1. Using Language

2. The advanced technology will make our future life more convenient. ( up-to-date )

3. I HAVE SEEN AMAZING THINGS

4. What's the main idea of the text ? The most up-to-date inventions of the 31st century on the space station.

5. 1. How many stops did they visit? 2. How many inventions did the guide introduce to us? What are they? Three inventions. Thoughtpad, a waste machine and manufuring robots. Three.

6. 1) What is the space station like? It is an enormous round plate. The first part 2) Why did the space station spin slowly in space? To imitate the pull of the earth’s gravity.

7. Place the metal band over one’s head, clear one’s mind, press the sending button, think one’s message and the next instant it’s sent. How are the messages sent in the 31st century? The second part

8. The giant machine swallows all the waste available and the rubbish is turned into several grades of useful material, such as “fertilizer” for the fields and “soil” for deserts. How does the waste machine work? The third part

9. The fourth part 1).What can be produced in space? Who manufactures them? Drugs, clothes, furniture, hovering carriages, etc. Robots manufacture them.

10. 2). How are the goods transported to the earth? By industrial spaceship.

11. Analyse and compare the three modern inventions of the 31st Century. communicat ion Waste Disposal Manufacturi ng invent ion thoughtpadmanufacturi ng robots a waste machine

12. advanta ges 1 2 disadva ntages None efficient Environ mentally friendly Thoughts must be clear or messages may be mixed up 1 no waste 2 no pollution 3 no environ mental damage 1 disposes of all waste 2 turns them into three grades of useful material People must live on a space station to monitor the robots

13. If you're a guide, introduce the space station to the coming visitors. Welcome all over visitors from 2011, I will show you around our space station where...up-to-date... First...thoughtpad...clear...press...think...store Second...dispose of...swallow...turned into......material...recycle... Our third stop...manufacture...robots....goods...representatives...monitor...transport...

14. Designing Huzhou No. 5 Middle School in 3011 How to get to our school vehicles(appearance, speed, energy School yardwhat will it be like?(plants, surroundings) classroomequipment classmatesfrom outer space. Why ? other aspects......

15. n. (pron.) 疑问词＋ to do doing sth. wh-clause 1. consider 考虑 Language points

16. Let me consider. 让我仔细想想。 I am considering the purchase of car. 我在考虑买一辆车。 We must consider giving it a try. 我们应当考虑试一试。 We should consider what to do next. 我们应当考虑一下怎么办。

17. all things considered 从各方面考虑起来，就各方面而言 All things considered, we are doing quite well.

18. consider 认为 that 从句作宾语 doing sth. sb./sth. to be / as I consider it a great honor to be invited to dinner. I consider that you are wrong. I considered him as a politician.

19. 2. You place the metal band over your head, clear your mind, press the sending button, think your message and the next instant it’s sent. instant 在这里是名词，意思是 “ 顷刻，刹那 ” 。 如： I’ll be back in an instant. 我马上就回来。 I took an instant dislike to him. 我一见他就不喜欢。 I don’t like to drink instant coffee. 我不喜欢喝速溶咖啡。

20. 3. A giant machine, always greedy for more, swallows all the waste available. greedy adj. 贪婪的 He looked at the shop window with greedy eyes. 他用贪婪的眼光看着商店的橱窗。 The greedy little boy ate all the candy at the party. 那个贪吃的小男孩把宴会上所有的糖 果都吃光了。

21. He is a greedy capitalist. 他是一个贪婪的资本家。 A greedy, rapacious person. 贪心的或贪婪的人 He’s a real greedy guts. 他真是贪吃的大肚汉。

22. Summary It was my first visit to a space station. Described as an e 1 round plate, it spins slowly in space to 2 ( 模仿 ) the pull of the earth’s gravity. The g 3 showed us three stops. In the first stop, I saw the thoughtpad used for s 4 messages.

23. Next stop, we are in the environment area. There is a 5 machine which can s 6 all the waste available. The t 7 stop showed us how the goods are m8 by r 9.

24. Answers: 1.enormous 2. imitate 3. guide 4. sending 5. waste 6. swallow 7. third 8. manufactured 9. robots

25. Discussion Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of living on a space station. For example: would you like to live and work in one? What would you do with your spare time?