1. What will life be like in the future? 未來(lái)的生活會(huì)是什么樣子? (p.41 Warming Up)
What ...like? “……像什么/怎么樣/什么樣子?”，此處like是介詞，其賓語(yǔ)是what。
如：① What's the weather like there? 那兒的天氣怎么樣?
② What's your teacher like? 你老師是怎樣一個(gè)人?
2. What happened to the people on the earth? 地球上的人出什么事了? (p.42 Listening Ex.3)
happen to“某人/某物發(fā)生了什么事，怎么了”。
如：① That autumn something unfortunate happened to my family. 那年秋天，我家發(fā)生了一件不幸的事。
② What finally happened to the poor boy? 這可憐的男孩后怎么了?
③ What has happened to your leg?你的腿怎么了?
④What has happened to the recorder?錄音機(jī)怎么了?
3. It would be wonderful if (I had more free time)! 假如 (我有更多的自由時(shí)間)，那該多好啊! (p.43 Useful expression_rs)
什么是虛擬語(yǔ)氣?虛擬語(yǔ)氣表示說(shuō)話人的主觀愿望、猜測(cè)、建議或與事實(shí)不符的假設(shè)等，也可以表示可能性較小或不可能發(fā)生的情況，虛擬語(yǔ)氣常用于復(fù)合句中。上句是一個(gè)含有條件狀語(yǔ)從句的復(fù)合句，主句和從句的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞使用了虛擬語(yǔ)氣，表示“與現(xiàn)在事實(shí)相反的”一種假設(shè)。那么，當(dāng)說(shuō)話人想表示“與現(xiàn)在事實(shí)相反的”假設(shè)時(shí)，主句和條件狀語(yǔ)從句的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞的“模版形式”是怎樣的呢?請(qǐng)觀察如下，
如：① If I were you, I wouldn't accept her suggestion. 如果我是你，我不會(huì)接受她的建議。
② If I knew the answer to the question, I should (would) tell you. 如果我知道問(wèn)題的答案，我會(huì)告訴你的。
③ If he were here, he might talk with you. 如果他在這兒，他可能會(huì)跟你談?wù)劦摹?br>④ If I didn't do exercise every day, I wouldn't be so strong. 如果我不每天鍛煉，我是不會(huì)這么強(qiáng)壯的。
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4. One way to catch a glimpse of the future is to examine some of the major trends in contemporary society. 瞥一眼未來(lái)是什么樣子的辦法之一是考察一下當(dāng)今社會(huì)的主要傾向。(p.43 Reading ‘Life in the future’ 第2行)
(1) to catch a glimpse意為“看一眼;瞥見(jiàn)”。在句中作one way的定語(yǔ);
to examine some of the major trends in contemporary society作表語(yǔ)。
① I caught a glimpse of our new neighbor. 我只看過(guò)一眼我們的新鄰居。
② I glimpsed her among the crowd. 我瞥見(jiàn)她在人群當(dāng)中。
③ The man glimpsed the thief climbing out of the window. 那人瞥見(jiàn)小偷從窗戶爬出來(lái)。
(2) major (adj. & n. & vi.)主要的，較大的，主修的;major in主修。
如：① The major aim of the air raid was the complete destruction of all means of communica- tions by bombing. 空襲的主要目的是通過(guò)轟炸徹底摧毀敵人的通訊設(shè)施。
② Cities, such as Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou are major cities in China. 像上海、北京和廣州等城市是中國(guó)的主要城市。
③ Physics was his major subject in the university. 物理是他大學(xué)的主修課。
④ He is a history major. 他是主修歷史的學(xué)生。
⑤ He majors in physics. 他主修物理。
5. A good example of how transportation is changing is the new maglev train，which is environmentally friendly, energy-saving and travels at an amazing speed of 430 km/h. 交通工具是如何變化的一個(gè)很好的例子就是新興的磁懸浮火車(chē)，這種火車(chē)既友好于周?chē)�環(huán)境，又節(jié)能，并且以每小時(shí)430公里的驚人速度行駛。(p.43 Reading ‘Transportation’ 第4行)
(1) 句中how transportation is changing (交通工具是如何變化的) 作介詞of的賓語(yǔ)從句;which is…and travels…430 km/h是限制性定語(yǔ)從句，其先行詞是train。amaze (vt.) 使驚奇，使吃驚;amazing (adj.) 令人驚異的;amazed (人) 驚異的，驚愕的。如：
① Her knowledge amazes me. 她的學(xué)識(shí)令我吃驚。
② Visitors were amazed at the achievements of the city during the past ten years. 參觀者對(duì)這城市過(guò)去十年中的成就感到驚奇。
③ I was amazed by the news of George's sudden death. 聽(tīng)到喬治突然去世的消息，我感到驚愕。
④ What an amazing painting! 多么了不起的一幅油畫(huà)啊!
(2) at a speed of ...以……的速度
The car is racing at a frightening speed of 200 m/h. 這輛小汽車(chē)以每小時(shí)200英里的嚇人速度飛馳著。
6. Many companies and consumers have already begun reforming the way they do business. 許多公司 和消費(fèi)者已經(jīng)開(kāi)始改革他們之間的交易形式。(p.43 Reading ‘Business’ 第1行)
(1) reforming the way they do business是動(dòng)名詞短語(yǔ)作賓語(yǔ)。動(dòng)詞begin的賓語(yǔ)也可用不定式，可改為…begun to reform the way they do business;they do business作名詞way的定語(yǔ)從句。
☆reform ( n. & v.)改革，改進(jìn)，悔改。
如：① The reform and open policy has brought us Chinese people a rich and colourful life. 改革開(kāi)放的政策給我們中國(guó)人民帶來(lái)了富裕和豐富多彩的生活。
② We must reform the outdated rules and regulations. 我們必須改革那些過(guò)時(shí)的規(guī)章制度。
③ He promised to reform if given another chance. 他答應(yīng)只要再給他機(jī)會(huì)就一定悔改。
(2) 名詞way(方法)后面的定語(yǔ)從句的關(guān)系詞可用that代替in which，也可以如上句一樣不用任何關(guān)系詞。再如：
① They way(that/in which)you're doing is completely crazy. 你這么干法，簡(jiǎn)直是發(fā)瘋了。
② I liked the way(that/in which)she organized the meeting. 我喜歡她組織會(huì)議的方法。