Section Ⅲ　Integrating Skills & Cultural Corner

Ⅰ.重点单词

1.optimistic adj.乐观的；乐观主义的

2.shape vt.造成......形状

3.definitely adv.无疑地；确定地→definite adj.明确的；清楚的

4.eventually adv.最后；终于→eventual adj.最后的；最终的

5.predict vt.预言；预料→prediction n.预言；预测

Ⅱ.核心短语

1.look__out　　　　　小心；当心

2.for__a__start 首先

3.on__the__way__out 即将被淘汰；即将过时

4.throw away 扔掉

5.in progress 在进展中；在进行中

Ⅲ.经典句式

1.I'm too__busy enjoying my life now to__worry__about the future!

我现在正忙着享受生活，以至于没有时间担心未来！

2.Not__all predictions come true.

不是所有的预言都会实现。

原文呈现

Famous Last Words

Not all① predictions come true②.Many of them are wrong，and some are very wrong.Here are just a few of the bad predictions people made in the twentieth century about the twenty－first century：