Unit 2 Reading 语言点课件-2022-2023学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）选择性必修第三册

1 What qualities do you think are needed to become an astronaut? Which ones are the most important in your opinion? Discussion Work in groups of 4-6 and show your ideas. Life in space is a challenging and demanding activity. brave to face challenges struggling to advance physically strong mentally strong be calm be able to cope with high levels of stress tolerate isolation specialize in a certain field being physically strong and healthy being able to bear a series of high- level trainings being devoted to developing the space industry being calm under pressure being brave and knowledgeable Unit 2 Out of this world Reading Language points 动词ing 开头做主语，谓语动词用单数。 what和how 分别引导宾语从句，做know 的宾语。 我敢保证你很想知道在太空中的日常生活是什么样子，以及它与地球上的生活有什么不同。 低重力肯定会使平常的事情变得不同寻常。 4 1. My six-month stay on a space station has come to an end, and it has been a challenging but magical adventure. (L1) e.g. Time flies, our semester has come to an end. Para.1 译文：我在空间站的六个月已经结束，这是一次充满挑 战但又充满魔力的冒险。 come to an end 结束 and连接两个并列句 it指代my six-month stay 时间过得真快，一个学期的时光就这样结束了。 2. I bet you’d love to know what daily life is like up in space and how it differs from that on the Earth. (L3) 译文：我敢打赌你很想知道太空中的日常生活是什么样 子的，以及它与地球上的生活有什么不同…… 省略了宾从的引导词that differ from 与…不同 that指代daily life it指代daily life in space ... the low gravity definitely ... (line 4) n. the force that causes things to drop to the ground 重力 n. the extreme importance or seriousness of sth 重要性，严重性 n. serious behaviour, speech or appearance 严肃，庄严 试译：我认为你没有意识到形势的严重性。 I don’t think you have realised the gravity of the situation. 从睡觉的那刻起，我们能明显感受到在太空生活的奇妙。 由于太空中近乎没有重力，我们必须把自己固定住，才不会四处漂浮。 我们通常睡在独立的睡眠区，更像是大的橱柜，或者睡在固定在墙上或者天花板上的睡袋里。 尝试背部没有压力入睡是奇怪的，但是我们不在为这些特别的床而烦恼了。 8 Para.2 due to the near absence of gravity in space 由于太空几乎没有重力 absence n. 缺乏；缺席 absent adj. 缺席的 absent-minded adj. 心不在焉的 be absent from 缺席…… e.g. 他经常翘英语课。 He is often absent from English classes. float vi 飘动；浮 vt 使浮动 walk on air = float on air An idea sudde