高中英语语法讲解与测试-Unit 3 Life in the future知识讲解 话题语言应用——未来生活.docVIP

话题语言应用——未来生活 编稿：牛新阁 审稿：王春霞 语言积累 交际用语 做出预测的句式 　　Do you suppose that ...? 你猜想......？ 　　Suppose that... 假如...... I wonder if .... 我想知道是否...... 　　Do you imagine that...? 你想象......？ I imagine that... 我想象...... 　　Is it likely / unlikely that .... ......可能/不可能吗？ 　　It is possible that .... 可能....... Most likely .... 最有可能...... 　　I’m sure .... 我确信...... 　　Perhaps / Maybe / Possibly /Probably... 也许....... 话题词句 1．描述未来的词汇： in one thousand years’ time = in one thousand years 一千年以后 collect a hovering carriage driven by computer 领了一辆电脑驱动的气垫船 float above the ground在地面上方漂浮着 fasten safety belt 系紧安全带 a strange-looking house 外表奇怪的房子 jet lag 时差感 time capsule （太空）时间舱 time travel (第一次) 时间旅行 space travel 太空旅行 a space station 太空站 space settlements 太空住宅区/定居点 monitor robots 监控机器人 thoughtpad 思想仪 the sending button 发送键 2. 2050年的生活 学习下面短文，特别要记住划线部分的对阅读和写作都会很有用的语句。 【高清课堂：Unit 3语言应用 Life in 2050: Amazing Science, Familiar Threats】 Life in 2050: Amazing Science, Familiar Threats Imagine a future in which cancer becomes a memory, ordinary people travel in space, and computers carry on conversations like humans. Now imagine a darker future --- a world beset (困扰) by war, rising temperatures and energy shortages, one faces a terrorist attack with nuclear weapons. Futurologists predict that life will probably be very different in 2050 in all the fields of activity, from entertainment to technology. First of all, it seems that TV channels will have disappeared by 2050. Instead, people will choose a program from a “menu” and a computer will send the program directly to the television. In what concerns the environment, water will have become one of our most serious problems. In many places, agriculture is changing and they are growing fruit and vegetables to export. This uses a lot of water. Demand for water will increase ten times between now and 2050 and there could be serious shortages. Some futurologists predict that water could be t