Unit 3 Life in the future
【学习目标】
掌握本单元的常用词汇表达。
【学习重难点】趣味数学二
熟练记住常用词汇与词组。
【学习方法】
速读、细读、归纳、练习
【学习内容】
一、重点词汇
雪花剪纸教程
1. lack v. & n．缺乏；缺少的东西
(回归课本P18)Hit by a lack of fresh air，my head ached.
由于缺乏新鲜空气，我感到头痛。
[归纳拓展]
[例句探源]
①Do you want to make more friends but lack the confidence to talk to people you don’t know?
你是否想交更多的朋友，但缺乏信心和陌生人交谈？
②As he is very rich he lacks for nothing.
他很富有，什么都不缺。
③(北京高考)Lack of sleep can affect learning and memory.
缺少睡眠可能会影响学习和记忆力。
④(辽宁高考)Health problems are cloly connected with bad eating habits and a lack of
exerci.
健康问题与不良的饮食习惯和缺乏锻炼息息相关。
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1．(2010年高考福建卷)More and more high-ri buildings have been built in big cities ________space.
A．in arch of B．in place of
C．for lack of D．for fear of
解析：选C。句意：因缺少空间，在大城市里，越来越多的高楼拔地而起。本题考查介词短语辨析。A项意为“搜寻”；B项意为“代替”；C项意为“因缺乏”；D项意为“以防”。
2．tolerate vt. 容忍；忍受
(回归课本P18)At first my new surroundings were difficult to tolerate.
开始的时候，新的环境让我难以忍受。
[归纳拓展]
[例句探源]
①(牛津P2128)There is a limit to what one person can tolerate.
一个人的容忍是有限度的。
②(牛津P2128)This sort of behaviour will not be tolerated.
这种行为是不能容许的。
③I can’t stand people interrupting me all the time.
我不能容忍老有人打岔。
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2．(2011年江苏如皋中学高三统考)Some old people don’t like pop songs becau they can’t ________so much noi.
A．concern B数字成语一到十．tolerate
C．undertake D．ignore
解析：选B。句意：一些老人不喜欢流行音乐，因为他们不能容忍那么多的噪音。tolerate“容忍，忍受”，符合句意。
3．instant n．瞬间；片刻
adj. 立即的；立刻的
(回归课本P22)You place the metal band over your head，clear your mind，press the nding button，think your message and the next instant it’s nt.
你把金属箍戴到头上，整理思路，按下发送键，集中精神想你要发送的信息，刹那间信息就发送出去了。
[归纳拓展]
[例句探源]
①In an instant，the birds in the tree flew away in all directions at the gunshot.
听到枪响，树上的鸟儿顷刻间朝四面八方飞走了。
②I couldn’t answer for an instant.我一时答不上来。古代爱情
③(牛津P1058)I recognized her the instant (that) I saw her.
我一眼就认出她了。
④隔离霜排行榜Instantly I saw him I knew he was the man the police were looking for.
我一看见他就认出他正是警方在寻找的那个人。
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3．使我非常吃惊的是，她一读信就突然哭起来。
Much to my surpri，she burst into tears ____________ /______________ ______________she read the letter.
答案：instantly/the instant
二、重点短语
1．take up 占有(时间/空间)；继续；开始；接受；拿起
(回归课本P17)I still cannot believe that I am taking up this prize that I won last year.
我仍然不能相信我是在接受去年获得的这个奖励。
[归纳拓展]
[例句探源]
①(山东高考)After he retired from office，Rogers took up painting for a while，but soon lost interest.
退休后，罗杰斯学了一段时间画画，但很快便失去了兴趣。
②Meetings and phone calls take up a large part of the day.
开会和接电话占用了一天中的大多数时间。
③We encourage each student to take up a new sport or to try a new form of exerci.
我们鼓励每一位学生参加一项新的体育运动或者尝试一种新的锻炼方式。
④In the past few years，our school has taken on a new look.
在过去的几年，我们学校呈现出新面貌。
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4．(2009年高考安徽卷)We tried to find a table for ven，but they were all________.
A．given away B．kept away
C．taken up D．ud up
解析：选C。句意：我们想要找到一个七人餐桌，但它们都被占用了。give away出卖，赠送；keep away远离；take up占据；u up用光。
2．lo sight of 看不见；忽略；忘记
(回归课本P18)However，I lost sight of Wang Ping when we reached what looked like a large market becau of too many carriages flying by in all directions.
但是，当我们到达一个看上去像是大市场的地方时，王平不见了，因为很多汽垫车都朝四面八方飞奔。
[归纳拓展]
[例句探源]
①I felt very frightened，for I lost sight of my mother in the crowd.
我感到非常害怕，因为在人群中看不到我的妈妈。
②We must never lo sight of the fact that man must live in harmony with nature.
我们永远不能忽视这个事实：人类必须与自然和谐相处。
③(朗文P1906)We stood at the window until their car came into sight.
我们站在窗前，直到看见他们的车子。
④I caught sight of an empty at at the back of the bus.
我看到公共汽车后面有一个空位。网络掉包
⑤She let out a cry at the sight of the snake.
她一见到蛇，就发出叫喊声。
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5．After having followed the thief for half an hour，they________him in a large department store.
A．lost the sight B．警告标志大全caught sight
C．out of sight D．lost sight of
解析：选D。考查动词搭配。lo sight of“看不见普查是什么意思”，为及物动词短语；而out of sight虽意为“看不见”，但它不能独立作谓语；A.B表达形式有误，故D项正确。
6．For miles around me，there was nothing but a dert，without a single tree or plant ________.
A．on earth B．for instance
C．in sight D．at place
解析：选C。句意：我周围几英里范围内除了沙漠什么都没有，放眼望去甚至没有一棵树或植物。in sight在视野内。on earth“究竟；在世界上”；for instance“例如”；at place不是固定用法。
3．speed up 加速
(回归课本P20)When we wanted the hovering carriage to speed up, we presd down har
d on the driving pedal and bent over in the direction we wanted to go.
