一、词组或短语
序号 Chinese English
1 在许多方面 in many ways
在某些方面 in some ways
2 照顾；照料 care for = take care of = look after
被照顾；照料 be cared for = be taken care of = be looked after
3 火星上的生活 life on Mars
4 够到我的食物 get to my food
5 能够做某事 be able to do sth.
6 帮助某人做某事 help sb. with sth.=help sb. (to) do sth.
7 呈现药片的形状 in the form of pills
8 使某人感到非常难受 make sb. feel very ill
9 使某人镇定下来 make sb. calm down
10 使这人梦想成为现实 make this dream become true
11 提供某物给某人 provide sb. with sth. = provide sth. for sb.
12 变得越来越拥挤 become more and more crowded
13 目前；现在 at present = at the moment = now
14 以…….速度 at the speed of …
以光速的一半运行 travel at half the speed of light
15 首先 first of all
16 许多 large numbers of = a number of = many
17 漂入太空中 float away into space
18 飘浮在空中 float in the air
19 因住在那里而生病 get ill from living there
20 将A连接到B上面 connect A to B
将A和B相连接 connect A with B
21 被连接到…… be connected to …
22 进行考试 take exams
23 和…….一样美味 as tasty as …
24 压缩食品；干缩食品 dried food
25 数码相机 digital camera
26 伤害某人 do harm to sb. = harm sb.
损伤某物 do harm to sth.= harm sth.
27 去火星的旅行 the journey to Mars
28 太空睡袋 space sleeping bag
29 准备做某事 prepare to do sth.
30 愿意做某事 be willing to do sth.
31 在太空旅行 travel in space
32 在地球的表面 on the surface of Earth
33 在电脑的控制下 under the control of computers
34 以…….开始 start with…= begin with…
35 搬到地球之外 move out of Earth
36 第一个住在火星上的人 the first to live on Mars
37 让某人做某事 have/make/let sb. do sth.
请某人做某事（让某事被做） have sth. done
38 担心（做某事） worry about (doing) sth.
= be worried about (doing) sth.
39 某事让某人担心 sth. worry sb.
40 害怕做某事 be afraid of doing sth. = be afraid to do sth.
41 让某人远离……. keep sb. away from ….
42 花费某人一些时间做某事 It takes sb. some time to do sth.
43 阻止某人做某事 keep/stop/prevent sb. from doing sth.
44 防止飘浮 prevent floating
45 拍高质量的图片 take high-quality images
46 有许多存储空间 have lots of memory space
47 被储存很多个月 be stored for many months
48 地球直径的一半 one-half the diameter of Earth
49 不太阳系里 in the solar system
50 很难发现 be hard to find
51 最不重要的 the least important
52 代替…….(动词短语) take the place of ….
53 坐在窗户旁边 sit by the window
54 匆匆浏览；快速阅读 run over
55 值 be worth = cost
值得做某事 be worth doing sth.
56 2100年火星生活指南 a guide to living on Mars in 2100
57 某个安静的地方 somewhere quiet
58 更喜欢做某事 prefer to do sth.
59 起飞 take off
60 确信某事；对某事有把握 be sure/certain of
确信做某事；有把握做某事 be sure/certain to do sth.
be sure/certain _+ that 宾从
二、重点句子及句型：
1.How do you like life on Mars?= What do you think of life on Mars?
2.I thought you liked Mars. 我原以为你喜欢火星。
3.Daniel is thinking about what life will be like in the future.
4.It may be difficult to imagine.
5.Our planet, Earth, is becoming more and more crowded and polluted.
6.At present, our spacecraft are too slowly to carry large numbers of people to Mars-it takes months.
7.By 2100, the journey might take only a very short time in space shuttles (that travel at half the speed of light.)
8.Humans need food, water and air to survive.
9.However, it is not sure if these plants could produce water.
10.The gravity on Mars is only about three-eighths of the gravity on Earth.
★11.There will be many different designs for settlers to choose from.
12.Every student will have a computer at home (connecting to an inter-planet computer network.)
13.I am wondering if/whether there will be many people willing to move to Mars.
14.We could get ill from living there.
15.50% of the students would like to move out of Earth.
16.It worries me.
★17. It would be great to have robots do all the work for us.
18.It takes Mars about two years to revolve completely around the sun.
19.The surface of Mars is more like the surface of Earth than any other planet in our solar system.
20.A very popular form of entertainment is online games.
21.Things from Earth are hard to find.= It is hard to find thing from Earth.
22.She’s too nervous to relax.
23.Robots could be the first to live on Mars.机器人可能是第一批生活在火星上的（人）。
24.We will be cared for by robots.
25.Food will be in the form of pills.
三、语法：(详见课本上笔记)
1.掌握can, could, may, might 四个情态动词在表示请求时的用法。
2.宾语从句。（注意：时态、语序、人称三个方面）
①that引导陈述句的宾语从句。在口语中常省略。
②if/whether引导由一般疑问句转变而来的宾语从句。（要用陈述句语序并注意if/whether的区别）