1、Unithard poorbetterhappier?pastBuildingNowEducationdistance educationCommunicationvideo telephoneTodays Food:Raw foodFuturethe Spaceship to MarsPeople on Marsplaying tennis on MarsTheory of Relativity,proposed by Einstein,is the theoretical foundation of time traveling.Do you want to go traveling in
2、 the future like the mechanical cat-“Duo La A Meng”?The time machine can bring you to the future.Fill in the form:Fill in the form:TransportAirplanes;cars;bicyclesNo longer by air because of environmental pollution;bicycles and horses will take a comebackWarming upWords and expressionsWorkOffice;fac
3、tory;construrction;landscape;serviceAt home using advanced,interactive computers;meetings can be conducted on the computer and people will see each other speak.Finance and currencyBanks;offices;insurance;businessOne global currency maybe the yuan as China will be the largest global exporter Language
4、sEnglish;Russian;ChineseOne global language perhaps Chinese or still EnglishEnvironmentAir;could be improved in citiesVery poor;need to recycle all water;control on the use for cars;no airplanes;methods to improve poor air quality.Climate of the earth being very hot is making problems over water res
5、ources.EducationNursery;schools;universityLonger than now possibly until 25 years of age so that students can learn all the new technologiesHouses Flats;houses;concrete;woodBuilt into the ground as the surface of the earth is so hot.CommunicationPost office;InternetBy thoughtpad,telephone,computer,m
6、obiles,Morse code,etc.Pre-readingMake a list of the problems human are facing today.Which problems do you think people will have overcome in one thousand years?Which ones do you think will still exist in AD 3008?Give our reasons.Skim the reading passage and see whether your ideas are the same as tho
7、se in the text.a.We were transported into the future by a comfortable time capsule.b.I arrived at Wang Pings home and everything in his house made me surprised.c.I won a travel to the year AD 3008.d.I have my first try to master a hovering carriage.c-a-d-bRead the text quickly,then put the following
8、 sentences into the correct order:Reading1.In the year AD 3008,the air in private houses was poor quality.2.Hovering carriages were a fast means of transport,and people could fly in them in every direction.3.Li Qiang arrived in a busy town where he got lost.4.This text is an introduction both to the
9、 more advanced forms of transport in AD 3008 but also to the advantages and problems of life in the future.FTTTGo through the first two paragraphs quickly,then answer the following questions on page 19:Why did Li Qiang go into the future?How did he feel when he left his own time?Li Qiang went into t
10、he future because he had won a prize that gave him a tour.He felt rather anxious when he left his own time but soon got it over.The first thing he noticed was the poor quality of the air and it gave him a headache.How did he get to the year 3008?What did he notice first when he arrived in AD 3008?He
11、 went by time capsule.What else did he find that was different?He found several things that were different:a mask to give him enough oxygenA hovering carriageHaving a“time lag”experienceA strange looking house that belonged to Wang Pings parentsTrees that acted as walls and provided oxygen for the r
12、oomtables,chairs and a bed that were stored under the floorDo you think Li Qiang is impressed by what he finds in the future?Why or why not?What improvements do you think there will be to your home city or homevillage one thousand years in the future?What problems might there be?What ideas do you th
13、ink were believable in this story?Why?Which ideas do you think are too unrealistic?Why?Think about this questionsRead the passage again,discuss which changes to life in AD3008 are good or bad and give reasons for your choices.Then please finish the chart.Good changes and reasonsBad changes and reaso
14、nsTime travelTransportHousesTowns Air qualitycan travel to different times as you wishafter-effects of travelcan move swiftlydisorganized;difficult to find waysave living space short of spacebusy;look like markerseasy to get lostown family oxygen supplypoor quality in public placesWrite down the mai
15、n idea for each paragraph in your own words.Then add the important details.Main idea:How I came to take a time travel journeyDetails:my prize;my excitementMain idea:The journeyDetails:how I felt;the spaceship;the journeyMain idea:My impressions of life one thousand years into the futureDetails:littl
16、e oxygen;masks to provide oxygen;hovering carriage;how to drive them;a“time lag”momentMain idea:Staying in Wang Pings homeDetails:appearance of house;trees as walls;where furniture stored;ate meal;prepared for sleepHave a class discussion and decide whether you think the writer has an optimistic or
17、a pessimistic view of the future.Take a few minutes to read through the passage again.Make notes to help you remember your reasons.Be prepared to join in a class discussion.Try to persuade others to agree with you.Discussion Speaking and WritingIn pairs try to think of some benefits and problems in
18、the future.Talk and write about what life may be like on the earth in 1000years time.Follow these steps.1.In pairs prepare 4 to 5 questions about the future.2.Ask and answer questions using the following expressions.These expressions may help you:Suppose that Do you imagine that?I wonder if Is it po
19、ssible that?Is it likely/unlikely that?Do you suppose that?3.Get together with another pair.Hold a discussion and make notes of their answers.4.Organize the notes you have collected from the discussion.5.Choose 2 or 3 of the most important ideas and explain each of your ideas in one paragraph.6.Writ
20、e a passage of at least 120 wordsThe benefits and problems of living one thousand years in the futureI think there will be more benefits than problems living in the future.Of course things will be different and there may be many problems.If there is dirty air we will solve that by placing a cover ov
21、er our hometown.That way we can clean the air as it enters the town,and keep out all the dust and dirt.Sample Writing:If it is too hot people will be provided with suits fitted with cooling systems.That way they will keep cool all the time.As for the problem of the energy running out that we face today.That will be solved by using the energy from the sun to run all the electrical plants as well as cars.Luckily it will be endless clean energy!So we think that life in the future will be much better than it is now.
