1、 Let us suppose it is now about AD. 2100. Lets make believe(假装，假扮) it is about eighty years from now. Of course, things have changed and life is very different.Voyages to the moon are being made every day. It is as easy to take a holiday on the moon today as it was for the people in 1960 to take a h
2、oliday in Europe. At a number of scenic (风景优美的) spots on the moon, many hotels have been built. The hotels are airconditioned, naturally. In order that everyone can enjoy the beautiful scenery on the moon, every room has at least one picture window. Everything imaginable (可以想象的) is provided for ente
3、rtainment of young and old.What are people eating now? People are still eating food. They havent yet started to take on heir (继承) supply of energy directly as electrical current or as nuclear power (核能). They may some day. But many foods now come in pill form, and the food that goes into the pill co
4、ntinues to come mainly from green plants.Farming, of course, is very highly developed. Very few people have to work on the farm. It is possible to run the farm by just pushing a few buttons now and then. People are now largely vegetarians (素食者). You see, as the number of people increases, the number
5、 of animals decreases. Therefore, the people have to be vegetarians and we are healthier both in our bodies and in our minds, and we know the causes and cure of disease and pain, and it is possible to get rid of diseases. No one has to be ill any more.Such would be our life in 2100.Section_ Introduc
6、tion_&_Reading_Prereading原 文 呈 现 The City of the FutureWhat will the city of the future look like ？ No one knows for sure ， and making predictions is a risky business. But one thing is certain they are going to get bigger before they get smaller. In the future, care for the environment will become v
7、ery important as earths natural resources run out . We will use lots of recycled materials ， such as plastic, aluminium, steel, glass, wood and paper, and we will waste fewer natural resources. We will also have to rely more on alternative energy, such as solar and wind power. All this seems certain
8、, but there are plenty of things about city life in the future which are not certain.To find out what young people think about the future of urban life， a teacher at a university in Texas in the United States asked his students to think how they would run a city of 50,000 people in the year 2025. He
9、re are some of the ideas they had：Garbage ships To get rid of garbage problems， the city will load huge spaceships with waste materials and send them towards the sun, preventing landfill and environmental 21 22 problems . 23 Batman Nets Police will arrest criminals by firing nets instead of guns. 24
10、 25 26 27 Forget smoking No smoking will be allowed within a future citys limits . Smoking 28 29 will be possible only outside cities, and outdoors . 30 Forget the malls In the future all shopping will be done online ， and catalogues will 31 32 have voice commands to place orders . 33 34 读 文 清 障 Wha
11、t will/does/ do .look like？为固定句式，意为“看上去怎么样？”。for sure 肯定地 prediction /prIdIkn/n.预测make predictions 作出预测，此处为动名词短语作主语。risky/rIski/adj.危险的；冒险的care 此处为名词，表示“关心，爱护”，常与介词 for 连用。as 引导的原因状语从句。resource/rIzs/ n.(常作复数)资源run out (某物 )用完；不多了；没有了( 不用于被动语态)material/mtIril/n.材料 such as 例如(表示列举 )rely on 依靠 rely/rIl
12、aI/vi.依赖；依靠alternative/ltntIv/adj.替换的；供选择的solar/sl/adj.太阳的 solar power 太阳能plenty of “许多”，后接可数名词或不可数名词，注意不能在前面加 a。urban/bn/adj.都市的；城市的不定式短语作目的状语，what 引导 find out 的宾语从句。run 此处意为 “管理”。 get rid of 除掉；处理掉不定式短语作目的状语。load/ld/vt.装；装载 load .with .用装载send .towards .把发往 21 landfill/lndfIl/n.垃圾填埋地 22 现在分词短语作状语。
13、 arrest/rest/vt.逮捕；拘留 23 24 criminal/krImInl/n.罪犯；犯人 25 fire/faI/vt.开火；启动 instead of 而不是，代替 26 27 allow v允许 allow sb.to do sth.允许某人做某事 28 allow doing sth.允许做某事limit/lImIt/n.(常作复数)范围 29 outdoors/atdz/adv.户外 online/nlaIn/adv.联机地 30 31 catalogue/ktl/n.目录 32 command/kmnd/n.命令；指令 place orders 订购 33 34 未来
14、的城市第 16 段译文未来的城市会是什么样子的？谁也说不准，并且猜测也是件冒险的事。但唯一确知的是城市会先变大，然后再变小。在未来，爱护环境将变得很重要，因为地球的自然资源濒临枯竭。我们将会使用大量的回收材料，例如塑料、铝、钢铁、玻璃、木材和纸，并且我们浪费的自然资源会减少。我们也将不得不更多地依赖替代性能源，例如太阳能和风能。所有的这些似乎是肯定的，但是还有许多关于未来城市生活的事情仍是未知的。为了了解年轻人对未来城市生活的想法，美国得克萨斯州的一位大学老师让他的学生们思考如何管理一个在 2025 年拥有 5 万人口的城市。下面是他们的一些构想：垃圾飞船 为了摆脱垃圾问题的困扰，城市将用巨型
15、宇宙飞船装载废弃材料朝太阳发射，防止垃圾填埋和环境问题。防爆网 警察逮捕罪犯时，将会向罪犯射出网状物而不是用枪。戒烟 未来的城市市内将不允许吸烟。只有在郊区和户外才有可能允许吸烟。告别商厦 将来所有的购物将会在网上进行，商品目录将会有用于订购的语音指令。Telephones for life Everyone will be given a telephone number at birth that will 35 never change no matter where they live.Recreation All forms of recreation, such as cinema
16、s, bowling ， softball ， 36 37 38 concerts and others, will be provided free of charge by the city. 39 40 Cars All cars will be powered by electricity, solar energy or wind, and it will be 41 42 possible to change the colour of cars at the flick of a switch . 43 44 Telesurgery Distance surgery will b
17、ecome common as doctors carry out 45 46 47 operations from thousands of miles away, with each city having its own telesurgery 48 outpatient clinic . 49 50 Holidays at home Senior citizens and people with disabilities will be able to go 51 52 anywhere in the world using hightech cameras attached to t
18、heir head . 53 54 Space travel Travelling in space by ordinary citizens will be common. Each city will 55 56 have its own spaceport . 57 at birth 在出生时 recreation/rekrieIn/n.娱乐；消遣 35 36 bowling/blI/n.保龄球游戏 37 softball/sftbl/n.垒球(运动) provide vt.提供，供给 38 39 provide sb. with sth.provide sth. for sb.为某人提
19、供某物charge/td/n.费用；价钱 free of charge(for free)免费 40 power/pa/vt.供给动力 41 it 作形式主语，不定式短语作真正的主语。 42 flick/flIk/n.轻打；轻弹 43 switch/swIt/n.开关 vi.交换；调换 44 at the flick of a switch 轻轻一按开关telesurgery/telIsdri/n.远距离手术 45 surgery/sdri/n.外科手术 carry out 执行，实施 46 47 carry out/make/perform an operation on sb.给某人做手术
20、with 复合结构，在本句中的构成是： with名词现在分词。 48 outpatient/atpeInt/n.门诊病人 clinic/klInIk/n.诊所 49 50 senior citizens 老年人 disability/dIsbIlti/n.失去能力；伤残 51 52 attach/tt/vt.系；贴；连接 53 be attached to .迷恋；附属于 ；系在上句中用了 attached to .作后置定语，修饰 cameras。现在分词短语作方式状语。 动名词短语作主语。 54 55 ordinary citizens 普通市民 spaceport/speIspt/n.宇
21、航基地 56 57 第 712 段译文 终生电话 每个人在出生时都会被给予一个电话号码，无论他们居住在哪里，这个电话号码都不会改变。娱乐 所有的娱乐形式，像电影院、保龄球、垒球、音乐会和其他一些形式都将由该市免费提供。汽车 所有的汽车都将由电能、太阳能或风能提供动力，并且只要轻轻按一下开关就可能会改变汽车的颜色。远程手术 随着每个城市都拥有自己的远程手术门诊部，医生们将能在数千英里以外实施手术，远程手术将变得十分普遍。居家度假 老年人和身体有残疾的人通过使用绑在头上的高科技的相机就能周游世界。太空遨游 普通市民遨游太空将会变得很平常。每个城市都将有自己的宇航基地。PrereadingPleas
22、e match the words with their proper meanings.1alternative An.预测2crime Badj .危险的；冒险的3prediction Cn.罪；罪行4risky Dadj.替换的；供选择的5resource Evt .逮捕；拘留6urban Fn.资源7arrest Gadj.都市的；城市的8criminal Hn.费用；价钱9limit In.命令；指令10command Jn.罪犯；犯人11recreation Kn.范围12charge Ln.娱乐；消遣13disability Mv.系；贴；连接14attach Nn.失去能力；伤
23、残15 _ 610 _1114 _答案：15 DCABF 610 GEJKI 1114 LHNMLeadin1Look at the following pictures and write down what the problems are.答案：global warming acid rain growing areas of desert2Look at the following pictures, and answer the question.Whats your attitude towards the future life?_参考答案：Although we are fac
24、ing many difficult problems, I have an optimistic view of the future.With the development of science and technology, I believe the difficult problems can be solved sooner or later.WhilereadingFastreadingRead the text carefully and choose the best answers.1Why will care for the environment become ver
25、y important in the future?ABecause earths natural resources run out.BBecause we will use lots of recycled materials, such as plastic, aluminum, steel, glass, wood and paper.CBecause we will waste fewer natural resources.DBecause we will also have to rely more on alternative energy.2What is not menti
26、oned as an idea for running the future city?AHolidays at home. BTelesurgery.CAttending school at home. DRecreation.3Which of the statements is NOT true according to the text?ANo one is allowed to smoke in the city.BAll shopping will be done through computers.CCommon people can travel in space.DChild
27、ren cant have phones and phone numbers.答案：13 ACDCarefulreadingRead the text again and fill in the chart with the information in the text. Young Peoples Opinions About the Future of City LifeGarbage ships1.Load huge spaceships with waste materials and send them towards the sun.Batman Nets Criminals w
28、ill 2.be_arrested by firing nets.Smoking Smoking will not be allowed within a future citys 3.limits.Shopping Shopping will be done 4.online instead of in malls.Telephones for lifeEveryone will be given a telephone number 5.at_birth and it will never change.Recreation All forms of recreation are 6.fr
29、ee_of_charge.Cars Cars will 7.be_powered by electricity, solar energy or wind.Telesurgery You can stay at home and doctors will operate on you from a long 8.distance.Holidays at homeThe old and the disabled can go anywhere by using hightech cameras 9.attached_to their head.Space travel Ordinary peop
30、le can travel in space. Each city will have its own 10.spaceport.StudyreadingAnalyze the following difficult sentences in the text. 1All this seems certain, but there are plenty of things about city life in the future which are not certain.句式分析尝试翻译 所有的这些似乎是肯定的，但是还有许多关于未来城市生活的事情仍是未知的。2To find out wha
31、t young people think about the future of urban life, a teacher at a university in Texas in the United States asked his students to think how they would run a city of 50,000 people in the year 2025.句式分析 尝试翻译 为了了解年轻人对未来城市生活的想法，美国得克萨斯州的一位大学老师让他的学生们思考如何管理一个在 2025 年拥有 5 万人口的城市。3To get rid of garbage prob
32、lems, the city will load huge spaceships with waste materials and send them towards the sun, preventing landfill and environmental problems.句式分析 不定式短语 To get rid .为目的状语，the city will load . and send .为主句，现在分词短语 preventing landfill and environmental problems 为结果状语。尝试翻译 为了摆脱垃圾问题的困扰，城市将用巨型宇宙飞船装载废弃材料朝太阳
33、发射，防止垃圾填埋和环境问题。4Distance surgery will become common as doctors carry out operations from thousands of miles away，with each city having its own telesurgery outpatient clinic.句式分析 该句的主句为 Distance surgery will become common，而 as doctors carry out .为时间状语从句，with each city having .为 with 的复合结构作原因状语。尝试翻译 医
34、生们将能在数千英里以外实施手术，远程手术将变得十分普遍。.阅读理解 AIts early morning, and Katie Smith hears a rooster crowing (报晓) Its time to get up and start working.She and her husband, Chris Cashen, start the day early.They own and run the Farm at Millers Crossing, in Hudson, New York.With the help of 10 workers and, sometimes
35、, the Cashen kids Lael, 12, Connelly, 10, AnneMae, 8, and Christopher John, 6 Smith and Cashen harvest crops during much of the year. They grow vegetables and other plants. They also raise and care for some animals.Because the Farm at Millers Crossing grows different kinds of crops, Cashen says the
36、biggest challenge is timing. Several times a year, workers prepare the soil and plant crops. At other times, they transfer (转移 ) plants from the greenhouse into the fields. The farmers store the fall vegetables in coolers and sell them throughout the winter.Cashen and Smith grow their crops without
37、the use of chemicals.When crops are ready to be harvested, workers pick them daily, wash them, and put them in boxes.In June, they work up to 70 hours a week.As fall nears, workers try to finish the daily harvesting while there is still daylight.The crops are sold through programs that provide buyer
38、s with fresh produce weekly.Living on a farm has its perks.The Cashen kids swim in a river from which the crops get their water.They ride their bikes in wideopen spaces.When harvesting tomatoes, they sometimes have exciting tomato fights.They have a big family with which to share their adventures.Ev
39、eryone takes part in the business.The kids feed the horses.The boys care for the pigs.Lael says she likes transferring plants and selling produce.“Its fun and really busy，”says Lael，“but its just a part of life.”语篇解读：本文是说明文。文章介绍了 Cashen 一家人在农场上的生活。1What can we learn about the Cashen family?AThey loo
40、k needy.BThey lead a busy life.CThey live on selling animals.DThey do all the work on their own.解析：选 B 推理判断题。根据第一段中的 “Its early morning, and Katie Smith hears a rooster crowing (报晓)Its time to get up and start working.”及后文的内容可知，Cashen 一家在农场上过着忙碌的生活。2Whats the most difficult thing on the farm?AStorin
41、g the fall vegetables.BGrowing crops as fast as possible.CMoving plants out of the greenhouse.DPlanning when to plant and harvest.解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据第三段中的 “Cashen says the biggest challenge is timing . plants from the greenhouse into the fields.”可知，对于 Cashen 一家来说最大的挑战就是如何合理安排农场上各项工作的时间。3What does the un
42、derlined word “perks” in Paragraph 5 mean?APrice. BReasons.CDiscomfort. DAdvantages.解析：选 D 词义猜测题。根据第五段中的 “The Cashen kids swim in a river . they sometimes have exciting tomato fights.” 可知，Cashen 家的孩子们在农场的活动非常丰富，他们玩得很开心，由此可知这是住在农场的好处。4What is Laels attitude toward her life on the farm?AShe enjoys it.
43、BShe is proud of it.CShe is uninterested in it.DShe feels unsatisfied with it.解析：选 A 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的 “Lael says she likes transferring plants and selling produce.Its fun and really busy”可知，Lael 喜欢农场上的生活。BBased on new analysis, we are rapidly approaching major climate change and the effects on society
44、 and the environment could be quite severe. Geographers predict that within the next eighty years, current world climate zones could shift and some could completely disappear. Polar regions will get colder while tropical regions will get even hotter, forcing animals to migrate (迁徙) north.Climate cha
45、nges like these could lead to the spread of diseases. Tropical storms and hurricanes will not only increase but may also become more intense. If the changes come too quickly, animal and plant species may not be able to adapt fast enough and could disappear.According to Science Dalily, a new study pr
46、edicts that by the year 2100, many of todays familiar climates will be replaced by climates unknown in todays world. It is urgent that we reduce the risks of these farreaching consequences for the whole world. The planet itself has been showing signs of change. In 2004, a serious tsunami created by
47、a major earthquake killed thousands in Sumatra and in 2008, thousands died in China because of another severe earthquake. Egypt was hit in 2009 with a major earthquake and Haiti was devastated in 2010 by yet another massive earthquake.Within just the last few months, new reports from around the world have been coming in
