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1、Unit 3Life in the future【导语】未来对于我们每一个人来说都充满了神秘。如果我们能够预知未来那将是多么奇妙的事，这应该是我们每一个人都很向往的事情。我们能否做到呢？Its impossible to know the future.We can guess，but no one has actual knowledge of whats going to happen down the road.But if youre someone who trusts her/his feelings，youre more likely to accurately predict
2、future events than people who dont trust their feelings as much.Thats the conclusion of a recent study done by researchers at Columbia Business School.Through a series of eight studies they found that subjects who had a high amount of trust in their feelings were generally better able to predict thi
3、ngs like the outcomes of presidential elections，football games，the winner of American Idol，and even the weather.How is this possible，you ask?The best explanation is known as the“privileged window” hypothesis.The gist is that when we rely on feelings to make a prediction，were really summarizing and c
4、alling on everything we know about the subject in question.Its similar to what journalist Malcolm Gladwell wrote about in his best-selling book Blink that the more we know about something the greater our ability to make snap judgments and predictions without thinking too much.Unlike Gladwells theory
5、，though，the recent study is less about snap decisions and more about consciously deciding to rely on feelings to make predictions.Do that，and youre more likely to be able to sense what may happen in the future.【词海拾贝】1accurately adv.正确无误地，准确地；精确地2predict vt.预言，预测3presidential adj.总统的，首长的4privilege vt
6、.给予特权5hypothesis n假说，假设；猜想，猜测6gist n(之)要点，主旨，梗概，要义7snap adj.容易的；仓促的8consciously adv.有意识地；自觉地【问题思考】1Under what condition，are you more likely to predict future events according to the study？(no more than 10 words)_答案：If you are someone who trusts her/his feelings.2According to the studies，list the thi
7、ngs mentioned in the passage those who trust their feelings can predict.(no more than 18 words)_答案：The outcomes of presidential elections，football games，the winner of American Idol，and even the weather.3What kind of result can we get according to the book Blink？(no more than 20 words)_答案：The more we
8、 know about something the greater our ability to make snap judgments and predictions without thinking too much.为单词选择正确的释义1constantA先前的；早先的2previous B乘务员3steward C按，压；新闻4press D生态；生态学5ecology E原料；材料6motivation F动机7material G贪吃的；贪心的8greedy H时常发生的答案：1.H2.A3.B4.C5.D6.F7.E8.G.根据所给汉语提示写出单词1_n通路；开口2_adv.往一
9、侧；侧着3_n周围的事物；环境4_n调整；调节5_n面具；面罩6_n运输工具；四轮马车7_vt.&vi.(使)闪光；(使)闪现8_n开关；转换vt.转换9_n沙漠；荒原10_n市民；公民答案：1.opening2.sideways3.surroundings4adjustment5.mask6.carriage7.flash8.switch9.desert10.citizen.根据英语释义写出单词1_：particular part or feature of sth being considered2_：go with sb and show the way to a place3_：all
10、ow sth that one dislikes or disagrees with without interfering4_：be without sth；have less than enough of 5_：secure or fix sth firmly6_：give or send out a brief bright light7_：feeling doubt about sth not clear，definite8_：an idea，a feeling or an opinion that you get about sb/sth答案：1.aspect2.guide3.tol
11、erate4.lack5.fasten6flash7.uncertain8.impression.选用短语的适当形式填空1I watched the plane go higher and higher until I _ it.答案：lost sight of2The film _ me _ what I had seen in the United States.答案：remindedof3Jane _ the bits of paper and broken glass when we came in.答案：was sweeping up4The mouse _ its hole.答案：
12、slid into5She _ the piano when she was five.答案：took up6To _，he does exercise very often.答案：be back on his feet.领会句子所用的句型并译成汉语1Worried_about_the_journey，I was unsettled for the first few days._答案：我很担心这次旅行，所以头几天我心里总是不踏实。2The air seemed thin，as_though its combination of gases had little oxygen left._答案
13、：空气似乎很稀薄，好像在混合的气体中剩下很少的氧气。3However，I lost sight of Wang Ping when we reached what_looked_like_a_large_market because of too many carriages flying by in all directions._答案：但是，当我们到达一个看上去像是大市场的地方时，由于很多来自四面八方的气垫车从身边飞过，我看不见王平了。4Exhausted，I slid into bed and fell fast asleep._答案：实在累坏了，我溜上床很快就睡着了。First impressions课文表层理解.判断正(T)误(F)1The writer has been used to the life for the first few days in AD 3008.(F)2The seats were comfortable in the capsule.(T
