1、Unit 3 Life in the Future,Using Language,A space station,Working in a space station,1. Read the title “I have seen amazing things”. With the help of the picture in the passage, guess what the writer will see. 2. Skim over the passage, underline the amazing things that the writer has seen. 3. Compare

2、 your answers with your partners.,Reading and Thinking Tasks,Task 1:,In pairs use the information from the reading passage to fill in this poster for the Space Station.,Reading and Discussing,a waste machine,efficient,Environ-mentally friendly,1. disposes of all waste 2. turns them into three grades

3、 of useful material,1. no waste 2. no pollution 3. no environ- mental damage,thoughts must be clear or messages may be mixed up,people must live on a space station to monitor the robots,C,Task 2:,D,A,1. My first visit was to a space station considered the most modern in space. considered 過去分詞作后置定語,

4、表被動(dòng)。 consider doing sth. 考慮去做某事 be considered to be 被認(rèn)為是 e.g. I am considering going abroad. He is considered to be one of the greatest artists in the world.,Language points,Ex: 1. I am considering _( change ) my mind. 2. Yang Liwei is considered _( be) a national hero. 3、我將他視為我最好的朋友。,changing,to be

5、,I consider him to be my best friend.,2. later, late, lately, latest late adj. 遲的，遲到的，晚的 adv. 遲地，遲到地，在晚期地 later 1) late的比較級 2) adv. 以后，后來，過一會,lately adv. 相當(dāng)于recently最近 latest 1) late的最高級 2) adj. 最近的，最新的 3) n. 最新的事物,Ex: 用later, late, lately, latest填空。 I havent written to her _. I will come back three

6、 days _. He returned in the _ afternoon. This is the _ book.,lately,later,late,latest,3. But we cannot blame the tools for the faults of the user, can we? blame sb. for sth. 因?yàn)槟呈仑?zé)備某人 回憶：在本冊書，我們還學(xué)了關(guān)于blame的哪些用法？ be to blame for 因?yàn)槟呈聭?yīng)該被責(zé)備。用主動(dòng)表被動(dòng)。 e.g. Who is to blame for the broken vase?,blame sth on s

7、b 把責(zé)任推在某人身上,4. While I was 引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語從句，“當(dāng)?shù)臅r(shí)候”，從句謂語動(dòng)詞只能用延續(xù)性動(dòng)詞。,e.g. They rushed in while we were discussing problems.,I picked up English while I was studying in England.,注意：而when引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語從句時(shí)，從句的謂語動(dòng)詞可以使延續(xù)性動(dòng)詞，也可以是短暫性動(dòng)詞。,e.g. When you came in, I was listening to the radio.,e.g. He will take care of your cat

8、when / while you are away.,while 的其他用法：,I am fond of pop music while my parents like classical music. 2. While I understand you, I dont agree with you.,用作并列連詞，表示對比或相反的情況表，“然而”,引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句，表示“盡管，雖然”,5. I stared at the moving model of the waste machine, absorbed by its efficiency. moving 現(xiàn)在分詞作定語 absorbed 過去分詞作伴隨狀語 本課已經(jīng)講述了很多現(xiàn)在分詞和過去分詞作伴隨狀語的例子，請用分詞，把下列幾個(gè)句子譯成英語。,1 她哭著跑出了教室。 2 我們的學(xué)校位于郊區(qū)，被綠樹和鮮花包圍著。,She ran out of the classroom, crying.,Our school is loca