Module 1 Life in the Future
Reading and vocabulary
一. 设计思想
Reading and vocabulary ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )(阅读课) 的目的是训练学生的阅读理解能力，本节课的设计遵循“以人为本”的教育理念和以学生为主体的原则，充分考虑高中阶段学生学习语言和人格塑造的发展性要求，全面培养学生的综合语言运用能力，特别是读和写的能力，同时帮助他们开拓思维和想象。这节课以the future city” 为话题,向学生介绍了未来城市生活的几个方面，引道学生了解世界发展的趋势，了解可持续发展的必要性。旨在通过对本节课的学习，使学生学会一些重点单词，短语及句型结构，并能通过学习，培养乐观的生活态度。因学生的阅读能力还有待于提高，通过泛读，精读及讨论环节的设置，提高他们的阅读理解能力和口头及书面表达能力。
教学目标
知识目标
Master the words and phrases
alternative clinic o ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nline outdoors disability solar urban recreation
run out free of charge for sure
Key sentences
All forms of rec ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )reation, such as cinemas, bowling, softball, concerts and others will be
provided ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )free of charge by the city.
We will also have to rely on alternative energy, such as solar and wind power.
No one knows for sure, and making predictions is a risky business.
In the future, c ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )are for the environment will become very important as earth’s natural resources
run out.
Not all predictions come true.并不是所有的预言都能成为现实。
2. 语言技能目标
以听带读，在朗读的基础上掌握词汇和短语
在阅读中推断新词汇和短语的意义，掌握快速阅读技巧，能获取主要信息，理解相关文章。
能运用所学词汇和短语，表达自己对未来的预测。
3. 情感态度与价值观
通过对本课的学习, 引道学生了解世界发展的趋势，了解可持续发展的必要性。培养乐观的生活态度
教学重点
学习并掌握有关词汇,短语及句型.
学习如何快速浏览课文并抓住其中的内容.
学会联系上下文猜测词义
教学难点
1. 熟练运用所学短语及句型结构
2. 向同学叙述个人想象的未来的生活或城市
3. 用书面的形式表达对未来生活的预测
教学准备
收集未来城市的图片及相关描述材料
发动学生上网搜索相关材料.
整理材料和图片并制作课件
七教学过程:
Step1. Leading-in
Show them pictures and ask Ss some questions:
What do you know about the future life
What do you think the future city will be like Show your pictures.
T: Encourag ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e Ss to say something about the future city according to the materials given.
Step2. Extensive reading
Get the Ss to read the text fast and tick the topics
alternative energy【 】 public services【 】schools【 】
weather【 】 shopping【 】Environment【 】traffic【 】
entertainment【 】crime【 】
T: I think you’ve got the main idea. Let’s listen to the text
Step3. Listen and check your pronunciations and intonations
Underline the new words:
clinic mall ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )net online outdoors run out solar surgery urban
Then match with their meanings
1. not in a building
2. from the sun
3. through the internet
4. a place where you can get medical treatment
5. a shopping center
6. to use up or finish completely
Step4. Intensive reading
T: This time we ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )read the text carefully. Tell the sentences True or False
1. Some one can know what the future city is like.
2. The natural resources have been used up now.
3. We can bury the garbage under the ground.
4. You can’t smoke in a future city.
5. We must pay for seeing a film.
6. Most of the people can travel in space easily.
Answers: 3,4,6 are true. 1,2,5are false.
Step5 pair-wok
Talk with your partner and fill in the form
now future
rubbish We often bury or burn them We’ll______________ with the garbage
smoking We can smoke in many places No smoking is allowed _______________
crime Police often arrest criminals by guns Police will arrest criminals by_________
shopping We do shopping in supermarkets, stores or ______ We will do shopping and place orders ______________
Seeing a doctor We go to a clinic or a__________ Doctors will carry out many telesurgeries
T: When you read the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) text, you perhaps come across some sentences difficult to understand.
Step6. Language points
No one knows_______, and making predictions is a risky business.没有人确切地知道，而且预测是一件冒险的事。
e. g. No one knows for sure what will happen in the future.
In the future, ca ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )re for the environment will become very important as earth’s natural resources______.
在未来，爱护环境将会非常重要 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )， 因为地球的自然资源面临枯竭。
e. g. Have you finished Time is running out.
3. We will also have to ______alternative energy, such as
solar and wind p ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ower. 我们也不得不依赖其他能源，如太阳能和风能。
rely on/upon to trust; depend on 信任；依赖
e.g.You may not rely on the weather report.
4. All forms of re ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )creation, such as cinemas, bowling, softball, concerts and others will be provided free of charge by the city.
所有的娱乐形式，如电影，保龄球，垒球，音乐会及其他等等都将由城市免费提供。
free of charge at no cost 免费
e. g. Your order will be delivered free of charge within a ten-mile limit.
你订购的产品在十英里范围内免费送货。
All the brochures are given away free of charge. 所有的小册子都是免费赠送的。
拓展：
for free 免费
e. g. You can visit the garden for free after 6 p.m..下午六点以后，你可以免费参观这个公
5. Not all predict ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ions come true.并不是所有的预言都能成为现实。
not 与all, every, both连用时，表示部分否定，而非全部否定。
e. g. Not all students are good in English. 并不是所有的学生英语都好。
Not all the people present at the meeting supported his plan.
(=All the people present at the meeting didn’t support his plan. )
并不是所有出席会议的人都支持他的计划。
注意：无论not位于句首还是句中，都表示部分否定。
表示全部否定，需用none, neither。
e. g. None of them liked the movie.他们都不喜欢这部电影。
Step 7. Group-work Disscussion
You are talking with your old friends in the year 2090.
How will you live in the future
the cars
the holidays
the houses
……
T: 1) Guide the S ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s to talk with each other and collect their opinions.
2) Encourage them to stand up and state their own opinions
Step8. Homework
1. Draw a picture of your future city.
2. Write about your life in this city of the future
八．教学反思
1．古人有言“授之以鱼，不如授之以渔 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )”在高中英语学习中，阅读是输入语言信息的重要途径之一，也是高考考察的重点能力之一，同时，扩大词汇量是学习的主要目标之一。但是词汇量的扩大是不能仅仅依赖于教师的教和讲的。因此，学生的“自主阅读及在阅读中自然习得词汇知识”在英语学习中不失为提高阅读和扩大词汇的一个好方法。
这是一节阅读课，通过我设计的泛读 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )，精读两个环节，泛读部分让学生快速阅读，概括中心，有助于训练学生整体把握大意：而精读部分进一步细读课文，了解细节，这是提高他们的阅读理解能力的重要一步。词义搭配的题目设计，为学生猜测词义起到了引导作用
2．通过“讨论”这一问题 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )的设置，同学们加深了对课文的理解，并能把所学到的知识与现实生活相联系，与自己的学习相联系，学以致用是最好的学习动力。同学们实践了小组合作性学习，进一步培养了他们团结协作的精神，起到了教育作用。并使这一节课达到了高潮，充分调动了学生的积极性及主动性。
3．整堂课的时间安排也相对合理，圆满的完成了教学任务。
4．学生的朗读和口头表达能力还有待于进一步提高。Module 1 Life in the Future
本模块授课板块处理思路：
共需要5课时，内容处理如下：
第一课时：预习并记忆单词，进行下列内容： ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Page 1 Introduction, 布置预习作业：预习Page 2的文章，完成1、2、3、4、5、6练习题。
第二课时：学习Page 2的文章，订正1、2、3、4、5、6练习题答案。讲解知识点。
第三课时：处理Listening and Speaking
第四课时：处理Grammar, Function, Everyday English
第五课时：处理Writing 和Cultural Corner
A Teaching plan（供第二课时使用）
Teaching aims:
Enabling the students to
1. grasp the main idea of the passage in Reading and Vocabulary.
2. master the usage of some language points
Important & difficult points:
Grasp the main idea of the passage.
Teaching methods:
Listening, practicing.
Teaching steps:
I. Warming-up
Ask the students the following question:
What will the city of ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) the future be like in your view Ask one or two students to express their ideas. Correct the mistakes if any.
e to the passage on Passage 2.
1. Listen to the tape:
Now we are going to l ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )isten to the tape. While listening, try to find the answer to these two questions:
1.) What will we use in the future
--Lots of r ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ecycled materials, such as plastic, aluminium, steel, glass, wood and paper.
2.) What will happen to space travel
--Travelling in space by ordinary citizens will be common.
After listening, check the answers with the students.
2. Ask the students to read the passage to get more information.
And then check ho ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )w much the students have learned from the passage by doing the following exercise.
T or F statements:
1) Making predictions is a safe business.
F (a risky business)
2) The cities o ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )f the future will get smaller before they get bigger.
F (get bigger before they get smaller)
3) We will rely ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) more on alternative energy, such as solar and wind power.
T
4) A teacher at a un ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )iversity in New York asked the students to think how they would run a city of 50,000 people in the year 2025.
F (in Texas)
5) Criminal ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s will be arrested by the police by firing nets instead of guns.
T
6) In the future, most shopping will be done online.
F (all shopping)
7) You wil ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )l enjoy all forms of creation by paying only a small sum of money.
F (free of charge)
8) Doctors will b ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e able to carry out operations from thousands of miles away.
T
3. Check the answers to Activities 1-6 with the students.
Activity 1:
alternative energy/ crime/ shopping/ environment/ entertainment
Activity 3:
disability/ outdoor ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s/ solar/ recreation/ net/ online/ clinic/ urban/ mall/ run out/ surgery
Activity 4:
arrest criminals/ ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) carry out operation/ load huge spaceship/ recycle material/ rely on alternative energy/ waste natural resource/
Activity 5:
outpatient/ get rid of/ senior citizens/ free of charge/ landfill
Activity 6:
1) They’ve thought how to run a city in 2025.
2) To the sun
3) Criminals
4) Within a city’s limits
5) Online
6) Their telephone number
7) Recreation
8) They’ll be powered by electricity.
9) Surgery
10) Anywhere in the world.
III. Deal with the language points in the reading material.
1. for sure
毫无疑问, 肯定地, 有把握地
I don't know for sure. 我不是很确切地知道！
[补充]
for certain 肯定地, 确凿地, 的确
make sure 务必要做到; 一定要做到
sure enough 果真, 的的确确; 一定, 毫无疑问
to be sure 自然, 固然；当然, 的确, 一定；哎呀, 真的! 一点不假!
be sure of 对……有把握，确信
2. in the future/ in future
in the future将来，未来
(= in the time yet to come指的是将来某一时间)
My brother wants to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )be an actor in the future 我的弟弟将来想当一名演员
in future今后，从此以后
(= from now on 指从说 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )话是开始的全部将来时间)
You had better not go out alone in future. 今后你最好不要单独外出
3. run out 用光；耗尽
run out 后面不能加宾语
sth run out= sb run out of sth = sth be run out of
Can you lend me som ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e paper Mine has run out. 能借些纸给我吗？我的已经用完了。
4. rely on= depend on 依靠、依赖
A. depend on 通常 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )表示一种客观情况，有时说明一个规律，这种“依靠”的对象往往是主语存在或成功的原因。
Children depend on the parents for food and clothing.孩子们的衣食要靠父母。
rely on 表示主观上的选择和信托，“依靠”的对象往往是主语期待成功的一个因素。
We rely on the strength of the people.
我们依靠人民的力量。
B. depend on/rely on sb.to do sth 指望某人做某事，可以通用，基本没有区别。
You can depend on/rely on her to be late.你可以担保她必定迟到。
C. depend on 还表示“取决于，得看……”
It depends on whether he is interested.取决于他是否感兴趣。
It all depends.一切看情况而定。
D. rely on 还表示“信任”，相当于trust.
You may rely on his honesty.你可以信任他的诚实。
5. 注意下列词组：
look like
make predictions 做预测
lots of recycled materials 大量的可回收材料
such as 例如，诸如
run a city of 50,000 people 管理一座拥有5万人口的城市
in the year 2025 在2025年
get rid of 摆脱、免除、除去
load A with B 用A装载B
by firing nets 通过射出网状物
within a city’s limits 在城市范围内
place orders 订购
telephones for life 终身电话，电话人生
at birth 出生时
free of charge 免费
at the flick of a switch轻按一下开关
carry out operations 实施手术
with each city havi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ng its own telesurgery outpatient clinic 每个城市拥有自己的远程手术门诊部
people with disabilities 残疾人
cameras attached to their head 绑在头上的相机
IV. Ask the students ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )to read the passage again and try to say something about it without refering to their books.
V. Homework:
1. Read the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )passage and try to write a short passage about a future city in your view.
2. Try to remember the language points learned in this period.
3. Make some sent ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ences with run out/ in the future/ for sure/ rely on.Module 1 Life in the Future
本模块授课板块处理思路：
共需要5课时，内容处理如下：
第一课时：预习并记忆单词，进行下列内容：P ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )age 1 Introduction, 布置预习作业：预习Page 2的文章，完成1、2、3、4、5、6练习题。
第二课时：学习Page 2的文章，订正1、2、3、4、5、6练习题答案。讲解知识点。
第三课时：处理Listening and Speaking
第四课时：处理Grammar, Function, Everyday English
第五课时：处理Writing 和Cultural Corner
A Teaching plan（供第三课时使用）
Teaching aims:
Enabling the students to
1. grasp the main idea of the passage in Listening and Speaking.
2. say something about their houses of the future.
Important & difficult points:
Grasp the details o ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )f the passage and say something about their houses of the future.
Teaching methods:
Listening, speaking, practicing.
Teaching steps:
I. Warming up.
1. Say sth about the passage learned the period before.
(Last period, we ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )learned about The City of The Future. Now who’d like to say something about it )
Ask some stude ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nts to try to speak as much as possible. Help them with some key words, such as garbage, police, smoking, shopping, recreation, cars, telesurgery, holidays, space travel. Correct the mistakes if any.
2. Fill in the bl ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )anks with words or phrases learned from the passage.
I can’t p___ what ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) schools will be like in the f___, but I know for s____ that great changes will take place then. Recently I have looked up information o____, and I’d like to share some with you. Firstly, building m______will be quite different. Some new types, such as plastic, glass will be used. Secondly, with the natural resources r____ out, the future schools will make full use of s___ energy, and we will r____ alternative energy. Thirdly, there will be no books at all. Every classroom will be a____ to the advanced net system. That’s my opinion of the future school, how about yours
(Answers: predic ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t, future, sure, online, materials, running, solar, rely on, attached)
3. Ask the studen ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ts to describe their home to their partners. Talk about the these things:
* size and number of rooms
* furniture
* technology
Then say what they like about their home.
( My hous ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e looks much the same as any of yours from the outside. It consists of a kitchen, a bathroom, a sitting room and three bedrooms. But they are different inside. In my house, some walls are made of wood and glass and they are moveable. We can move them to create bigger or smaller rooms at will(任意地). We have desks, chairs, and cupboards. Our fridge is environment-friendly. It doesn’t use any freon (氟里昂) but an alternative material.)
e to the listening material.
This class, we ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )are going to listen to an architect talking about the home of the future. Now read through the questions on page 5 quickly.
Now get yo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ur ears ready and I will play the tape twice. The first time you are expected to answer the questions and the second time it’s time to check your answers.
Play the tape t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )wice. And then ask some students to give their answers. Check the answers together.
(Answers:
1a, 2b, 3c, 4b, 5a, 6a, 7c, 8c)
Play the tape ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )a third time for the students to grasp more details and try to finish Activity 4.
(Answers:
1. They will disappear.
2. The computer will do it.
3. It will move more higher or lower depending on who uses it.
4. It will wash the dishes without water.)
Listen to the t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ape once more. This time ask the students try to speak out every sentence of the passage.
III. Speaking.
Imagine your houses of the future. Talk about the following things:
●How big will it be
●What will it be made of/ from
●Which rooms will be most important
●What new technology will it have
●How environment-friendly will it be
Ask the stude ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nts to have a discussion about it in groups of four. And then ask some to stand up to express their ideas.
IV. Homework:
Write a short passage about your house of the future.
