Module1 Life in the Future

詞匯短語(yǔ)園地

1. load vt. 裝；裝載

n. 負(fù)荷物

Have you finished loading up？

你們裝完了貨沒(méi)有？

It took an hour to load the van.

把貨物裝進(jìn)貨車花了一個(gè)小時(shí)。

I have a fairly light teaching load this term.

這學(xué)期我的教學(xué)負(fù)擔(dān)相當(dāng)輕。

load...with... 把……裝上……

a load of/loads of 大量；許多

2. fire vt. & vi. 開火；啟動(dòng)；解雇

He ran into the bank and fired his gun into the air.

他沖進(jìn)銀行朝天鳴了一槍。

The captain ordered his men to start firing.

上尉命令士兵開火。

They fired him for stealing from the company.

他們因其盜竊公司財(cái)物而開除了他。

fire off 開槍；射擊

fire at/into/on 向……開槍

3. power vt. 供給動(dòng)力；驅(qū)動(dòng)；快速前進(jìn)

n. 權(quán)力；勢(shì)力

The plane is powered by three jet engines.

這架飛機(jī)由三臺(tái)噴氣發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)驅(qū)動(dòng)。

The racing car powered down the home straight.

賽車在終點(diǎn)直道上疾馳。

The power of the governments has increased greatly over the past century.

最近一個(gè)多世紀(jì)，各國(guó)政府的權(quán)力大大增強(qiáng)了。

take power 掌權(quán)

political power 政權(quán)

come into power 開始執(zhí)政；當(dāng)權(quán)

power station 發(fā)電站

make power 發(fā)電

4. shape vt. 造成……形狀

n. 外形，形狀；狀態(tài)，情況

The bird shaped its nest from mud and sticks.

鳥用泥土和小樹枝做成鳥巢。

You have to shape the clay before it dries out.

你必須在黏土干之前把它塑成型。

Houses are built in all shapes and sizes.

所建房屋的形狀和大小各不相同。

Our garden is in good shape after all the rain.

我們的花園在下過(guò)那么多雨之后情況良好。

get （yourself） into shape 強(qiáng)身健體

out of shape 走樣的；身體不好，不健康

in the shape of 呈現(xiàn)……形狀

5. limit n. 范圍；限度；限制

Ill help as much as I can， but there is a limit to what I can do.

我會(huì)盡力幫忙，但我所能做的也是有限度的。

I cant walk ten miles and I know my limits.

我走不了十英里，我知道自己體力的限度。

set limits/a limit to 對(duì)……加以限制

without limits 無(wú)限制地

within limits 有一定限制；在某種程度上

6. charge n. 費(fèi)用；價(jià)錢；職責(zé)；責(zé)任

vt. 要價(jià)，收費(fèi)；控告

The charge for admission is five dollars.

入場(chǎng)費(fèi)是五美元。

（1） be in charge of... 負(fù)責(zé)……

She has been in charge of the sales department for five years.

她負(fù)責(zé)銷售部門已經(jīng)有五年了。

（2） charge...for... 向……收費(fèi)/要價(jià)

How much do you charge for a double room？

一間雙人房你們收費(fèi)多少？

（3） be charged with 受到……指控

He was charged with stealing the jewels.

他被指控偷竊珠寶首飾。

7. run out（某物）用完；不多了；沒(méi)有了

Our food soon ran out.

我們的糧食很快就吃完了。

Have you nearly finished？ Time is running out.

你快做完了嗎？時(shí)間快到了。

run after 追趕；追蹤；追求；追逐

run away 逃跑；離家

比較：run out/run out of 的區(qū)別

run out/run out of 都表示“用完了”的意思。前者是不及物動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)，主語(yǔ)為時(shí)間、金錢、食物等名詞；后者為及物動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)，表示主動(dòng)含義，主語(yǔ)一般為人，也可為物。

Our supplies soon ran out.

我們的補(bǔ)給很快消耗完了。

She has run out of her money during her vacation.

她在度假期間已經(jīng)把錢花光了。

8. rely on（upon）依靠；依賴；信任；信賴

They have to rely on the river for their water.

他們用水只好依靠這條河。

（1） rely on sb doing sth 依靠某人做某事

Rely on me doing it.

放心好了，我會(huì)做那件事的。

（2） rely on sb to do sth 指望/相信某人做某事

You can rely on me to help you.

你可以相信我，我一定幫助你。

You cant just rely on your parents to support you.

你不能只指望你父母養(yǎng)活你。

比較：rely on和depend on的區(qū)別

兩者都有依靠的意思，rely on表示在過(guò)去經(jīng)驗(yàn)的基礎(chǔ)上依賴、相信某人或某物，希望得到支持；depend on表示出于信賴而依靠某人或某物，以取得支持，但這種信賴可能以過(guò)去的經(jīng)驗(yàn)或了解為依據(jù)，也可能沒(méi)有。

These days we rely heavily on computers to organize our work.

現(xiàn)在，我們?cè)诤艽蟪潭壬弦蕾囯娔X來(lái)安排我們的工作。

The organization depends on the government for most of its income.

這個(gè)組織的收入主要依靠政府撥給。

9. for a start 首先；第一

Im not working there—for a start， its too far to travel.

我不去那兒工作——首先，路太遠(yuǎn)，去不了。

He should never have been picked for the team； for a start， he has not had enough experience.

他根本就不該入選球隊(duì)，首先，他經(jīng)驗(yàn)不足。

at the very start 一開始

from the start 從一開始

from start to finish 自始至終

10. use up 用完；耗盡

Making soup is a good way of using up leftover vegetables.

把剩下的菜全部用來(lái)做湯是個(gè)好主意。

Try not to use up all the flour.

盡量別把所有的面粉都用完。

11. look out 小心；當(dāng)心；留神

此短語(yǔ)用于表示警告，尤其是指有危險(xiǎn)的時(shí)候。

Look out！ Theres a car coming！

小心點(diǎn)！一輛汽車開過(guò)來(lái)了！

You should look out for pickpockets.

你應(yīng)當(dāng)提防扒手。

Do look out for spelling mistakes in your work.

一定要注意你作業(yè)中的拼寫錯(cuò)誤。

12. carry out 執(zhí)行，實(shí)行；完成；實(shí)現(xiàn)

My question is how to carry out the plan.

我的問(wèn)題是怎么實(shí)施這項(xiàng)計(jì)劃。

Our planes carried out a bombing raid on enemy targets.

我們的飛機(jī)執(zhí)行了一項(xiàng)轟炸敵方目標(biāo)的任務(wù)。

carry off 輕而易舉地完成（任務(wù)，職責(zé)等）

carry on 繼續(xù)做；堅(jiān)持

carry through 使渡過(guò)難關(guān)；使撐到底

13. free of charge 免費(fèi)

Your order will be delivered free of charge within a ten-mile limit.

在十英里的范圍內(nèi)，你的訂貨將免費(fèi)送上門。

Its free of charge. You are lucky to be the 1000th customer of the shopping centre.

這個(gè)是免費(fèi)的。你很幸運(yùn)成為我們購(gòu)物中心的第1000名顧客。

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The car got stuck in the mud.

那輛車陷入泥漿之中。

Many people got stuck in the rain because it came all of a sudden.

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背景大鏈接

Write Your Letter to Your Future Self給未來(lái)的自己寫封信

When you look back on yourself in the past—10， 20 or more years ago—its surprising to see how much you have changed over time. Your experiences， your friends， your family and your work have all shaped who you are right now. But where will you be in another few years？ How will you have changed？ Reflective writing in your journal is an excellent way to think about what you want in the future.

當(dāng)你10年、20年或更多年后回顧過(guò)去時(shí)，你會(huì)吃驚地發(fā)現(xiàn)，隨著時(shí)光的流逝，你也發(fā)生了很大的變化。你的經(jīng)歷、朋友、家庭和工作造就了現(xiàn)在的你。但是再過(guò)幾年你會(huì)在哪里呢？你會(huì)有怎樣的變化呢？這樣反思性的寫作，會(huì)是思考你想要一種什么樣的未來(lái)的方式。

Just imagine writing a letter to your future self 5 years from now， then opening it at that exact moment 5 years down the road to see how much of it resonated with you. It is a useful supplementary tool to be used in goal achievement， because when you write the letter to your future self， it helps crystallize exactly how you anticipate yourself to become at that specific moment down the road.

想象一下，給5年后的自己寫一封信，當(dāng)5年后你打開那封信時(shí)，你會(huì)產(chǎn)生多少共鳴。這是實(shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo)的一種有用的輔助工具，因?yàn)楫?dāng)你給未來(lái)的自己寫信時(shí)，你會(huì)慢慢理清希望自己在人生旅途的那個(gè)特定時(shí)刻變成什么樣子。

When you open the letter in the future， you as your future self gets to compare how you used to be in the past and compare with how you are currently. This makes you see in totality how much things have changed since then—and this can be a really intriguing experience. Its interesting to just see how much you have changed since you wrote the letter.

當(dāng)你以后看信時(shí)，你會(huì)把過(guò)去的自己和現(xiàn)在的自己進(jìn)行比較。這會(huì)讓你看清從寫信時(shí)起你發(fā)生了哪些變化，這種體驗(yàn)是非常有趣的。光看看從你寫信開始發(fā)生了哪些變化就很有趣了。

What to write about？

寫什么內(nèi)容好呢？

Look at todays date. Now imagine you writing to yourself， exactly N years from now. What do you want to say to your future self？

看看今天的日期。現(xiàn)在想象一下你在給N年后的自己寫信。你想對(duì)未來(lái)的自己說(shuō)些什么呢？

How do you want your future self to be like 1 year in the future？

你想讓自己1年后變成什么樣子呢？

What are the different dreams and goals you would want to be realized by then？

到那時(shí)你想實(shí)現(xiàn)的夢(mèng)想和目標(biāo)會(huì)有哪些不同呢？

What is your desired status of the areas of your life wheel at that time？

那時(shí)你想要的人生軌跡和狀態(tài)會(huì)是什么樣的呢？

Once youre done， sign off your name with todays date. Put the papers in an envelope. Seal it. Keep your letter in a safe place.

寫完后，別忘了在名字下面寫上今天的日期。把信紙放在信封里，封上信封，妥善保管你的信件。

Set in your calendar to open your letter 1 year from now. Put this envelope in a safe place where no one can access to it.

在日歷上注明，1年后的今天你要打開這封信。把這封信放在安全的地方，確保別人看不到。

Live your life like youve never lived it before in the next 1 year. Open the letter 1 year later and relish in nostalgia， love and joy as you read the letter from yourself 1 year ago.

在接下來(lái)的1年里，用嶄新的方式好好生活。一年后打開信封，在懷舊卻又愛意滿滿的歡樂(lè)氣氛中享受讀信的樂(lè)趣。