1、Expanding Your World Our Greatest AdventureOur Greatest AdventureActivity 1:Prediction Activity 2:Read for structure1.Whats the structure of the passage?Activity 2:Read for structure?2.What will be talked about in the following paragraph of the text?Activity 3:Read for details1.2.3.4.5.A A.Speaking
2、of medicine,through new technology,Speaking of medicine,through new technology,people who have brain or spinal injuries will be people who have brain or spinal injuries will be able to find new hope.able to find new hope.B.B.There will also be advances in transportation There will also be advances i
3、n transportation and space travel.and space travel.C.C.This should make us hesitate before we try to This should make us hesitate before we try to predict the future.predict the future.D.D.Some other researchSome other research involves usinginvolves using robotic robotic technology to replace human
4、 functions.technology to replace human functions.E.E.That is,their brains will control their robotic That is,their brains will control their robotic body parts so they can live their lives fully without body parts so they can live their lives fully without being handicapped.being handicapped.Activit
5、y 3:Read for details(Para.1-2)In the 1960s and 1970s,some writers and university professors called themselves“futurists”.These futurists tried to predict the future.Only a few of their predictions were right,and all of them missed something that was just around the corner:the revolution in computers
6、 and information technology.The problem was that none of these futurists were scientists or engineers.So,while they knew the future would have more powerful computers,they had no clue what these computers would look like,what they could do,or what impact they would have on our lives.1._ Having said
7、that,we can make some good guesses about future technology by looking at current scientific and technological advances.We can also ask the real experts:the scientists and engineers who are bringing us these advances.Activity 3:Read for details(Para.4-5)Because so much of our daily life will be integ
8、rated with computers,virtual reality will become an actual,real reality for many of us.Technology will not just allow us to see a world that is thousands of kilometres away-or which only exists in a computer-but will also allow us to touch and smell that world.This virtual world will at times seem a
9、s real as-if not more real than-the actual world around us.Without leaving home,you will be able to take tours of foreign countries,or even get a medical exam by a doctor in another city.2._There is already,for example,technology which will allow blind people to see using cameras and deaf people to
10、hear using microphones that are connected to their brains.Future technology will allow people to overcome all sorts of physical disabilities.Activity 3:Read for details(Para.6-8)Much research is being done to unlock the human mind.Using technology that is being developed now,people in the future may
11、 be able to not just read someone elses mind,butalso record their thoughts like one would record a movie.3._ For example,robot hands are being developed for people who have no hands.These artificial hands are connected to a persons nerves so that the persons brain tells the hands what to do.In the f
12、uture they will work just as well as real human handsAs a result of such advances,in the future,some people who are badly injured may become more robot than human.4._ _Many new parts will be made to replace human body parts that break down,meaning it may be possible to use this technology to extend
13、our lives long past the time of normal death by old age.These are just a few of the things that are already being explored in science and technology.5._ Of course,there is a lot that we still do not know about the futureActivity 4:Further thinkingfuturefuturistfuturistsfuturistsfuturefutureFuture te
14、chnologyfuturefuturefuturefuturefuturefuturefuturefuture technologytechnologyTechnologytechnologytechnologytechnologytechnologytechnologytechnologyadvancesTechnological advancesadvancesadvancescomputerscomputerscomputerscomputerscomputerscomputerscomputertechnologyAssignment1.Make some good guesses about future technology in transportation and space travel by looking at the current scientific and technological advances.(Make an oral report next period)2.Find more information online about future technology in transportation and space travel to polish your report.
