Module 1 Life in the Future Introduction and Reading PPT 课件（48张ppt）

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Module 1
Module 1
Life in the Future
Introduction and Reading
To learn about life in the future.
To describe your ideal city for the future.
To learn about the city of the future.
To learn some important words and expressions in the passage.
Appreciation of a clip about
future life
Life in the past
Life at present
1. What is it
2. Where do you think it is
3. Would you like to
live in it
4. What materials is it
made of/from
Look at the buildings.
brick
What is it made of/from
mud
concrete
stone
rubber
wood
glass
steel
aluminium
plastic
Choose the building material to complete the sentences.
aluminum brick concrete glass mud plastic rubber steel stone wood
1. __________ is a very light metal.
2. __________ is a very strong metal.
Aluminum
Steel
3. Both _______ and _______ come from trees.
4. ________ is light, strong, very popular, and man-made.
5. ________ are often used to build walls.
6. ________ is very strong and is used in many modern buildings.
rubber
wood
Plastic
Bricks
Concrete
aluminum brick concrete glass mud plastic rubber steel stone wood
7. _______ is wet earth.
8. _______ is a natural hard material.
9. _______ is used to make windows.
Mud
Stone
Glass
aluminum brick concrete glass mud plastic rubber steel stone wood
Work in groups. Imagine your house of the future. One draws the picture of the future house while others trying to describe it.
Then present it to all classmates.
My dream house
1. Where is it
2. What is it made of /What materials will you use to build your dream house
3. How big is it
4. Why do you choose this kind of materials
Architecture in the future
The City of the Future
In your opinion, what life will be like
in the future
个人
轻轨
Transportation in the future
太阳能
风能车
Education in the future
class on line
Shopping in the future
shopping in the supermarket
shopping online
Travelling in the future
space travel
Supposing you’re traveling to “A City of the Future”, imagine what you will see there. What will be different from a present city
Match the words with their meanings.
clinic disability mall online
outdoors recreation run out
solar surgery urban net
1. a problem which prevents you from
doing something ___________
2. not in a building ____________
3. from the sun _____________
disability
outdoors
solar
4. free time activities, such as sport and entertainment _________
5. you can see this to catch a lot of fish at the same time _________
6. through the Internet _________
7. a place where you can get medical treatment __________
online
net
clinic
recreation
clinic disability mall online outdoors recreation run out
solar surgery urban net
8. to do with town or city life _______
9. a shopping centre _________
10. to use up or finish completely _______
11. medical treatment in which the doctor cuts open your body ________
run out
mall
surgery
urban
clinic disability mall online outdoors recreation run out
solar surgery urban net
for sure
run out
rely on
get rid of
free of charge
use up
依靠
用完；不多了；没有了
免费
肯定地
用完
除掉；处理掉
Match
Listen to the tape of the passage and choose which topics have been talked about.
shopping
environment
traffic
weather
entertainment
alternative energy
crime
schools
public services
Try to find out the main idea of each part.
Parts Main Idea
Part 1 ( Paragraph 1)
Part 2 (Paragraphs 2-12)
What will the city of the future look like
How will the students run a city in the future
1. Someone can know what the future
city is like.
2. The natural resources have been used up.
3. You will not be allowed to smoke in a
future city.
4. We must pay for seeing a film in the
future.
5. Most of the people can travel in space
easily in the future.
T
F
F
F
T
True or false.
Fill in the blanks in the chart.
environment
alternative energy
smoking
new energy
convenience
Telesurgery
charge
Space travel
What have students in a Texas university done
Answer the questions.
They’ve thought how to run a city in 2025.
To the sun.
2. Where will garbage ships go
3. Who will batman nets catch
Criminals.
4. Where won’t people be allowed to
smoke
Within a city’s limits.
5. How will people go shopping
Their telephone number.
Online.
6. What number will people keep for life
8. How will cars be different
Anywhere in the world.
They’ll be powered by electricity.
9. What will doctors do from a distance
Surgery.
10. Where will old people go without
moving
7. What won’t people have to pay for
Recreation.
now future
rubbish We often bury or burn them. We’ll ______________
with the garbage.
smoking We can smoke in many places. No smoking is allowed __________________.
crime Police often arrest criminals by guns. Police will arrest criminals by _________.
shopping We do shopping in supermarkets, stores or ______. We will do shopping and place orders ________.
seeing a doctor We go to a clinic or a __________. Doctors will carry out many telesurgeries.
hospital
firing nets
load spaceships
within a city’s limits
malls
online
Compare and fill in the form.
What kind of future can we expect for our cities A university teacher in the US asked his students how they would run a city in the year 1. ________. Here are some of their ideas.
2025
Choose the words from the box and make the summary complete. Then try to retell the text to your partners.
Post-reading
color, free, guns, online, sun, telesurgery, virtual, 2025
Instead of burying it trash will be sent to the 2. ____ on huge garbage spaceships. Police will use Batman Nets to catch criminals instead of 3. _____. No smoking will be allowed anywhere. All shopping will be done 4. ______. People will have telephone numbers for life. Everyone will enjoy 5. _____ recreation facilities. Cars will be able to change 6. _____ and will all run on electricity, solar or wind power.
sun
color, free, guns, online, sun, telesurgery, virtual, 2025
guns
online
free
color
Doctors will use 7. ____________ to operate on patients many miles away. The elderly and disabled will enjoy 8. ________ holidays and space travel will be available for ordinary citizens.
telesurgery
color, free, guns, online, sun, telesurgery, virtual, 2025
virtual
课文语法填空。
What kind of future can we expect for our cities A university teacher in the US 1. _______ (ask) his students 2. _______ they would run a city in the year 2025. Here are some of their ideas. Instead of 3. _______ (bury) it, trash will be sent to the sun on huge garbage spaceships. Police will use Batman Nets to catch 4. _______ (crime) instead of guns. 5. _______ (smoke) will not be allowed anywhere. All shopping 6. ________ (do) online. People will have telephone
asked
how
burying
criminals
Smoking
will be done
numbers for life. Everyone will enjoy free recreation facilities. Cars will be able to change colour and will all run on 7. ________ (electric), solar or wind power. Doctors will use telesurgery 8. ________ (operate) on patients many miles away. The elderly and 9. ________ (disable) will enjoy virtual holidays and space travel will be available 10. _______ ordinary citizens.
for
to operate
disabled
electricity
Can you imagine what our school will be like in 2050 Write some predictions about it. You can refer to the following points.
classroom, blackboard, chalk,
textbook, homework, bag,
your bike
...
No matter what our future is like, what we can do now is to prepare ourselves for the beautiful future. Only hard-working creates a bright tomorrow.
Write an E-mail to your friend and introduce your school in 2050.
Finish exercises 4 and 5 on page 3.