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选必一 Unit 2 Looking into the Future | 基础精讲

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💡 🎯 3分钟速览：本单元围绕"展望未来"展开，通过智能家居与是否抗拒新技术两篇文本，掌握描述未来生活、表达预测的表达、将来时态（will / be going to / 将来进行时 / 将来完成时）的用法，以及如何用英语写出一篇观点明确的议论文。

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⭐一、开场引入⭐

科幻作家威廉·吉布森曾说：

💡 "The future is already here — it's just not evenly distributed."

💡 （未来已来，只是尚未均匀分布。）

你有没有想过：十年后的家会是什么样？当我们还在为"出门忘锁门、忘关灯"发愁时，智能家居已经在敲门。本单元带你走进未来家居与技术争论两个真实场景，学习如何用英语谈论未来、表达预测，并写出一篇有态度的议论文。

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⭐二、原文呈现⭐

✏️ 2.1 Smart Homes to Make Life Easier（Reading and thinking）

Have you ever forgotten to lock the door of your house when you leave home each morning, or forgotten to switch off the TV or computer? These kinds of things happen to us all the time, waste resources, and can sometimes lead to problems. However, in the not-too-distant future, we will be living in smart homes that will lock the door for us when we are away and remember to switch off the TV when we forget. These smart homes will keep us secure, save us energy, and provide a more comfortable environment to live in.

Intelligent Controls

Today, we have to use switches for our lights, knobs for our appliances, and remote controls for our TVs and air conditioners. In the future, we will be using advanced technology every day for automatic control of just about everything in our home. The future home will use integrated sensors to tell when to turn on the lights, the air conditioning, and many other things. Your home will also learn your daily routine and preferences, so everything will be ready for you when you get home each evening. Your lights will come on the instant you enter the door along with your favourite music or TV programmes, and you will find your dinner already prepared for you. All controls will respond to voice commands, so if you want to change your routine, you just say aloud what you want and the home system will obey.

Regular Health Checks

In addition, your smart home will be monitoring your health for you every day. Your bed, for example, will record how well you sleep every night. It will also be checking your body weight. If you start to have sleep or weight problems, it will send a warning to your phone. It will also give you suggestions on a healthier diet and how to sleep better. Smart toilets will be keeping constant track of your health as well. They can warn you early on if there is something abnormal or if you have a critical illness, such as cancer, and potentially save your life.

No More Disasters

Smart homes will be able to prevent serious damage from accidents. For example, if a water pipe starts leaking, or if there is a short in the electrical wiring, your smart home will detect it and provide you with the relevant information. This way, you will be able to fix the problem before your home becomes flooded or catches fire.

This smart technology is not a fantasy. Many of these new innovations are already available and being used in some homes. In this sense, the home of tomorrow is already the home of today. Nevertheless, it will take some years before most new homes begin to use this new technology.

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✏️ 2.2 Should We Fight New Technology?

This morning, I saw the shocking headline: "Passenger Dies When Car Crashes in Driverless Mode". In the article, various people said that the public should oppose the idea of developing driverless cars. They said that some advances in technology were unnecessary and could even be dangerous. Hence, we should cease accepting technology just because it is new. The newspaper reported that the car company had already apologised for the accident, but the families of the deceased said it was not enough. Nevertheless, the company still claimed that most people would be travelling in driverless cars one day soon.

On the one hand, there are many different groups of people around the world who live happily in the absence of new technology. Probably the most well-known are the Amish, a group of Christians living in rural America. They do not own or drive cars, watch TV, or use the Internet. They have lived mainly as farmers since the 18th century, and they will probably be living the same way in the distant future. They advocate a simple life with an emphasis on hard work, family, and community. They think that is better than caring about luxuries or following the lives of the rich and famous. It could even be argued that the Amish's quality of life is better since they live in and appreciate the natural environment rather than living in large, polluted cities.

On the other hand, new technology has provided people everywhere with many benefits over the years. For example, the latest weather-tracking computer programmes give people lots of warnings about potential natural disasters, which saves many lives. Moreover, the Internet has made it possible for friends and family to keep in touch easily even if they are on opposite sides of the world. It has also made finding opportunities in life much easier, as it allows people to make larger networks of friends through using social media.

Personally, I have benefited quite a lot from technological advances. I found my career as an AI designer through a social media network. My health monitor, which I wear all the time, has also helped me get into the best shape of my life. Of course, when new technology changes the way we live, it can be a scary prospect. Nevertheless, I will always look on the positive side of change and accept it rather than resist it.

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⭐三、段落解析⭐

✏️ 3.1 智能家居：未来已来

☀️ 第1段：问题与前景

💡 Have you ever forgotten to lock the door... we will be living in smart homes...

- switch off：关掉（电器）

- in the not-too-distant future：在不远的将来

- keep us secure：保障我们的安全

- 本段用两个生活化问句开头，引出"智能家居"将替我们完成锁门、关灯等琐事，并用将来进行时（will be living / will lock / will remember）描绘未来常态。

段落大意：以日常烦恼切入，提出智能家居将在不远的将来让生活更安全、节能、舒适。

☀️ 第2段：智能控制

💡 In the future, we will be using advanced technology... the home system will obey.

- automatic control：自动控制

- integrated sensors：集成传感器

- daily routine and preferences：日常作息与偏好

- respond to voice commands：响应语音指令

段落大意：未来家居靠高级技术实现全自动控制，能学习主人习惯，灯光、音乐、晚餐自动就位，且全部语音操控。

☀️ 第3段：日常健康监测

💡 your smart home will be monitoring your health... potentially save your life.

- monitor：监测

- keep constant track of：持续追踪

- abnormal：异常的

- critical illness：重大疾病（如癌症）

段落大意：智能床、智能马桶全天候监测睡眠、体重与健康，及早预警疾病，甚至挽救生命。

☀️ 第4段：灾难预防

💡 Smart homes will be able to prevent serious damage... before your home becomes flooded or catches fire.

- a short in the electrical wiring：电路短路

- detect：检测、发现

- relevant information：相关信息

段落大意：智能家居能检测漏水、短路等隐患，让用户在火灾或水淹前排除故障。

☀️ 第5段：并非幻想

💡 This smart technology is not a fantasy... it will take some years before...

- not a fantasy：并非幻想

- the home of tomorrow is already the home of today：未来的家就是今天的家

- it will take some years before...：要过好几年才会……

段落大意：许多智能技术已落地应用，但普及仍需数年。

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✏️ 3.2 我们该抗拒新技术吗？

☀️ 第1段：新闻引子与争议

💡 This morning, I saw the shocking headline... accept it rather than resist it.

- driverless：无人驾驶的

- oppose：反对

- cease：停止

- the deceased：死者（deceased 作名词，the + 形容词表一类人）

段落大意：由"无人驾驶车祸"新闻引出"是否该因噎废食、抗拒新技术"的争论。

☀️ 第2段：反方——拒绝技术也自在

💡 On the one hand... the Amish... advocate a simple life...

- in the absence of：在没有……的情况下

- advocate：提倡

- an emphasis on hard work, family, and community：强调勤劳、家庭与社区

- luxuries：奢侈品

段落大意：以美国阿米什人（Amish）为例，说明脱离新技术也能过得幸福、贴近自然。

☀️ 第3段：正方——技术带来福祉

💡 On the other hand... weather-tracking... the Internet... social media.

- benefits：益处

- potential natural disasters：潜在的自然灾害

- keep in touch：保持联系

- make larger networks of friends：拓展交友圈

段落大意：天气预警拯救生命、互联网便利联络，技术整体利大于弊。

☀️ 第4段：作者立场

💡 Personally, I have benefited... accept it rather than resist it.

- benefit from：从……中获益

- a scary prospect：令人害怕的前景

- look on the positive side：看到积极的一面

- resist：抗拒

段落大意：作者现身说法，表明自己选择拥抱变化、接受而非抗拒新技术。

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⭐四、结构概览⭐

✏️ 4.1 两篇文章结构对比

✏️ 4.2 单元语法重点：将来时态（预测与将来动作）

要点提示：

- 描述"未来常态、持续状态"常用将来进行时（will be doing）；

- 议论文中常用 will + 动词原形表达预测；

- 单元写作常用 On the one hand... On the other hand...展现利弊两面。

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⭐五、练习题⭐

✏️ 5.1 词汇检测（1-5题）

1. switch off在文中是什么意思？

A. 打开  

B. 关掉  

C. 切换  

D. 修理

2. 文中 integrated sensors指的是：

A. 集成传感器  

B. 遥控装置  

C. 语音助手  

D. 智能马桶

3. cease的含义最接近：

A. 开始  

B. 停止  

C. 继续  

D. 尝试

4. the deceased在文中指：

A. 死者  

B. 公司  

C. 司机  

D. 记者

5. resist的意思是：

A. 接受  

B. 抗拒、抵制  

C. 理解  

D. 研究

✏️ 5.2 阅读理解（6-10题）

6. 根据课文，智能家居能在你忘记时替你做什么？

A. 做饭和洗衣  

B. 锁门和关电视  

C. 打扫房间  

D. 接送孩子

7. 智能床主要能监测什么？

A. 室内温度  

B. 睡眠质量和体重  

C. 电视节目偏好  

D. 用电量

8. 阿米什人（Amish）拒绝新技术是因为他们：

A. 买不起  

B. 崇尚简朴、贴近自然的生活  

C. 政府禁止  

D. 不会使用

9. 作者认为互联网带来的好处不包括：

A. 亲友便捷联络  

B. 拓展交友网络  

C. 天气预报预警  

D. 替代面对面交流

10. 作者对新技术的总体态度是：

A. 坚决反对  

B. 因噎废食  

C. 拥抱积极变化、接受而非抗拒  

D. 完全无所谓

✏️ 5.3 语法填空（11-15题）

用 will / won't / be going to / 将来时态的适当形式填空。

11. In the future, we __________ (use) advanced technology for automatic control every day.

12. Your smart home __________ (monitor) your health for you every day.

13. If a water pipe starts leaking, the home system __________ (detect) it at once.

14. The company claimed that most people __________ (travel) in driverless cars one day soon.

15. It __________ (take) some years before most new homes begin to use this technology.

✏️ 5.4 句型转换（16-18题）

将下列句子改写为含有将来时态或条件句的表达。

16. We live in smart homes. They lock the door for us.（合并为含将来进行时的句子）

17. A pipe leaks. The home detects it.（用 if 条件句合并）

18. Technology changes our life. It can be scary.（用让步/转折合并为复合句）

✏️ 5.5 翻译与写作（19-20题）

19. 翻译：智能家居能在火灾或水淹发生之前，帮你排除问题。

20. 小写作：请用 80 词左右就"是否应该发展无人驾驶汽车"表达你的观点，至少用一组 On the one hand... On the other hand... 结构。

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2.1 Reading and thinking参考译文及练习

2.1 智能家居，让生活更便捷

你是否曾在清晨出门时忘记锁家门，或是忘了关掉电视、电脑？这类事情时常发生，既浪费能源，有时还会引发麻烦。不过，在不远的将来，我们将住进智能家居：当我们外出时，它会自动锁门；当我们遗忘时，它会记得关掉电视。这些智能家居能保障我们的安全、节约能源，并营造更加舒适的居住环境。

智能控制系统

如今，我们需要用开关控制电灯、旋钮操控家电、遥控器操作电视和空调。未来，我们每天都会运用先进技术，实现家中几乎所有设备的自动控制。未来的住宅会搭载集成传感器，判断何时开启灯光、空调以及其他各类设备。房子还会学习你的日常作息与喜好，这样每晚你回家时，一切都已准备妥当。你一进门，灯光就会亮起，同时播放你喜爱的音乐或电视节目，晚餐也早已为你备好。所有设备都支持语音指令，所以如果你想更改作息设置，只需大声说出需求，家居系统就会照做。

常态化健康监测

除此之外，你的智能家居还会全天候监测你的健康状况。例如，你的床会记录你每晚的睡眠质量，同时监测体重。一旦你出现睡眠或体重方面的问题，它就会向你的手机发送提醒，还会为你提供健康饮食、改善睡眠的建议。智能马桶同样会持续追踪你的健康指标。如果身体出现异常，或是患上癌症这类重大疾病，它能够及早预警，有可能挽救你的生命。

灾害不再来袭

智能家居能够防范意外带来的严重损失。比如，水管漏水或者电路发生短路时，智能家居可以检测到故障，并向你推送相关信息。这样一来，你就能在房屋被水淹没或者发生火灾之前修好故障。

这项智能技术并非幻想。许多这类创新产品已经问世，并在部分家庭投入使用。从这个意义上说，明日之家，已然是今日之屋。不过，要让大多数新建住宅普及这项技术，还需要数年时间。

注释（重难点短语）

1.switch off 关掉（电器）

2.in the not-too-distant future 在不远的将来

3.integrated sensors 集成传感器

4.daily routine 日常作息

5.the instant 一…… 就……

6.voice commands 语音指令

7.monitor your health 监测健康

8.keep track of 追踪；记录

9.early on 及早；在初期

10.a short in the electrical wiring 电路短路

11.in this sense 在这个意义上

12.nevertheless 然而；不过

2.1 Smart Homes to Make Life Easier 配套练习题（含答案）

一、单词/短语填空（根据课文原文填空，每空一词）

1. Forgetting to lock the door or ________ ________ electrical devices wastes resources and may cause problems.

2. Smart homes can keep us ________, save energy and create a more ________ living environment.

3. Future homes will use ________ ________ to control lights, air conditioners and other equipment automatically.

4. The smart home can learn your daily ________ and personal ________ to prepare everything for you.

5. All smart devices can respond to ________ ________, making it easy to change your home settings.

6. Smart beds can record your ________ quality and ________ your body weight every day.

7. Smart toilets can detect ________ in your body and warn you of ________ illnesses at an early stage.

8. Smart homes can find water pipe leaks and electrical ________, preventing floods and fires.

9. Many smart home innovations are already ________ and in use in some families.

13. ________, it will take years for most new homes to adopt this smart technology.

二、阅读理解（单项选择）

1. What is not one of the benefits of smart homes mentioned in the text?

A. Keeping people safe

B. Saving energy resources

C. Reducing people’s daily work totally

D. Offering a more comfortable living environment

2. How will future smart homes control home equipment?

A. By traditional switches and knobs only

B. By integrated sensors and voice commands

C. By remote controls all the time

D. By people’s daily experience

3. What can smart beds do according to the passage?

A. Cure people’s sleep diseases

B. Record sleep quality and check body weight

C. Prepare dinner for users

D. Detect electrical short circuits

4. What advantage do smart toilets have?

A. They can clean themselves automatically.

B. They can early warn people of serious illnesses like cancer.

C. They can help people lose weight fast.

D. They can adjust room temperature.

5. Which statement is true about smart home technology?

A. It is just a distant fantasy and never comes true.

B. All families have already used it nowadays.

C. Some smart home technologies are already available now.

D. It will be popularized in all new homes immediately.

三、根据课文内容完成句子（汉译英，每空一词）

1. 在不远的将来，我们将生活在智能家居中。

We will live in smart homes ________ ________ ________ ________ ________.

2. 你一进门，灯光就会自动亮起。

The lights will come on ________ ________ you enter the door.

3. 智能家居会持续监测你的健康状况。

Smart homes will ________ ________ ________ ________ every day.

4. 这项技术可以防止意外造成的严重损害。

This technology can ________ serious damage ________ accidents.

5. 从这个意义上来说，未来的家居已然到来。

13.________ ________ ________, the home of tomorrow is already the home of today.

14.

15.参考答案

一、单词/短语填空

1. switch off

2. secure; comfortable

3. integrated sensors

4. routine; preferences

5. voice commands

6. sleep; check

7. abnormalities; critical

8. shorts

9. available

10. Nevertheless

二、阅读理解

1. C ; 2. B ; 3. B ; 4. B ; 5. C

三、完成句子

1. in the not-too-distant future

2. the instant

3. monitor your health

4. prevent; from

5. In this sense

2.2 Should We Fight New Technology?（Using language参考译文及练习）

我们应该抵制新技术吗？

今早，我看到一则令人震惊的头条新闻：“汽车在无人驾驶模式下发生碰撞，乘客身亡”。文章里，不少人提出公众应当反对研发无人驾驶汽车。他们认为，部分技术进步并无必要，甚至可能带来危险。因此，我们不该仅仅因为一项技术是新的，就一味接纳它。据报纸报道，涉事车企已经为这起事故致歉，但遇难者家属表示这远远不够。尽管如此，该公司依旧声称，不久的将来大多数人都会乘坐无人驾驶汽车出行。

一方面，世界上有许多群体，在没有新技术的条件下依旧过着幸福的生活。其中最广为人知的或许就是阿米什人，这是生活在美国乡村的基督教群体。他们不拥有、不驾驶汽车，不看电视，也不使用互联网。自 18 世纪以来，他们主要以务农为生，并且在遥远的未来很可能继续保持这种生活方式。他们倡导简朴的生活，重视辛勤劳作、家庭与社群。他们认为这样的生活远胜于追逐奢侈品，或是效仿名流的生活。甚至有人认为，阿米什人的生活质量更高，因为他们身处自然、热爱自然，而不是住在庞大且污染严重的城市里。

另一方面，多年来新技术为世界各地的人们带来了诸多益处。例如，最新的气象追踪计算机程序能够为人们预警潜在自然灾害，挽救了许多生命。此外，互联网让亲友即便远隔万里，也能轻松保持联系。它也让人们更容易寻找人生机遇，人们可以借助社交媒体建立更广阔的人脉圈。

就我个人而言，我从技术进步中获益良多。我就是通过社交媒体找到了人工智能设计师这份工作。我一直佩戴的健康监测设备，也帮助我达到了人生最佳的身体状态。当然，当新技术改变我们的生活方式时，前景可能会令人惶恐。但我始终会看到变革积极的一面，接纳变革而非抗拒它。

课文重点短语

1.driverless cars 无人驾驶汽车

2.cease doing sth. 停止做某事

3.in the absence of 缺乏；没有

4.advocate a simple life 倡导简朴生活

5.an emphasis on… 强调；重视……

6.potential natural disasters 潜在自然灾害

7.keep in touch 保持联系

8.benefit from 从…… 获益

9.technological advances 技术进步

10.look on the positive side 看到积极的一面

11.resist /rɪˈzɪst/v. 抵抗，抗拒

练习

一、课文原文短语填空（每空一词）

1.The headline says a passenger died when a car crashed in ________ ________.

2.Some people argue we should ________ accepting technology just because it is new.

3.The Amish live happily ________ ________ ________ new technology.

4.They ________ a simple life with an ________ on hard work, family and community.

5.New technology helps warn people of ________ ________ disasters and saves lives.

6.The Internet makes it easy for people to ________ ________ even far away from each other.

7.The writer ________ a lot ________ technological advances.

8.Instead of ________ change, the writer chooses to accept it and see its positive side.

二、阅读理解（单项选择）

1.What is the news at the beginning of the text about? A. A fire caused by a driverless car B. A deadly crash of a driverless car C. An apology from a passenger D. A new design of driverless cars

2.Which of the following is TRUE about the Amish? A. They live in big polluted cities. B. They use the Internet to make friends. C. They value hard work, family and community. D. They began to farm only in the 20th century.

3.Which benefit of new technology is NOT mentioned in the passage? A. Predicting natural disasters B. Helping people keep in touch C. Offering more job chances D. Producing cheap food for poor people

4.What is the writer’s attitude towards new technology? A. Opposed B. Doubtful C. Positive D. Uninterested

5.What does the underlined word “deceased” mean in Paragraph 1? A. dead B. injured C. poor D. disappointed

三、完成句子（汉译英，每空一词）

1.我们不该仅仅因为技术是新的就接纳它。 We should not accept technology ______ ______ it is new.

2.没有现代技术，阿米什人依旧过着幸福的生活。 The Amish live happily ______ ______ ______ modern technology.

3.新技术多年来给各地人们带来许多好处。 New technology has ______ many ______ ______ people everywhere over the years.

4.我从技术进步中获益很多。 I have ______ quite a lot ______ technological advances.

5.我会看到变革积极的一面，接纳它而不是抵制它。 I will look on the positive side of change and accept it ______ ______ resist it.

参考答案

一、短语填空

1.driverless mode

2.cease

3.in the absence of

4.advocate; emphasis

5.potential natural

6.keep in touch

7.benefited; from

8.resisting

二、阅读理解

1.B 2.C 3.D 4.C 5.A

三、完成句子

1.just because

2.in the absence of

3.provided; benefits for

4.benefited; from

5.rather than

⭐六、答案解析⭐

✏️ 词汇检测

1. B. 关掉。switch off = turn off，文中指关电视/电脑。

2. A. 集成传感器。integrated sensors 指家居中整合的感应装置，用于自动判断何时开灯等。

3. B. 停止。cease = stop，文中 cease accepting technology 即"停止接受技术"。

4. A. 死者。the deceased 是"the + 形容词"表一类人，指事故中的遇难者。

5. B. 抗拒、抵制。resist 与 accept 相对，文中 accept it rather than resist it。

✏️ 阅读理解

6. B. 锁门和关电视。原文："smart homes that will lock the door for us... remember to switch off the TV"。

7. B. 睡眠质量和体重。原文："Your bed... will record how well you sleep... checking your body weight."

8. B. 崇尚简朴、贴近自然的生活。阿米什人 advocate a simple life，appreciate the natural environment。

9. D. 替代面对面交流。文中说互联网让亲友"keep in touch easily"，并未说替代面对面交流。

10. C. 拥抱积极变化、接受而非抗拒。末段 "accept it rather than resist it"。

✏️ 语法填空

11. will use / will be using。描述未来日常，可用一般将来或将来进行时。

12. will be monitoring。强调未来持续进行的健康监测，用将来进行时。

13. will detect。if 条件句（一般现在）+ 主句一般将来。

14. would be travelling。主句 claimed 为过去时，从句用过去将来时。

15. will take。It will take some time before... 固定结构。

✏️ 句型转换（参考答案）

16. In the future, we will be living in smart homes that lock the door for us.

17. If a water pipe starts leaking, the home system will detect it at once.

18. Although technology changes our life, it can be a scary prospect.（或 When new technology changes the way we live, it can be a scary prospect.）

✏️ 翻译与写作

19. Smart homes will be able to help you fix the problem before your home becomes flooded or catches fire.

20. 写作提示：

- 开篇：点明话题（无人驾驶汽车）；

- 中间：用 On the one hand... On the other hand... 分析利弊；

- 结尾：给出自己的立场。

参考范文（约80词）：

💡 Should we develop driverless cars? On the one hand, they may cause accidents, as the recent crash showed, and some people fear the technology is unnecessary. On the other hand, driverless cars could reduce human error and save lives, and they will bring great convenience to the elderly. Personally, I believe we should keep developing the technology, but with strict safety tests. After all, progress always comes with risks, and we should accept change rather than resist it.

范文亮点：

- 用 On the one hand... On the other hand...结构清晰呈现利弊，呼应单元议论文写法；

- 复用单元核心词：driverless, conveniece, progress, resist；

- 结尾回扣单元主旨"accept change rather than resist it"。

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⭐七、结尾互动⭐

🌟 今日思考：

读完两篇课文，你对"未来科技"的态度更接近哪一种？

A. 积极拥抱，技术让生活更好 

B. 谨慎乐观，需设置安全边界 

C. 有所保留，像阿米什人一样简朴也挺好 

D. 担心失控，应放慢脚步

欢迎在评论区留下你的选择和理由～