1、必修二 Unit 4 Information Technology(10)高一年级 英语 Past Future GrammarAvatarsIn just a few decades,they have changed from a simple 2D icon to a 3D form that can move around and talk.1.When the technology of avatars first appeared in computer games in the 1980s,did people expect it to be widely used and de
2、veloped?2.When people started creating their own avatars,what did they discover?3.Why did many Internet users start having more than one avatar?AvatarsAvatars1.When the technology of avatars first appeared in computer games in the 1980s,did people expect it to be widely used and developed?No.Very fe
3、w people knew that future avatars would have such a wide variety of forms and uses.2.When people started creating their own avatars,what did they discover?They discovered that they were going to have the power to create new identities that did not look or act like their real selves at all.Avatars3.W
4、hy did many Internet users start having more than one avatar?Because they realized that their avatars would be seen by many people,not just their friends.Avatars1.Very few people knew that future avatars would have such a wide variety of forms and uses.2.They discovered that they were going to have
5、the power to create new identities that did not look or act like their real selves at all.3.Because they realized that their avatars would be seen by many people,not just their friends.would;were going to1.Very few people knew that future avatars would have such a wide variety of forms and uses.2.Th
6、ey discovered that they were going to have the power to create new identities that did not look or act like their real selves at all.3.Because they realized that their avatars would be seen by many people,not just their friends.Past FutureVery few people knew that future avatars would have such a wi
7、de variety of forms and uses.Past FutureThey discovered that they were going to have the power to create new identities that did not look or act like their real selves at all.It expresses the idea that in the past you thought or predicted that something would happen in the future.Past FutureXpresent
8、futurepastPast FutureXXXXformswas/were going to dowould doPast Futurepast predictions for the futurewould not dowas/were not going to doPast predictions for the futureSeveral years ago,researchers questioned 2,000 people about what they thought was most likely to happen in the future.Here are their
9、ideas.Complete the short text by using the words in the past future forms.Past predictions for the future1.A teenager said that every family (have)advanced 3D printers to be able to download a design for a food recipe and then print food like pizzas at home.would have/was going to havePast predictio
10、ns for the future2.A young lady predicted that we (travel)by helicopter trains.3.A city planner believed that people (live)in the underwater bubble cities.would travel/were going to travelwould live/were going to livePast predictions for the future4.A senior man thought that there(be)a home capsule
11、to check our health problem and give us treatment at our own houses.5.Nobody made a prediction about whether it (be)still necessary for students to learn English.would be/was going to bewould be/was going to bePast predictions for the futureWill these predictions come true in a hundred years time?We
12、ll,experts said that 25 years ago,people could not imagine how the Internet and smartphones would change our lives.So the changes in the next century would be even more unbelievable.Past predictions for the future1.In the 1990s,few people knew that.2.When computers were invented,it was believed that
13、.Past predictions for the future1.In the 1990s,few people knew that personal computers and smartphones would/were going to play such an important role in the daily life.2.When computers were invented,it was believed that they would/were going to make a huge difference to the world.The other meanings
14、willam/is/are going towouldwas/were going toThe other meanings1.My grandfather used to say he was going to move to the country when he retired.But at the age of 82,he still happily lives in the city.2.Christopher Columbus set off on his first voyage on August 3,1492.He would discover America 2 month
15、s later.a past plan for the futurea pure past future factThe other meanings3.To write a five-page essay on information technology?!But didnt the teacher assure us there would be no homework for the weekend?4.When Tom began his schooling,his parents hoped that he would try his best in every subject.a
16、 promise made in the pastpast willingness for the futureMeanings of past futurewouldwas/were going topast predictionsfor the futurepast plans for the futurepure past future factspromises made in the pastpast willingness for the futureMeanings of past futureThe following text is about Albert Einstein
17、,one of the greatest minds in human history.Complete the sentences with the words and phrases in the correct past future forms.Meanings of past futureAlbert Einstein was born in Wrttemberg,Germany,on March 14,1879.Six weeks later the family moved to Munich,where he (begin)his education at a school a
18、t the age of 5.would begina pure past future factMeanings of past futureBecause he learnt to speak at a late age,his parents feared he was retarded.Their fear was confirmed when a teacher told them that it did not matter what field young Albert chose because he (not succeed in)it.would not/was not g
19、oing to succeed ina past prediction for the futureMeanings of past futureThrough the years his academic life was not successful.But by the time he was fourteen years old,he had taught himself advanced math from textbooks.By then he already knew what he (become)in the futurea physicist.would becomepa
20、st willingness for the futureMeanings of past futureAfter more unsatisfying school years,he finally gained his diploma at the Swiss Polytechnique Institute in 1901.He (get)a teaching post but failed.So he had to work as a technical assistant in the Swiss Patent Office,where he produced much of his r
21、emarkable work in his spare time.was going to geta past plan for the futureMeanings of past futureIn 1909,he became a professor in Zurich.In the following years,he continued to teach at several other universities in Europe.In 1922,he was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics.Meanings of past futur
22、eIn 1933,he moved to America to take the position of Professor of Theoretical Physics at Princeton.He retired in 1945 but promised he (go on with)his research in Physics.He died on April 18,1955 at Princeton,New Jersey.would go on witha promise made in the pastAnother use of would1.When I was small,
23、my mum would read me stories at night.2.When Sam Henson left his hometown in the 1870s,he did not realize that he would never return.a repeated action in the pasta past prediction for the futureAnother use of would1.Judy,a small-town girl with an incredible talent,moved to New York in 1989.Several y
24、ears later,she would become a worldwide star.2.I miss the summer nights when we would sit in our small yard looking at the stars in amazement.a repeated action in the pasta pure past future factHomeworkInterview your grandparents about the predictions,promises,plans they made when they were young.How many of them have been fulfilled?When my grandmother was young,she thought she would.Thank you!
