1. Words in reading 2

2. 1. 公民，居民 2. 打字员 3. 打字机 4. 邮资 5. 邮政编码 6. 按钮 7. 瞬间 8. 接受者，听筒 9. 效率，功效 10. 丝带 11. 垃圾箱 12. 清除，处理 (n.) 13. 生态，生态学 14. 原料，材料 1. citizen 2. typist 3. typewriter 4. postage 5. postcode 6. button 7. instant 8. receiver 9. efficiency 10. ribbon 11. dustbin 12. disposal 13. ecology 14. material

3. 15. 货物 16. 代表，典型人物 17. 定居，解决 18. 模仿 19. 布置，安排 20. 吞下，咽下 21. 回收利用 22. 机器批量生产 23. 动机 24. 巨大的，庞大的 25. 可移动的 26. 高效率的 27. 贪吃的，贪婪的 15. goods 16. representative 17. settlement 18. imitate 19. dispose 20. swallow 21. recycle 22. manufacture 23. motivation 24. enormous 25. moveable 26. efficient 27. greedy

11. What will our future life be like? e-schools in the future Any disease can be cured in the future. People can live longer. videophone On-line shopping solar energy cars personal flying cars

12. I Have Seen Things

13. What are the amazing things that LiQiang has seen in the space station? The most up-to-date inventions of the 31 st century: 1)the latest forms of communication: thoughtpad ( 思想仪 ) 2)a system where the waste is disposed of using the principles of ecology: waste disposal machine ( 垃圾处理器 / 系统 ) 3) the changes happening to work practices: manufacturing robots ( 产业用机器人 )

14. Ex. III 预读理解： ( P. 38) (cxsj) Read the passage again and decide whether the sentences are True or False: Ex. 1 (P. 23 TB)

15. communicationWaste disposalManufacturing Inventi on thoughtpadmanufacturing robots advan tages Dis- advant ages none waste machine 1.quick 2. efficient 2.environ- mentally friendly 1.Dispose of all wastes 2.Turns them into several grades 1. No waste 2. No pollution 3. No environmental damage Thoughts must be clear, or the messages will be unclear/ mixed up. Representatives must be trained to live and work in space settlements to monitor the robots and the production Modern Inventions on the Space Station

16. phrases 1. The latest/ most up-to-date inventions/ news/ fashion 2. space citizens/ residents 3. environmentally friendly 4. blame sb. for sth. 5. dispose of sth. ( 学案 ) 6. be greedy for sth. 7. work practice 8. programme robots to do 9. perform tasks

17. 1.My first visit was to a space station consider the most modern in space. 2.Describe as an enormous round place, it spins slowly in space immitate the pull of the earth’s gravity. 3.No more typists work on a typewriter or computer! 4.I looked at the pair of small objects call “thoughtpads” on a table. 5.There is a system which the waste is disposing of suing the principles of ecology. considered Described to working called where disposed

18. 6. A giant machine, is always greedy for more, swallows all the waste available. 7. I stared at the moving model of the waste machine, absorbing by its efficiency. 8. Our third stop shows the changes have happened to work practices. absorbed that

19. 1.My mind began to wander. She wandered aimlessly around the streets. It’s easy to be distracted and let your attention wander. Try not to let your mind wander. Her thoughts wandered back to her youth. Don’t wander off the subject– keep to the point. 他在大街上漫无目的地到处游荡。 很容易走神分散了注意力。 尽量别让你的思想开小差。 她浮想联翩，思绪回到了青春岁月。 别离题，要扣住要点。

20. 2. They have to monitor the robots and the production. The details of today’s flights are displayed on the monitor. Each student’s progress is closely monitored. 今天航班的详细情况都列在显示屏上。 每一位同学的学习情况都受到密切关注。