外研版 必修四 Module 1 Life in the Future Reading 课件（12张PPT）

(共12张PPT)
Reading
The City of the Future
shopping
environment
traffic
weather
recreations
alternative energy
crime
schools
public services
Task1 Listen to the tape of the passage and choose which topics have been talked about.
Guess
Pre-reading
Reading: Task 1--- Text Organization
Divide the passage into two parts, trying to find
out the main idea of each part.
Parts Main Idea of each part
Part 1 ( Paragraph ____)
Part 2 (Paragraph _____)
What will the city of the future look like
How will the students run a city in the future
1
2-12
1. Where will garbage ships go
2. Who will batman nets catch
3. How will people go shopping
4. How will cars be different
5. What will doctors do from a distance
6. Where will old people go without
moving
Task 2 Read the passage and answer the questions:
To the sun.
Criminals.
Online.
They’ll be powered by electricity.
Surgery.
Anywhere in the world.
Read the text again and complete the following chart.
In the future, 1. ______________________ will become very important as we will 2. _________ earth’s natural resources. And we will use lots of 3. ______________ and also have to rely on 4. ________________. How the students would run a city in the year 2025 Garbage ships The city will _____ huge spaceships with waste materials and send them towards the sun.
Batman Nets Police will use them to 5. _______________.
care for the environment
run out of
recycled materials
alternative energy
load
arrest criminals
Forget smoking If you want to smoke, you can go outside cities, and outdoors.
Forget the malls All shopping will be done ________, and catalogues will have voice commands to ____________.
Telephones for life Everyone will be given a telephone number at birth that will never change 6. _______________________ they live.
Recreation All forms of recreation will be provided 7. ____________ by the city.
Cars All cars will use 8. ___________________________________, and it will be possible to change the colour of cars.
wherever / no matter where
free of charge
electricity, solar energy or wind energy
online
place orders
Telesurgery It will be common to perform distance surgery.
Holidays at home People will be able to go anywhere in the world using 9. ____________________________________________.
Space travel It will be 10. _______ for ordinary people to travel in space.
high-tech cameras attached to their head
common
What will the city of the future look like Making 1.______ (predict)is a risky business. One thing is certain that care 2.____ the environment will become very important as earth’s natural resources run 3._____. 4.______, there are plenty of things about city life in the future 5._______ are not certain. Here are some ideas that young people create:
Everyone 6.________ (give) a telephone number at birth that will never change no matter where they live.
Further understanding
predictions
for
out
However
that/which
will be given
Everyone will do 7.______ (shop) and place orders online.
Doctors will carry out 8.______ (operate) from thousands of miles away and distance surgery will become common.
Senior citizens and people 9._______ disabilities will be able to go anywhere using high-tech cameras 10._______ (attach) to their head.
Further understanding
shopping
operations
with
attached
Post-reading
What is your ideal city
Work in groups and stimulate your imagination to design a city in the future if you are the governor or mayor of the city. Then make a presentation.
Show Time!
Presentation
Summary
Group the words and phrases with the topics.