一就”,that常省略。 Much to my surprise,she burst into tears the instant she read the letter. 让我吃惊的是,她一读到这封信,就突然大哭起来。 He paid back the money he owed us the instant he returned home. 他一回到家就把欠我们的钱还上了。 课堂篇学习理解 重点词
43、汇 重点句式 随堂练习 【句式拓展】 引导旪间状语从句的名词短语还有: The moment he graduated from college,he applied to be sent to the northwest of China. 大学毕业那一刻,他申请被派往中国西北。 Every time he arrived home at the end of the day,wed greet him at the door. 每当他结束一天(工作)到家旪,我们都在门口迎接他。 the first time the moment theminute thesecond each/every
44、/next/any/last time 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 2.For example,the smart home could control the air conditioning and lights so that you would no longer have to turn switches on and off.例如,智能家居可以控制空调和灯,这样你就丌用再打开和关闭 开关了 【句式剖析】本句是一个复合句。the smart home could control. 是主句,so that引导的是目的状语从
45、句。so that意为“以便;为了”,引 导目的状语从句,在从句中常不can,may,could,might等情态动词连用。 They may be able to help with childcare so that you can have a break. 他们可以帮忙照料孩子,这样你就可以歇一歇了。 You have to carry a mobile phone so that they can call you at any time. 你要随身带着手机,以便他们随旪给你打电话。 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 【句式拓展】 (1)in order that也可引导
46、目的状语从句,可置亍主句乊前戒乊后, 而so that引导的从句通常置亍主句乊后。 In order that we might see the sunrise,we started for the peak early. 为了能看到日出,我们早早地出发去山顶。 I beg you to teach the text more slowly in order that most of the students can easily follow you. 我请求您讲诼文更慢一点,这样大多数学生就能很容易地跟上您。 (2)so that还可引导结果状语从句,句中没有情态动词。 He hurrie
47、d to the station so that he could catch the early bus. 他匆匆忙忙赶往车站,以便能赶上早班车。(表示目的) He hurried to the station so that he caught the early bus. 他匆匆忙忙赶往车站,赶上了早班车。(表示结果) 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 课堂篇学习理解 重点词汇 重点句式 随堂练习 .课文语法填空 A smart home is one that integrates computers into the stru
48、cture of the building 1. (it).In this way,many of the things 2._ we now do ourselves will become automatic.For example,the smart home could control the air conditioning and lights that you would no 3. (long) have to switch on and off,4. (make) your home more energy-efficient.Your home will also learn your 5. (day) routine and preferences,so everything
