高二英语Unit6–Lifeinthefuture人教版知识精讲知识精讲

高二英语Unit6–Lifeinthefuture人教版知识精讲知识精讲

高二英语Unit 6 – Life in the future人教版

【同步教育信息】

一. 本周教学内容：

Unit 6 – Life in the future

二.教学目标：

1. Master some sentence patterns and important phrases.

2. Practise expressing opinions.

3. Learn about Noun clauses, used as Subject, Object and

Predicative.

4. Write a defintion paragraph , using the words in this unit

to describe life in future.

三. 教学重点与难点：

Some difficult phrases and sentence patterns

四. 具体内容：

While it is impossible to know exactly what the future will be

like, it is possible to use models and trends to make forecasts

about future developments.

Future transportation is going to be cleaner, faster and safer.

New technologies are being used to develop environmentally

friendly and efficient means of transportation, such as the maglev

train. Scientists are also working on new fuels and engines.

The way we do business will change, too. Companies and

consumers will do most of their business via the Internet. This, in

turn, will change the way we shop and do business.

Entertainment is becoming an important part of

shopping and much of what was done by businesses can

now be done by the consumers and customers themselves.

Advances in medical science and a better understanding of the roles played by diet and exercise will allow us to live longer

and be healthier. There will still be diseases in the future, but our

ability to prevent and respond to new diseases will improve.

Education will become even more important than it is today,

but its form may change. Learning will no longer be limited to

our youth and to schools and classrooms. We will need to

become lifelong learners and there will be many different places

and modes of learning available to us.

The best way to prepare for the future is to learn to accept

and appreciate change.

1. catch/ get a glimpse of sth. 瞥见；明白

He sometimes went there to have glimpse of the mountain

in the distance.（n.）

When I saw how worried he was, I caught a glimpse of his

true feelings.

I glimpsed the falls as our train went by.（v.）

2. at 以……速度

at very high speed; at speed 高速

drive at top/ full speed 全速

travel at a speed of eighty killometres an hour

3. major 重要的；较大的

The car needs major repairs.

The play is a major success.

4. contemporary 当代的；现代的；同时期的; 同一时代或年龄的人；当代人

He devotes himself to the research on the contemporary art.

John is my contemporary; we are both 25.

5. indicate 表明；象征；预示

The arrow on a sign indicates the way to go.

The black clouds indicate that it will rain soon. indication n.

There are indications that the weather is changing.

6. system

the solar system

a railway system

a postal system

a new system of elections

the capitalist system

7. touch

get in touch with

lose touch with

out of touch

keep in touch with

8. It’s important for us to learn English.

It is a bad habit for a student to stay up late.

It is very kind of you to say so.

9. customer 指在某一个商店买东西的顾客； shopper泛指买东西的人

The manager asked his shop assistant not to say no to his

customers. The busy street is full of shoppers.

10. purchase n/v

He gave his son some money for the purchase of his school

books. They have just purchased a new house in the country.

11. cash

I’ve no cash on me, so can I pay you tomorrow?

We don’t accept cheques; we want cash.

Can you cash this postal order for that old lady please?

Where can I get this cheque cashed?

12. instead ; instead of

She prefers making her own food instead of buying it in the restaurant.

Since you are tired, let me go instead.

13. such as ; for example; namely; that is

such as像……那样的；诸如……之类的；例如。位于列举事物之前，放在句中，与其前部分用逗号隔开，与其后部分则不用逗号隔开。such 与as可分开用。

for example =for instance例如。通常位于列举事物之前或之后，常用逗号与居中其它部分隔开，还可以放在句首。

namely或that is即 / 那就是，可把前面所述情况全部举出。

I don’t believe such news as this.

I need books of reference, such as dictionaries and

handbooks.

There are many sources of air pollution; exhaust fumes, for

example.

He is a good student. For example, he often helps others.

He will come a week later, that is , March 1.

He knows four languages, that is / namely Chinese, French,

English and Japanese.

14. remain

（1）依然；仍是：His face remained expressionless.

We can remain friends.

（2）留下： You may have all those that remain.

remaining adj. 剩下的

The remaining students will serve as the audience.

We have only five minutes left.

15. allow sb. to do sth.= permit sb. to do sth.

promise sb. to do sth.

She doesn’t allow people to smoke in her room.

She promised him never ot lie to him again.

16. do with= deal with