1、Comprehending &Detailed reading,Unit 3 Reading (2),Read the text carefully and in pairs answer these questions.,1. Why did Liu Qiang go into the future?2. How did he feel when he left his own time?,Because he had won a prize that gave him a tour.,He felt rather anxious when he left his own time but
2、soon got it over.,3. How did he get to the year 3008? 4. What did he notice first when he arrived in AD 3008?5. What else did he find that was different?,The first thing he noticed was the poor quality of the air and it gave him a headache.,He found several things that were different.,He went by tim
3、e capsule.,Go through the first two paragraphs quickly, then answer the following questions:,1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3008? 2. What is a “time lag”? 3. How did I feel when I was in the capsule ?,4. Who guides my trip? 5. Why did my guide give me some tablets? 6. Who tran
4、sported us to the future?,1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3008? I took up the prize I won the year before. 2. What is a “time lag”? “Time lag means a person gets flashbacks from his previous time period.,3. How did I feel when I was in the capsule ? The seats in the capsule are
5、 very comfortable.4. Who guided my trip? My friend Wang Ping was my guide to the future.,5. Why did my guide give me some tablets? The tablets could help me feel less nervous and uncertain. 6. Who transported us to the future? Wang Pings parents company transported us to the future.,Find out the Chi
6、nese meaning of the expressions,take up my prizerub my eyes to remind myself thatsweep upas a resultbe similar tofeel nervous and uncertaintransport sb. into the futureslide into,Please go through the third paragraph, then try to answer the following questions.,1. How did Li Qiang feel as soon as he
7、 landed in the future? 2. How did Wang Ping solve this problem?,3. What do you think has cause this kind of problem?,1. How did Li Qiang feel as soon as he was transported to the year AD 3008?2. How did Wang ping solve this problem?,He felt that he was lack of fresh air. The air was very thin.,He ga
8、ve me a mask to put on and hurried me to rest.,3. What do you think has caused this kind of problem? Now we are causing more and more pollution to the nature, and this will cause serious problems to the life in the future. This may be the cause of the lack of fresh air in the future.,new surrounding
9、sbe hit by the lack of fresh airas thoughhurry me through to a roomin no timein all directionsjust at that momentcatch sight of,Find out the Chinese meaning of the expressions.,Read the fourth paragraph carefully, then answer the following questions.,What did Wang Pings house look like?2. What was t
10、he green wall made of ? Whats the purpose of building this kind of green wall?,1. What did Wang Pings house look like? His house is a large bright, clean room. It had a green wall, a brown floor and soft lighting.,2. What was the green wall made of ? Whats the purpose of building this kind of green
11、wall? The green wall was made of trees. The leaves of the trees will provide much-needed oxygen to the house.,soft lightingmuch-neededflash a switchspread some food on the table,Find out the Chinese meaning of the expressions,Summary,Write down the main idea for each paragraph in your own words. The
12、n add the important details.,Details: my prize, my excitement,Details: how I felt, the spaceship, the journey,Details: little oxygen, masks to provide oxygen, hoveringcarriage, how to drive them, a “time lag” moment,Details: appearance of house, trees as walls, where furniture stored, ate meal, prep
13、ared for sleep,Language points,1. I still cannot believe that I am taking up this prize that I won last year. take up: 拿起； 开始； 从事；继续,She took up the narrative where John had left off. 她接著讲约翰未讲完的故事。When did he take up football? 他是什么时候开始踢足球的? The piano takes up a lot of room.钢琴占了房间很大一块地方。Researches re
14、ally take up lots of time and energy.研究工作确实耗费很多时间和精力。,2. Hit by a lack of fresh air, my head ached. lack: n. 缺乏, 无He is good at his job but he seems to lack confidence. 他工作不错, 但似乎缺乏信心。 lack: v. 缺乏, 不足 I dont seem to lack anything. 我好像什么也不缺。,3. However, I lost sight of Wang Ping when we reached what
15、looked like a large market lose sight of: 看不见 .了; 忽略了 I watched the plane go higher and higher until I lost sight of it. 我一直看着飞机飞得越来越高, 一会儿就看不见了。 In the heat of the argument we mustnt lose sight of our main purpose. 在辩论得激烈的时候, 我们不应忘掉我们的主要目的。,4. Exhausted, I slid into bed and fell fast asleep. slide
16、into: (快速而无声地)移动；溜进 不知不觉地陷入(不知不觉地染上) The thief slid into the room. 小偷溜进房间。He slid a gun into his pocket.他把枪悄悄放进口袋。We mustnt slide into complacency.我们决不可产生自满情绪.,5. I felt better in no time. 我立刻感到舒服多了。 in no time: very quickly 立刻，马上They will be back in no time.,开放思维：at a time 依次，逐一 from time to time 偶
17、尔，间或at one time 从前 in good time及时地, 迅速地 for a time 暂时 time after time 屡次，一再,Discovering useful words and expressions,2. Combine a verb from the left box with a word from the right box. Write down the verb phrases in the blanks. Then use them to complete the sentences.,1. search for,2. take up,3. sli
18、de into,4. sweep up,5. press down,1. search for,2. swept up,3. pressed down,4. sweep up,5. took up,6. slid into,Suggested answers for Ex. 2:,3. Complete this advertisement choosing these words in their proper forms.,opportunities,constantly,stewardesses,previous,adjustment,tolerate,take up,Suggested answers for Ex. 2:,lose sight of,link,bent,Homework,Finish exercises on page 56. Review the reading passage and find out the sentences with past participles used as the adverbial.,
