人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册Unit2 Looking into the Future Listening and speaking学案-（无答案）

Unit 2 Listening and speaking hand-out
Time travel: a secret mission
Before travel : You are chosen to undertake an unprecedented mission where you should find out the promising technologies and future solutions to the challenging problems. There is a time machine waiting for you to use after you go through the following trainings.
Training 1: Be an insightful observer
1. What other technologies do you think will bring about huge changes to the future
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2. Apart from global warming, what other challenges are threatening us
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Training 2 Be an attentive listener
1. Listen to a radio interview with Dr Han and Vincent Black giving their predictions about the future. And then fill in the blanks.
Dr Han’s working field Vincent Black’s working field
Development in this field 1. Computer will be _________ than human 2. People will be programing computers to ___________like human. 3. Nanobots will make each one of us _____________ Change in this field Cities ____________on the water are parts of the world’s future. The challenges it deals with ______________________________________
2. watch a video of the future predictions. Write down the changes in each field accordingly.
Nano technology Transportation
The changes it will bring to us The changes it will bring to us
Global warming AI technology
How will we solve it The changes it will bring to us
Training 3 Be a critical thinker
Use the following sentence patterns to voice your opinions.
I think/believe/predict that in the future ... My prediction is that ...
In the (distant) /near future there will ... By 2050, we will ...
I can imagine / forecast ... I doubt / don't think that ...
One challenge will be.… We will have the opportunity to ...
We will be doing … We are going to ...
On travel
Congratulation! You have gone through all the trainings and become a qualified time traveler! You are going to find the future in different settings. What will happen Perform it to us! You can add more details
Setting 1: what will be the future of AI
Character: the time traveler, a human-like robot and others
Think about the plot by answering the following questions:
1. Will the time traveler recognize the robot immediately
2. How will the time traveler find out the truth
3. What’s role will the robots play in the future society What can they do
Setting 2: meet with a superhuman
Character: the time traveler, a 100-year-old young and beautiful woman and others
Think about the plot by answering the following questions:
1. What’s the potential relationship between the woman and the time traveler
2. How will the time traveler feel about this woman
2. What will keep the woman young and beautiful
Setting 3: the happy polar bear
Character: the time traveler, a happy polar bear and others
Think about the plot by answering the following questions:
1. Where will the time traveler meet the polar bear
2. What will be his first impression about this place
3. Why is the polar bear happy
4. How will the future human beings help polar bears
Setting 4: a city tour with your future self
Character: the time traveler, his 50-year-old future self, his family and so on
Think about the plot by answering the following questions:
1. Who will recognize the other first The time traveler or his 50-year-old self
2. Where will they meet each other
3. How will the time traveler believe the middle-aged man is his future self
4. What means of transportation will they use Why
5. How will the city change in the future
After travel
If you are going to bring a word from the future to the present, what would you like to say
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