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Unit 3
Times change!
To read a passage about changing
To learn to analyze how the writer forms the passage by answering questions
To think about something that may disappear in the future
To write a passage about a change
Superman is a superhero published by DC Comics since 1938. He was from the destroyed planet Krypton and raised as Clark Kent by human foster parents, Martha and Jonathan Kent. As an adult, Superman became the protector of Earth, working at the Daily Planet as Clark Kent alongside his partner and wife Lois Lane. For much of his life, he doesn’t reveal his true identity and powers to anyone, not even his closest friends. In the earlier films, when Clark Kent wanted to transform into Superman, he would step into a phone box and the switch would be complete.
Have you seen a Superman film? What do you know about him?
Read the passage and answer the questions.
lifestyle
I was watching a superhero film the other day and a thought occurred to me: where does Superman get changed these days?
sth occur to sb: (主意或想法)突然浮现于脑中; 想起
In the comics and earlier films, Clark Kent would pop into a phone box to change into his Superman costume. But these days, phone boxes are hard to find. The main reason for this is simply that we don’t need them anymore. Almost everyone these days carries a mobile phone with them. It is certainly more convenient to take out a mobile and make a call at the touch of a button than to press a series of long numbers on a telephone.
pop into:突然出现
costume n.化妆服
And anyone who happens to leave their mobile phone at home will still have no use for a phone box. Why? Because they are unlikely to remember the number they want to call — that’s something that our mobile phones do for us these days. And even if we could remember a number and needed to call it urgently, it would still be more convenient to borrow a mobile phone from someone else than walk around looking for a phone box.
be unlikely to do sth.
不大可能干某事
urgently adv. 紧急的,急迫的
So, the