Unit 3 Life in the future reading

课件32张PPT。Reading:
First ImpressionsFirst impressionsskimmingSkimming: Skim the passage and get its general idea.The passage is mainly about .
how Li Qiang was transported to the future.
how Li Qiang got to the future and his first impression of it.
what the life was like in the future.
the introduction of the “ Future Tours” company.Summary Write down the main idea for each paragraph in your own words. Then add the important details.Details: my prize, my excitementDetails: how I felt, the spaceship, the journeyDetails: little oxygen, masks to provide oxygen, hovering carriage, how to drive them, a “time lag” momentDetails: appearance of house, trees as walls, where furniture stored, ate meal, prepared for sleepa. 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.c-------a-------d------bRead the text quickly, then put the following sentences into the correct order:First impressionsscanningScan the passage, try to get detailed information and then choose the best answers.1. Why did Li Qiang get the chance of having this time travel?
A. Because he had passed the final examination with high marks.
B. Because he had won a prize.
C. Because he had give money to the company named “Future Tours”.
D. Because he had written a story about a trip to the year AD 3008. 2. Why did Li Qiang’s head ache?
Because .
A. he got a bad cold when traveling.
B. there was no air at all.
C. he felt a bit homesick.
D. he was hit by a lack of fresh air. a lack of3. A table and some chairs rose from
in the large, bright clean room.
A. under the floor.
B. under the curtain.
C. under the wall.
D. under the computer screen.First impressionsDetailed readingGo through the first paragraph quickly, then answer the following questions:
1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3008?
I took up the prize I won the year before.
2. What is a “time lag”?
“Time lag’’ means a person gets flashbacks from his previous(先前的) time period.3. Why did my guide give me some tablets?
The tablets could help me feel less nervous and uncertain.
4. Who transported us to the future?
Wang Ping’s parents’ company transported us to the future.3. How did I went into the capsule ?
The stewardess called us all to the capsule and we climbed in through a small opening.
4. What did I do in the capsule?
After a calming drink,we felt sleepy and closed our eyes.Read para 2Read the text carefully and then fill in the blanks about the details of Li Qiang’s future tour.In ______________:
◆ The seats were ___________ and we slept after a calming drink.
◆ The capsule began sideways as we lay ______and_________.comfortable the time capsule swinging gentlyrelaxeddreamingtime capsuleseats in the capsulecomfortablePlease go through the third paragraph, then try to answer the following questions.1. How did I feel as soon as I was transported to the future?
Hit by the lack of fresh air, my head ached.
2. How did Wang Ping solve this problem?
Wang Ping gave a mask to me and hurried me through to a small room nearby to have a rest.Environmentnew surroundingslack of fresh air/the air is thin
1. How did people travel in the year AD 3008?
2. Who drove the carriages?
3. How can people control the carriage?TransportationBy a hovering carriage.Computers.By bending and pressing down in their seat.a hovering carriageYou can drive it swiftly by bending and pressing down in their seat.In the hovering carriage:
◆Wang Ping ______ my safety belt and _______ how to use it. However, I _________ Wang Ping because of too many carriages flying by _________.
He was ________ into the center of them.
Just at that moment I had a “_________”
Flashbac and saw the area again as it had been in the year AD 2008.fastenedshowedlost sight ofin all directionsswept uptime lagpeople fly by in all directions
1. 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?
Daily lifeRead fourth paragraph quickly, then answer the following questions:1. What did Wang Ping’s house look like?
His house is 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.At home:
◆It is a large bright clean room.
◆It had a _____ wall, a brown floor and soft lighting.
◆The wall moved — it was made of _____! Their leaves provided the room with much-needed ______.
◆A table and some chairs rose from _____________ as if by magic. when Wang Ping ______ a switch on a computer screen.
◆ Exhausted, I ________ bed and fell fast asleep. flashedgreentreesoxygenunder the floorslid intoNow try to find out what happened to Li Qiang before, during and after the journey.nervousunsettledtime lag time capsulesurroundingstolerateadjustmentsituationshowedgreenbrownsoftExhaustedfellasleepWhat’s the writer’s attitude towards the future, optimistic or pessimistic?How do you know?Discussion 2 optimisticpessimisticWe know that from the following sentences:1. Worried about the journey, I was unsettle for the first few days.
2. At first my new surroundings were difficult to tolerate.
3. Exhausted, I slid into bed and fell fast asleep.PessimisticLearn from yesterday,
live for today,
and hope for tomorrow.