Unit 3
What will life be in the future?
communication
work
business and money
houses and buildings
transportation
education
People will use smart cards
instead of cash.
What’s the advantage of on-line shopping?
Maybe people will shop with
animals.
People will use robots doing
housework or get them to play music.
Robots are used in many places.
Will people in the future be able to enjoy
a longer and healthier life? Why?
People will live a longer life.
What kinds of schools will be
there in the future?
It would be possible for Ss to
stay at home to have lessons.
Perhaps we’ll travel
by Flying Plate.
Reading
 Scan the text within 6 minutes.
 Think about what you have
read and do some exercises
given below.
What are mentioned in
the article?
A time capsule
Time lag
Surroundings
Medical science
Adventure
Take up a prize
Flash a switch
This is an introduction to the
advantages and problems of life in
AD 3005.
Good changes
and reasons
Bad changes
and reasons
Time
travel
Can travel to different Time lag
times as you wish
Transport
Flying by in all
Can move swiftly
directions, difficult
to find way
Houses
Save living space
Short of space
Towns
Like a large market Easy to get lost
Air
Quality
Plenty of oxygen
at home
Lack of fresh air
in public
1. take up
接受；开始；继续；从事；占据
sweep up 打扫，横扫 take in
吸收；理解；
carry up 建高(房屋)；
欺骗
追溯
take off 取消；脱衣；
speed up 加速
起飞
look up 仰望；尊敬；take out 拿出；出发
查寻
take over 接管
make up 弥补；虚构；take away 取走
整理；化妆
你打算接受跟Tom比赛的这个挑战吗？
Are you going to take up the
challenge of competing against Tom?
1990年她走上第一个教学岗位。
She took up her first teaching post in
1990 .
Tom often helps his friend even though
going to office ______ most of his day.
A. takes up
A
C. carry up
B. makes up
D. look up
2. remind sb. of sth.
使……想起
提醒
remind sb. about sth.
remind sb. to do sth.
remind sb. that /what /how
我已经很久没有使用这个机器了，请提
醒我应该做什么。
I haven’t used this machine for ages.
Please remind me what to do.
3. 归纳time短语
in time
on time
at a time
at one time
at no time
at times = sometimes;
from time to time;
now and then
at all times
in no time =
immediately
及时；迟早
按时；准时
每次
一度；曾经
从不；决不
不时地；时常
总是；始终
立即；马上
 for the time being
暂时
 It’s high/about time that sb. did sth.
到时间做某事
 time and time again
重复地，一次又一次
 many a time
 kill time
 keep time
常常，多次
消磨时间
钟表走得准；合拍子
 Eg: I will see him ________.
in time
on time
 The film began _________.
 Don’t speak at once! One _________.
at a time
 He is busy with his work __________.
at all times
 The Young Pioneers come to help the
sick ________.
at times
 Those people had chances for their
at no time
jobs _________.
 I used to go skating __________,
at one time but
now I seem to have lost interest.
4. 辨析expect, hope, wish
expect /wish sb. sth.
expect /hope /wish to do sth.
expect /wish sb. to do sth.
expect /hope/wish that (wish虚拟语气)
hope for…
hope so (not)
How I wish I could fly to the moon!
After this dry weather, everyone hopes
for rain.
--Do you think the Bulls will beat the
Suns?
--Yes, they have better players, so I
______ them to win.
A. hope
C. expect
C
B. prefer
D. want
Translation
 1. Well prepared, Bob was
optimistic about his performance
in the examination.
 2. Sarah reminded me of the lack
of water in Africa and that we
had to switch from baths to
showers.
 3. Li Zhong required his children
to exercise every morning before
breakfast .
 4. I was asked if he worked
hard. My impression was that
he was doing a good job
 5. He pressed a mask to his face
swiftly to avoid any poisonous
gas.
 6. The travel agency instructed
him to speed up his work.
Grammar : 过去分词
过去分词主要考查其在句中作状语、定
语、表语和补语的用法。
1.作状语
_____ in
thought,he almost ran into the car
in front of him.
A. Losing
B. Having lost
D. To lose
CC. Lost
过
去 分 词
2.作定语
The Olympic Games,___ in 776 B.C.did
not include women players until 1912.
A.first played
B. to be first played
A
C. first playing
D. to be first playing
过去分词
3.作表语
Cleaning women in big cities usually get
____ by the hour.
A. pay
B. paying
C paid
C.
D. to pay
类似的有：get burnt,
hurt , get wounded.
get
 get done 进入或变为某种状态
 get paid;
 get used to ; get caught in;
 get engaged to sb.
 get married;
get lost;
 get separated from;
 get rid of; get dressed;
 get hurt/harmed/wounded/injured
 get prepared for;

 Be careful when you cross this
very busy street. If not, you may --run over by a car.
 a. have
b.
B get
 c. become d. turn
 How are the team playing?
 -- They are playing well, but one of
them --- hurt.
 a. got b.
B gets c. are d. were
 3. As we joined the big crowd, I got --from my friends.
 A
A. separated B. spared
 C. lost
D. missed
 4. You didn’t let me drive. If we ----in
turn, you ----- so tired.
 A. drove, didn’t get
 B. drove, wouldn’t get
 C. were driving, wouldn’t get
 D
D. had driven, wouldn’t have got
5. Cleaning women in big cities usually
get ---- by the hour.
• Pay b.paying c.
C paid d. to pay
6. Five soldiers got--- in the battle.
a. wound
b. harmed
c. damaged D
d. wounded
过去分词
4.作补语
The managers discussed the plan that
they would like to see ___ the next
C
year.
A.carry put
B. carrying out
C. carried out D. to carry out
该See sth.done 这结构常见的还
有watch(notice, observe,have
和make)sth. done.
 Men breaking the law will be
punished.
 Men who break the law will be
punished.
 Can you see the girl dancing with
your boyfriend?
 Can you see the girl who is dancing
with her boyfriend?
比
 较 Hearing the news, he went out.
 On hearing the news, he went out.
 I have a lot of work to do.
 This is the question to be
discussed tomorrow.
 Do you have anything to be
typed?
 This is the question being
discussed now.
 That was the question
discussed the day before.