课件28张PPT。Unit 3Life in the futureWarming up and Reading How do you usually get to school?
What kind of vehicle will people use in the future?
3. Where would you like to live in the
future?
4. What kind of housing would you
like to have in the future?Free talkTalking about the future, what do you care about most?populationtrafficpollutionglobal warminghousinghungerworld peaceImagine what changes will happen in the next century in housing, transport, jobs, families, communication, environment and education.a solar energy carWhat vehicle may people use in the future?What kind of houses may people live in the future?life in the future?What changes do you expect to see in our life in one thousand years’ time? What problems do you think
people in the future will have
overcome in one thousand years?
Which ones will still be there or
even worse in AD 3008?Para 1Para 3The last ParaRead and find out in which paragraph you can find answers to the questions.Who transported Li Qiang into the future?
What will home be like in the future?
Why did Li Qiang’s head ache?Fast readinga. We were transported into the future by a comfortable time capsule.
b. I arrived at Wang Ping’s home and everything in his house made me surprised.
c. I won a travel to the year AD 3008.
d. I have my first try to master a hovering carriage.Put the following sentences into the correct order.cabdGo through the first two paragraphs quickly and answer the following questions.1. What is a “time lag”?
2. How did Li Qiang feel when he was in the capsule ? 3. Who guided Li Qiang’s trip?
4. Why did Li Qiang’s guide give him some tablets?
5. Who transported them to the future?Careful reading1. What is a “time lag”?
“Time lag’’ means a person gets flashbacks from his previous time period.2. How did Li Qiang feel when he was
in the capsule ?The seats in the capsule were very
comfortable.3. Who guided Li Qiang’s trip?
His friend.4. Why did Li Qiang’s guide give him some tablets?
The tablets could help him feel less nervous and uncertain.
5. Who transported them to the future?
Wang Ping’s parents’ company.Go through the third paragraph, then try to answer the following questions.1. How did Li Qiang feel as soon as he landed in the future?
2. How did Wang Ping solve this problem? 3. What do you think has cause this kind of problem? 1. How did Li Qiang feel as soon as he was transported to the year AD 3008?
2. How did Wang Ping solve this problem?
He felt that he was lack of fresh air. The air was very thin.He gave Li Qiang a mask to put on and hurried him to rest. 3. What do you think has caused this kind of problem?
Now we are causing more and more pollution to the nature, and this will cause serious problems to the life in the future. This may be the cause of the lack of fresh air in the future.Read the fourth paragraph carefully and then answer the following questions.What did Wang Ping’s house look like?
2. What was the green wall made of ? What’s the purpose of building this kind of green wall?1. What did Wang Ping’s house look like?
His house was a large, bright clean room. It had a green wall, a brown floor and soft lighting. 2. What was the green wall made of ? What’s the purpose of building this kind of green wall?
The green wall was made of trees. The leaves of the trees will provide much-needed oxygen to the house.ComprehendingAnswer the questions.
Why did Li Qiang go into the future?
How did he feel when he left his own time?
How did he get to the year 3008?Because he had won a prize that gave him a tour.He felt rather anxious but soon got it over.By time capsule.4. What did he notice first when he arrived
in AD 3008?
5. What else did he find that was different?The first thing he noticed was the poor
quality of the air and it gave him a headache.A mask to give him enough oxygen, a hovering carriage, having a “time lag” experience, a strange-looking house that belonged to Wang Ping’s parents; trees that acted as walls and provided oxygen for the room, tables, chairs and a bed that were stored under the floorRead and discuss which changes to life in AD 3008 are good and which are bad and give reasons for your choices. Then finish the chart.
can travel to different times as you wishcan move swiftlysave living spacebusy; look like markersown family oxygen supplyafter-effects of traveldisorganized; difficult to find wayshort of spaceeasy to get lostpoor quality in
public placesWrite down the main idea for each paragraph and important details.Summary Main idea: How I came to take a time
travel journeyDetails: my prize; my excitementMain idea: The journeyDetails: how I felt; the spaceship; the
journeyMain idea: My expressions of life 1,000
years into the futureDetails: little oxygen; masks to provide
oxygen; hovering carriage; how to
drive them; a “time lag” momentMain idea: Staying in Wang Ping’s
homeDetails: appearance of house; trees as
walls; where furniture stored;
ate meal; prepared for sleepDiscussionDoes the writer have an optimistic or a pessimistic view of the future? Give your reaons.
What is your view of the future and why do you think so? Review the reading passage and find out the difficult language points to you.
Finish exercises 1-3 on page 20.Homework
