1、Module 4 Life in the future,Life in the future,Unit 2 Every family will have a small plane.,Learning Aims,To deal with some words. To train some reading skills. To encourage the students to write something about the future.,/ / /lnd/ /mi:n/ /rubt/ /si:/ /speIs/ /trfIk/,天空；空气 n.,air,陆地 n.,land,机器 n.,
2、robot,机器人 n.,space,海；海洋 n.,machine,空间；太空 n.,sea,交通 n.,traffic,Lets have a guess,堵塞；拥挤 n.,jam,交通堵塞,traffic jam,风 n.,true,便宜的 adj.,cheap,/dm /,/tru:/,/ti:p/,wind,/wInd/,come true,真的；真实的 adj.,（梦想等）实现，成真,here is/are,（用于介绍某人或某物）下面,/evrIhw / / Intu: / /w:ki/ /raIz/,到处 n.,everywhere,进入里面 prep.,into,(有关)工作的
3、 adj.,rise,升起、上升 n.,working,not only but also,和；又；也,不仅;而且,as well,A Planes will be very large so flying will be very cheap. Fuel will be expensive. Everyone will have a small car. B It will be hot all year so the winter will be very short. It will get warm at the North Pole so the seas will be very
4、rough. The summer will be hot and the winter will be warm. But there will be bad weather in spring and autumn. There will be heavy rain and strong winds. C Homes will be very warm in winter and cool in summer, so they will be very comfortable. well use the sun to heat our homes. No one will be cold
5、and therell be lots of hot water. D Computers will be very small so they will be very light. People will do many things on the Internet. E Machines will do the dull jobs in factories, offices and farms, so no one will do heavy work. People will work three days a week. Theyll have long holidays and l
6、ots of free time.,Transport,Jobs,Climate,Homes,Life in the future,Transport,Technology,Climate,Homes,Technology,Jobs,pre-reading,Scan the passage and match the pictures with headlines in Activity 1 1 with the paragraphs.,Life in the future,What will life be in the future? How will things change? Her
7、e are some ideas. Which ones will come true?,By Tony Smith,scanning,While-reading,B,C,A,D,Answers:,3 Match the paragraphs with the headings.,1 Weather 2 Clothes 3 Jobs 4 Travel ,D,A,C,B,Check() the true sentences.,1 People have to change clothes in hot weather. 2 The weather will be warm in spring.
8、3 A lot of people will travel by plane so maybe there will traffic jams in the air. 4 People will have long holidays because machines will do heavy work.,Read loudly,Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions. 1) Who is the passage by? _ 2)What will the sea level change? _ 3)How w
9、ill we travel in the future? _ 4)Why are you going to like the future? _,Read in groups,Read to match the words with their opposites.,easy expensive hot large light long warm,difficult,cheap,cold,small,heavy,short,cool,Read in groups,Now complete the sentences with so.,1. Every family will have a pl
10、ane so 2. The weather will get hot so 3. Machines and robots will do the heavy and difficult jobs so,Read by listening to the tape and talk in your groups,then write some sentences to describe the future,Homework,write a short passage named “Life in the future“ to describe the future in your mind.,i
11、t will be cheap to. 做事情将会是便宜的 句型结构: it is + adj.+ to do sth， it是形式主语， 真正的主语为动词不定式后置。 如： It was wrong for you not to help her. 你当时不帮助她是错误的。(it代替不定式短语）,Language points,2. not onlybut also用于连接两个表示并列关系的成分，着重强调后者，其意为“不仅而且”； She not only plays well, but also writes music. 若连接两个成分作主语，其谓语通常与靠近的主语保持一致。如： Not
12、 only you but also he has to leave. 不只是你，他也得离开。 若连接两个句子，not only后面的句子要用倒装，如： Not only did he speak more correctly, but he spoke more easily. 他不仅说得更正确，而且讲得更不费劲了 。,Grammar be going to主要用于： 表示事先经过考虑、安排要做的事情。 如：What are you going to do after school? 放学后你打算做什么？ 表示根据前面某种迹象判断某事很有可能发生。 如：Look at the clouds.
13、 Its going to rain.,2. will（shall）主要用于： 在书面语中，主语为第一人称时，常用“shall动词原形”。如：Ill telephone you after I get home 但在口语中所有人称都可用will。 will表示单纯的将来概念，表示“将要”，通常可用各种人称。 Itll soon be Christmas. 很快就到圣诞节了。 I will see you tomorrow. 明天我去看你。,表示不以人的意志为转移的自然发展的未来事情，用will。如： Tom will be sixteen years old next year. Tom明年就
14、16岁了。 问对方是否愿意做某事和表示客气的邀请或命令时，常用will。口语中常用would代替will。如： Will you please open the door? 请关门好吗？ 表示带“意愿”色彩的将来时，用will。如： Tom will help me with my English Tom愿意帮我学英语。,“There be”句型的一般将来时 肯定句： There will be +名词+其他成份 注意：无论后面加单数名词或复数形式，be都必须用原形。 There will be only one country. 否定句：在will后面加not. There wont be
15、only one country. 一般疑问句：把will提到there之前。 Will there be only one country? Yes, there will. / No, there wont.,注意：在口语中，所有人称都可以用will.,“There be”句型的一般将来时 肯定句： There is/are going to be +名词+其他成份 注意：无论后面加单数名词或复数形式，be都必须用原形。 There is going to be a robot in a family. 否定句：在is/are后面加not. There is not going to be robot in a family 一般疑问句：把 is/are 提到there之前。 Is there going to be a robot in a family? Yes, there is. / No, there isnt.,
