(共33张PPT)
Tomorrow’s world
Unit 3
Why do you think so many people are interested in science fiction stories?
Because they allow people to use their imagination and think about what life will be in the future.
What makes our life change so fast?
The development of science and technology.
Can you think of the changes in your life in recent years?
Look at the four pictures in your textbook and tell us if you believe it.
Picture 1
1. what is the robot doing?
2.Do you think you will have a robot at home in the future?
Picture 1
The robot is serving d____ for the master. He can do a lot of things for h_________, for example, they can help people do h_______. They will make people’s lives more c________.
inner
uman beings
ousework
onvenient
Picture 2
What are the people in this picture doing?
How old is the man?
What do you think a 200-year-old man would look like? Do you think the man in the picture looks that old?
Do you think people can live that long in the future? Why or why not?
Picture 3
Where are the passengers going?
Do you believe that travelling to the Moon would be just like travelling to another city?
If you had a chance, would you like to fly to the Moon or another planet?
Picture 4
Can you tell where these ‘people’ are?
Can you tell who these ‘people’ are and what they are doing there?
What problems are they probably talking about?
What’s the relationship between them?
Picture 4
____________ and ________ are ______________ to discuss ____________ between other planets and the Earth. Perhaps they are talking about the ______ issues in the Galaxy.
the aliens
having a meeting
business affairs
Human beings
peace
What will our life be like in the future? Use your imagination.
Unit 3 Tomorrow’s world
World power
Revision
the common suffix used to form adjectives
Can you give some examples?
Suffix Meaning Adjectives
-ical having the quality of
-able Having the ability of
-ous Like, full of
-ful characterized by
-less without
Compare these nouns
Group 1
house, milk, driver, dog, paper
Group 2
revision, preparation, decision, difference, arrangement
What’s the difference between them?
refer to physical things and can be seen, touched or smelt.
refer to abstract things such as ideas, actions and qualities
Finish the sentences with the right words:
1. Many wild animals ______________ because people have destroyed their living environment. We have to take some actions to prevent the ___________ of wild animals. (disappearance; disappear)
2. The new motorway between the two cities has finally __________. It’s good news for people who have to travel a lot there. The manager made a speech at the __________ ceremony of the supermarket. (open; opening)
3. Thanks to his ___________, we are all saved, and all of us think he is such a _______ person. (kind; kindness)
4. The man carried the boy to __________ as the train come over, and the boy was _________ at last. (safe; safety)
disappearance
have disappeared
opened
opening
kindness
kind
safety
safe
What’s an abstract noun?
an abstract noun :
a noun that refers to an idea, an action, a general quality or something that we can’t see or touch directly.
Such as disappearance, opening, kindness and safety.
Can you categorize them?
For example:
disappointment = disappoint + ment
excitement = excite + ment
carelessness = careless + ness
happiness=happy + ness
Is there a rule?
Try more.
Tips:
We sometimes need to change the final letter(s) of a word before adding the suffix:
-e+tion
-de+sion
-e+ure
-t+ce
-y+iness
verb Produce(production)
Decide(decision)
Please(pleasure)
Adj. Silent(silence)
Pretty(prettiness)
Additional information
Most abstract nouns are uncountable, only a few of them are countable:
hope→a hope; idea→a idea; honour→an honour
More examples:
1.He had been a talented musician in his youth.
2.The fight was started by a gang of youths.
3.He has the power to make things unpleasant for us.
4.The USA is among the world powers.
5.The woods are considered to be an area of natural beauty.
6.She had been a beauty in her day.
年轻
年轻人
能力
强国
美丽
美人
Exercise(P46)
Answers:
1.development 2. failure
3. Connections 4. improvements
5. achievement
Words related to computers
Try to recognize the different parts of computers in the picture:
speaker
monitor
printer
CD-Rom /DVD-Rom
screen
keyboard
mouse
U-Disk
Floppy disk
Hard driver
CD-ROM / DVD-ROM drive
Floppy disk driver
Mouse mat
Practice:
Use some of the words in the picture and the words in the box to complete the poster:
Answers:
1.keyboard 2.mouse
3.data 4. CPU
5. e-mails 6. surf
7.download 8.software
more words related to computers
If we haven’t_____________, we can’t enjoy the beautiful music by computers.
If we want to surf online, we just need to connect the computer with cables by____________.
Your photos are so beautiful, and I can use the _________ to copy them into my computer.
Sometimes the information in the floppy disk is easy to be destroyed, so we can use a _________ to store the information for a long time.
Choose the right words to complete the sentences:
scanner, sound card, CD-writer, network card
sound card
network card
scanner
CD-writer
Homework
Revise what you have learned in this period.
Preview Grammar.