北师大版选修7Unit20Lesson1Futurology学案设计.pdf

Unit 20 New Frontiers Lesson 1 Futurology 【学习目标】 掌握本单元的常用词汇表达。 【学习重难点】 熟练记住常用词汇与词组。 【学习方法】 速读、细读、归纳、练习 【学习内容】 一、生词 1. latter (1). adj. : near to the end of a period eg: She spent the latter part of her life alone. 他孤独地度过了她的后半生。 (2). The latter pron. : the second of two things or people already mentioned已提及的两者中的后者 eg: Many support the former alternative, but personally I favour the latter. 很多人赞成前一种方法，但我个人喜欢后一种 Latter 和 later 很容易混淆。 later 可以作形容词用，意思是 “以后的，较晚的时候 ”或“更新 的” eg: The launch was postponed to a later date. 发射延迟了。 In his later years of life, he devoted himself to the career of charitiy. 晚年，他投身于慈善事业。 later 还可以作副词，意思是 “以后，后来 ” eg： Two years later he became a soldier. 两年后他当兵了 Later, his theory proved to be right. 后来，结果证明他的理论是正确的。 2. assess (1). V. make a judgment about a person or situation after thinking about it carefully评价，评定 It is difficult to assess the affects of the new measure. 现在很难评价新举措的效果 (2). V. decide or fix the value of sth. 估价，估计 They assessed the value of the house at over $ 250,000. 他们估计这座房子的价值超过 25 万美元 3. dawn (1). n. time of day when light first appears 黎明，破晓 We talked almost until dawn. (2). n. (fig. 比喻)beginning ,first signs of sth. People have been falling in love signs of sth. 自先民伊始，人们就一直坠入爱河。 (3). v. begin to grow light 破晓 eg: It was dawning as we left 我们离开时天就亮了。 二、短语 1．base…on…（被动 be based …on）以。。。为基础，基于。。。，以。。。为根据… eg: The film is based on a novel written by Lu Xun. I base my hope on the good news we had yesterday. 我把希望寄托在我们昨天得到的好消息上 . 拓展： base sb. in/at把某人安置在（某地进行工作和活动） eg: Most of our staff are based in Cairo. 2. get into (1). 撞到某物上 eg: The car skidded an