教材优化全析
JIAO CAI YOU HUA QUAN XI

Warming up

1.Genetic engineering 遗传工程学
engineering [U] 工程；工程学。例如：
the school of engineering (大学的)工学院
an engineering college 工学院
civil engineering 土木工程
electricalengineering 电机工程
2.Solar energy 太阳能
solar adj. 太阳的；日光的。例如：
a solar spot 太阳黑子
solar battery 太阳能电池
solar eclipse 日食
the solar calendar 阳历
the solar year 阳历年
3.Which one do you think is the most significant?
你认为哪一项成就是意义最重大的？
significant adj. 意义重大的；重要的；有意义的。
例如：
a significant change in the system 制度上的重大改变
a significant event for the country 对于该国有重大意义的事件
4.If so, what?
如果有的话，它们的共同之处是什么呢？
本句为省略句，其完整句子为：If these achievements have anything in common, what is it?
if条件句中常采用省略形式。又如：
Tomorrow will be fine. If so, I’ll go to the seaside.
明天会晴天。如果是这样的话，我就去海边。
Printed on the package are a few words. Complaints, if any, are to be addressed to the manager.
包裹上印了几个字。如果不满意的话，应该向经理去诉说。

Listening

1.That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
这对一个人来说是一小步，对人类来说却是一大步。
Mankind [U] 人类，人（集合用法）。例如：
Is human still progressing?
人类还在进步吗？
This is an invention that benefits mankind.
这是一项造福人类的发明。
Disease is the enemy of mankind.
疾病是人类的敌人。
2.the Constitution of the United States 美国宪法
constitution [C] 宪法，规章，体制。例如：
Britain has an unwritten constitution, and the United States has a written constitution.
英国有不成文的宪法，美国有成文的宪法。


3.Eureka is a word from the Greek language and means I have found it.
Eureka 来自希腊语，意思是我找到了。
eureka interj. 我找到了！例如：
Eureka—a job at last!
我找到了——终于找到工作了！

Speaking

1.You want to develop new technology that will make it possible to grow food with very little water.
你想研发一种新技术，利用这种技术能用较少的水来生产粮食。
句中that从句为定语从句，修饰technology。
make it + adj. /n. + to do 使做某事……例如：
I make it a rule to get up early.
我习惯早起床。
2.You are working on sending a manned spaceship to Mars.
你正在从事向火星发射载人宇宙飞船的研究。
manned adj. “载人的”。是由名词加后缀-ed构成的形容词。-ed意为“有……的”“特有……的”之意。又如：gifted 有才华的，aged 年老的，blessed 受祝福的。

Pre-reading

1.If you wanted to do research or start a company, what kind of support and environment would you need?
如果你想搞研究或创办一家公司的话，需要什么样的支持和环境呢？
该句为虚拟语气，if从句使用动词的过去式，主句使用情态动词would或should+动词原形。表示对现在或未来情况的假设。例如：
If everyone in the country knew first aid, many lives would be saved.
倘若每个国民都懂得急救，那么许多人的生命是可以挽救的。
If I were you, I would go to the party.
要是我是你，我就去参加聚会。
2.Why do scientists spend so much time trying to achieve something?
为什么科学家们花这么多时间想取得某种成就呢？
achieve vt. 实现；完成。例如：
achieve goals 实现目标
achieve one’s purpose 达到目的
achieve success 获得成功
achievevictory 取得胜利
achieve modernization 实现现代化

Reading

1.Whatever great achievements the future may have in store for China, it is likely that many of them will be born in Northwestern Beijing.
无论中国将来会有什么样的伟大成就，其中很多很有可能就诞生在北京的西北部。
（1）in store 就要到来，必将发生。例如：
I have a surprise in store for you.
我有个你意想不到的消息要告诉你。
There are better days in store for you.
有好日子在等着你。
Who knows what the future has in store for us?
谁知道未来等待着我们的是什么？
（2）likely adj. 可能的；预期的。例如：
The train is likely to be late (=It is likely that the train will be late).
这趟火车很可能晚点。
It is very likely that he will not consent.
他很可能不会同意。
She is the most likely girl to win the prize.
她是最有希望得奖的女孩。
I have found a likely house at last.
最后我找到了一间合适的房子。



2.It is home to the Chinese Academy of Sciences and more than ten famous universities
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