課程內(nèi)容

《Life in the future （Part 2）》
13.Just as I tried to make necessary adjustment to this new situation, Wang Ping appeared.
就在我試圖做些必要的調(diào)整以適應(yīng)這新環(huán)境，王平出現(xiàn)了。
adjustment 調(diào)整；調(diào)節(jié)
adjust....to .....為配合....而調(diào)節(jié).....
adjust oneself to .....使（自己）適應(yīng)....
You can adjust this desk to the height.
She adjusted herself to his way of life soon.
14.I left better in no time.
in no time:right now;at once立刻；馬上
他們馬上就回來They will be back in no time
all the time       一直
from time to time 不時(shí)；偶爾
at times       有時(shí)
take one's time    別著急；慢慢來
for the time being 暫且
at a time 依次，每次
at one time 從前
15.Soon I was back on my feet again......
be back on one's feet 恢復(fù)；完全復(fù)原
I'm back on my feet.
He can't wait to get back on his feet.
is she back on her feet?
16.These carriages float above the ground and by bending or pressing down in your seat,you can move swiftly.
(1)by doing 常表方式，方法或手段，她靠賣報(bào)紙掙錢。
（2）bend
使彎曲，屈身
她彎下腰撿起一塊石頭
She bent down and picked up a stone
Touch your toes without bending your knees.
集中于
她專心致志于這項(xiàng)工作
She bent her mind to the job.
His head was bent over a book.
(3)press 按，壓，擠，新聞；逼迫
The shoe is pressing my toe.
I pressed the button but nobody answered the door.
Time presses Make up your mind.
The English-Chinese Dictionary is in -now.
做一做
1.She___ _____hard ____the gas pedal.
她用力踩下油門踏板。
2.He is still______her claim______compensation賠償
他仍堅(jiān)持索賠。
3._____ _______was/were not allowed to attend the trial審判
庭審謝絕新聞采訪。
（4）Swiftly 迅速的，敏捷的
 swift
他沿著黑暗的街道迅速地走回家去
He walked swiftly towards home down the dark street.
辨析：
swift 側(cè)重動(dòng)作的輕快順科；
rapid側(cè)重事物的進(jìn)展迅速，表示動(dòng)作快可與swift互換
quick側(cè)重動(dòng)作的快，與swift可互換；
fast側(cè)重速度的快。
17。I lose sight of wang ping....in all directions lose sight of看不見，忽視，失去聯(lián)系
我和他完全失掉了聯(lián)系
I have lost sight of him entirely
catch sight of 看見
at first sight 乍一看
out of sight 看不到在視野外
in/within sight看的見，在視野內(nèi)
at the sight of 一看見......
我從書店出來時(shí)年見她上了公共汽車。
I caught sight of her getting on the bus when I came out of the bookstore.
Out of sight ,out of mind眼不見，心不念
（2）in all directions 向四面八方敵人四面八方逃竄。
The enemies fled in all directions.
做一做
1）we __________several precious animals.
我們失去了很多的珍惜動(dòng)物
2）乍看起來，這個(gè)問題好像容易。
_________________________________
3)小島仍然可以看的見。
____________________________
4)一看見老師男孩就跑掉。
_____________________________
18.He was swept up into.....
sweep up 打掃，橫掃；涌向；快速地抱起
She ws left to sweep up after the party.
The strong wind swept up the  leaves into the air.
做一做
1）He_______________into his arms
他一把將孩子抱進(jìn)懷里。
2）In pushing to the train,the children_______the crowds of people.
A.sweeping up into B.swept up into
C.were swept up D.were swept up into
19.I found later that their leaves provided the room with much-needed oxygen.
The peasants provide us with grain and vegetalbles.
Did your parents provde food and clothes for you in the university?
溫馨提示：短語provide sb.with sth。與provide sth for sb意思相同，均為“為某人提供某物”，兩者通常可?；マD(zhuǎn)換。如：
Mr.Smith provied food for us
中密斯先生為我們提供食物。
20.Then Wang Ping flashed a switch on a computer screen and a table and some chairs rose from under the floor as if by magic.
然后，王平上電腦熒屏上的開關(guān)閃了一下，于是一張桌子和幾把椅子就像變魔術(shù)一樣從地板下面升了起來。
flash閃光，閃亮物
a flash of lightning 閃電
a flash of hope一線希望
2）vt.vi光；閃現(xiàn)，反照，反射
(使）迅速傳遍；發(fā)出
flash a glance at用眼瞟一下；看一眼
The driver flashed his lights at me.
A good idea flashed into my mind.
The good news was flashed across the country.
The express train "Beijing-Shanghai"
flashed past.
switch開關(guān)，電閘，轉(zhuǎn)換
turn on/off the light switch
fall asleep at the switch
2)轉(zhuǎn)換，轉(zhuǎn)變
switch sides 改變立場(chǎng)
switch the discussion to another topic
switched the lights on and off.
asked her brother to swithch seats with her.
此句中from under the floor屬于"from+介詞短語“表示更確切的地點(diǎn)。此外，from 后還可跟副詞。
如:
found my pen from under the exercise book.
The boy jumped from behind the door.
She didn't find me until I called her from behind.
21.Exhausted,I slid into bed and.....
exhausted此處是形容詞，作狀語，表原因。
slide 偷偷地移動(dòng)；潛行；滑動(dòng) 船滑入水中，
22.Have a class discussion and decide whether you think the writer has a optimistic or a pessimistic view of the future.
全班同學(xué)討論一下，斷定作者對(duì)未來持有樂觀還是悲觀的態(tài)度。
optimistic
樂觀的，樂觀主義的（常與about連用）
那些專家們對(duì)我們的成功抱有樂觀態(tài)度。
We should be optimistic about our life.