UnitLifeinthefutureLanguagepoints.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 区别: remind, remember, recall remind 指“由于受到提醒或启发而想起往事” remember指“过去的事情仍在记忆中, 不必费劲就能想起”, 记住recall 较 remember 正式, 指“对自己或他人的 过去进行有意义的回忆”。 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。 keep doing sth