1、Module 1- Life in the FutureTeaching aims1. Master the words and learn how to talk about future. 2. Can express your ideas about the future.Important points1. Talk about your ideal house for the future.2. Discuss the ideal house in the future.Difficult points Describe your ideal house for the future
2、.Teaching methods1. Multi-media teaching.2. Writing on the blackboard.3. Class activities: discussion in pairs and in class.Teaching proceduresPeriod OneIntroductionStep oneSpeaking practice: 1. Lead inWhat do you know about the future? Can you describe the life in the future?In this unit, we will d
3、iscuss the life in the future.First look at the pictures on screen. What do you think of these pictures?2. Look at the photographs and answer the question.3. Check the answersAsk students to do the activity in pairs, and then call back the answers in class. Finally ask students to look at the sample
4、s on screen.Step twoVocabulary practiceDo the exercises by yourself, then discuss your answers with your partner.1. Choose the building material to complete the sentences.2. Check the answers on screen.Step threeSpeaking practice:Tell the class what materials your school is made of / from.Look at th
5、e sample. You should make a list to tell us about it.J The building is made of steel, concrete, bricks, stones, mud, and so on.Tell the class what materials the building in the photo is of / from.JS1. The building may be made of plastic.JS2. The building may be made from aluminium or alnico.JS3. The
6、 building may be made from many things which we dont know now.Step fourSum upIn todays class, we learned how to describe the life in the future. We can tell others our ideal house in future. We should practice after class.Homework1. Discuss what life you want to have in the future with your partner.
7、2. Summary your ideas and write them down. 3. Exchange your writing with your partner.Period TwoReading & vocabularyStep oneSpeaking practice1. Lead in Show the pictures about the cities and ask the question.What do you think of the pictures?2. DiscussionLets guess what the topics, do you think, the
8、 passage will mention. alternative energy, crime, school, public service, traffic, environment, weather, entertainment3. Discuss in pairs, then choose your answer or answers and tell the class why.4. Look at the samples on screen.Step twoPre-reading1. Work in pairsAsk students to look at the questio
9、ns before reading the text.J1. What will the city of future look like?J2. Are the cities going to get bigger or smaller?J3. What will become very important in future? Why?J4. What will we also have to rely more on? Why?J5. How may we get rid of garbage problems?2. Fast readingAsk students to read th
10、e text fast as possible as they can3. Choose the best answer Look at the screen, and choose the best answer, then check the answers. The answers C D C D DStep threeIntensive reading1. Finish the answerWhat the topics of the passage mention are - alternative energy, crime, school, public service, env
11、ironment, entertainment2. Reading Lets read the passage again and learn the passage carefully.3. DiscussionLook at the questions and discuss them again, and check the answers.4. Ask students to look the sample answers on screen. J1. What will the city of future look like? J2. Are the cities going to
12、 get bigger or smaller? J3. What will become very important in future? Why? J4. What will we also have to rely more on? Why? J5. How may we get rid of garbage problems?Step fourThe exercises1. Match the words and phrases from the text with their meanings.2. Look at the screen and check the answers.3
13、. Match the words and phrases in the box A with those in box B.Do the exercises individually and pay attention to the words where the stress doesnt fall on the first syllable, then match them:arrest recycle alternative material resource operation4. Check the answers.Now check the answers against the
14、 passage. Then look at the screen.5. Fine the words or phrases in the text which mean these things.6. Check the answers Check your answers with your partner. Then look at the screen.Step fiveSpeaking practice1. Ask and answer the question2. Check the answersJ1. Theyve thought how to run city in 2025
15、.J2. The garbage ships will go to the sun.J3. Criminals.J4. People wont be allowed to smoke within a citys limits.J5. They will go shopping online.J6. Their telephone number.J7. Recreation.J8. All cars will be powered by electricity, solar energy and wind.J9. They will do surgery from a distance.J10
16、. They will go anywhere they want to go in the world.Step sixShare your ideas with others1. Discuss the questions about prediction.J1. Which one is the strange?J2. Which one is the most useful?J3. Which one will come true first?J4. Which one will come true last?Step sevenSummaryJ1. When we talk abou
17、t a certain future, we should use be going to. They are going to get bigger before they get smaller.J2. When we talk about prediction, we should use will be/do. What will the city of the future look like?Homework1. Write a short passage with the title What will the life in future look like?.Pay atte
18、ntion to use will do and be going to do.2. Finish the exercise book.Period ThreeFunction, listening & speakingStep onePresentation & Review1. Lead in In todays class, we will go on with talking about the future. Lets do the exercises first, and then check your answers with your partner.2. Discuss ho
19、w to talk about future.Pay attention to the future about a certain future and about prediction Lets look at the answers on screen.3. Match the sentences A-F with the meanings 16.First, read the sentences A-F and the phrases in meaning 1-6. Make sure you understand all of them. Then match them and ch
20、eck the answers with your partner.4. Check the answers on screen in class.Step twoListening & speakingFill in the missing words of the following passage on screen according to what you here.Step threeListening1. Think about your home then ask & answer questions. When you ask and answer the questions
21、, you should talk about these things. size and number of rooms furniture in the rooms technology2. Listen to the tape. Please pay attention to the questions while you are listening, and choose the best answer.3. Listen to the passage again and check the answers. 1.a 2.b 3.c 4.b 5.a 6.a 7.c 8.cStep f
22、ourSpeaking practiceWork in pairs and ask questions while listening.1. Listen to the listening material again and ask questions.J1. What will the house look like? J2. How big will your house be? How many rooms will there be in your house? J3. In what way will the house be different? J4. What about t
23、he furniture? J5. How will the computer control most of the functions in the house?2. Look at the possible answers on screen.Step fiveThe exercisesWork in pairs and answer the questions.1. The questions J1. What would happen to the dinning room and the living room?J2. How to switch on the lights? J3
24、. What will the toilet be able to do?J4. What will the dishwasher be able to do?2. Check the answers on screen.3. Speaking practiceImagine your house in future & think about these things. Look at the screen.Homework1. Discuss with your partner to talk about the future life that you can imagine.2. Wh
25、at will the future life look like? What new technology will it have?3. Write down what you talked about with your partner.Period FourGrammar, pronunciation & writingStep oneGrammar1. Lead in Today we will review the future continuous.Look at these sentences on page 6.All of the statements are true e
26、xcept No.4. Pay attention to the verb forms of sentences, a, b and c (will be + V- ing)2. Review what weve learned I will go to see the film next week. I will be sitting in the theatre to see the film at 5:00 tomorrow afternoon. I wont be doing the exercise at 6:00 tomorrow morning. I will go shoppi
27、ng on the moon in fifty years time. I will be living in a fantastic house in twenty years time.3. The exerciseComplete these sentences from the interview in and check the answers on screen.4. Fill in the blanks with the verbs in brackets.5. Check the answers on screen.Step twoPronunciation1. The ans
28、wer to the Ex. 1J Twenty years isnt a long time. We wont be living underground or in space. Well be living in houses and flats just as we do today.2. The answer to the Ex. 2J The kitchen will become the most important room in the house! Well still be cooking, and well probably be using the kitchen m
29、ore as a family room. And bathrooms will be bigger.Step threeWriting1. Find words or phrases that mean: * I dont know exactly.Im not really sure. * Its certaindefinitely * I hope this will happen.hopefully * Its possible.maybe /probably * after a long timeeventually2. The different ways to talk abou
30、t future: * I will be doing / I will do * I will definitely study * I guess that I will Step fourWriting practice1. You should follow the instructions to finish your writing.You have to use:* 1. the future continuous tense (Ill be doing / I wont be doing)* 2. The introductory verbs: I hope /I guess
31、/I imagine /Id like to* 3. The introductory words: hopefully / eventually / maybe / definitely2. Look at the sample writing (109 words) on screen.Step fiveEveryday English1. Do the exercises individually and then check with your partner.2. Check the answers on screen.Homework1. Review what weve lear
32、ned in the unit.2. Do the exercise book.Period FiveCultural cornerStep oneLeading in1. Reading and thinkingRead the questions and decide which prediction made in the past is the most amusing.2. Discussion Work in pairs and tell your partner your idea.Step twoWriting practice1. Write 5-7 sentences ab
33、out life in China in the future.2. Look at the samples on screen.Step threeTask1. Describing your ideal house for the future according to the questions: Where is your ideal house? What is it made of? How big is it? Will your ideal house be interesting? Describe the interesting feature of the house p
34、lease.2. Look at the possible answers on screen.Step fourSummaryIn this unit, we learned ways of talking about future. When we talk about the future, we should pay attention to use will do/be or will be doing to make predictions. The samples:J1. What will the city of the future look like?J2. They are going to get bigger before they get smaller.Homework1. Talk about your ideal house and say something about the feature for the house.2. Finish the exercise of this unit.
