1、返返 首首 页页 UNIT 2 LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE 导读导读话题妙切入话题妙切入 1 返返 首首 页页 You can never plan the future by the past. Burke 你永远不要依照过去来计划将来。 伯克 Imagination is not to be divorced from the facts. A.N.Whitehead 想象不应脱离现实。 艾尔弗雷德 诺思 怀特海 2 返返 首首 页页 I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
2、 T.Jefferson 我不缅怀过去的历史，而致力于未来的梦想。 托马斯 杰斐逊 Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. J.Ruskin 生活而无目标，犹如航海之无指南针。 鲁斯金 3 返返 首首 页页 Anything one man can imagine, other men can make it real. Jules Verne 但凡人能想象到的事物，必定有人能将它实现。 儒勒 凡尔纳 Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind. T.Full
3、er 生活只是由一系列下决心的努力所构成。 富勒 4 返返 首首 页页 Hope and Despair Hope is magic that pulls people out of the edge of despair and gives them the energy to go for a bright future.Life teaches us not to regret over yesterday because it has passed and is beyond our control.Tomorrow is unknown because it could either
4、 be bright or dull.So the only way is to work hard today，and we will enjoy a better tomorrow. 5 返返 首首 页页 Its exciting to imagine how future humans will have solved the problems we have now, or what amazing new inventions will make our lives more convenient and interesting. 6 返返 首首 页页 Robots will be
5、doing most of our jobs, from building homes to teaching math.There are already robots that clean floors and pump gas.In the future they will be more complicated( 复 杂 的 ) and useful.Unfortunately, with robots taking all the jobs, unemployment rate will be high. 7 返返 首首 页页 Speaking of being social, we
6、 will communicate in an entirely different way.Forget texts and emails.Mindreading technology will allow us to send thoughts to each other without speaking a word.We will also be able to send thoughts to objects around us.(Instead of pressing “start” on the microwave, you could just think “start” )
7、Meanwhile, chips implanted(植入) in our brains will improve memory and intelligence. 8 返返 首首 页页 Today, around 30， 000 Americans die in car accidents each year.One hundred years from now, accidents will be a thing of the past.According to Mark Safford, consultant of the US.Department of Transportation,
8、 future cars will drive themselves.These electric cars will communicate with other cars on the road to travel safely in close formation at high speeds. 9 返返 首首 页页 Raising animals is not the best way to produce food, and it harms the environment.Today, scientists can “grow” meat in a lab from animal
9、cells, but its expensive and not very delicious.In the future, they will have perfected the process.Youll order hamburgers that come from factories, not cows.Scientists may even find ways to make labgrown meat tastier and healthier than the real thing. 10 返返 首首 页页 探究发现 1Find out the main idea of the
10、 passage and then think of a proper title for it. 答案 The passage is mainly about the future life.The title is “More convenient and interesting future life.” 11 返返 首首 页页 2Find out what robots can help us do. 答案 Do most of our jobs，such as build homes，teach math， clean floors and pump gas. 12 返返 首首 页页 3. Find out what our future life will be. 答 案 Robots will be doing most of our jobs.We will communicate in an entirely different way.Future cars will drive themselves.Well order hamburgers that come from factories，not cows. 13 返返 首首 页页 Thank you for watching ! 14
