八年级英语下册unit1Reading

ReadingWhatwillMing’slifebelikeintenyears?3aReadMing’sanswertothequestion“Whatwillyourlifebelikeintenyears?”Thenfillinthechart.

Intenyears,IthinkI’llbeareporter.I’llliveinShanghai,becauseIwenttoShanghailastyearandfell

inlovewithit.Ithinkit’sreallyabeautifulcity.Asareporter,IthinkIwillmeetlotsofinterestingpeople.IthinkI’llliveinanapartmentwithmybestfriends,becauseIdon’tlikelivingalone.=Iwillfell---(fall的过去式)落下；变为fallinlovewithsb/sth.喜爱、爱上某人或某物单独地；孤独地I’llhavepets.Ican’thaveanypetsnowbecausemymotherhatesthem,andourapartmentistoosmall.Sointenyears,I’llhavemanydifferentpets.Imight

even

keepapetparrot!I’llprobably

goskatingandswimmingeveryday.DuringtheweekI’lllooksmart,andprobablywillwearasuit.Attheweekends,I’llbeableto

dressmorecasually.IthinkI’llgotoHongKongonvacation,andonedayImightevenvisitAustralia.宠物鹦鹉大概；也许去滑冰一套衣服能够穿衣随意地甚至可能喂养look+形容词看上去怎么样eg.Shelookshappy.keep:v.保持；维持；喂养1.keep+sb./sth.+形容词使某人/某物…Thejobkeptthembusyforayear.这项工作让他们忙碌了一年。2.keep+形容词保持Themanranupanddowntokeepwarm.这个人来来回回地跑着取暖。3.keep+sb./sth.doing

让某人/某物继续做某事Shekeptuswaitingforheratthestationforanhour.她让我们在车站等了一个小时。4.keep+doing

继续做，坚持做Hekeptrunningafterher,tryingtocatchher.他不停地在追赶她，试图抓到她。Fillinthechart.parrotskating,swimmingShanghaiapartment,HongKong,Australiasmartclothes,casualclothesWhatwillyourlifebelikeintenyears?I’llbeanengineer.I’llgotoSydneyonvacation.3bOnapieceofpaper,writeaboutyourlifeintenyears.Don’twriteyournameonthepaper.Putallthestudents’paperstogether.Taketurnsreadingthepapers.Thenguesswhowrotethem.A:Thispapersays“I’llbeanengineerintenyears.”B:IthinkLinWeiwrotethat.C:Yes,Iwroteit.4PAIRWORKAnswerthequestionsbelow.Thenaskyourpartnerforhisorherideas.哪个世界杯PairworkA:IthinkthatBrazilwillwinthenextWorldCup.B:Idisagree.IthinkthatEnglandwillwinnexttime.Whatwilltheweatherbeliketomorrow?WhichmovieswillwinOscarsattheAcademyAwards?Whatwillteenagersdoforfuntwentyyearsfromnow?SelfCheck1Fillintheblankswiththewordsgiven.

wearworklookflykeep1.Iwantto

formyselfwhenI’molder.2.Myfriends

apetpigintheirhouse.3.Ineedto

smartformyjobinterview.4.Wehaveto

auniformtoschool.5.Onedaypeoplewill

tothemoonforvacations.我自己面试；面谈workkeeplookwearfly2Readthepassageandcircletheinventionsontheright.

Predictingthefuturecanbedifficult.Therearemanyfamouspredictionsthatnevercametrue.Before1929,therewasnosoundinmovies.TheheadofoneofthebiggestmoviecompaniesintheUnitedStatespredictedthatnoonewouldwanttoseeactorstalk.Ofcourse,hewaswrong!In1977,theheadofthelargestcomputercompanyintheUnitedStatessaid,“Noonewillwanttohaveacomputerinhisorherhome.”Hethoughtthatcomputerswouldneverbeusedbymostpeople.predict

v.预言future

n.将来；未来prediction

n.预言cometrue

实现；达到come---camecompany

n.公司(复数companies)think---thoughtseesb.dosth.

看到某人做某事(hear,watch)3Findthesewordsfromthisunit.1.Aplacetoliveinspace:2.Somethingkidswillusetostudyathome:3.Thesewillbeineveryhome:4.YangLiweiisafamousChinese

.spacestationastronautcomputersrobotsDoyouthinkyouwillhaveyourownrobot?Section1BeforeYouReadPAIRWORK1aTellyourpartnerwhatyouknowaboutrobots.Describeyourideaofarobot.Saywhatitlookslikeandwhatitcando.1bReadthetitleofthetext.Thencirclethewordsandphrasesyouthinkyouwillreadinthepassage.Compareyourpredictionswithyourpartner.houseworkcarsyearsago

boredwillwaskoalasbuildingslessworkswimmingpossibleAmericadoctorpianobackpack厌烦的；厌倦的可能的Doyouthinkyouwillhaveyourownrobot?

Section2WhileYouReadDoyouthinkyouwillhaveyourownrobot?

Insomesciencefictionmovies,people

inthefuturehavetheirownrobots.Theserobotsarejustlikehumans.Theyhelpwiththehousework,anddothemostunpleasantjobs.

小说使人不愉快的未来；将来科幻电影helpsb.withsth./helpsb.(to)dosth.帮助某人做某事Somescientistsbelievethattherewillbesuchrobotsin

thefuture.However,theyagreeitmaytakehundredsofyears.Scientistsarenowtryingtomake

robotslook

likepeople,anddothesamethingsasus.Japanesecompanieshavealreadymaderobotswalkanddance.Thiskindofrobotwillalsobefuntowatch.科学家可是；然而好几百早已；先前trytodosth.

尽力去做某事trydoingsth.

尝试做某事makerobotslooklike…使机器人看起来像…一样makesb./sth.do…

ButrobotscientistJamesWhitedisagrees.Hethinksthatitwillbedifficultforarobottodothe

samethingsasaperson.Forexample,it’seasyforachildtowakeupandknowwheretheyare.MrWhitethinksthatrobotswon’tbeabletodothis.Butotherscientistsdisagree.Theythinkthatrobotswillbeabletotalktopeoplein25to50years.it+be+adj.+(forsb.)+todosth.(对某人来说)做某事怎么样ItisnoteasyformetogetupearlyonSundaymorning.thesame…as…

同…一样Idon’tliketowearthesameclothesasyoudoeveryday.

Robotscientistsarenotjusttryingtomakerobotslooklikepeople.For

example,therearealreadyrobotsworkingin

factories.Theserobotslookmorelikehugearms.Theydosimplejobsoverandoveragain.Peoplewouldnotliketodosuchjobsandwouldgetbored.Butrobotswillnevergetbored.factory----factories

工厂simple简单的；简易的such+n.

这样的…；这种…overandoveragain

一遍又一遍地get+adj变得…；觉得…Inthefuture,therewillbemoreroboteverywhere,andhumanswillhavelessworktodo.Newrobotswillhavemanydifferentshapes.Somewilllooklikehumans,andothersmightlooklikesnakes.Afteranearthquake,asnakerobotcouldhelplookforpeopleunderbuildings.Thatmaynotseem

possiblenow,butcomputers,spacerocketsandevenelectric

toothbrushesseemedimpossibleahundredy