1、BrainstormWhat will our life in the future be like? Fast-reading Read the passage quickly and match the main idea with each part.Part1 ( Para. ) How will the students run a city in the future?Part2 ( Para. -12) What will the city of the future look like?12Careful ReadingRead the passage carefully an
2、d make thebest choice. In the future, care for the environment will become very important because ( ).A. earths natural resources will run outB. we will use lots of recycled materialsC. we will rely on alternative energyD. we will waste fewer natural resources.2. A teacher in the United States asked
3、 his students to think about how they would run a city of 50,000 people in the year 2025 in order to ( ).A. guess about what a city in the future would be likeB. make predictions about the city life in the futureC. find out what young people think about the future of urban lifeD. help the students b
4、e prepared for the future3. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage? ( )Entertainment B. Travel A. C. Education D. Shopping4. Which of the following is not true according to the passage? ( )A. No one knows for sure what the city of the future will look like.B. In 2025 a city of 50,000
5、 people will be run by the students of a university in Texas in the United States.C. People will pay special attention to the problem of the environment.D. In the future, it may be easier for senior citizens and people with disabilities to travel.5. Distance surgery will be common because ( ).A. doc
6、tors can carry out operations from thousands of miles awayB. doctors will be more skilled and more experienced.C. each city will have its own telesurgery outpatient clinic.D. each city will have its own spaceport Answer the following questions.What shall we use in the future if the earths natural re
7、sources run out?We will use lots of recycled materials, such as plastic, aluminium, steel, glass, wood, and paper, and we will waste fewer natural resources.2. _ _ _ _ garbage problems, the city will _ huge spaceships _ waste materials and send them towards the sun.3. Police will arrest _ by _ _.4.
8、Smoking will not _ _ inside cities.5. All shopping will be done _.Togetridofloadwithcriminalsfiringnetsbeallowedonline6. Recreation will be provided _ _ _.7. Distance surgery will become common _ doctors _ _ operations far away.8. All cars will be _ _ solar energy or wind.freeofchargeascarryoutpower
9、edbyParaphrase9. People are going to get a fixed telephone number when they are born.Everyone will be given a telephone number at birth that will never change no matter where they live10. Old people and the disabled can travel around the world with the help of cameras which are attached to their hea
10、d.Senior citizens and people with disabilities will be able to go anywhere in the world using high-tech cameras attached to their head.Consolidation: close test No one knows _ _ what the city of the future _ _. In the future, _ _ the environment will become very important as earths natural resources
11、_ _.Lots of _ _will be used. We will also _ more _ alternative energy. To _ _ what young people think about the future of urban life, a university teacher asked his students to think how to _ a city of 50,000 people in the year 2025. The following are some of the ideas they had: forsurelooklikecaref
12、orrunoutrecycledmaterialsrelyonfindoutrun(1)To _ _ _ garbageproblems, the city will _ huge spaceships_ waste materials and send them towardsthe sun. (2)Police will arrest criminals by firingnets _ _ guns. (3) No smokingwill_ _ within a citys limits. (4)In thefuture, all shopping will be done _ andca
13、talogues will have voice commands to _. (5) Everyone will be given a telephonenumber _ _ that will never change_ _ _/_ they live. getridofloadwithinsteadofbeallowedonlineplaceordersatbirthnomatter wherewherever(6) All forms of recreation will be provided _ _ _ by the city. (7) All cars will be power
14、ed by alternative energy, and it will be possible to change the colour of cars _ _ _ _ a switch. (8)Distance surgery will become common as doctors_ _ operations from thousands of miles away, _ each city _ its own telesurgery outpatient clinic. (9) Senior citizens and disabled people will be able to go anywhere in the world _ high-tech cameras_ _ their head. (10)Travelling _ _ by ordinary citizens will be common. freeofchargeattheflickofcarryoutwithhavingusingattachedtoinspaceHomework Recite the second paragraph of the close test.
