课件26张PPT。 北师大版英语模块七Unit 20
Lesson 1
FuturologyI like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
我不缅怀过去的历史,而致力于未来的梦想。—— T. Jefferson 杰弗逊(美国第3任总统)Are you interested in thinking about the future?
What do you think the future will be like? Predict it.Warm up Car will fly in the sky Robots will work for us even take place of our human beings.We will travel to the moon or live there .rocketEven to other planets.Tiny, insect-like robotsLiving in spaceMaybe we have a memory chip in our brainMaybe no starvation Maybe no warMaybe we can live up to 150 years old _____--- futurology--- _________People who plan the future of the world for a living
futurefuturologistThe study of the future ( in order to forecast the future developments. )Listen and read the text, try to divide the text into four parts, and match the following headings with each part.Part.1
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Part.4Paragraph.1Paragraph.2Paragraph.3 -- 8Paragraph.9Listen and read the text, try to divide the text into four parts, and match the following headings with each part.A. Some predictions of the future.
B. What is futurologist.
C. The writer’s plan to the meeting.
D. The introduction about the meeting.Part.1
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Part.4Please choose the best title for the passageA. From the Past to the Future
B. The Future Business
C. Tomorrow’s World
D. A Perfect Future?Scan the passage to get detailed informationSecond ReadingreadingWe are interested in predicting future, and so does Hannah Jones. How many predictions did the writer find? Read the text and complete the table.Using voice to give instructions to computersComplete the tableIn the next few yearsBy the year 2015Stainless material will be producedBy the year 2025People will live in peace and equalityBy the year 2030People may live for at least 150 years
By the middle of the centuryElectronic humans might have been developedBy the end of the centuryPeople will live in spaceTrue or False People who are worried about future are called futurologists.
2. Some predictions have come true like
landing on the moon.
3. In the next few years, we will use voice
to give computers instructions to avoid
hackers attacking the computer system.
4. Computers can do everything for
human beings in the future.
5. According to the text, we may be able to live in other suitable places in our solar system at the end of the century.FTFFT QuizCloze.The future is mysterious. ______ the centuries, people have always ____________ the future. What will our life become? Futurologists never stop their step to _____ that. Here’re some of their predictions. In the next few years, we will use voice to give ___________ to computers___________ using the keyboard. Overwondered aboutpredictinstructionsinstead of___ the year 2015, _______ material will have been produced. You should not worry about your garments being_________ or dirty forever. Starvation and racial ___________ will have disappeared by the year 2025 and people can live for _______ 150 years in 2030. Living on other planets will not be a dream ___ the end of the century. Whether these predictions _________ or not, a new chapter of our world has been opened.Bystainlessworn outdiscriminationat leastatcome trueStep 5 Voice your opinion.
Which of the predictions would you like or not like to come true? Why?Homework1. Review this lesson.
2. find more predictions of other futurologists Thank you.