1、Life in the future Life in the future Past PresentFuture?1.distance educationThe school of the futuree-schools2.videophone3.Any disease can be cured in the future.People can live longer.4.horse or simplevehicle such as a carriagecars,trains,airplanes,spaceship,personal flying cars5to pollute the env
2、ironmentto take up too much room to park停放停放6.made of mudsmall houses modern flats in high buildingsfuture flats,floating 7streets with markets,small shopslarge modern buildingstall modern buildings;with green trees in houses8on the earth;on landon the earthin space stations;under the sea;on other p
3、lanets 9Join us!Lets travel to the future!10.11.Reading:First Impressions12a.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
4、carriage.c-a-b-dRead the text quickly,then put the following sentences into the correct order:13Go through the first two paragraphs quickly,then answer the following questions:1.Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3008?2.What is a“time lag”?3.How did I feel when I was in the capsule?4
5、.Who guides my trip?5.Why did my guide give me some tablets?6.Who transported us to the future?141.Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3008?I took up the prize I won the year before.2.What is a“time lag”?“Time lag means a person gets flashbacks from his previous(先前的先前的)time period.153
6、.How did I feel when I was in the capsule?The seats in the capsule are very comfortable.4.Who guides my trip?My friend Wang Ping is my guide to the future.165.Why did my guide give me some tablets?The tablets could help me feel less nervous and uncertain.6.Who transported us to the future?Wang Pings
7、 parents company transported us to the future.17time capsule18.seats in the capsulecomfortable19.Find out the Chinese meaning of the expressionstake up my prizerub my eyes to remind myself thatbe unsettledas a result,be similar tofelt nervous and uncertainbe understandingtransport sb.into the future
8、be comfortable20.Please go through the third paragraph,then try to answer the following questions.1.How did I feel as soon as I was transported to the future?I was hit by the lack of fresh air.2.How did Wang Ping solve this problem?Wang Ping gave a mask to me and hurried me through to a small room n
9、earby to have a rest.213.What do you think has caused this kind of problem?Now we are causing more and more pollution to the nature,this will cause serious problems to the life in the future.This may be the cause of the lack of fresh air in the future.22new surroundingslack of fresh air/the air is t
10、hin23.people fly by in all directions24.a hovering carriageYou can drive it swiftly by bending and pressing down on the driving stick 驾驶操驾驶操做杆做杆strongly.25.new surroundingsbe hit by the lack of fresh airas thoughhurry me though to a roomin no timein all directionsjust at that momentcatch sight ofFin
11、d out the Chinese meaning of the expressions26.Read fourth paragraph quickly,then answer the following questions:1.What did Wang Pings house look like?2.What was the green wall made of?Whats the purpose of building this kind of green wall?27.1.What did Wang Pings house look like?His house is a large
12、 bright,clean room.It had a green wall,a brown floor and soft lighting.282.What was the green wall made of?Whats the purpose of building this kind of green wall?The green wall was made of trees.The leaves of the trees will provide much-needed oxygen to the house.2930.soft lightingmuch-neededflash a
13、switchspread some food on the tableFind out the Chinese meaning of the expressions31.Read the text carefully and then fill in the blanks about the details of Li Qiangs future tour.In _:The seats were _ and we slept after a calming drink.The capsule began swinging gently sideways as we lay relaxed an
14、d fortable the time capsule32In the hovering carriage:It is driven by computer.By bending and _down in our seat,you can move swiftly.I lost sight of Qang Ping when we reached what looked like a large market because of too many carriages flying by _.in all directions pressing33At home:It is a large b
15、right clean room.It had a _ wall,a brown floor and soft lighting.The wall moved it was made of _!Their leaves provided the room with much-needed _.A table and some chairs rose from _ as if by magic.when Wang Ping _ a switch on a computer screen.flashedgreentreesoxygenunder the floor34Read the text c
16、arefully and choose the best answers.1.According to the passage,why did Li Qiang take this future tour?A.Because he was curious about the year AD 3008.B.Because he won a prize last year which offered this trip.C.Because his parents were good friends with Li Mengxi.D.Because his parents offered him a
17、 lot of money.352.What is the purpose of having the green tablets?A.To forget ones past experience.B.To help one fly to the future.C.To help one calm down.D.To provide one with much oxygen.36 Listen to the tape of the passage carefully while reading the passage,please find out the main idea of the p
18、assage.37What s the main idea of the passage?Its mainly about Li Qiangs future journey.38Now try to find out what happened to Li Qiang before,during and after the journey.39nervousunsettledtime lag time capsuleConfusedlackached40showedgreenbrownsoftExhaustedfellasleep411.Make a list of the problems
19、human being are facing today.2.What problems do you think people in the future will have overcome?Which ones will still be there or even worse in AD 3005?Housing Population Pollution Global warming(greenhouse effect)Traffic Hunger Literacy读写能力读写能力.Discussion 142Help43water pollutionpoor sanitation公共
20、卫生公共卫生air pollutionDeforestation滥砍滥伐滥砍滥伐desertification沙漠化沙漠化starvation Global warming4445poverty war violenceOther issues46overpopulation4748Whats the writers attitude towards the future,optimistic or pessimistic?How do you know?Discussion 2 optimisticpessimistic49We know that from the following se
21、ntences:1.Worried about the journey,I was unsettle for the first few days.2.At first my new surroundings were difficult to tolerate.3.Exhausted,I slid into bed and fell fast asleep.Pessimistic50Homework1.Finish“Learning about language”on P20.2.Review the key sentence in the text.3.Review the new words of Unit 3 and get ready for the dictation.5152
