1、Unit 20New Frontiers见过这样的汽车吗？不“喝”汽油，专“吃”咖啡渣。跟着下面的文章，一起体验一下这种新型环保汽车吧！If youve ever wondered what people could do with those annoying used coffee grounds(渣滓)，engineers in the UK have come up with an answer：use them as gas for your car!Engineer Martin Bacon and a group of volunteers from Teesdale Conse
2、rvation in Durham，England，have been hard at work making those coffee grounds into something special：gas for a speedy coffeepowered car.The car ran entirely on coffee grounds and broke the world speed record for a car powered by organic waste.The coffee car，an adapted Rover SD1，averaged 66.5 mph，brea
3、king the previous record of 47 mph achieved by a US.team which built a car fuelled by wood pellets(木质颗粒燃料)Engineer Martin Bacon，with his team，removed all the equipment from the old car and refitted it with an onboard wood gas generator(发动机)system，which turns waste coffee grounds into energy to drive
4、 the engine.Mr.Bacon said the car could run 100 miles on 10 kg of coffee grounds，collected from two local cafes.The car is not the first to be powered by coffee，though Mr.Bacon and his team based the design of the Rover on a white coffeepowered Volkswagen Scirocco built for the BBCs science show Ban
5、g Goes The Theory.That car was driven from London to Manchester in March 2010 and it now holds the Guinness World Record for the longest distance driven by a car powered by waste material.Host of Bang Goes The Theory explained that the cars demonstrate an alternative(可能的选择)to powering engines using
6、petrol.One day，when a strong cup of coffee wakes you up in the morning，you can use the coffee grounds to drive to work.1do with 处理；对待2come up with 提出3organic adj. 有机的4base. on. 以为基础5demonstrate v. 说明；证实1What fuel is used to drive the engine of a car built by a US. team?_2How far can the car run with
7、 20 kg of coffee grounds to power?_【答案】1.By wood pellets.2.200 miles.Section Warmup & FuturologyPreparing根据提示写出下列单词1_ n质量；物质2_ n. 放射；辐射3_ n. 全体机组人员4_ vt. 帮助；协助5_ adj. 技术上的6_ n. 消遣；娱乐7_ n. 后者8_ n. 事业；企业9_ vi. 点击10_ adj. 方便使用的11_ adv. 不久；很快12_ vt. 下载13_ vt. 更新14_ adj. 无污迹的15_ adj. 磨损的16_ n. 饥饿17_ n. 歧
8、视；识别力18_ n. 争执；冲突19_ n. 平等20_ vt. 评估；评价21_ adj. 电子的22_ n. 开端；拂晓23_ adj. 数字式的24_ n. 专家【答案】1.mass2.radiation3.crew4.assist5.technical6.recreation7.latter8.enterprise9.click10.handy11.shortly12.download13update14.stainless15.worn16.starvation17discrimination18.conflict19.equality20assess21.electronic22
9、.dawn23.digital24.specialist根据提示补全下列短语1look _调查；了解；向里看2be based _ 以为基础3_ peace 平静地4carry _ 实施；执行5link._. 把连接起来6_ fun 开玩笑地；闹着玩地7live _ 继续生活或存在；以为主食8die _ 死于9_ longer 不再10be suitable _ 适合【答案】1.into2.on3.in4.out5.to6.for7on8.of9.no10.for根据提示补全下列教材原句1_，the clothing industry _ new types of material that
10、will remain stainless no matter what you spill on them.到2015年，服装行业将生产出新型的材料，不管你将什么东西洒在这些材料上，都不会留下污点。2Red wine stains will no longer ruin clothes.Garments will also be _ they will never get old or worn.红酒渍将不再毁掉衣物。衣服也将会结实耐穿，永远不会变旧或磨损。3Tiny，insectlike robots may be sent around the cells of our bodies t
11、o assess our health and carry out repairs to _人们可以把微小的、形似昆虫的机器人放置于人体的细胞周围，让其评估我们的健康状况和进行修复工作，以维持我们的健康。4By the year 2030，development in biochemistry and medical science will have _ for at least 150 years.到2030年，从理论上讲，生物化学和医学的发展将使人类活到至少150岁成为可能。5By the middle of the century，computers that are _ us wil
12、l have been developed.到本世纪中叶，比人类还要聪明几百万倍的计算机就会问世。【答案】1.By the year 2015；will have produced2so strong that3.keep us healthy4.made it theoretically possible for us to live5.millions of times smarter than阅读P20课文，从四个选项中选择最佳答案1Which people of the following can be called futurologists?APeople who like to
13、read fantasy stories.BPeople who write about the future themselves.CPeople who plan the future for a living.DPeople who think about the future just for fun.2What was the most common theme in science fiction novels in 19th century?AAdventure.BFuture.CLove.DHistory.3The futurologists will hold a semin
14、ar，aiming to_Ado a research about futureBsolve some problems about energy and natural sourcesCstudy the chances of people setting on other planetsDdiscuss the endless possibilities of the future4Why will many people want to attend the seminar?ABecause they are curious about the future.BBecause they
15、want to make friends with futurologists.CBecause they dream of starting new enterprises based on the predictions made by futurologists.DBecause they can make a fortune at the seminar.5What is the prediction by the middle of the century?AA new type of electronic human might have developed.BNo one wil
16、l die of starvation.CGarments will be so strong that they will never get old and worn.DTiny，insectlike robots may be send around the cells of our bodies.【答案】15CBDCA阅读P20课文，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式Nowadays, masses of people wonder about the future.Some imagine 1._ the world will be like in the fu
17、ture.Some authors even predicted things that have since happened.However, for some people, 2._(think) about the future is not just for fun. They plan the future of the world for a living, 3._ are called futurologists. A seminar will 4._ (hold) at Newcastle this weekend. Lots of people will attend it
18、 with the hope of starting new enterprises 5._ (base) on the predictions they will hear at the meeting. I clicked into the websites of a few futurologists and learnt some 6._ (predict). Here are some：By the year 2025, no one will die of 7._ (starve) because there will be food for everyone.By the yea
19、r 2030, people can live for at least 150 years.Tiny robots may 8._ (send) around the cells of our bodies to assess our health and carry out repairs to keep us 9._ (health)In the next few years，computers will become 10._ (handy)【答案】1.what2.thinking3.who4.be held5.based6.predictions7.starvation8.be sent9.healthy10.handier
