课件70张PPT。Introduction: Word StudyglassaluminiumwoodbrickrubbersteelconcretemudplasticIntroduction – Activity 2 on Page 1First say things you know about the building material in the word box in Activity 2.
Then choose one of the words in the box to complete the sentences in Activity 2.
Answers:Aluminium
Steel
rubber, wood
Plastic5. Bricks
6. Concrete
7. Mud
8. Stone
9. GlassIntroduction - Activity 3 on Page 1Work in pairs. Discuss what materials your school is made of / from.
Then guess what materials the building in the photo is made of / from. Reading – Pre-readingA picture drawn by a child, trying to bring out the imaginary house in the future.
What is the house of the future in your mind like? PredictionTitle: The City of the Future
What topics do you think will be mentioned in a passage with the title above? (open)
shopping
environment
traffic
weather
entertainment alternative energy
crime
schools
public services What other topics do you think will be mentioned?Fast-readingRead the passage for the first time. Check whether your answer in Activity 1 is right. shopping
environment
traffic
weather
entertainment alternative energy
crime
schools
public services Word-guessingGuess the meaning of the following words in the context.clinic disability mall
run out online outdoors
recreation net solar surgery urban net Activity 3 on Page 3Do Activity 3 on your own. Then check the answers with your partner.
Answers:
disability
outdoors
solar
recreation
net
online7. clinic
8. urban
9. mall
10. run out
11. surgeryLearning to use the wordsComplete the sentences with the words just learnt.
It’s bad manners to laugh at people with ________.
You should not work all the time. You need some ______ besides work.
It seems that more young people are interested in ______ life rather than the life in the country.
Using _____ energy is one of the ways to protect the environment.
disabilitiesrecreationurbansolarCareful Reading – Activity 6 on Page 4Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions about the passage.
Answers: They’ve thought how to run a city in 2025.
To the sun.
Criminals.
Within a city’s limits.
Online.
Their telephone number.
Recreation.
They’ll be powered by electricity.
Surgery.
Anywhere in the world.OrganizationTry to find out the main idea of each part.What will the city of the future look like?How will the students run a city in the future?Matching – Activity 4 on Page 3Work in pairs. Try to match the words and phrases in the two boxes.
Answers:arrest criminals
carry out operation
load huge spaceshiprecycle material
rely on alternative energy
waste natural resourceActivity 5 on Page 3Find the words or phrases in the text which mean these things.
Answers:a risky business
outpatient
get rid of
senior citizens
free of charge
landfillWords and phrases:Work in pairs. Try to find out the useful phrases in the text.for sure
make prediction]
risky business
run out
recycle materials
rely on
alternative energy
in the year 2025
get rid ofload…with
within…limits
place orders
at birth
all forms of
free of charge
at the flick of a switch
carry out
attach …to…Post readingWhich prediction in the text …
is the strangest?
is the most useful?
will come true first?
will come true last?
How will you run the city in the future if you have the chance to do so?HWTry to retell the passage with the help of the key phrases noted down by you.
Period 2Module 1 Life in the Future
Listening and Speaking
Pronunciation
Everyday English
SpeakingQ: If you try to describe your home to your partner, what things will you talk about?
Now try to describe your home, talking about the following things:
size and number of rooms
furniture
technologyPre-listening What can you guess about the listening passage from the sentences in Activity 2 on Page?First Listening – Activity 2 on Page 5Listen to an architect talking about the home of the future and then complete the sentences in Activity 2 on Page 5.
Answers:A
B
C
B
A
A
C
cActivity 4 on Page 6Try to recall what the architect says about the following:
What could happen to the dining room and the living room?
How will people switch on the lights?
What will the toilet be able to do?
What will the dishwasher be able to do?They will disappear.The computer will do it.It will move higher or lower depending on who uses it.It will wash the dishes without water.Second ListeningFill in the missing parts according to what you hear.
I: Good afternoon everybody and ____the programme this afternoon is an expert on American ___________________, Mr Simon Oppenheim who’s going to talk to us about the house in the future. So where _______________in twenty years’ time?
G: Twenty years _____ a long time. We ________ underground or in space. We _____________in houses and flats as we do today.
I: What will the houses look like?ondomestic architectureshall we be livingisn’twon’t be livingwill be livingG: I think they’ll look __________________they do today, at least from the outside. But hey will be different inside.
I: ______________?
G: ____________, they’ll be more flexible. That means we ________________ move the walls to create bigger or smaller rooms when we want to. So the dining room and living room as we know them would disappear.
I: And the kitchen?
G: The kitchen _____________the most important room in the house! We_________________, and we’ll probably be using the kitchen more as a family room. And bathrooms will be bigger.much the same asIn what wayFor a startwill be able towill becomewill still be cookingI: So we ___________________more time in the bath.
G: Just as other people have done in the past, like in the days of the ancient Romans, when the bath had an important social fun_ction…
I: What about furniture?
G: Well, a lot of furniture will be the same- we ____________________ in chairs and using cupboards to keep things in, but the technology will be different. I think a single computer will ______ most of the functions in the house, and it will have a voice recognition system.will be spendingwill still be sittingcontrolI: So we’ll just have to say Switch on the Light and the light comes on?
G: Yes, that’s right. And the technology will be smarter.
I: Smarter?
G: Yes. For example, if we ____________something, like there’s _________milk left in the fridge, the computer will tell us. Maybe a shopping list would appear on a screen on the fridge. And the toilet will move higher or lower, _____________who uses it – a child or an adult.run out ofno moredepending onI: Will the houses of the future be ______________________?
G: Yes, ____________. We’ll be using machines which use less energy. An example could be a dishwasher which doesn’t need water. I think everyone ___________________to take care of the environment.
I: Does that mean you’re ________________the future?
G: Oh yes, very definitely.environment friendlydefinitelywill be trying hardoptimistic aboutTaskWork 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.Pronunciation – Activity 1 on Page 7Underline the stressed words in the passage.
Twenty years isn’t a long time. We won’t be living underground or in space. We’ll be living in houses and flats just as we do today.
Then listen and check your answer.Pronunciation – Activity 2 on Page 7Try to predict what the passage says according to the stressed words below.
kitchen - most important – house
We – still – cooking, probably – using –
kitchen more – family – room.
bathrooms - biggerPronunciation - ListenNow listen and check whether your prediction is right or not. Then read the passage, paying attention to the stressed parts.
The kitchen will become the most important room in the house! We’ll still be cooking, and we’ll probably be using the kitchen more as a family room. And bathrooms will be bigger. Everyday EnglishAnswers:
b
a
b
b
aHWTry to use the information in Activity 2 in Listening and Speaking on Page 5 to tell what the home of the future will be like.
Period 3Module 1 Life in the Future
Function
Grammar
Function Study:
What will the city of the future look like? No one knows for sure, and making predictions is a risky business. But one thing is certain – they are going to get bigger before they get smaller.Q: Which sentence talks about
1. a certain future?
2. a prediction?The second one.The first one.Function - Q: 在英语中,用来表达将要发生的动作或事情有些什么表达方式?
Study:
They will come back next week.
The project will be completed in a month.
Conclusion:“Will+动词原形”表示在将来某个时间要发生的动作或存在的状态,常与表示将来的时间状语连用。有时也可用来表示揣测。如:The predictions will come true if technology continues to develop.Study:
Look! It’s going to rain.
They are going to stay for two days.
What are you going to do when you leave school?
Conclusion:“be going to +动词原形”表示打算在最近或将来要做的事;或表示根据已有的迹象推测很可能要发生的事情。Study:
When does the summer vacation begin?
My train leaves at ten o’clock.
The department store opens at nine tomorrow morning.
Conclusion:一般现在时可以表示按计划或时刻要发生的事;只限于某些瞬间动词,如arrive, begin, come, finish, get, go, leave, meet, return, sail, spend, start等。Function – Activity 2 on Page 4Match the sentences with the meanings.
Answers: 3
4
2
1
6
5Function - Activity 3 on Page 5Work in pairs and try to underline the most appropriate form of the verb.
Answers:will be like
are you going to do
does the plane arrive
are going to have
is coming
will ring
is going to study
will goGrammarRecall the sentences from the listening.
Where ____ we __________ (live) in 20 years’ time?
We ________________________(not, live) underground or in space.
We __________________ in houses and flats just as we do today.will be livingwon’t be livingwill be livingDo Activity 1 on Page 6.
Answers:1. T 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. TGrammarQ: 将来进行时的构成、用法?
Study:
At nine o’clock tonight I will be doing my homework.
In the year 3000 a lot of people will be living on space stations.
Conclusion:
将来进行时由“shall/will+be+现在分词”构成;表示将来某个时刻或某段时间内发生的动作,常与特定的将来时间状语连用。Q: 将来进行时还可以表示什么?
Study:
You needn’t cook supper, Mum. I shall be cooking dinner tonight.
Tom will be telling you about it this afternoon.表示已经决定或安排要发生的动作或事情表示预料中要发生的动作Q: 一般将来时与将来进行时的区别?
Study:
When will you finish the letters?
When will you be seeing Mr White?
Conclusion:将来进行时表示对将来事实的简单陈述;一般将来时除表示时间概念外,还常带有感彩。Grammar- Activity 2 on Page 6Answers:will, be using
will be spending
will be trying
Grammar- Activity 3 on Page 7Answers:
will be doing
will be getting dressed
won’t be working
will be living
Will, be staying
will be lying
Grammar – Activity 4 on Page 7Tell your partner what you will be doing…
at six o’clock this evening
at half past eleven this evening
this time tomorrow
this time next yearPracticeComplete the sentences with an appropriate tense.
I ____________(have) my lesson in our classroom at 9 tomorrow morning.
-Would you like to go to our school to study next year?
-I _______________(study) in Australia next year.
3. - I thought I had asked you to post the letter.
- Oh, I’m sorry. I _____________ (do) it right now.
will be havingam going to studywill doHWFinish off the exercises about Grammar in Workbook.
Period 4Module 1 Life in the Future
Cultural Corner
Writing
Cultural Corner Read the passage. Then answer the question below.
Q: What’s the passage mainly about?It’s about a few of the bad predictions people made in the twentieth century about the twenty-first century.Cultural Corner Jigsaw Discussion:
Discuss what each prediction really means with your group members. Then report it to all.
Group 1: Airplanes, computers
Group 2: Clothes, men on the moon
Group 3: The Beatles, Robots in the house, keysCultural Corner Decide which prediction is the most amusing. State your reasons.
Work in groups. Write 5-7 sentences about life in China in the future. ( ANY thing is possible)Cultural CornerFind out the useful phrases with your partner.not all
come true
from now
be able to
throw away
in progress
move about
by the mid-1980s’Writing – Pre-writingsFill in the names of the students who tries to predict for the future, after reading the four passages in Activity 1.
_________ wants to work in a job that will help sick people.
_________ would like to live in a different country.
_________ hopes to have a family.
_________ doesn’t have any future plans.KenEmmaMaryThomasWriting – Acitivity 1- 2Find words or phrases that mean:
I don’t know exactly
it’s certain
I hope this will happen
it’s possible
after a long timeI’m not really suredefinitelyhopefullymaybe/probablyeventuallyWriting – Acitivity 1- 3 What different ways of talking about the future can you find?
I will be doing
I will definitely study
I’m going to go
I guess that I willWriting Work in four. Write about what you will be doing in ten years in 100 words.
Maybe you would like to use:
the future continuous tense
I will be doing / I won’t be doing
the introductory verbs:
I hope/ I guess / I imagine / I’d like to
c. the introductory words:
hopefully/ eventually / maybe / definitelyWritingPeer-checking
Then share your writing with the whole class.
Try to improve the writing with your partners.
HWImprove the writing.
Finish off the exercises in Writing in Workbook.
Language Date BankLanguage points for Reading care将来,爱护环境将会很重要,因为地球的资源将濒临枯竭。
In the future, ____________ the environment will become very important as earth’s natural resources __________.care forrun outcare: 名词;表示“爱护,关爱,关心”。如:Take care of your brother while I am away.No one knows for sure, and making predictions is a risky business.
for sure 肯定地,确切地,,毫无疑问地
eg: I don’t know it for sure.
I couldn’t say for sure when he will comes.
make predictions = predict
eg: He made a prediction that the earth was round.We’ll use lots of recycled materials, such as plastic, aluminium…
such as:像……一样的;诸如……之类的
eg: 他有许多诸如词典、手册之类的参考书。
He has many reference books, such as dictionaries and handbooks.study:
such fruits as bananas and apples
fruits, such as bananas and apples
fruits like bananas and apples
We’ll also have to rely more on alternative energy, such as solar and wind power.
rely on / upon 依赖;信赖,信任
eg:
We should rely on our own efforts.
You may rely on my early arrival.To get rid of garbage problems, the city will load huge spaceships with waste materials…
(1)get rid of 摆脱,去掉,除去
eg:
He can’t get rid of the cold.
You should get rid of your bad habit.
(2) rid sb of 使摆脱,使去掉
eg:
He has rid himself of smoking.No smoking will be allowed within a future city’s limits.
(1) within在….范围之内,不超过
eg: Do what is within your power!
She lives within ten minutes’ walk.
You’d better keep your book within your reach.
(2) allow sb to do / allow doingAll forms of recreation, such as cinemas, bowling and others, will be provided free of charge by the city.
(1) provide 提供,供给
provide sb. with sth. / provide sth. for sb.
eg: The firm has provided me with a car.
(2) free of charge 免费
In the future we will go to concerts free of charge.
Distance surgery will become common as doctors carry out operations from thousands of miles away, with each city having its own telesurgery outpatient clinic.
1. carry out 实施,落实,进行
eg: He carried out his promise to give up smoking.
Tests have been carried out on the patient.2. with的复合结构:
He felt safe with his mum standing behind him.
He went to the library with his homework finished.
With a lot of homework to do, he isn’t free.
He is used to sleeping with the windows open.
He likes reading with his MP3 on.
He went out with a stick in his hand.with + n. + -edwith + n. + doingwith + n. + to dowith + n. + adj.with + n. + adv.with + n. + prep.