《Life in the future （Part 2）》
13.Just as I tried to make necessary adjustment to this new situation, Wang Ping appeared.
就在我试图做些必要的调整以适应这新环境，王平出现了。
adjustment 调整；调节
adjust....to .....为配合....而调节.....
adjust oneself to .....使（自己）适应....
You can adjust this desk to the height.
She adjusted herself to his way of life soon.
14.I left better in no time.
in no time:right now;at once立刻；马上
他们马上就回来They will be back in no time
all the time 一直
from time to time 不时；偶尔
at times 有时
take one's time 别着急；慢慢来
for the time being 暂且
at a time 依次，每次
at one time 从前
15.Soon I was back on my feet again......
be back on one's feet 恢复；完全复原
I'm back on my feet.
He can't wait to get back on his feet.
is she back on her feet?
16.These carriages float above the ground and by bending or pressing down in your seat,you can move swiftly.
(1)by doing 常表方式，方法或手段，她靠卖报纸挣钱。
（2）bend
使弯曲，屈身
她弯下腰捡起一块石头
She bent down and picked up a stone 
Touch your toes without bending your knees.
集中于
她专心致志于这项工作
She bent her mind to the job.
His head was bent over a book.
(3)press 按，压，挤，新闻；逼迫
The shoe is pressing my toe.
I pressed the button but nobody answered the door.
Time presses Make up your mind.
The English-Chinese Dictionary is in -now.
做一做
1.She___ _____hard ____the gas pedal.
她用力踩下油门踏板。
2.He is still______her claim______compensation赔偿
他仍坚持索赔。
3._____ _______was/were not allowed to attend the trial审判
庭审谢绝新闻采访。
（4）Swiftly 迅速的，敏捷的
swift
他沿着黑暗的街道迅速地走回家去
He walked swiftly towards home down the dark street.
辨析：
swift 侧重动作的轻快顺科；
rapid侧重事物的进展迅速，表示动作快可与swift互换
quick侧重动作的快，与swift可互换；
fast侧重速度的快。
17。I lose sight of wang ping....in all directions losesight of看不见，忽视，失去联系
我和他完全失掉了联系
I have lost sight of him entirely
catch sight of 看见
at first sight 乍一看
out of sight 看不到在视野外
in/within sight看的见，在视野内
at the sight of 一看见......
我从书店出来时年见她上了公共汽车。
I caught sight of her getting on the bus when I came out of the bookstore.
Out of sight ,out of mind眼不见，心不念
（2）in all directions 向四面八方敌人四面八方逃窜。
The enemies fled in all directions.
做一做
1）we __________several precious animals.
我们失去了很多的珍惜动物
2）乍看起来，这个问题好像容易。
_________________________________
3)小岛仍然可以看的见。
____________________________
4)一看见老师男孩就跑掉。
_____________________________
18.He was swept up into.....
sweep up 打扫，横扫；涌向；快速地抱起
She ws left to sweep up after the party.
The strong wind swept up the leaves into the air.
做一做
1）He_______________into his arms
他一把将孩子抱进怀里。
2）In pushing to the train,the children_______the crowds of people.
A.sweeping up into B.swept up into 
C.were swept up D.were swept up into 
19.I found later that their leaves provided the room with much-needed oxygen.
The peasants provide us with grain and vegetalbles.
Did your parents provde food and clothes for you in the university?
温馨提示：短语provide sb.with sth。与provide sth for sb意思相同，均为“为某人提供某物”，两者通常可叮互转换。如：
Mr.Smith provied food for us 
中密斯先生为我们提供食物。
20.Then Wang Ping flashed a switch on a computer screen and a table and some chairs rose from under the floor as if by magic.
然后，王平上电脑荧屏上的开关闪了一下，于是一张桌子和几把椅子就像变魔术一样从地板下面升了起来。
flash闪光，闪亮物
a flash of lightning 闪电
a flash of hope一线希望
2）vt.vi光；闪现，反照，反射
(使）迅速传遍；发出
flash a glance at用眼瞟一下；看一眼
The driver flashed his lights at me.
A good idea flashed into my mind.
The good news was flashed across the country.
The express train "Beijing-Shanghai"
flashed past.
switch开关，电闸，转换
turn on/off the light switch
fall asleep at the switch
2)转换，转变
switch sides 改变立场
switch the discussion to another topic
switched the lights on and off.
asked her brother to swithch seats with her.
此句中from under the floor属于"from+介词短语“表示更确切的地点。此外，from 后还可跟副词。
如:
found my pen from under the exercise book.
The boy jumped from behind the door.
She didn't find me until I called her from behind.
21.Exhausted,I slid into bed and.....
exhausted此处是形容词，作状语，表原因。
slide 偷偷地移动；潜行；滑动 船滑入水中，
22.Have a class discussion and decide whether you think the writer has a optimistic or a pessimistic view of the future.
全班同学讨论一下，断定作者对未来持有乐观还是悲观的态度。
optimistic
乐观的，乐观主义的（常与about连用）
那些专家们对我们的成功抱有乐观态度。
We should be optimistic about our life.