【正文】 4) based upon : 基于 , 根據(jù) 在句中做定語 8. As we have already said, technological innovations are being made 1) at faster and faster rates . The future will be 2) even more revolutionary than the past. Will we, as a species, survive the revolutions tha。 see the skilled employee as a godsend. see the new salesman as a threat to his territory 3) it is in the nature of science to question, and it is in the nature of human beings not to want to question the things they believe in. : It 作動詞不定式的形式主語。 2) see … as : consider … as 認為 … … 類似短語 :accept…as… / interpret…as… / regard…as… / view…as… / look on…as… /take…as… / perceive…as…( 把 … 理解為 … ) / label…as… / describe…as… 把 … 描述成 … 。 10) to be exact 確切地說 It’s about two o’clock— three minutes and thirtyfive seconds past, to be exact. 11) catch one’s breath 喘口氣 :We sat down over coffee to catch our breath. 3. Change was not always this rapid. Certain important inventions, like the telephone, the airplane, the automobile , and the radio, had been invented 1) by 1914, but the 2) effects of these inventions upon the lives of ordinary citizens were not felt until many years later. We now have the technology to develop machines before people are ready to use them . For example , we have the technology to enable people to pay their bills by phone—but even people with phones resist. The change is 3) too much too fast. People don’t want to talk to machines, especially if the machines talk back to them. (The main idea: When the change is too fast, people resist it.) 4。 Ex1. choose the best answer Give students some time to look through all these multiple choices, then let them listen to the talk for the first time in order to get a general understanding and try to finish this exercise. At last, listen again and check. Ex2. Why scientific research? First, let students be familiar with the questions . Then listen to the talk with pause where necessary and take notes. Finally, listen for the second time and answer the questions. Ex3. Qs for discussion (discuss in small groups) ? Is it right to kill animals in doing scientific research? Why? Students’ opinions: (for reference) There is no right or wrong in doing scientific research. The purpose of it is to find out some truth about certain things for social advance. It is right to kill animals for scientific research .If not, how can we find out the truth? It is wrong to kill animals for research work. Animals are just like human beings. We should pass some animal protection laws. Anyone who disobeys those laws will be found guilty and punished. Students’ assignments: Memorize useful expressions Preview Too Fast? Period 5 amp。 令人沮喪 。 4 A. Objectives: a. get deeper understanding of the theme in this unit by doing ListeningCentered Activities b. master some oral expressions c. imitate typical pronunciation 13 d. improve the power of listening B. Procedures: a. Let students do pretest altogether. b. Part two ListeningCentered Activities Listening 1 Some key words: dinosaur n. 恐龍 。 TextRetelling let students read the whole passage by themselves and retell the main idea in class. Students’ assignments 1) Memorize the words amp。 to prosper in business生意持續(xù)地繁榮發(fā)展 thrive 通常指在某種條件下 ‖旺盛地發(fā)展或者生長 ‖ These plants thrive only in acid soil. 這種植物只能酸性土壤中才能茂盛地生長。 [考點 ] succeed, prosper, thrive, flourish 辨析 : succeed 泛指 成功 。 [常用搭配 ] propose to do sth 企圖； 欲 propose to sb 求婚 propose a motion 提出一項動議 prosperity , 成功 ,興旺 ,昌盛 [記憶法 ] 同根詞 prosper v. 成功，興隆 , 昌盛 。 Innovation n. 新方法 , 新辦法 , 革新 [構詞記憶法 ] innovate v. 改革 , 創(chuàng)新 innovator n. 改革者 , 革新者 innovationist n. 主張革新者 , 改革派 innovative a. 創(chuàng)新的 11 propose v. 建議 。 Contradictory 反駁的 ,反對的，contradictive 抵觸的 ,傾向于矛盾的 convert v. change from one form or use to another 使轉化 [記憶法 ] conversion 轉變 。意思為：分批處理 [常用搭配 ] a batch of orders 大量訂單 ； a batch production 批量生產 a batch of bread 一爐 面包 bewildering a. confusing 使人困惑的， 令人混亂的 [記憶法 ] 由動詞 bewilder 加 ing 構成 bloom v. produce flowers (使 )開花 , (使 )繁榮 n. 花 , 旺盛 , 青春 [記憶法 ] bloom + ing a. 盛開的 This plant blooms during May and June. The roses are in full bloom. 玫瑰花 盛開。 ★ adapt v. 使適應 , adopt v. 采納 , 收養(yǎng) agricultural a. 農業(yè)的 同詞根記憶： agriculture 農業(yè) , agriculturist 農業(yè)學家 array n. a group, or collection of things 一系列 。 2 A. Objectives: 3) Let students know that knowledge increases geometrically today. 4) Changes e so fast that some occupations begin to vanish or bee no longer useful. 5) The scientists talk about people’s remarkably adaptable nature, but there is a limit to everyone’s ability to adapt. 6) The consequences of new inventions and creations can also give birth to conflicts 4 of people’s belief. 7) Science is a method of looking at the world, a method that ignores religious, race, nationality, economics, morality and ethics. 8) Science can’t provide all the answers to many questions because sometimes it belongs to a moral or political category. 7) Science, to some degree, can bring about a lot of disasters to people, but actually, science is merely a servant. It is we human beings who make some disasters by using them incorrectly B. Procedures: a. Background Information i. Definition of science Science is knowledge of facts, laws and relationships that is obtained through systematic observation and experimentation. ii. Illustration of sciences Natural sciences include : biology, geology, chemistry, physics, maths, astronomy, geography that we think the exact sciences. Sociology: Scientific study of the nature and development of society and social behavior. Psychology: Scie