TheBeginningoftheEndofthe9-to-5Workday?Module1LifeintheFutureThetraditionaleight-hourworkdaymaysoonbetheexceptionratherthantherule.①________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Newevidenceshowsthatwe'rereachingatippingpointintermsofworkplaceflexibility，withbusinessesseeingthewisdomofallowingemployees—youngemployeesespecially—toworkoddhours，telecommute(利用電腦遠距離辦公或工作)，andotherwisetweak(調整)theusual9-to-5grind(令人厭倦的體力或是腦力勞動)．Oneofthetop12trendsfor2012asnamedbythecommunicationsfirmEuroRSCGWorldwideisthatemployeesintheGen-Yor“millennial”demographic—thosebornbetweenroughly1982and1993—areoverturningthetraditionalworkday.TheBusinessandProfessionalWomen'sFoundationestimatesthatby2025，75%oftheglobalworkforcewillbeGen-Y.Asearlyasnextyear，thisgroupofyoungerAmericanswillalreadycomprise60%oftheemployeesatcompaniessuchasErnst&Young.②

Andincreasingly，companiescreatingworkplaceflexibilityprogramsbecauseitmakesgoodbusinesssense，notintheleastbecausethat'swhattheiremployeesdemand．Gen-Yisspearheadingthischangebecausetheydon'twantthesameworkenvironmenttheirparentshad.Betweennewtechnologyandglobalworkplacedynamics，companiesareimplementingflexibleworkarrangementsforeveryone，inclusiveofGen-Y.ArecentVodafoneUKsurveyillustrates(說明)that90percentofemployersenableworkflexibilityinsteadofstickingtotraditionalhours.①有這么多人每天用英語交流，精通英語將會變得越來越重要。(with復合結構)__________________________________________________②令我們大為驚訝的是，這個村莊已經完全不是以前的樣子了。(what引導表語從句)__________________________________________________答案

①WithsomanypeoplecommunicatinginEnglish，itwillbecomemoreandmoreimportanttohaveagoodknowledgeofEnglish.②Toourgreatsurprise，thevillageisnolongerwhatitusedtobe.1．佳句仿寫2．翻譯佳句，放眼高考ArecentVodafoneUKsurveyillustrates(說明)that90percentofemployersenableworkflexibilityinsteadofstickingtotraditionalhours.____________________________________________________________________________________________________答案最近英國沃達豐的一項調查說明百分之九十的雇主能夠接受彈性工作(時間)，不再堅持傳統的工作時間。Ⅰ.單詞識記1．________n．罪；罪行2．________n．預測3．________n．材料4．________adj.太陽的5．________vt.裝；裝載6．________vt.逮捕；拘留Module1LifeintheFuturePeriodOneIntroduction,ReadingandVocabulary課件（外研版必修4，課標通用）7．________n．費用；價錢8．________n．輕打；輕彈9．________vt.系，貼；連接10．________n．診所11．alternativeadj.________12．resourcen．________13．limitn．________14．outdoorsadv.________15．cataloguen．________16．commandn．________17．recreationn．________18．switchn．&vi.________19．surgeryn．________________20．disabilityn．________________答案

1.crime

2.prediction

3.material

4.solar

5.load6．arrest

7.charge

8.flick

9.attach

10.clinic

11.替換的；供選擇的12.資源13.范圍；限制14.戶外15.目錄16.命令17.娛樂；消遣18.開關；交換19.外科手術20.失去能力；傷殘Ⅱ.短語天地1．________肯定地2．________用完；不多了，沒有了3．________依靠4．________除掉；處理掉5．freeofcharge________6．placeorders/anorderforsth________7．attheflickofaswitch________8．carryout________答案

1.forsure

2.runout

3.relyon

4.getridof5．免費6.定購；定貨7.一按開關8.執行；完成，履行[信息提取]

makingpredictions是v-ing形式作主語。[例句仿寫]對大部分人來說，在寒冷的天氣里游泳是難以置信的。Formostpeople，__________________isunbelievable.答案

swimmingincoldweather1．Nooneknowsforsure，andmakingpredictionsisarisky

business.Ⅲ.句型搜索2．Allthisseemscertain，butthereareplentyofthingsabout

citylifeinthefuturewhicharenotcertain.[信息提取]

seem用作連系動詞，其后接形容詞作表語。[例句仿寫]這工作看起來很容易，但實際上做起來很難。Thework________________，butinfactitisdifficulttodo.答案

seemseasytodo3．Everyonewillbegivenatelephonenumberatbirththat

willneverchangenomatterwheretheylive.[信息提取]

nomatterwhere引導讓步狀語從句，相當于wherever。[例句仿寫]大部分年輕人無論走到那兒都拿著手機。__________________，mostyoungmenwillcarrytheirmobilephonewiththem.答案

NomatterwheretheygoⅣ.預讀理解1．Whatisforsureaboutthecitiesinthefuture?A．Theyaregettingbiggerbeforetheygetsmaller.B．Theyaregettingsmallerbeforetheygetbigger.C．Theyaregettingsmallerandsmaller.D．Theywillkeepthesameastoday.2．Whenwillamangethistelephonenumberinthefuture?A．Whenheis18yearsold.B．Whenheis14yearsold.C．Whenhegetsmarried.D．Afterhewasborn.3．WhichisNOTtrueintheyear2025accordingtothetext?

A．Nosmoking. B．Batmannets.C．Garbageships. D．Carpoweredbywind.4．Whydopeoplecaremoreabouttheenvironmentinthe

future?A．Becausetheycanuserecycledmaterials.B．Becausetheyhaveimprovedthesenseofenvironment.C．Becausetheearth'snaturalresourcesarerunningout.D．Becausetherearemorepeopleintheworld.5．Whatcanyoudointheyear2025?A．Icangoshoppinginthemalls.B．Icanentertainfreely.C．Ihavetogotohospitaltogetoperatedon.D．Icansmokeinmyownroom.答案1.A

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.B1．riskyadj.有危險的；冒險的Lifeasanexplorercanbeariskybusiness.探險家的生活可能會十分危險。It'sriskytogooutsosoonafterbeingill.病后這么快就外出，太危險了。riskv．&n．冒險，危險；風險takearisktodo...冒險做……runtheriskof(doing)sth冒險(做)某事attheriskofdoing...冒著做某事的危險risk＋v.ingn./pron.【歸納拓展】【完成句子】①他冒著生命危險去救那個小男孩。

He__________________tosavethatlittleboy.②他是冒著丟掉工作的危險去幫你做那件事的。Hedidthat_____________________________________.答案

①risked(losing)hisownlife

②attheriskoflosinghisjob2．predictionn．預言；預測Theresultsoftheexperimentconfirmedourpredictions.實驗結果證實了我們的預測。It'sdifficulttomakeaccuratepredictionsabouttheeffectsontheenvironment.很難準確預測對環境產生的影響。

Nobodycouldpredsicttheoutcome.誰也無法預料結果如何【歸納拓展】makeaprediction/predictions預言predict

vt.(常與that連用)預言；預測；預示predictableadj.可預言的；可預報的【完成句子】①我發現這非常難以預料。Ifinditveryhardto________________.②很難預料這次事故會有什么長期影響。Itisdifficultto_____________thelong-termeffectsoftheaccidentwillbe.答案①predict/makeaprediction

②predictwhat3．arrestvt.逮捕，扣留；停止，阻止；吸引(人的注意力)Thepolicemanarrestedthemanforspeeding.警察以超速之罪名逮捕了那個人。Thenewmedicinearrestedthespreadofthedisease.該新藥阻止了疾病的蔓延。Thebrightlightarrestedthebaby'sattention.明亮的燈光吸引了嬰兒的注意力。【歸納拓展】arrestsbforsth因某事而逮捕某人arresttheprogressof...阻止．.....的前進【完成句子】①警察有權逮捕犯法者。Policemenhavetheauthority_______________________.②他的奇怪的舉動引起了我的注意。Hisstrangebehaviour_____________________________.答案

①toarrestthelawbreaker

②arrestedmyattention4．fire(1)v.開火，啟動；解雇；炒(某人的)魷魚Tryashemight，theenginewouldn'tfire.盡管他試了，但發動機就是發動不起來了。Youarefired.你被解雇了。(2)n.火，火災Windsquicklyspreadthefireacrossthevalley.風很快使大火燒到山谷的另一頭。【歸納拓展】fireat向……開火catchfire失火(強調動作，無被動語態)beonfire著火(強調狀態)set...onfire使……著火setfireto...點燃……makeafire生火putoutafire滅火【完成句子】拐角處的一所大樓大約一小時前失火了，現在仍在著火。許多消防員已經被派去滅火。據說是一個瘋子點的火。Abuildingatthecorner_________aboutanhouragoanditisstill_______．Manyfiremenhavebeensent_______．Itissaidthatamadman_______thebuilding.答案

caughtfire

onfire

toputoutthefire

setfireto5．limit(1)n.限制；限定；邊界；界限Nofishingisallowedwithinatwenty-milelimit.二十英里范圍內不準垂釣。(2)vt.限制；限定WeusuallylimitthetimestudentsspendwritinganEnglishcompositionto15minutes.我們通常把學生寫英語作文的時間限定在15分鐘。【歸納拓展】withinlimits在某種程度上limit...to...(多用于被動)把……限制在……setalimitto為……設置一個限制/極限thelimitof……的極限withoutlimit沒有限制，無極限limitlessadj.無限制的；無限度的limitedadj.有限的；少的limitationn．限制；極限；限度；局限【完成句子】①為孩子們玩電腦游戲的時間設置一個限制是明智的。It'swiseto________________children'splayingcomputergames.答案①Thespeedlimit

②

setalimitto【單項填空】②Inmyopinion,keepingdogsshouldnotbebanned,but________tocertainareas.A．limited

B．limitingC．tolimit

D．tobelimited解析考查limit的用法。句意：在我看來，養狗不應當被禁止，而應限制在固定的區域內。limit與主語keepingdogs是被動關系，故構成belimitedto...意為“被限制在……”。答案A6．charge(1)n.費用；價錢；主管，掌管；照料；責任Breakfastinthishotelisfreeofcharge.這家旅館的早餐是免費的。Idon'tknowwhomthecatisinthechargeofduringourvacation.我真不知道在假期誰會照料我們的貓。Hetookchargeofthefarmafterhisfather'sdeath.父親去世后，他掌管了農場。(2)v.收費，要價；指控，控告Howmuchdoyouchargeformendingapairofshoes?你補一雙鞋多少錢？Hewaschargedwithmurder.他被指控犯謀殺罪。【歸納拓展】freeofcharge免費inchargeof主管；負責；掌握inthechargeof由……負責takechargeof

主管chargesb

for(doing)sth

因(做)某事而向某人收費chargesb

with

sth＝accusesbofsth

指控某人某事【完成句子】①她向我收取8美元服務費。She____________________theservice.②如果它在兩年之內壞了，就可以免費得到維修。Itwillberepaired_______ifitgoeswrongwithintwoyears.【翻譯句子】③湯姆負責管理這家工廠。__________________________________________________④這個人被指控搶劫路人。__________________________________________________答案

①chargedme8dollarsfor

②freeofcharge③Tomisinchargeofthefactory./ThefactoryisinthechargeofTom.

④Themanwaschargedwithrobbingpassers-by.7．switch(1)n.開關，轉換Thereisaswitchonthewallforturningonthelight.墻上有一電燈開關。(2)v.轉換，改變，交換Heswitchedthelighton.他打開電燈。Theyswitchedthetalktoamoreinterestingsubject.他們把談話轉到比較有趣的題目上去了。【歸納拓展】switchover調換位置；轉換頻道；轉變switch(sth)on接通(電流等)；開(電器)switch(sth)off切斷(電流等)用switch的適當短語填空①Themomenthegothome，he________theTVandwatchedthelivebroadcastofthefootballmatch.②ThereisagoodplayonBBC2，youmayaswell______andwatchit.③_________theelectricitybeforeyourepairtheelectricequipment.答案①switchedon

②switchover

③Switchoff8．attachv．附上，系上，貼上；使依戀；重視Attacharecentphotographtoyourapplicationform.申請表上請貼一張近照。Thismiddleschoolisattachedtoateachers'college.這所中學附屬于一所師范院校。Heattachedalabeltohisbaggage.他往行李上貼了一標簽。【歸納拓展】(1)attachsth

to

sth

將某物系在、縛在或附在另一物上attachoneselftosb和某人一起attachtosb與某人相關聯(2)attachedadj.(作表語)依戀的；附屬于(be)attachedto...附屬于……，依戀于……attachmentv．附屬；依戀；附件，附屬物【單項填空】Thecompanyalways________greatimportancetothequalityoftheirproducts.That'swhythereisalwayssteadyincreaseinsalesyearbyyear.A．puts

B．attaches

C．makes

D．plays解析考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：這家公司一直很重視自己產品的質量，這就是它銷售額每年都穩步增長的原因。attachimportanceto“重視”。答案B1．runout某物用完，耗盡(不及物動詞短語)We'djustreachedthemotorwaywhenthepetrolranout.我們剛到高速公路上，汽油就耗完了。Hispatienceisrunningout.他忍無可忍了。Hurryup!Timeisrunningout.快一點！時間不夠了。【歸納拓展】unout/runoutof/useup/giveout辨析(1)runout用完，是不及物動詞短語，其主語通常為時間、食物、金錢等名詞。(2)runoutof用完，是及物動詞短語，其主語一般是人。(3)useup用完，用盡，筋疲力盡，是及物動詞短語。(4)giveout耗盡，是不及物動詞短語。【翻譯句子】①我把錢花光了。__________________________________________________②他已精疲力竭了。__________________________________________________③我們的食物已經吃完了。__________________________________________________答案

①Ihaverunoutofthemoney./Mymoneyhasrunout.②Hehasusedupallhisenergy.③Ourfoodsupplyhasgivenout.2．relyon依靠；依賴；信任，信賴Nowadayswerelyincreasinglyoncomputersforhelp.現今我們越來越依靠計算機來協助工作。Wemustrelyonourowneffortstodoit.我們必須依靠自己的努力來完成它。Youmayrelyonitthatshewon'tbelate.你可以放心，她不會遲到的。【歸納拓展】(1)relyon的常見結構：relyon＋n./doingsthrelyonsb

doing

sthrelyonsb

todo

sthrelyonitthat...(2)dependon/upon依靠，依賴【翻譯句子】①你可以信賴我。__________________________________________________②我相信你會準時完成這項工作的。__________________________________________________③不要總是依靠別人來幫助你。__________________________________________________答案

①Youmayrelyonme.②Irelyonitthatyoucanfinishtheworkontime.③Don'talwaysrelyonotherstohelpyou.3．getridof除掉；處理掉；擺脫Howtogetridoftherubbishisabigproblem.如何清除垃圾是個大問題。Ittookmeamonthtogetridofmycough.我用了一個月的時間才使咳嗽痊愈。【歸納拓展】ridsth/sbof...使……去除/擺脫【完成句子】①是我們把這些舊玩具全部扔掉的時候了。It'stimewe________alltheseoldtoys.②你怎樣才能改掉這個壞習慣呢？Howcanyou______________________________________?③我們想知道怎么才能把這座房子里的老鼠處理掉。Wewanttoknowhowto________themice.答案

①gotridof

②getridofthebadhabit

③ridthehouseof1．Everyonewillbegivenatelephonenumberatbirththatwillneverchangenomatterwheretheylive.每個人在出生時都會領到一個電話號碼，無論他們生活在什么地方，這個號碼都不會改變。nomatterwheretheylive是“nomatter＋疑問詞”引導的讓步狀語從句。如：Nomatterwhatyoudo，youmustbeverycareful.不管做什么事，你都要很認真。【歸納拓展】“疑問詞＋-ever”也可引導讓步狀語從句，此時相當于“nomatter＋疑問詞”。但“疑問詞＋-ever”除引導讓步狀語從句外還可引導名詞性從句，而“nomatter＋疑問詞”只能引導讓步狀語從句。如：Whatever(＝Nomatterwhat)youdo，youmustbeverycareful.不管做什么事，你都要很認真。Whoever(＝Nomatterwho)youare，I'llneverletyouin.無論你是誰，我都不會讓你進去的。Itisnotwisetogiveachildwhateverhewants.小孩子想要什么就給什么的做法是不明智的。Howeverdifficultitis，wemustfinishitontime.無論多么困難，我們都要按時完成。【單項填空】①Pleasecallmysecretarytoarrangeameetingthis

afternoon，or________itisconvenienttoyou.(2011·江西)A．whenever B．HoweverC．whichever D．wherever解析句意：請打電話讓我的秘書安排一個會議，在今天下午或是任何你方便的時候。whenever無論何時；

however無論如何；

whichever無論哪一個；wherever無論何地。此處or連接的是和thisafternoon并列的時間狀語，故A項正確。答案

A②________wellpreparedyouare，youstillneedalotof

luc