1、Unit 4 A glimpse of the future Starting out 新标准新标准英语英语高中选择性必修第三册高中选择性必修第三册 Activity 1 Watch the video and answer the questions. 1 What predictions about the future were made? Were they correct? Correct predictions: flying machines, organ transplantation, “perpetual light”, the atom bomb, space stati
2、ons would broadcast television signals all over the globe Incorrect predictions: a world market for maybe five computers, nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners 2 What is your understanding of “the future has unlimited possibilities” ? Activity 2 Look at the pictures and answer the questions. 1 Have you watched any of these films? What stories do they tell about the future of our world? 2 Do you think the events in these films could come true? What do you think the world will be like in the future?