Unit 1 Period 7 Science Fiction Workbook课件-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版(2019)选择性必修第四册

选择性必修 第四册 Unit 1 Science Fiction Workbook Using Words and Expressions 1 Change the forms of the words below. Then list more pairs of words that have the same word formation. n. → adj. n. → adj. innocence ____________ confidence ____________ wisdom ____________ freedom ____________ flour ____________ health ____________ mud ____________ fog ____________ superiority ____________ inferiority ____________ creation ____________ decoration ____________ innocent confident wise free floury healthy muddy foggy superior inferior creative decorative 2 Complete the passage with the words below to learn about bias-free language. Like humans, language tends to carry biases, which can lead to discrimination. Academic writing needs to be objective and scientific: neither gender should be preferred. Historically, writing has reflected a bias towards males such as the words _________ and postman. Now, writers are more careful. Many words that included man have been replaced. For example, police officer is used instead of __________, ___________ instead of chairman, salesperson _________, humankind instead of _________ and postal worker instead of _________. The title Ms is used for women instead of Miss or Mrs, since it does not show whether a woman is married or not. chairman mankind policeman chairperson postman salesman chairman policeman chairperson salesman mankind postman 3 Translate these sentences into English using the words and phrases in brackets. 1 最高时速350公里的高铁使北京和上海之间的旅行时间从15 小时缩短到了四个半小时左右。(maximum, high-speed railway) 2 她从皮夹克的口袋里掏出一块手绢擦了擦眼睛。(leather, handkerchief) 3 三个班级被随机挑选出来参加了翻转课堂的实验。(at random, flipped classroom) 4 这种7.9 英寸迷你版的平板电脑一上市就受到了年轻人的喜爱。(inch, version) With the maximum speed of 350 kilometres per hour, the high-speed railway has shortened the travelling time between Beijing and Shanghai from 15 hours to about four and a half hours. She took a handkerchief from the pocket