(共17张PPT)
Using Language
Make predictions about future changes
Unit 2 Looking into the Future
Listening for Speaking
Make predictions
about future changes
Learning Objectives
By the end of the class, I will be able to
listen for the use of the future tense and words of making predictions.
use the newly learned words and sentence structures to predict the future.
make sensible predictions through bold imagination and critical thinking.
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Pre - listening
technologies
challenges
problems
solutions
Listening tip:
Future tense: will / will be doing.
Words: predict / prediction / forecast
Pre - listening
1. What is Dr. Han’s occupation
A. professor B. musician
C. physician D. computer scientist
2. What is Dr. Han's attitude toward intelligent computers
A. worried and anxious B. skeptical
C. confident and optimistic D. critical
3. What is Vincent Black’s occupation
A. athlete B. engineer
C. architect D. fashion designer
4. What is Vincent Black’s prediction about
A. people of the future B. cities of the future
C. weather of the future D. food of the future
While - listening
Listen for the first time and choose the correct answer.
Listen again, and then fill in the table below.
Listening target Dr Han’s prediction Vincent Black’s prediction
Future events/ problems
Future technologies /solutions
How things will change the way we live
While - listening
Computers would be __________ than humans.
Robots will be programmed to not think in ways that may _______
humans.
Nanobots will be put inside our __________.
Our abilities will be __________.
The sea level will __________ by many metres.
Cities __________ on water will be built.
People don’t need to move away from the ___________.
Listen for the third time to check or complete the answers.
Listening target Dr Han’s prediction Vincent Black’s prediction
Future events/ problems
Future technologies /solutions
How things will change the way we live
While - listening
Computers would be __________ than humans.
Robots will be programmed to not think in ways that may _______
humans.
Nanobots will be put inside our __________.
Our abilities will be __________.
The sea level will __________ by many metres.
Cities __________ on water will be built.
People don’t need to move away from the ___________.
cleverer
harm
bodies
increased
rise
floating
sea
While - listening
Group discussion
What is the relationship between challenges and opportunities
Cities floating on water will be built.
Challenges and opportunities coexist.
Imagine that you have a job that makes you an expert in the future.
Post - listening
Post - listening
Speaking target Your prediction
Future events/ problems
Future technologies /solutions
How things will change the way we live
Make your own predictions!
Useful Expressions
I think/believe/predict that in the future
By 2030, we will…
I can imagine /forecast/predict …
One challenge will be…
We will be doing…
My prediction is that…
In the future, there will…
We will have the opportunity to…
We are going to ….
Post - listening
In pairs, interview each other about your jobs and predictions.
A: Good afternoon, Mr/Ms.... Thank you for agreeing to do
this interview.
B: I’d love to.
A: First, could you please tell our audience what you do
B: Certainly, I’m a ... My job is to do...
A: Do you have any prediction about your job
B: I forecast/believe that ...
...
A: Well, that would be really good news for all of us. Thank
you for your time!
Interview
Useful Structure
The best way to predict the future
is to create it!
——Peter Drucker
Assignment 1
Click on the link https://www. to find out more about Elon Musk’s Starlink project.
Assignment 2
Write an essay to describe your predictions about the future changes and post it online.