Unit4WorldoftheFuture Ifyoudon tthinkaboutthefuture youcan thaveone JohnGalsworthy TextI Worldofthefuture Pre readingquestionsWordsandexpressionsOverviewofTextI Pre readingquestions Haveyoueverreadsomesciencefictionbooksorwatchedmoviesofthiskind Ifso whataretheirnames Andwhataretheirmainstories Pre readingquestions Whatdoyouthinkworldofthefuturewillbelike Youcanapproachthisquestionfromdifferentaspectsofyourlifesuchasyourclothing food shelterandtransportation Wordsandexpressions TurntoPages50 51inStudent sBookIAskstudentstotaketurnstoreadwordsandexpressionsMakeexplanationsandadditions Submarineorsub marine Marine和海有關的 Aquatic和水有關的Subasaprefixhasseveraldifferentmeanings 在 下面 submarine subsoil submerge次于 亞于 subtropical subtitle 用在動詞中 第二次重復 再 subdivide Shaped Beshapedlikesth Purr 嗚嗚叫 發出低沉震顫聲 Slide Slide作動詞時 同glide 意為 滑動 滑落 Slide作名詞時 意為 1 滑道 2 滑動 3 幻燈片 Diving Chinaisadivingpowerhouse Nosedive Jet JetlinerJetboat Skim 撇去 表面的浮物 從 中取得精華 撇去 去除 提取 例如skimmedmilk 略讀 快讀擦過 滑過 Sight InsightOutofsightSight seeing Cliff Steep stiffcliffPrecipice Valley FieldFlatlandPlateau Cometrue Come adjective ealive Wonder Dowondersfor Liner OceanlinerAirlinerLinervs linear Suit Noun Wearasuitandatiefortheinterview Verb Findajobthatsuitsyou suitvs suite Observatory LaboratoryFactory Giant Noun giantGiantpandaDon tbeagiantinwords butadwarfinactions Adjective giganticSynonyms Huge enormous colossal Telescope Scope范圍Telescope microscope kaleidoscopeTele是前綴Television telecommunication telegraph Planet Therearesevenplanetsinthesolarsystem 行星由太陽起往外的順序是 水星 Mercury 金星 Venus 地球 Earth 火星 Mars 木星 Jupiter 土星 Saturn 天王星 Uranus 海王星 Neptune 和冥王星 Pluto 離太陽較近的水星 金星 地球及火星稱為類地行星 terrestrialplanets 離太陽較遠的木星 土星 天王星 海王星及冥王星稱為類木行星 jovianplanets 在火星與木星之間有100000個以上的小行星 asteroid 即由巖石組成的不規則的小星體 Arithmetic Mathematics Telepathy心靈感應 Pathy asasuffix isrelatedtopeople sfeelings e g apathyandsympathy Helmet頭盔 Hermit隱士 Tune TuneasanounSynonym melodyTuneasaverbTuneinTuneinvs turnin Playmate ClassmateWorkmateSoulmate Wrench扳手 Ranch大牧場 農場 飼養場 Artificial Synonyms Manmade unnatural false unrealAntonyms Genuine Blend混合 Mix混合Mingle混合 交往 往來Merge合并 同化 融合 delicious tasty screen screenasanounTVscreen silverscreen bigscreenscreenasaverbscreenout Steer掌舵 駕駛 帶領 指導 操縱 Steervs driveWhenyouareincontrolofacar youdriveit Whenyoudirectits yousteerit Shegotintothecaranddrove it home Shesteeredthecarcarefullythroughthenarrowgap 英語中的 方向盤 是steeringwheel 而不是drivingwheel Dome Roof smash n 打碎 猛擊 粉碎v 打碎 擊潰 粉碎 碎裂 破產 猛撞adj 轟動一時的 極為成功的 出色的 非常的 了不起的 Freshen Freshrefresh OverviewofTextI Doyoufindthisessayinterestingandthereforeattractivetoyou Andwhy Whatisthethemeofthisessay Andwhatisitsgenre Whatarethelanguagefeaturesofthisessay ADetailedStudyofTextI ComprehensioncheckStructureanalysisLanguagepointsandhighlights Comprehensioncheck TurntoPage53inStudent sBookIAskstudentstoanswerthequestionsonthispageonebyone Structureanalysis Part1 Paragraphs1to4Part2 Paragraphs5to7Part3 Paragraphs8to12Part4 Paragraphs13to21Part5 Paragraph22 Part1 Paragraphs1to4 Paragraphs1to4constitutethebeginningpartofthetext Thefirsttwoparagraphspresentavividdescriptionofthefuturejourneytothewonderfulseaworld Thethirdparagraphbringsupthethemeofthetext aroundwhichthewholedescriptiveessaydevelops Thisparagraphalsodefinesthekeywordfuture ThelastsentenceofParagraph4isaquestionthatputsforwardthetopictobedescribedorrelated Itisatransitionalsentence linkingtheprecedingwiththefollowing Part2 Paragraphs5to7 Paragraph5isatransitionalparagraph connectingtheprecedingpartwiththefollowingpart Paragraphs6and7describeafuturejourneyintospacetovisittheMoon theMarsandtheVenus withmoredetailsaboutavisittotheMoon Thedescriptionsarepresentedinthechronologicalorderandfromthenear to farspaceperspective Itistobenotedthatthepropernouns theMoonCamp theMarsColonyandtheVenusExplorationOutpost areveryimportantplaceswhichdeserveourattention Part3 Paragraphs8to12 Paragraph8alsoservesasatransitionalparagraph FromParagraph9toParagraph12 theauthordescribessomewonderfulthingsthatmaycometrueinthefarfuture ThesethingsincludethefuturedollsinParagraph9 specialcomputerswithremarkablefunctionsinParagraph10 flyingsaucersaswellasfuturebicyclesandskatesinParagraph11 andthefantasticfunctionoftelepathyhelmetsinParagraph12 Part4 Paragraphs13to21 Paragraph8alsoservesasatransitionalparagraph FromParagraph9toParagraph12 theauthordescribessomewonderfulthingsthatmaycometrueinthefarfuture ThesethingsincludethefuturedollsinParagraph9 specialcomputerswithremarkablefunctionsinParagraph10 flyingsaucersaswellasfuturebicyclesandskatesinParagraph11 andthefantasticfunctionoftelepathyhelmetsinParagraph12 Part4 Paragraphs13to21 Paragraph13 atransitionalparagraph isfollowedbyParagraphs14to21thatdescribesuchgreatwondersoffutureaswilldirectlyinfluenceorbecloselyrelatedtofuturelife Thedescriptionsarearrangedinthefollowingorder Paragraph14 robotplaymates Paragraphs15 16 skillfullyblendedartificialfood Paragraph17 otherwaystomakelifelastlonger includingcuresformostdiseases Paragraph18 televisionofthefutureParagraph19 highwaysofthefuture Paragraph20 21 weathercontrolinthefutureTheseparagraphsallbeginwithatopicsentence threeofthemintheformofaquestion Thequestionsaskedattractthereaders attentionanddrawtheirconcentrationontheparagraphtopic Part5 Paragraph22 Thisparagraph thelastpartofthetext isalogicalandnaturalconclusion Italsopointsoutasolidhistoricalfact thetimewearelivinginnowwasalso awonderfulfuture tothepeoplewholived100yearsago Wordandphraseexplanations Jetboat噴氣式游艇Rocketliners火箭客機MarsColony火星移民區TheVenusExplorationOutpost金星開發前哨基地Jetpower噴氣動力Telepathyhelmet心靈感應帽Thoughtwaves思想電波Bodybank身體銀行Steer 控制 方向盤Brake 踩 剎車 Sentenceexplanations SeeExerciseIV onPage53inStudent sBookI Exercises After readingquestionsPronunciationexercisesVocabularydictationTranslationexercisesPassagedictationComprehensioncheckofTextII Optional After readingquestion1 TextIshowsusthatworldofthefutureistechnologicallybetteroffthantoday sworld However itdoesnottouchupontheotheraspectsoftheworldsuchastheecologicalenvironmentandpeople smoralstandard Therefore itiswortha