Unit3 Life in the Future

　　【重点词汇、短语】

　　1.impression印象，感想

　　2.take up 拿起，开始，继续

　　3.constant时常发生的，连续不断的

　　4.previous在前的，早先的

　　5.guide指导，向导

　　6.lack缺乏，没有

　　7.lose sight of 看不见

　　8.sweep up 横扫

　　9.slide into 移动，溜进

　　10.optimistic乐观的

　　11.speed up 加速

　　12.desert沙漠

　　13.instant瞬间，片刻

　　14.settlement定居，解决

　　【重点句型】

　　1.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公元 3008 年了。

　　2.At first my new surroundings were difficult to tolerate.

　　开始的时候,新的环境让我难以忍受。

　　3.The air seemed thin, as though its combination of gases had little oxygen left.

　　空气似乎很稀薄，好像在混合的气体中剩下的氧气很少。

　　4.Hit by a lack of fresh air, my head ached.

　　由于缺乏新鲜空气，我感到头痛。

　　5.Soon I was back on my feet again and following him to collect a hovering carriagedriven by computer.

　　很快我又重新振作起来，然后跟随他领取了一部由电脑控制的气垫车。

　　6.However,I lost sight of Wang Ping when we reached what looked like a large market because of too many carriages flying by in all directions.

　　可是，当我们到达一个看上去像大市场的地方时，由于太多车子朝四面八方飞奔，我看不见王平了。

　　7.He was swept up into the center of them.

　　他被卷入到这群车队中去了。

　　8.Arriving at a strange-looking house, he showed me into a large, bright clean room.

　　到了一幢看上去很奇怪的房子里，他把握带到一个明亮而清洁的大房间。

　　9.I found later that their leaves provided the room with much-needed oxygen.

　　后来我才发现，就是这些树的叶子为这栋房屋提供了最急需的氧气。