Look at the following words: 1.Programme vt. 使按计划工作； 把 …… 列入 节目单；为 …… 制定计划 2.old-fashioned adj. 老式的；过时的；守旧的 3. reality n. 现实；实际存在的事物 ; 真实 4. imitate vt. 模仿；仿效；仿制

5. virtual adj. 实质上的；实际上的 6. absurd adj. 荒谬的 ; 荒唐的 ; 不合理的 7. lifelike adj. 栩栩如生的；逼真的 8. definition n. 定义；解释 ; 限定 ; 分辨率 ; 清晰度

1. What is an e-friend? 2. What does Mekanika use her e-friend for? 2. What does Mekanika use her e-friend for? Listen and answer: 3. What does a digital phone do?

Careful reading 1. How is life in 3044 different from that in the 21st century? 2. Why does Mekanika say she is never lonely? 3. Why is it sometimes difficult for Mekanika to know what is real and what is an image?

Discussion 1.What would you use your e-friend for? 1.What would you use your e-friend for?

difficulties: 1.For example, we now have e-friends to help us and keep us company. company n. 伴侣, 伙伴 ; 友谊关系, 伙伴关系 ; 客人 v. 伴随 1.I had no company on the journey. 我在旅行中没有同伴．

2. I’m glad of your company. 有你做伴我很高兴． keep/ bear sb company 陪伴某人 fall into company with 偶然和 …… 结识 in company with 在 …… 的陪同下 part company with /from 半途分手； 同 …… 有分歧

【应用】 2. If you feel lonely at night, I will come along and keep you. A.partner B. friend C. company D. pair 1.Never keep with dishonest person. A. company B. companion C. compass D. compose A C

2. We don’t think about the world and reality in the same way you did either. reality n. 真实, 事实, 逼真 ; 现实 Eg. In reality, he is not completely wrong. 实际上, 他并非完全错了. The failures in his career brought him back to reality. 事业的失败使他回到了现实.

in reality 事实上, 实际上 bring sb back to reality 使某人面对现实 turn sth into reality 把 …… 变成现实 【应用】 Everyone liked the stranger, but he was a criminal, and the policeman are in search of him. A. in realism B. in reality C. in real D. in realistic B

3. …but I have to send my e-friend to clean up my room. clean up 收拾干净, 清理, 清除 Eg: The waiter hurried to clean up the pieces of the broken plates. clean out 收拾干净 clean water 干净的水 clear water 清澈的水 clean the table 擦桌子 clear the table 收拾桌子 【应用】 He cleaned his desk after school. A. over B. up C. out D. away B

Complete the missing words according to the initial words and the chinese meanings. 1.He acts as if he were a rich man, but in r he is a poor guy. 2.A man is known by the c he keeps. 3.She gives me five minutes to c myself up; I am covered in oil. 4.In the future, we can use computer （程 序） to imitate the real world. 5.It is （荒唐的） for you to give such a birthday present to her ！ 6.Little children can （模仿） what the adults do. ompany eality lean programme absurd imitate

Sentence patterns: Compare: 1.Sometimes it is difficult to tell what is “ real “ and what is an image. 2.It is important that we learn English well.

Homework 1. Learn by heart the key words and phrases in this part. 2. Pre-view the Extensive reading text in the workbook on page Learn by heart the key words and phrases in this part. 2. Pre-view the Extensive reading text in the workbook on page 119.

An e-friend is a machine that looks just like a human being. 返回

Mekanika uses her e-friend for doing almost everything we do: doing her homework, going swimming, taking care of Mekanika, sending messages, downloading information and talking to her etc.. 返回

A digital phone can transform a person’s voice into ones and zeroes so that your voice sounds very real. 返回

In 3044 people still do many of the things we do,but they have e-friends to help and company them. 返 回 返 回

because she lives in such an age when the society is so advanced that every person can have a personal friend—an e-friend.They can share many things— both joy and trouble. 返 回 返 回

Because the world and people are imitated so well that we can see them, hear them, touch them, talk to them and feel them. They are just like the real world and real people. 返 回 返 回