UnitLifeinthefutureImportantWordsPhrases.pptVIP

1. What changes do you expect to see in your life in one thousand years’ time.一千年之后你料想会发生什么变化。 expect (sb.) to do sth. 希望(某人)做某事 I expect to be back within a week. I didn’t expect him to stay so long. hope to do something 希望做某事 Joan’s hoping to study law at Harvard. wish wish to do something 希望做某事 I wish to make a complaint. wish somebody something 希望某人… We wish them every happiness in their new home. take up 举起, 拿起, 抬起; 对…有兴趣;从属于;占据时间、空间 John took up writing at school. The work took up a whole day. Please take the piano out, it ____too much room. A. picks up B. makes up C. takes up D. takes on 3. I have to remind myself constantly that I am really in AD 3008. 我得不断提醒自己, 我真的到了公元3008年。 1）remind sb. of/about sth. 使某人想起某事 reminded her of college days. 使她回想起了大学里的日子 remind sb. to do sth 提醒某人做某事 must remind him to call 必须让他记着打电话 2) constantly adv. 不断地 Fashion is constantly changing. 时尚总是日新月异。 Heat the sauce, stirring constantly. 加热调味汁并不停地搅动。 5. As a result, I suffered from “time lag”. 结果我得了时间滞后症。 as a result (of): because of something that has happened 作为……的结果,由于 It snowed, as a result, she was late. 天下雪, 因此她迟到了。 result from 起因于…… result in 导致某事,造成某事(=lead to) suffer from: to experience (something unpleasant, such as an illness), especially over a long period of time or habitually 患有(疾病等);为……所苦,因……而吃苦头。She suffers from headache. 她患头痛病。 6. This is similar to the “jet lag” you get from flying, but it seems you keep getting flashbacks from your previous time period. 这种病有些像乘喷气式飞机高速飞行时所引起的时差反应那样，所不同的是,它意味着你的脑海里不停地从以前的时间段一直往回闪去。 surroundings –影响生活质素的,某地\人身边的一切事物 The house is situated in very pleasant surroundings. environment —人们所在的影响其感觉及发展的物质、社会环境;自然环境 new laws to prevent th