Unit 1 Technology and the Future
Lesson 3 Tomorrow's Jobs
【学习目标】
通过本节课学习,你将学到以下内容:
1. 通过阅读,了解人们如何预测空间未来发展及态度。
2. 准确掌握重点词汇和结构及它们的用法。
3. 区分will 和be going to 表将来。
【学习过程】
一、预习课文 自主学习
1. ________our lives 影响着我们的生活
2. in the last thirty years =in the ______ thirty years 在过去的三十年里
3. in the past 在过去
4. connect to______
5. _______对…悲观
6.________ 对…乐观
7. find out holiday offers________
8._______ 各种各样的
9. a huge growth of shopping on the Net _________
10. get entertainment ________
11. mail service _____
12. as if =_______ 似乎,好像
二、课堂阅读训练
1. Go through the article and match the paragraphs with these headings in two minutes.
a) Pessimistic opinions
b) Our future in virtual reality
c) Optimistic opinions
d) The Internet growth
2. Careful-reading
Fill in the blanks below:
In the last thirty years, the Internet has ________ _________.
In 1983 only ______ computers connected to the Internet
Now there are around _________
In the future the ________ is going to continue
三、课堂活动
Activity: Group work
A debate 辩论赛
Group A ---optimistic Group B---pessimistic
语言支持
I’m pessimistic/optimistic about …As far as I know/I’m concerned …
It seems to me that …From my point of view,
Personally, I think...In my opinion...
重点句型
1.in the past/last thirty years 做时间状语,谓语动词用________。
In the past 10 years, great changes ___________in our hometown (take place).
2.It is+adj.+that clause主语从句用形式主语it指代
(很清楚,很显然)we are going to see a huge growth in shopping on the Internet.
3. see + 宾语+v-ing /done /do
I just saw him ______with a knife he bought a week ago (play).
I saw Tom ______by a group of boys at the bus station (surround).
I saw Mary ______ downstairs and pick up the phone (go).
精选试题
1. (2010·浙江卷)Many lifestyle patterns do such great harm to health that they actually speed up weakening of the human body.
A.a;/ B. /;the
C.a;the D./;/
2. —Do you have any problems if you this job
—Well,I’m thinking about the salary.
A. offer B. will offer
C. are offered D. will be offered
3. (上海高考)With the government’s aid,those by the earthquake have moved to the new settlements.
A. affect B. affecting
C. affected D. were affected
4. When a pencil is partly in a glass of water,it looks it were broken.
A. as if B. now that
C. even though D. so that
语法探究
Find out the difference
a) talks about a future event we can predict from a present situation (陈述根据目前状况可以推测出的未来结果)
b) expresses our opinions about the future (陈述我们对未来的看法和观点)
1. now there are around 50 million and this growth is clearly going to continue.
2. …, “It is clear that we are going to see a huge growth in shopping on the Internet.”
3. She also believes that, in the future, we will get entertainment from the Net and that television will probably disappear.
4. “Personally I think virtual reality will become a part of modern life,” …
5. “… We will work in virtual offices, shop in virtual supermarkets, and we will even study in virtual schools.”
即学即练
1. Oh! The sky is cloudy. It ________ rain.
A. is going to B. will.
2. Who do you think _____win this match
A will B am going to