World of the Future 大学英语精读 教程文件.pptVIP

World of the Future; Teaching Objectives To get students imagine and describe the future world. To understand the purpose of writing and organization of the text. To reinforce some basic linguistic knowledge by doing various types of exercises.;Think Over: Dream the future world of your own. Provide examples to prove that the time we are living in now was also “a wonderful future” to the people who lived 100 years ago.;I. What is the theme of the text? Scientists think that wonderful things may come true in the future. II. Which of the wonderful things described do you think are the most wonderful? Scientists will be able to find cures for most diseases. Highways of the future will be fully automated. Weather control will be realized in the future.;Structural analysis of the text Main idea of each part: Part One (1-4) ---a vivid description of the future journey to the wonderful sea world; the theme of the text and definition of the word future Part Two (5-7) --- describing a future journey into space to visit the Moon, the Mars and the Venus. The descriptions are presented in the chronological order and from the near-to-far space perspective. Part Three (8-12)--- describing some wonderful things which may come true (the future dolls, special computers, flying saucers, future bicycles and skates, telepathy helmets) Part Four (13-21) --- describing great wonders will directly influence or be closely related to future life Conclusion part: the last paragraph is a logical and natural conclusion.;sub-构成名词或形容词 在底下： submarine, subway, subconscious 副，次，亚，小： subtitle, subcontinent, subheading 分，支，下属： subcommittee, subbranch ,subdivision ; en- 加在形容词前构成动词: enable, enlarge, enrich 加在名词前构成动词: enjoy, endanger, encourage -en 加在某些形容词后构成动词： brighten, blacken, fasten, broaden, deepen, lessen, freshen（使变） 加在名词后构成形容词： golden, silken, wooden, woollen(由…做成);Translation Exercises 1.A thief pushed the door open, slipped into the house, slid the drawer open, and took all the money awa