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Unit 4 Life on Mars
一、Comic strip and Welcome to the unit.
1.—Wow, I’ve never thought about travelling into space. 哇,我从未想过到太空旅行。
— Me neither. 我也没有。
1 think about travelling into space 考虑去太空旅行 【think about doing sth. 考虑做某事】
2 Me neither.==Neither have I.
2.---How do you like life on Mars? ---I hate it./I don’t like it. 【询问喜欢的程度】
★How do you like ...? 的两种含义:
①---How do you like China? ----I like it very much. 【询问喜欢的程度】
②---How do you like this film? ----I think it is very boring. 【询问对某事的评价】
=What do you think of this film?
3.an air tank 一个氧气罐
4.a power pack 一个电源包
5.sleeping bag 睡袋
6.dried food 干粮
7.There’s less gravity on Mars. 火星上有较少的重v力。
8.There would be no pollution on Mars. 在火星上将没有污染。
二、Reading
1.by the year 2100 到 2100 年为止 【by + 时间 意为: 到......时候为止】
①★ by + 将来时间, 用于将来时
eg: By the year 2030, we will be able to travel to the Moon.
②★by + 过去时间, 用于过去完成时
eg:By the year 2000, we had planted 150,000 trees.
2. become more crowded and polluted 变得更拥挤,污染
★polluted adj. 被污染的 → pollute v. 污染 → pollution n. 污染
3.because of the rapid increase in population 由于人口的迅速增加 【句中 increase 作名词】
【拓展】increase rapidly 快速增长 【increase 作名词】
4.start all over again 重新开始
5.It is hoped + that 主从→ 据希望....【类似句型:It is said that.....据说...../ It is reported...据报道....】
6.Here is what life there could be like.(表语从句) 这儿是那儿的生活可能的样子
★What + be + 主语 +like? ....怎么样? eg: What’s the weather like? = How is the weather?
7.be too slow to carry large numbers of passengers to sp 太慢了而不能把大量乘客送往某地
★a large number of = large numbers of 大量 (+ 可数名词复数)
8.With the development of technology, ....... 随着技术的发展,..... = As the technology develops,......
★【区分】 ①with + 名词性短语 → 表示:伴随着........ 【with 作介词】
② as + 句子 → 表示:伴随着........ 【as 作连词】
9. travel at the speed of light 以光的速度旅行
10.the journey to Mars 去火星的旅程
11.★uncomfortable adj. 不舒服的 →(反义词) comfortable → comfortably (adj.)
12.(be) in the form of pills 以药丸的形式
13.taste (名词或动词) →tasty(形容词) →★比较级:tastier 最高级:tastiest
Eg: taste the tasty dried food 品味美味的干粮
【归纳】taste n. 味道—→
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