高中英语外研版必修4Module 1Section Ⅰ Introduction.docx

1、高中英语外研版必修4Module 1 Section IntroductionLet 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

2、was for the people in 1960 to take a holiday 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 leastone picture window. Everything im

3、aginable (可以想象的) is provided for entertainment 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, an

4、d the food that goes into the pill continues to come mainlyfrom 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 num

5、ber of people increases, the number 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

6、 our life in 2100.Section_Introduction_&_Reading_PrereadingThe City of the FutureWhat will the city of the future look like？ No one knows for sure， and making predictions is arisky business. But one thing is certain they are going to get bigger before they get smaller. In the future, care for the en

7、vironment will become very important as earths natural resourcesrun 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 onalternative energy, such as solar and wind power. All

8、 this seems certain, 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 i

9、n the year 2025. Here are some of the ideas they had：Garbage shipsTo get rid of garbage problems， the city willload huge spaceships with waste materials and send them towards the sun, preventing landfill and environmental problems.Batman NetsPolice will arrestcriminals by firing nets instead of guns

10、.Forget smokingNo smoking will be allowed within a future citys limits. Smoking will be possible only outside cities, and outdoors .Forget the mallsIn the future all shopping will be done online， and catalogues will have voice commands to place orders.What will/does/do .look like？为固定句式，意为“看上去怎么样？”。f

11、or 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/rIlaI/vi.依赖；依靠alternative/ltntIv/adj.替换的；供选择的solar/sl/adj.太阳的solar

12、 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landfill/lndfIl/n.垃圾填埋地现在分词短语作状语。 arrest/rest/vt.逮捕；拘留criminal/krImInl/n.罪犯；犯人fire/faI/vt.开火；启动 instead of而不是，代替al

13、low v允许allow sb.to do sth.允许某人做某事allow doing sth.允许做某事limit/lImIt/n.(常作复数)范围outdoors/atdz/adv.户外 online/nlaIn/adv.联机地catalogue/ktl/n.目录command/kmnd/n.命令；指令place orders订购未来的城市第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

14、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 f

15、or lifeEveryone will be given a telephone number at birththat will never change no matter where they live.RecreationAll forms of recreation, such as cinemas, bowling， softball， concerts and others, will be providedfree of charge by the city.CarsAll cars will be powered by electricity, solar energy or wind, and it will be possible to change the colour of cars at the flick of a switch.TelesurgeryDistance surgery will become common as doctors carry out operations from thousands of miles away,