Unit 7 Will people have robots?
Section A 1a-2d
人教新目标版 八年级上册
Learning objectives
Knowledge objectives:
1. 熟练掌握以下词汇和短语
paper; in 100 years; world peace; on paper; live to be ; prediction; use money, pollution; prediction; future; pollute; environment; planet; earth; plant; part; play a part.
2. 熟练掌握以下句型
1. Books will only be on computers, not on paper.
2. Will people live to be 200 years old?
3. There will be fewer trees and the environment will be in great danger.
4. Everyone should play a part in saving the earth.
Skill objectives:
1. 掌握本课单词与重点短语，能用will be将来时谈论将来的生活是什么样子的。
2. 掌握will及There be结构的一般将来时用法，进一步掌握more、 less、 fewer的使用; 能够在听力中抓取有关未来的学习、生活、城市等的关键词完成任务，提高听力效率;参与结对活动、小组活动时，能积极与他人合作，相互帮助，共同完成学习任务，体验在“做”中使用目标语言。
3. 通过听力练习，能听懂谈论“一般将来时”的话题，能以角色扮演的形式，用正确的语音语调运用所学句型进行对话。
Cultural awareness objectives:
能够发挥想象，对未来进行合理预测，并增强环境保护的意识。
Thinking quality objectives:
通过听说训练，获取关于预测未来的关键信息，并在此基础上联系自身实际，发表个人观点，实现知识与思维能力的迁移，在各种语言实践活动中，提高思维的逻辑性、批判性和创新性。
New words
Read and repeat.
paper/?pe?p?(r)/
pollution/p??lu??n/
prediction/pr??d?k?n/
future/?fju?t??(r)/
pollute/p??lu?t/
environment/?n?va?r?nm?nt/
planet/?pl?n?t/
earth/??θ/
plant/plɑ?nt/
part/pɑ?t/
play a part
n.纸;纸张
n.污染;污染物
n.预言;预测
n.将来;未来
v.污染
n.环境
n.行星
n.地球;世界
v.种植 n.植物
n.部分
参与;发挥作用
Let’s watch a video and discuss what our life will be like in the future?
What will people‘s lives be like in the future?
What's your prediction about the future?
Will people have robots?
Yes, they will.
No,they will not(won’t).
Will environmental pollution be worse?
Yes, it will.
No, it will not(won’t).
Will people live to be 200 years old?
Yes, they will.
No, they will not(won’t).
Will kids go to school and study in the classroom?
No, they won't. Kids will study at home on computers.
What's your prediction about the future?
Will there be more money?
No,there won't be money.
Everything will be free.
We use paper every day now, but will we still use it in the future?
Yes, we will.
No,we won't. Maybe books will only be on computers, not on paper.
There will be only one country in the world, right?
Yes, I think so.
Look at the picture and answer the questions.
1.Where are the two boys?
2.What are they talking about?
3.Can you describe the two small pictures?
4.Do you think these situations(robot helping us at home;studying math on computer ) are happening now or will happen in the future?
How will the world be different 100 years from now? Read these predictions. Check (√) A for agree or D for Disagree.
will+_________，表示对_____的预测;
will本身没_____和_____的变化;
will可以缩写为____;
will的否定形式will not 可以缩写为_____.
There be的将来时_____________.
Listen and circle the predictions you hear in 1a.
People will have robots in their homes.
People won’t use money. Everything will be free.
Books will only be on computers, not on paper.
Kids won’t go to school. They’ll study at home on computers.
There will only be one country.
People will live to be 200 years old.
Retell with the help of the mind map using “will(won’t)+动词原形”.
not go to school
Study at home
one country
robots, homes
not use money, free
Listen again and fill in the blanks on P101.
A: Do you _____ people will ____ ______ in their homes in 100 _____?
B: Yes, I do. I saw a robot on TV, and it ______ the kitchen.
A: Well, I don’t think people ___ ___ money.
B: Do you think everything will __ ____?
A: Yeah, ________.
B: I think there will be ____ one ______.
A: Only one _______ in the world? Will there ___ world _____?
B: I _____ so.
A: I _____ kids _____ go to school. They will _____ at home on _________.
B: Oh, I ________.
A: You do?
B: Yeah, there will ______ be schools.
Let’s watch a video and role play the conversation.
Ask and answer questions about the predictions in 1a.
A: Will people use money in 100 years?
B: No, they won’t. Everything will be free.
Will people live to be 200 years old?
A: Yes, they will.
in 100 years “在100年以后”，in为介词，其后跟一段时间表示“在……之后”，通常用于一般将来时，对其提问要用how soon（多久以后）。
Work in pairs. One makes a prediction, The other answers it. Then, exchange roles.
Will peple...? Yes, they will. /No, they won’t.
Will there be.....? Yes, there will be. /No, there won’t.
