(共44张PPT)
As our society develops, we have got much benefit. But at the same time, we have to face lots of problems. Can you find out what kind of problems human beings are facing?
huge population
different kinds of pollution
global warming
food safety
shortage of resources
bad environment
hunger
war
Talking about the future, what do you care about most?
population
traffic
pollution
global warming
housing
world peace
food
environment
more people
live on the moon
Talk about what you think may happen in the future.
use robert
no forests
no petrol
work at home
travel by spacecraft
no war
more pollution
cities under the sea
How do you usually get to school?
What kind of vehicle do you think people will 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?
Imagine what changes will happen in the next century in housing, transport, jobs, families, communication, environment and education.
a solar energy car
What vehicle may people use in the future?
In what kind of houses may people live in the future?
on the moon
under the sea
Where may people live in the future?
How do people communicate today?
How will people communicate tomorrow?
What changes do you expect to see in our lives in one thousand years’ time?
What problems do you think
people in the future will have to
overcome in one thousand years?
Which ones will still be there or
even worse in AD 3,008?
Work in pairs. Imagine you are an inventor and you have designed a new product, which you want to sell. Introduce it to the class.
Our Life in the Future
思维导图
First impressions
In 2008
(Para. 1-2)
In 3008
(Para. 3-4)
How I felt before the time travel.
What I experienced while time-traveling.
My experience of life 1,000 years in the future.
My experience of visiting Wang Ping’s house in the future.
Who transported Li Qiang into the future?
What will home be like in the future?
Why did Li Qiang’s head ache?
Para 1
Para 3
The last Para
Read and find out in which paragraph you can find answers to the questions.
Fast reading
The passage is mainly about _____.
A. how Li Qiang was transported to the future
B. how Li Qiang got to the future and his first impressions of it
C. what the life was like in the future
D. the introduction of the “Future Tour” company
B
a. 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.
c
a
b
d
Go 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 reading
1. 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, and 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.
Comprehending
Answer 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 floor.
1. I have to constantly rub my eyes to remind myself that I have traveled to the year AD 3005.
2. Worried about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days.
I have to rub my eyes repeatedly to make myself remember that I have traveled to the year AD 3005.
As I was worried about the journey, I didn’t feel relaxed for the first few days.
Try to explain the following sentences in your own words.
3. Confused by the new surroundings, I was hit by the lack of fresh air. My head ached.
4. There were so many carriages that I lost sight of Wang Ping.
Because I couldn’t adapt to the new environment, I felt there wasn’t enough fresh air and I got a headache.
I couldn’t see Wang Ping because there were so many carriages.
5. … and by bending and pressing down on the driving stick one can move swiftly.
6. Tomorrow you will be ready for some visits organized by the company.
People can move fast by operating the driving stick.
You will take part in some visits which will be organized by the company tomorrow.
Read and discuss which changes to life in AD 3,008 are good and which are bad and give reasons for your choices. Then finish the chart.
can travel to different times as you wish
can move swiftly
save living space
busy; look like markers
own family oxygen supply
after-effects of travel
disorganized; difficult to find way
short of space
easy to get lost
poor quality in
public places
Good changes Bad changes
Time travel
Transport
Houses
Towns
Air quality
Write down the main idea for each paragraph and important details.
Main idea: How I came to take a time
travel journey
Details: my prize; my excitement
Main idea: The journey
Details: how I felt; the spaceship; the
journey
Para-graph Main idea and important details
1
2
Main idea: My expressions of life 1,000
years into the future
Details: little oxygen; masks to provide
oxygen; hovering carriage; how to
drive them; a “time lag” moment
Main idea: Staying in Wang Ping’s
home
Details: appearance of house; trees as
walls; where furniture stored;
ate meal; prepared for sleep
3
4
Does the writer have an optimistic or a pessimistic view of the future? Give your reasons.
What is your view of the future and why do you think so?
Group Work
Suppose you were Li Qiang and now you were in the future, and your mother is in the actual life. Make a phone call to your mother, trying your best to imagine what will happen in the future and to describe what happens clearly.
