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UNIT 1 SCIENCE FICTION
主题语境——人与社会之机器人科技
词块背诵
佳句赏析
1.be programmed and controlled by a computer由电脑控制和编程
2.explore future world探索未来世界
3.household robot家庭机器人
4.robot revolution机器人革命
5.intelligent robot智能机器人
6.be programmed to被编程为
7.make up for a lack of workers弥补工人的不足
8.deal with emergencies处理紧急情况
1.Artificial intelligence makes the world a better place by freeing people up for more creative tasks.
人工智能通过解放人们使他们可以从事更具有创造性的工作,从而使世界变得更美好。
2.Technology is the foundation of our daily life and but for it,the modern civilization wouldn't have been built up.
科技是我们日常生活的基础,没有科技,就没有现代文明。
3.Robots have common in our daily life and are often given jobs that are considered dangerous for humans.
机器人在我们的日常生活中很常见,经常承担被认为对人类危险的工作。
[核心单词]
1.appointment n.预约;约会;委任
(1)make an appointment with sb.与某人预约
keep/break an appointment守/违约
(2)appoint vt.任命;委派;约定;指定(时间、地点等)
appoint sb.as/to be...任命某人为……
appoint sb.to do sth.委派某人做某事
(3)appointed adj.约定的;指定的
[练通]——单句语法填空
①Ms.Payne said she was honored to accept the appointment (appoint) and looked forward to its challenges.
②She was_appointed (appoint) mayor of the city for her integrity and what she had done for the public.
③I was appointed to_take (take)charge of arranging all the activities on that day.
④The participants, eager and energetic, gathered at the _appointed (appoint) time and set off from the school gate at 7:00 am.
[金句]——应用文写作之邀请信
⑤我想预约下个星期三的下午。
→I'd like to _make_an_appointment_for_next_Wednesday_afternoon .
2.declare vt.表明;宣称;公布
(1)declare sb./sth.(to be)+名词/形容词
宣布某人/某物……
declare for/against赞成/反对
declare war on/against...(对……)宣战
declare that...宣布……
(2)declaration n.宣布;声明;公告
[练通]——单句语法填空
①The chairman declared for suspending the decision to increase the employees' salary.
②Richard Nixon declared the third Sunday of June as Father's Day in America.
③It was meant to sound like an epochmaking declaration (declare).
[金句]——微写作
④在2023年,理查德声称他计划在他40岁生日之前找到40个同年同月同日生的人。
→In 2023,Richard declared_that_he_planned_to_find_40_