(共37张PPT)
A changing world
horse or simple
vehicle such as a carriage
cars, trains, airplanes,
spaceship, personal flying cars
—distance education
The school of the future
e-schools
videophone
made mud
small houses
flats in high buildings
houses along the street
with many shops
modern flats, floating
on the earth; on land
on other planets
in space stations
under the sea
Future Tours
Do you want to travel to the future
Do you want to know what it will be like in AD3008
Let’s travel to
the future!
Reading
Li Qiang
a boy who was given a chance to travel to the year AD3008 as a prize.
He is now writing to his parents about his exciting and unforgettable tour…
Read the text quickly, then finish Task 1 on the news paper of Learning English.
Careful Reading
Go through the first paragraph quickly, then answer the following questions:
1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3008
2. What is a “time lag”
3. Who guides my trip
4. Why did my guide give me some tablets
5. Who transported us to the future
1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3008
I took up the prize I won the year before.
2. What is a “time lag”
“Time lag’’ means a person gets flashbacks from his previous(先前的) time period.
3. Who guides my trip
My friend Wang Ping is my guide to the future.
4. Why did my guide give me some tablets
The tablets could help me feel less nervous and uncertain.
5. Who transported us to the future
Wang Ping’s parents’ company transported us to the future.
Go through the second paragraph quickly, then answer the following question:
How did I feel when I was in the capsule
comfortble sleepy relaxed dreaming
Please go through the third paragraph, then try to answer the following questions.
1. How did I feel as soon as I was transported to the future
I was hit by the lack of fresh air.
2. How did Wang Ping solve this problem
Wang Ping gave a mask to me and hurried me through to a small room nearby to have a rest.
new surroundings
lack of fresh air/the air is thin
3. What do you think has caused this kind of problem
Now we are causing more and more pollution to nature, this will cause serious problems to the life in the future. This may be the cause of the lack of fresh air in the future.
a hovering carriage
You can move swiftly by bending or pressing down in your seat.
people fly by in all directions
Read fourth paragraph quickly, then answer the following questions:
2. What was the green wall made of What’s the purpose of building this kind of green wall
1. What did Wang Ping’s house look like
large, bright and clean
The wall was made of trees.
Because their leaves provided the room with much-needed oxygen.
2. What was the green wall made of What’s the purpose of building this kind of green wall
Three parts:
Before the journey(par.1)
During the journey(par.2-3)
After the journey(par.4)
Now try to find out what happened to Li Qiang before, during and after the journey.
summary
Before the journey Li felt _______ and ________ at first, as a result he suffered
from _______.
During the journey (1) Li was transported safely into the future in a ___________.
During the journey(2)
Li was hit by the ____ of fresh air and his head ______.
worried
unsettled
time lag
time capsule
lack
ached
After the journey (1) Arriving home Li was ______ into a large bright, clean room with a _____ wall, a _____ floor and ___ lighting.
After the journey (2) _________, he slid into bed and ___ fast ______.
showed
green
brown
soft
Exhausted
fell
asleep
Write down the main idea for each paragraph in your own words. Then add the important details.
Para.1: How I came to take a time travel journey
Details: my prize; my excitement
Para2: The journey
Details: how I felt; the spaceship; the journey
Para3: My impressions of life one thousand years into the future
Details: little oxygen; masks to provide oxygen; hovering carriage; how to drive them; a “time lag” moment
Para4: Staying in Wang Ping’s home
Details: appearance of house; trees as walls; where furniture stored; ate meal; prepared for sleep
1. Make a list of the problems human being are facing today.
2. What problems do you think people in the future will have overcome Which ones will still be there or even worse in AD 3005
Housing
Population
Pollution
Global warming (greenhouse effect)
Traffic
Hunger
Literacy….
Discussion 1
Goodbye!
Many thanks!