Unit 7 Will people have robots
1、必背短语。
1.在电脑上
on computers
2.在纸上
on paper
3.活到200岁
live to be 200 years old
4.在100年后
in 100 years
5.空闲时间
free time
6.处于极大的危险中
be in great danger
7.在地球上
on the earth
8.参与做某事
play a part in doing sth
9.在将来
in the future
10. 太空站
space station
11.帮忙做家务
help with housework
12. 多次地，反复地
over and over again
13.这样的工作
such jobs
14. 感到厌烦
get bored
15.看起来像
look like
16. 能，会
be able to
17.醒来，唤醒
wake up
18. 不同意某意见
disagree with
19.数以百计的
hundreds of
20.突然倒下,倒塌
fall down
21.寻
look for
22.作为一名记者
as a reporter
23.度假，休假
take a holiday
24.有一天
one day
25.更少的空闲时间
less free time
26.更多的污染
more pollution
27.搬到某地
move to
28.养一只鸟
keep a bird
二、重点结构
1.will+动词原形                                  将要做……
2.fewer/more+可数名词复数                      更少/更多……
less/more+不可数名词                          更少/更多……
3.have to do sth.不得不做某事（客观）          must 必须（主观）
4.agree with sb.                                    同意某人的意见
5.There will be + 主语+其他                      将会有……
=There be going to be…
6.There is/are +sb./sth.+doing sth.                    有……正在做某事
7.make sb. do sth.                                  使某人做某事
8.help sb. with sth.                                帮助某人做某事 
9.What will the future be like ?                    未来将会是什么样子？
10.Which side do you agree with ?                    你同意哪一方的观点？
【教材内容解析】
Section A
1. Do you think there will be robots in people’s homes? (P. 49)
本句是主从复合句，从句为宾语从句，如果do you think放在句中，则为插入语，放在特殊疑问词后面，结构为：疑问词+do you think+主语+谓语+其它。
例句：Which do you think is the best movie theatre?
2. People will live to be 200 years old. (P. 49)
live to be+基数词+years old意为“活到……岁”。
例句：In the story, people will live to be 500 years old.
weight的用法及短语
3. Will people use money in 100 years? (P. 49)
“in+一段时间”表示“在……之后”或“在……之内”，通常用于一般将来时，常用来回答how soon的提问；“for+一段时间”则表示持续多长时间，用来回答how long的提问。
例句：The film will begin in two minutes.
例句：They have lived here for three years.
4. What’s your prediction about the future? (P. 50)
future作名词，表示“将来、未来”，in the future表示“在将来”。
例句：Who knows what will happen in the future.
5. I don’t think so. (P. 50)
I don’t think so表示“我不这么认为”，肯定形式为I think so。
例句：---Look at the cloud. It is going to rain.
例句：---I don’t think so. It will be sunny soon.
【拓展】类似的结构还有：I hope so“我希望如此”，I hope not“我希望不是这样”，I’m afraid so“恐怕如此”，I’m afraid not“恐怕不是这样的”。
6. So what will the future be like? (P. 50) 
like可以用来提问外貌、情形，也可以用来提问某人性格或者品质。
例句：---What’s Tom like?
例句：---He is funny.
7. There will be fewer trees and the environment will be in great danger. (P. 50) 
in danger表示“处于危险中”，out of danger意为“脱离危险”。
例句：He is in danger now.
例句：Some animals are out of danger.
8. Will we have to move to other planets? (P. 50) 
other作形容词，意为“别的、其它的”。
例句：There are other ways to do this exercise.
【拓展】other, the other, another, others和the others辨析
other: 意为“别的、其它的”，常用来修饰可数名词。
the other: 表示“两者中另一个”，是特指；the other之后也可以加复数名词，特指“其它的”。
another: 表示“三者中另一个”。
others: 用作代词，泛指“其他的人或物”是复数概念。
the others: 特指在一个整体中的“其余的人或物（全部）”。
例句：We study Chinese, English, Math and other subjects.
例句：There are three people in the room. One is a girl and the other two are boys.
例句：You should think of others.
例句：There are fifty-five students in our class. Thirty of us are girls and the others are boys.
9. Everyone should play a part in saving the earth. (P. 50)
play a part in意为“参与……、在……中发挥作用”，后接名词、代词或者动名词作宾语。
例句：Mr. Black doesn’t play a part in the discussion.
Section B
1. space station (P. 52) 
space用作不可数名词，表示“太空、空间”，意为“空间”时，相当于room，make space/room for表示“为……腾出位置”。
例句：Will people be able to live in space in the future?
例句：There isn’t much space on the bus.
2. Will robots think like humans in the future? (P. 53) 
human用作名词，意为“人、人类”，相当于human being，复数形式为humans。
例句：Dogs can hear better than humans.
3. Today there are already robots working in factories. (P. 53)
(1) “There be+sb./sth.+doing sth.”意为“有某人/某物正在做某事”。
例句：There are some boys standing on the playground.
(2) already作副词，表示“已经”，一般用于肯定句中，用于疑问句中时，表示惊讶的语气。
例句：They continued working, though it was already midnight.
4. Some can help to build cars, and they do simple jobs over and over again. (P. 53)
over and over again意为“反复地、一次又一次地”。
例句：He thanked me over and over again.
5. For example, scientists James White thinks that robots will never be able to wake up and know where they are. (P. 53)
wake up表示“醒来、喊醒”。
例句：Every day I wake up at six o’clock.
例句：Please wake up your younger sister.
6. But many scientists disagree with Mr. White. (P. 53)
disagree为不及物动词，反义词是agree，disagree with sb.意为“不同意某人”。
例句：I disagree with you about this.
7. However, they agree it may take hundreds of years. (P. 53)