Module 4 Life in the future
一、教学背景：
1. 学科：中学英语
2. 课时： 3课时
二、学生课前准备：
1. 预习词汇：chalk, ruler, question, carry, life, level, change, everything, future,
in the future, need, will, maybe, ask, by, able, be able to, more, not ...any more, free,
air, land, rain, robot, sea, space, traffic, jam, traffic jam, true, come true,
bike (= bicycle), car, into, wind, hour, rise, short, long, light, heavy, here is / are... cheap, not only ...but also..., easy, working, as well, everywhere
2. Class report
教学课题: Module 4 Life in the future
三、学习目标
1. 语言知识目标：掌握下列单词: chalk, ruler, question, carry, life, level, change, everything, future, in the future, need, will, maybe, ask, by, able, be able to, more, not ...any more, free, air, land, rain, robot, sea, space, traffic, jam, traffic jam, true, come true, bike(= bicycle), car, into, wind, hour, rise, short, long, light, heavy, here is / are... cheap, not only ...but also..., easy, working, as well和everywhere。
2. 语言技能目标：
1）能听懂谈论未来的简单对话，能判断未来事实。
2）能用will表达自己对未来的想象。
3）能够读懂简单的描写未来的短文，掌握短文通篇大意，并学习使用上下文猜测词义的学习方法。
4）能用will表达自己对未来的预测和想象，能用so表达较为复杂的概念。
3. 情感目标：通过对未来美好的憧憬，培养积极乐观的精神。
四、教材分析
外研七年级英语下册Module 4 Life in the future，本模块以学校为题材，要求学生想象未来学校的样子，通过对未来学校的描述，学习和掌握时态—— 一般将来时。
本模块的主要语法是一般将来时，教学重点是通过对未来学校的想象和描述，重点学习本模块中出现的重点词汇、短语、固定搭配和句型。
课前准备一些先进的学校设施的图片和资料，让学生在warming up时讨论和观看。围绕未来学校和未来生活这一话题展开听说读写的全面训练，使学生熟悉一般将来时并逐步开始这个时态。
五、教学方法
以说为主要教学方式，以讨论为主要方法，通过同桌讨论和小组以及全班讨论，让每个学生充分练习口语和说的能力，并将听说读写有机地贯穿一体。设立一些语言环境，结合自己或他人的旅游经历以及旅游景点，最后一起学习重难点，为突破重难点做一些课堂和课后的练习。
六、教学过程
Unit 2 Every family will have a small plane.
Step 1：Presentation
Give some pictures and let Ss learn some new words.
Step 2：Reading and vocabulary
Work in pairs. Look at the pictures of Activity 2 and describe what you see. Use the words and expression from the box to help my students.
air land job machine rain robot sea space traffic jam wind
Step 3：Reading
1. Read the passage of Activity 2 and match the pictures in Activity 1 with the paragraphs.
2. Match the paragraphs with the headings.
Weather ( ) Clothes ( ) Jobs ( ) Travel ( )
3. Read again and finish the tasks.
Part A 找出描述未来服装的句子。
They’ll be warm when we’re cold, and cool when we’re hot.
Part B 完成下面的句子，每空词数不限。
1) The weather will be _______________
_________ all year, with heavy rain and wind in the future.
2) The sea level will _______ in the future.
Part C 简要回答下面的问题。
What will every family have in the future?
A small plane.
Part D 找出三组反义词。
heavy-light difficult-easy short-long
4. Check (√) the true sentences.
( ) 1. People have to change clothes in hot weather.
( ) 2. The weather will be warm in spring.
( ) 3. A lot of people will travel by plane so there will be traffic jams in the air.
( ) 4. People will have long holidays because machines will do heavy work.
Step 4: Language points
1. Which ones will come true?
come true意为“实现; 成为现实”, 主语通常为表示愿望或梦想的名词。如：
I’m glad that your wish came true.
Her dream of being a policewoman
came true last year.
【运用】我相信你的梦想会实现。
I believe your dream will come true.?
2. The sea level will rise as well.
海平面也会升高。
rise常用作不及物动词，含有“(自然或非主观因素地)升起；上升”的意思，并且还有“起床”的意思。
【运用】完成句子。
1) The moon will _______.
2) My brother often ______ at about 6:30 a.m.
rise和raise
rise和raise有一个字母之差
【读音区分】rise读作/raIz/，raise读作/reIz/。
【词性区分】rise常作不及物动词，而raise常作及物动词。
【语义区分】rise有“上升；升起；上涨”等意思，而raise有“举起；抬起；饲养；筹集”等意思。
翻译以下句子。
The moon rises.
月亮升起了。
We are surprised that the price of the house is rising so rapidly.
房价上涨的这么快，我们感到很吃惊。
He raised his head and looked at the blackboard.
他抬起头看着黑板。
His mother raised many ducks on the farm.
他妈妈在农场养着很多鸭子。
They are raising money for Project Hope.
他们正在为希望工程筹钱。
as well表示“也，又”，常用于句尾。
e.g. The little girl sings, and plays the piano as well. 这个小女孩既会唱歌，又会跳舞。
He can speak English, and speak Chinese as well.
他既会说英语，又会说汉语。
3. …it’ll be cheap to travel everywhere by plane, not only over land, but also over the sea or even into space.
not only ... but also ... 是一个连词词组，意为“不仅……；而且……”，连接两个并列成分。当连接两个并列的主语时，谓语动词要和邻近的主语在人称和数上保持一致。如：
He can not only dance but also sing.
Not only John but also his parents are going to watch the basketball match tomorrow.
【运用】 将下面的汉语句子翻译成英语。
汤姆不仅喜欢吃苹果，还喜欢吃香蕉。
Tom likes to eat not only apples but also bananas.
cheap 是形容词, 意思是“便宜的”, 其反义词是 expensive 或 dear “贵的”、“昂贵的”。
4. …robots will do all the heavy and…
heavy 是形容词, 意思是“重的，沉的”, 反义词是 light “不重的, 轻的; 轻松的; 少量的”。
5. Working hours will be short so people will have long holidays.
short 是形容词，意思是“短的；短暂的；矮的”，作“短的”讲时，反义词是 long “长的”；而作“矮的”讲时，反义词是 tall “高的”。
Step 5：Practice
1. Complete the passage of Activity 5 with the correct form of the words from the box.
Will travel in the future be expensive? No, it’ll be (1) _______. We’ll travel (2) ____________ by plane. We’ll be able to (3) _____ over the traffic jams on the
land, and we’ll be able to go (4) _____ space. But maybe there’ll be traffic jams
in the (5) ____ too. What do you think? Do you think this idea about life in the
future will come (6) _____?
2. Match the words with their opposites. Use the passage in Activity 2 to help my students.
Step 6：Pair work
Talk about life in the future.
—I think everyone will have a small plane so travelling will be easy.—Yes, but I think there will be traffic jams in the air.
Step 7: Writing
1. Look at the sentences and see how they are put together.
Working hours will be short. People will have long holidays.
Working hours will be short so people will have long holidays.
2. Learn the usage of “so”.
3. Make some sentences according to these sentences.
1) Everyone will have a plane so...
2) The weather will get hot so...
3) Machines and robots will do the heavy and difficult jobs so...
Step 8：Homework
想象一下十年后你的生活会是什么样子？以Life in the future为题，用will或won’t完成作文。
Unit 2?
Ⅰ.?根据语境从方框中选择恰当的单词填空，有的需要变换形式，每词限用一次。
cheap, rain, car, true, machine
1. There'll be more ________ in twenty years' time. So we can do light jobs.
2. It's ________. I'd like to stay at home.?
3. Is it a ________ story? It sounds strange.
4. These flowers are expensive. I want to see some ________ ones.
5. There are two ________ in the park. They are our managers'.
Ⅱ.?根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。
1.?这些动物喜欢在陆地上空飞行。
These animals like flying ________ ________.??
2.?这个时间有交通堵塞。
There are ________ ________ at this time.??
3.?五十年后我们将能进入太空旅游。
We'll be able to travel ________ ________ in fifty years' time.??
4.?两架飞机正在空中飞行。
Two planes are flying ________ ________ ________.??
5.?下面是一些学生的想法。
________ ________ the ideas of some students.
Ⅲ.?从Ⅱ栏中选择Ⅰ栏各句的简略答语。
Ⅰ
(?? )1. Will I be a monitor next term??
(?? )2. Are you going to watch the film at the weekend????????????????
(?? )3. Will he play a new kind of sport???????????????????
(?? )4. Is he going to the station in the evening?
(?? )5. Will they travel with robots?
(?? )6. Will you visit?New York?when you're free?
(?? )7. Is she going to study in?America??
(?? )8. Will she buy a small plane?
(?? )9. Will there be more water in five years' time?
(?? )10. Will the weather change??
Ⅱ
A. Yes, he will.
B. No, I won't.
C. Yes, you will.
D. No, she won't.
E. No, they won't.
F. Yes, it will.
G. Yes, I am.
H. Yes, there will.
I. Yes, she is.
J. No, he isn't.
答案
Unit 2
Ⅰ. 1. machines?? 2. raining?? 3. true?? 4. cheap??? 5. cars
Ⅱ. 1. over land?? 2. traffic jams?? 3. into space?? 4. in the air?? 5. Here are
Ⅲ. 1-5 CGAJE?? 6-10 BIDHF
Unit 3
课件39张PPT。Module 4Module 4Life in the futureUnit 2
Every family will have a small plane. air n. 天空；
空中; 空气 sea n. 海；海洋 space n. 太空；
空间 rain n.雨；
雨水 v.下雨land n. 陆地robot n. 机器人New wordstraffic n. 交通traffic jam 交通堵塞jam n. 堵塞; 拥挤wind n. 风bike(= bicycle)
n. 自行车car n. 汽车；轿车hour n.小时Work in pairs. Look at the pictures and describe what you see. Use the words and expression from the box to help you.air land job machine rain robot sea space traffic jam wind Reading and vocabularyplane traffic jamweather sea levela new kind of clothesmachine robot job Read the passage and match the pictures in Activity 1 with the paragraphs.ABCDMatch the paragraphs with the headings.1. Weather [ ] 2. Clothes [ ]
3. Jobs [ ] 4. Travel [ ] ABCDABCDRead again and finish the tasks.Part A找出描述未来服装的句子。They’ll be warm when we’re cold, and cool when we’re hot. 完成下面的句子，每空词数不限。Part B1. The weather will be _______________
_________ all year, with heavy rain and wind in the future. quite warm oreven hot 2. The sea level will _______ in the future.rise简要回答下面的问题。Part CWhat will every family have in the future?
A small plane. 找出三组反义词。Part Dheavy-light difficult-easy short-long( ) 1. People have to change clothes in hot
weather.
( ) 2. The weather will be warm in spring.
( ) 3. A lot of people will travel by plane so
maybe there will be traffic jams in the air.
( ) 4. People will have long holidays
because machines will do heavy work.Check (√ ) the true sentences.√√√×1. Which ones will come true?
come true意为“实现; 成为现实”, 主语通常为表示愿望或梦想的名词。如：
I’m glad that your wish came true.
Her dream of being a policewoman
came true last year.
翻译：我相信你的梦想会实现。
I believe your dream will come true.? 2. The sea level will rise as well.
海平面也会升高。
rise常用作不及物动词，含有“(自然或非主观因素地)升起；上升”的意思，并且还有“起床”的意思。
完成句子。
1) The moon will _____. 月亮要升起了。
2) My brother often ______ at about
7:00 a.m. 我哥哥经常早上七点起床。risesrise?rise和raise
rise和raise有一个字母之差
【读音区分】rise读作/raIz/，raise读作/reIz/。
【词性区分】rise常作不及物动词，而raise常作及物动词。
【语义区分】rise有“上升；升起；上涨”等意思，而raise有“举起；抬起；饲养；筹集”等意思。翻译以下句子。
The moon rises.
月亮升起了。
We are surprised that the price of the house is rising so rapidly.
房价上涨的这么快，我们感到很吃惊。He raised his head and looked at the blackboard.
他抬起头看着黑板。
His mother raised many ducks on the farm.
他妈妈在农场养着很多鸭子。
They are raising money for Project Hope.
他们正在为希望工程筹钱。as well表示“也，又”，常用于句尾。
e.g. The little girl sings, and plays the piano as well. 这个小女孩既会唱歌，又会跳舞。
He can speak English, and speak Chinese as well.
他既会说英语，又会说汉语。3. …it’ll be cheap to travel everywhere by plane, not only over land, but also over the sea or even into space.
not only ... but also ... 是一个连词词组，意为“不仅……；而且……”，连接两个并列成分。当连接两个并列的主语时，谓语动词要和邻近的主语在人称和数上保持一致。如：He can not only dance but also sing.
他不仅会跳舞还会唱歌。
Not only John ______________________
going to watch the basketball match tomorrow.
不仅约翰，还有他的父母明天都会去看篮球比赛。but also his parents are将下面的汉语句子翻译成英语。
汤姆不仅喜欢吃苹果，还喜欢吃香蕉。
Tom likes to eat not only apples but also bananas.cheap 是形容词, 意思是“便宜的”, 其反义词是 expensive 或 dear “贵的”、“昂贵的”。即： cheap —— expensive / dear
便宜的 贵的4. …robots will do all the heavy and…
heavy 是形容词, 意思是“重的，沉的”, 反义词是 light “不重的, 轻的; 轻松的; 少量的”。即： heavy —— light
重的 轻的5. Working hours will be short so people will have long holidays.
short 是形容词，意思是“短的；短暂
的；矮的”，作“短的”讲时，反义词是 long “长的”；而作“矮的”讲时，反义词是 tall “高的”。即： short —— long
短的 长的 short —— tall
矮的 高的air cheap everywhere
into rise trueComplete the passage with the correct form of the words from the box.Will travel in the future be expensive?
No, it’ll be (1) _______. We’ll travel (2)
____________ by plane. We’ll be able to
(3) _____ over the traffic jams on the
land, and we’ll be able to go (4) _____
space. But maybe there’ll be traffic jams
in the (5) ____ too. What do you think?
Do you think this idea about life in the
future will come (6) _____?cheapeverywheretrueairriseintoMatch the words with their opposites. Use the passage in Activity 2 to help you.easy expensive hot large light long warm
cheap cold cool difficult heavy short small— I think everyone will have a
small plane so travelling will be easy.
— Yes, but I think there will be traffic
jams in the air.Talk about life in the future.Pair work— I think robots will do…
— Yes, but I think…
— I think our holidays will…
— Of course, because ...
Look at the sentences and see how they are put together.A. Working hours will be short. People will have long holidays.
B. Working hours will be short so people will have long holidays. 1. Everyone will have a plane so ...
2. The weather will get hot so ...
3. Machines and robots will do the
heavy and difficult jobs so …Complete the sentences with so.The word “so” shows that Sentence A is the cause of Sentence B.Possible answers:
Every family will have a plane so travel will be fast.
2. The weather will get hot so we won’t need warm clothes.
3. Machines and robots will do the heavy and difficult jobs so we will have more time.想象一下十年后你的生活会是什么样子？以Life in the future为题，用will或won’t完成作文。
