Unit 2 Everyone will have a small car.

Technology is developing so fast and our life is changing every day. Can you imagine what life will be like in ten years?

climate

homes

technology

jobs

Life in the future Read the passage and then match the pictures with the paragraphs. Picture 1: _____ Picture 2: _____ Picture 1: _____ Picture 2: _____ Picture 1: _____ B A D E C

Match the pictures and paragraphs with these headings. Climate Homes Jobs Technology Transport B/ Picture 2 C/ Picture 3 E/ Picture 5 D/ Picture 1 A/ Picture 4

What will the life in the future be? transport

fuel everyone planes flying will be very large will be cheap will be expensive will have a small car

It will be hot all year. Summer will be hot

So the winter will be very short.

The winter will be warm

There will be heavy rain and strong winds.

North Pole It will get warm at the North Pole. There will be no snow and ice

rough So the seas will be very rough.

The sea won’t be smooth

Homes will be very warm in winter and cool in summer a comfortable home

We’ll use the sun to heat our homes.

very small very light

many things on the Internet

machines dull jobs farms factories offices no one heavy work three days a week long holidays lots of free time

comfortable interesting good hot large light uncomfortable dull bad cold small heavy

strong warm rough short new easy weak cool smooth long old difficult

Answer the questions. 1. What do cars use? What is expensive? 2. It’s always very cold there. Where in the world is it? Fuel. North Pole.

3. In Beijing it’s cold in winter. When is it warm/hot/cool? 4. No one will be cold at home. What will the sun do to our homes? 5. No one will do heavy work. What will do it? Heat them. Machines. It’s warm in spring, hot in summer and cool in autumn.

1. Planes will take a lot of people. 2. Summer will be short and cool. 3. It will be cheap to heat our homes. 4. Machines will do interesting jobs. Read the passage again and check the sentences. (T/F)

5. The weather will be fine in spring and autumn, because people will find no heavy rain or strong winds. 6. Computers won’t be heavy because they will be small. 7. Machines will do heavy work instead of people.

8. People won’t work at all. They’ll have long holidays all the time. 9. People will have four days off a week, so they will have lots of free time.

1.Planes will be very large so flying will be very cheap. 飞机将会很大，所以乘飞机旅 行会很便宜的。 flying 在句中相当于名词，处于主语的位置。 在英语中，动词的 -ing 形式由 “ 动词原形 +- ing” 构成，有的相当于名词，因此可以在 句中作主语。

e.g. Drinking milk is good for you. 喝牛奶对身体好。 Walking and swimming are good exercises. 步行和游泳是很好的锻炼。

so 表示因果关系，意为 “ 因此；所以 ” ，用以连 接两个或两个以上的简单句。 so 表此意时不能 和 because 同时使用。 e.g. It is raining hard so we have to stay at home and watch TV. 雨下得很大，我们不得不呆在家里看电视。

【句子仿写】 外面很冷，所以我们没出去。 _____________________________ _____________________________ It is very cold outside so we don’t go out.

2. It will get warm at the North Pole so the seas will be very rough. 北极会变暖, 因此海上风浪会很大。 句中的 get warm 意为 “ 变暖 ” ，其中 get 为 系动词，意为 “ 变得；成为 ” ， warm 为形 容词作表语。 e.g. The teacher gets angry. 老师变得很生气。

请将下列汉语句子翻译成英语。 (1) 天气变得越来越冷。 (2) 白天将会变短，夜晚将会变长。 The days will get short, and the nights will get long. It’s getting colder and colder.

3. But there will be bad weather in spring and autumn. 观察句子，归纳 weather 与 climate 的区别 A.There will be bad weather in spring and autumn. 春天和秋天的天气会很坏。 B. Singapore has got a warm climate. 新加坡气候温暖。

观察 A 、 B 两个例句, 我们可以知道 climate 可 作可数名词, 而 weather 作不可数名词。其次 weather 意为 “ 天气 ”, climate 意为 “ 气候 ” 。 weather 常指某一地区短期内的天气情况, 如 晴、雨、寒、暖等变化；而 climate 常指某一 地区的长期的气象状态, 包括气温、降雨量、 湿度、风力等。

请用 weather 或 climate 填空。 1. They have got a comfortable ______ there. 2. We are going to play the match tomorrow if the _______ is fine. climate weather

4. There will be heavy rain and strong winds. 在 heavy rain 中, heavy 并非表示 “ 重 ”, 而 表示 “ 巨大的, 厉害的, 严重的 ” ，因此 heavy rain 就可以翻译成 “ 大雨；暴雨 ” 。 heavy 的副词形式为 heavily, 意为 “ 厉害地, 严重 地, 很多地 ” 。

5. … so they will be very comfortable. comfortable adj. 舒适的；舒服的； 反义词为 uncomfortable, 为 “ 不舒服的 ” 。 un- 为否定前缀。 e.g. fair 公平的， unfair 不公平的

例如： Homes will be warm in winter and cool in summer, so they’ll be very comfortable. 家里将会冬暖夏凉，所以它们将是令人舒适 的。 I am a little shy. I often feel uncomfortable when I talk to strangers. 我有点害羞。当我和陌生人说话时，我经常 感觉不舒服。

请仿照 comfortable→uncomfortable 的构词 法写出下列单词的反义词，并注明词义。 1. happy→ ( ) 2. lucky→ ( ) 3. friendly→ ( ) 4. important→ ( ) unimportant 不重要的 unhappy 不高兴的 unlucky 不幸的 unfriendly 不友好的

6. We’ll use the sun to heat our homes. 我们利用太阳能为住宅供暖。 heat 在此句中用作动词， “ 加热， ( 使 ) 变热 ” 。 e.g. We’ll heat some milk for the coffee. heat 还可以作名词，表示 “ 热，高温， 炎热的天气 “ 。 e.g. The heat from the fire can dry our clothes.

英语中还有很多既可以用作名词，又可 用作动词的词。如： Can I have glass of water? The boy waters the flowers every day. There’s a lot of rain in the south. It’s going to rain this afternoon. 名词 动词 名词 动词

7. People will work three days a week. 人们将每周工作三天。 three days a week 表示 “ 每周三天 ” 。 每天一次 每三周两次 每年五次 每月三天 once a day twice three weeks five times a year three days a month

Pair work Work in pairs and talk about life in the future. You may talk about it like this: --- I think flying will be expensive because fuel will be expensive. --- Yes, and I think cars will be small.

What will you be in ten years? What will your life be like in the future? Can you imagine what your classmates will be in ten years? Draw a picture about you or your classmates in the future, describe it to us.

Planes will be very large. Flying will be very cheap. Planes will be very large so flying will be very cheap. Look at these sentences

Now match 1~3 with a~c and join these sentences with so. 1. It will probably be hot all year. 2. We’ll use the sun to heat our homes. 3. People will work three days a week. a. No one will be cold and there will be lots of hot water. b. They’ll have long holidays and lots of free time. c. The winter will be very short.

1. It will probably be hot all year so the winter will be very short. 2. We’ll use the sun to heat our homes so no one will be cold and there will be lots of hot water. 3. People will work three days a week so they’ll have long holidays and lots of free time. Check the answers

请根据句意及首字母提示补全单词。 1. This shirt is too e________. I can’t buy it. 2. My mother thinks my bed is u___________. She will buy me a comfortable one. 3. In s_____ the weather gets warmer. 4. The question isn’t difficult. It is e___. 5. This weekend, I will have a lot of f___ time. Exercises xpensive ncomfortable pring ree asy

请将下列单词组成一个完整的句子。 1. family, everyone, my, in, will, a, have, car ___________________________________. 2. the, will, clean, worker, the, house ___________________________________. 3. to, students, have, will, go, school, to, lessons ____________________________________? Will students go to school to have lessons Everyone in my family will have a car The worker will clean the house

4. winter, will, be, there, snow, in _________________________________. 5. will, school, days, five, week, a, I, to, go _________________________________. I will go to school five days a week There will be snow in winter

请用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空, 完成 下面的短文。 My name is Meimei. Let me (1) ____ (talk) about my life in the future. In ten years, I (2) _______ (live) in Shanghai. I (3) ______ (be) a reporter ( 记者 ) and meet some interesting people. Also, I’ll live in a big house with a talk will livewill be

beautiful garden with my best friends. I (4) ________ (have) many pets, such as cats, dogs and fish. In ten years I’ll have many different kinds of birds. I (5) _________ (go) fishing and swimming every week. Now, I can only wear school uniform ( 校服 ). I don’t like them and I like beautiful clothes. In ten will have will go

years, I (6) _______ (buy) a lot of new clothes. And I (7) ________ (wear) different clothes every day. I (8) _______ (sleep) for more than 8 hours every night. I’ll go to Hong Kong for holidays and I think I (9) ________ (meet) many film stars and singers there. will meet will buy will wear will sleep

Future dreams When I was just a little girl, I asked my mother what will I be, Will I be pretty, will I be rich? Here’s what she said to me: Whatever will be, will be The future’s not ours to see what will be will be.