(共22张PPT)
Module 4 Life in the future
Unit 2
Every family will have a small plane.
“will+动词原形”表示将来的动作,“将(会)……”
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future life
What will our life be like in the future
How about clothes
What will the weather be like
How will people travel
How will jobs change
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Work in pairs. Look at the pictures and choose the words in the box to describe them.
People will travel by plane, but maybe there will be traffic jams in the air.
The weather will be very hot with heavy wind.
air land job machine rain robot sea space traffic jam wind
People will wear the same clothes in rain or in wind, for the clothes will keep us warm or cool.
Machines and robots will help people do heavy jobs, and people will have a lot of free time.
Listen and read the passage and match the pictures with the paragraphs.
Paragraph C
Paragraph B
Paragraph A
Paragraph D
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What does each paragraph talk about
Global reading
总分
What is the structure of the passage
Paragraph A talks about clothes. Paragraph B talks about weather.
Paragraph C talks about travel. Paragraph D talks about jobs.
Pay attention to the main word of the title. Can we use other words Why
Check the true sentences.
1 People have to change clothes in hot weather.
2 The weather will be warm in spring.
3 A lot of people will travel by plane so there will be traffic jams in the air.
4 People will have long holidays because machines will do heavy work.
5 There won't be traffic jams any more.
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don’t need to
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Detailed reading
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will
Why won’t a change of weather mean a change of clothes
Why will the sea level rise
Answer the questions.
Because we will wear a new kind of clothes. They will be warm when we’re cold, and cool when we’re hot.
Because it will be hot with heavy rain all year.
4. Why will there be traffic jams in the air
5. Why will no one do heavy work
Because we’ll travel everywhere by plane, not only over land, but also over the sea or even into space.
Because machines and robots will do all the heavy and difficult jobs.
3. Why won’t they travel by bus or bike any more
Because every family will have a small plane.
Translate the following expressions into English and underline them in the passage.
1.实现;成真 _________
2.海平面 _____________
3.也 _________________
4.进入太空 ___________
5.交通阻塞 ___________
6.在空中 _____________
7.不仅……而且…… __________________
8.繁重困难的工作________________
9.轻松容易的工作________________
come true
sea level
as well
into space
traffic jams
Task 5
in the air
not only … but also …
heavy and difficult jobs
light and easy work
1. Some people like _________________ , but they don't want to work hard.
2. Now many countries send different kinds of satellites(卫星) _______________.
3. The idea is strange, but I think it will __________ one day.
4. Nina is good at drawing. She is good at playing the piano _______.
5. - I don't think there will be ___________ on land.
- Oh, it's hard to say.
light and easy work
come true
into space
as well
traffic jams
Use the phrases above to fill in the blank
will +be
will+do
won’t do
Wh.../how+will be/do
there will be
Read and pay attention to the sentences with “will” .
Complete the passage with the correct form of the words from the box.
air cheap everywhere into rise true
Will travel in the future be expensive No, it’ll be (1)______. We’ll travel (2)____________ by plane. We’ll be able to (3) _____over the traffic jams on the land, and we’ll be able to go(4)_____space. But maybe there’ll be traffic jams in the(5)_____ too. What do you think Do you think this idea about life in the future will come(6)_____
cheap
everywhere
rise
into
air
true
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Exercises
Match the words with their opposites.
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cheap
cold
cool
difficult
heavy
short
small
easy
expensive
hot
large
light
long
warm
P23
Writing
Retell.
1 The weather will be quite______or even _____all year, with _________ and ______. The sea level will ______.
3 Every family will have a __________. It'll be ______ to travel everywhere ________. Maybe there'll be __________ in the air.
4 ___________________ will do all the heavy and difficult jobs, and we'll only do ____________ work. People will have long ________ because ____________ will be short.
2 We'll wear a new kind of clothes. They will be ______ when we are cold, and cool when we're ____.
1.
weather
2.
clothes
3.
travel
4.
jobs
Life in the future
warm
hot
wind
warm
hot
small plane
cheap
holidays
Machines and robots
light and easy
heavy rain
rise
by plane
traffic jams
working hours
Please draw a mind map. You can choose one main topic to
talk about the future life, and then think about the subtitles
and examples.
eg. hotels on the moon, schools on Mars, ......
Mind map
Look at the sentences.
Working hours will be short.
People will have long holidays.
→Working hours will be short so people will have long holidays.
P23
so在此处作连词用,意为“因而;所以”,表示A句是B句的原因。
A
B
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1. Every family will have a plane so …
Every family will have a plane so travel will be fast.
Now complete the sentences with so.
Possible answer
2. The weather will get hot so …
The weather will get hot so the iceberg will melt and the sea level will rise as well.
Possible answer
3. Machines and robots will do the heavy and difficult jobs so …
Machines and robots will do the heavy and difficult jobs so we will have more free time.
Possible answer
Work in pairs. Talk with your deskmate about life in the future.
A: What do you think of life in the future
B:I think ...., so ....
A: Yes, but ....
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A: What do you think of life in the future
B:I think robots will help people do a lot of work, so people will have long holidays.
A: Yes, but I think people will become lazy.
Example
Practice
Imagine a school in the future, and try to write a passage to introduce a kind of school you like in the future.
Writing task in class
1. Finish the passage in class.
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Homework