Module 1 Period One-【步步高】2019版学案导学与随堂笔记英语（外研版必修4）

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 It’s exciting to imagine how future humans will have solved the problems we have now，or what amazing new inventions will make our lives more interesting. ◆Robots will do your chores(杂务) and more. Robots will be doing most of our jobs，from building houses to teaching math.In the future they will be more complicated(复杂的) and useful.Unfortunately，with robots taking all the jobs，unemployment will be high. ◆You will read minds. Speaking of being social，we will communicate in an entirely different way.Forget texts and emails.Mind­reading technology will allow us to send thoughts to each other without speaking a word.We will also be able to send thoughts to objects around us.Meanwhile，chips implanted(植入) in our brains will improve memory and intelligence. ◆Your car will drive you. Today，around 30,000 Americans die in car accidents each year.One hundred years from now，accidents will be a thing of the past.In the future cars will drive themselves.These electric cars will communicate with other cars on the road to travel safely in close formation at high speeds. ◆You will eat fake(假的) meat. Raising animals is not the best way to produce food，and it harms the environment.Today，scientists can “grow” meat in a lab from animal cells，but it’s expensive and not very delicious.In the future，they will have perfected the process.You’ll order hamburgers that come from factories，not cows.Scientists may even find ways to make lab­grown meat tastier and healthier than the real thing. 根据短文判断正(T)、误(F) 1．When robots become more common in the future，fewer people will lose their jobs.(F) 2．According to the passage，cars will be much easier to operate in the future.(T) Period One　Introduction & Reading and Vocabulary Ⅰ.重点单词 1．alternative adj.替换的；供选择的 2．crime n．罪；罪行 criminal adj.犯罪的；刑事的；n.罪犯，犯人 3．prediction n．预测 predict vt.预言；预测 4．risky adj.危险的；冒险的 risk n．危险；危险人物；vt.使……冒风险 5．resource n．(常作复数)资源 6．material n．材料 7．load vt.装；装载 8．arrest vt.逮捕；拘留 9．fire vt.开火；启动；n.火 10．limit n．(