Unit 3 Using language I Have Seen Amazing Things.
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Unit 3 Using languageUnit 3 Using language
I Have Seen Amazing Things
citizen typist
typewriter postage
postcode button instant
n. 公民 ; 居民 ; 市民n. 打字员n. 打字机n. 邮资n. 邮政编码n. 纽扣 ; 按钮n. 瞬间 ; 片刻adj. 立即的 ; 立刻的
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receiver dustbin ecology greedy
swallow material recycle
n. 接收器 ; 电话听筒n. 垃圾箱n. 生态 ; 生态学adj. 贪婪的 ; 贪心的vt. 吞下 ; 咽下 n. 原料 ; 材料vt. 回收利用 ; 再利用
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goodsrepresentative
settlement motivation
n. 货物n. 代表 ; 典型人物adj. 典型的n. 定居 ; 解决n. 动机
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Prediction:
What is the text probably about?
I. Fast reading
1. Where has he been?
2. How do they visit there?
3. What amazing things has he seen?
1. Where has he been? --A space station.
2. How do they visit there?
--They visit there along a moveable path.
3. What amazing things has he seen?
--A thoughtpad, a waste machine and manufacturing robots
II. Detailed Reading
1.What is the space station like?
It is an enormous round plate. It spins slowly in space to imitate the pull of the earth’s gravity .
Part 2 1. What is the “thoughtpad” like?
2. Which is the most important step when using the “thoughtpad”?
A. Place the metal band over your head.B. Clear your mind.C. Press the sending button.D. Think your message clearly.
1.What is the “thoughtpad” like?
It looked like a metal ribbon and looked small and ordinary, but powerful.
2. Which is the most important step when using the “thoughtpad”?
A. Place the metal band over your head.B. Clear your mind.C. Press the sending button.D. Think your message clearly.D
Part 3 Read carefully and fill in the blanks.
Waste disposal
In 2011
People used to_____________________.
Then the rubbish was sent to be______ or _________.
collect waste in dustbins
buriedburned
In the 31st century
A giant machine ________ all the waste and the rubbish is ____________several grades of_____________.
advantage
Nothing is _______, and everything is_______.
swallows
turned intouseful material
wastedrecycled
Part 4 (T or F?)1. Engineers on the earth don’t have to
control the robots to perform tasks in space.
2.The robots produce goods such as drugs, clothes, furniture, hovering carriages, etc.
3. When the goods are ready, they are transported by hovering carriage back to earth.
4. Manufacturing on space stations damages the environment a lot!
T
T
F
F