(共31张PPT)
Unit
Life in the Future
Eight Aspects
Transportation
House
Currency
Education
Shopping
Environment
Language
Communication
carriage
bicycle
motorcycle
train
jet
space craft
sedan chair
car
Transportation
Time travel
Flying broom
“speed up” / “slow down”
Go through the opening
Mall
Smart cards
Shopping
Market
Easier and more convenient!
Order
Send it to you instantly
House
Mud and stone
Small
Big
Tall
Float above the ground
live on Mars
Aliens
In the sea
Communication
video telephone
movable
Thought-pad
Button
Instructions
1. Place it over your head
2. Clear your mind
3. Press the button
4. Think your message
Message is sent!
Environment
Fresh air
Difficult to tolerate
Better
Worse
An amazing dustbin
It is always greedy for more rubbish.
magnet
Better
An amazing material
It can always be recycled!
Wear masks
Even when they’re dating!
Worse
distance education
Education
Rich
Male
e-schools
We don’t need to go to school any more.
Lifelong learning!
Currency
Coin
Exchange
Universal currency
Finger print
Language
Bonjour!
你说什么?
Good morning!
Good morning!
Gesture
Universal language
English
Chinese
English
Chinese
Translation
machine
What do you think that contribute to these changes
The thought-pad, the amazing dustbin…
What inventions have the greatest influence on our life
How do these inventions affect our lives
Convenient!
We become more and more dependent on it.
The face to face communication decreases.
It give off a lot of harmful gas.
It requires a lot of energy, such as oil.
People may become addicted to it.
We may spend too much time playing computer games.
Problems
Make a list of the problems human beings are facing today.
Water pollution
starvation
Deforestation
Global warming
Large Population
Air pollution
Desertification
White pollution
A lack of energy
Problems
Water pollution
Starvation
Deforestation
Global warming
Large population
Air pollution
Desertification
White pollution
A lack of energy……
Will these problems
still exist in the
future
Action
Science and technology
What will happen in the future depend on our action now.
Try our best to make a better future.
Preview the reading part
---First Impression
A changing world