Reading

Unit 3 Life in the future

the Spaceship to Mars

People on Mars

playing tennis on Mars

space travel A private company named “ Space Adventures”, plans 100 million tour around the moon. time travel

Theory of Relativity, proposed by Einstein, is the theoretical foundation of time traveling.

Changes from ancient times to modern society Building Clothing Education Eating Communication Transport

AD3005 What will it be like?

past Building

Now

Futur e

Educatio n —distance education

Communicatio n video telephone

Today’s Food: sandwich hamburge r roaste d duck Raw food Eating

The Change of Life In the pastNow In the future Transpor t by horse or by simple vehicle such as a carriage cars, trains, boats, airplanes, helicopter spaceship, time travel personal flying cars

In the past NowIn the future Houses Village s made of wood and mud; no bathroom s many small houses round a temple and a pond flats in high rise buildings kitchens and bathrooms modern flats, furniture in walls and floor; supply of air houses along streets with shops; many services offered many blocks of flats together; floating parks for children

In the pastNow In the future Towns Location of settleme nt streets with markets, small shops and private houses on the earth; on land large modern buildings, old historical buildings blocks of flats tall modern buildings; with green trees in houses on the earth in space stations; under the sea; on the moon

a. We were transported into the future by a comfortable time capsule. b. I arrived at Wang Ping’s home and everything in his house made me surprised. c. I won a travel to the year AD d. I have my first try to master a hovering carriage. c a b------d Read the text quickly, then put the following sentences into the correct order:

Go through the first two paragraphs quickly, then answer the following questions: 1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3005? 2. What is a “time lag”? 3. How did I feel when I was in the capsule ? 4. Who guides my trip? 5. Why did my guide give me some tablets? 6. Who transported us to the future?

1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3005? 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 ) time period.

3. 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.

5. 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 Ping’s parents’ company transported us to the future.

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 nearby to have a rest.

3. 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.

Read fourth paragraph quickly, then answer the following questions: 1. What did Wang Ping’s house look like? His house is a large bright, clean room. It had a green wall, a brown floor and soft lighting.

2. What was the green wall made of ? What’s 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.

3. How can you produce a TV set in Wang Ping’s house? We can see life in the future is much more convenient and much easier than our present life.

1. Make a list of the problems 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…. Discussion:

Listen to the tape of the passage carefully while reading the passage, please find out the main idea of the passage.

What ’s the main idea of the passage? It’s mainly about Li Qiang’s future journey.

Now try to find out what happened to Li Qiang before, during and after the journey.

Before the journey Li felt _______ and ________ at first, as a result he suffered from _______. During the journey (1) Li was transported safely into the future in a ___________. During the journey(2) _________by the new surroundings, Li was hit by the ____ of fresh air and his head ______. nervous unsettled time lag time capsule Confused lack ached

After the journey (1) Arriving home Li was ______ into a large bright, clean room with a _____ wall, a _____ floor and ___ lighting. After the journey (2) _________, he slid into bed and ___ fast ______. showed green brownsoft Exhausted fellasleep

Detail Reading Read the passage in detail and try to fill in the table in Ex. 1.

Good changesBad changes Time travel Tran- sport House s can travel to different times as you wish after-effects of travel can move swiftly disorganized; difficult to find way save living spaceshort of space

Good changesBad changes Towns Air qualit y busy; look like markets easy to get lost own family oxygen supply poor quality in public places

What’s the writer’s attitude towards the future, optimistic or pessimistic? How do you know? Discussion optimistic pessimistic

We know that from the following sentences: 1. Worried about the journey, I was unsettle for the first few days. 2. Confused by the new surroundings, I was hit by the lack of the fresh air. 3. Exhausted, I slid into bed and fell fast asleep. Pessimistic

Visiting Wang Ping’s Home That is a large, _____ and ____ room. It had a brown floor, soft lighting and a _____ ____ which is actually trees. The ________ of the trees are used to _____ oxygen. By _______ a _____ on the computer screen, ________ Read paragraph 3 and answer bright clean green wall leaves produced flashing switch furniture

such as tables and chairs ____ from under the floor as if by _____. Wang Ping’s mother told me to ___________ some visits in the next day, and _______ a bed for me to rest. _________, I ___ into bed and fell ___ ______. rose magic get ready for fast provided Exhaustedslid asleep

Our life and life in the future Items Our life Life in the future (Changes) good or bad? Reasons? Environment Business Transportation Education Food Health House Discussion

AD 2005 :modern China Transpor t Houses Villages cars, trains, boats, airplanes, hovercraft ( 气垫船 ), helicopter flats in high rise buildings; kitchens and bathrooms houses along streets with shops attached( 附上 … 的 ); many services (e.g. haircut ) offered

AD 2005 :modern China Towns Location of settlement On the earth Large modern buildings; old historical buildings; blocks of flats

AD 3005: your ideas Transpor t Houses Villages spacecraft, time travel, personal flying cars or bikes cosy ( 舒适 ), modern flats, furniture in walls and floor; supply of oxygen many blocks of flats together; floating parks for children

AD 3005: your ideas Towns Location of settlement on the earth; in space stations; under the sea; on the moon tall modern buildings; many parks, everything built in concrete( 混凝土 ); with green trees in houses

Pair work Make a telephone conversation between Li Qiang and his mother according to the text.

Please find three more similar structures in the letter. 1. Well-known for their expertise, his parent’s company named “Future Tour” … (Para. 1) = His parent’s company was well- known for…, his parent’s company named “ Future Tour”…

2. Confused by the surroundings, I was hit … (Para. 3) = When I was confused by …, I was hit …

3. Exhausted, I slid into bed… (Para.4) = Because I was exhausted, I slid… c.f. Spreading some food on the table, she produced a bed… (Para.4) = After she spread some food on the table, she produced …

Homework 1.Finish “ learning about language” on P Review the key sentence in the text. 3. Review the new words of Unit 3 and get ready for the dictation.