1、2018学年度外研版必修四 Module1Life in the FuturePeriod2 reading 教案1.Teaching Aims1. grasp the main idea of the passage in Reading and Vocabulary.2. master the usage of some language points2.Teaching Important PointsGrasp the main idea of the passage.Teaching methods: Listening, practicing.3.Teaching Difficul
2、t PointsGrasp the main idea of the passage.4.Teaching Learning MethodsListening, practicing5.Teaching ProceduresStep 1 Lead-in Question PresentationWarming-upHave you ever imagined what the city in the future will be like? Lets read an article describing the city of the future. First look at the tit
3、le of the passage and tick the topics you think it will mention.( 1. tries to guess. 2. Check the answers 3. Collect the answers .4. Read check the answers. )Part 1. PredictionTitle: The City of the FutureWhat topics do you think will be mentioned in a passage with the title and picture above? alter
4、native energy crime schools public services Shopping environmen traffic weather entertainment (alternative energy/ crime/ shopping/ environment/ entertainment)Ask one or two students to express their ideas. Correct the mistakes if any.Step 2 Independent Study Group Discussion Word-guessing Do Activi
5、ty 3. Then check the answers with your partner.Step 3 Cooperative Inquiry Teachers EnlightenmentCareful Reading Activity 6 on Page 41. Listen to the tape: After listening, check the answers with the students.1.) What will we use in the future?-Lots of recycled materials, such as plastic, aluminium,
6、steel, glass, wood and paper.2.) What will happen to space travel?-Travelling in space by ordinary citizens will be common.Organization Ask the students to read the passage to get the main idea of each part.Part 1 ( Paragraph 1)What will the city of the future look like?Part 2(Paragraph 2-12)How wil
7、l the students run a city in the future?Step 5 Matching Activity 4 on Page 3, Activity 5 on Page 3Step6. Retell .1. Fill in the blanks with words or phrases learned from the passage.I cant p_ what schools will be like in the f_, but I know for s_ that great changes will take place then. Recently I h
8、ave looked up information o_, and Id like to share some with you. Firstly, building m_will be quite different. Some new types, such as plastic, glass will be used. Secondly, with the natural resources r_ out, the future schools will make full use of s_ energy, and we will r_ alternative energy. Thir
9、dly, there will be no books at all. Every classroom will be a_ to the advanced net system. Thats my opinion of the future school, how about yours?(Answers: predict, future, sure, online, materials, running, solar, rely on, attached)Step 6. DiscussionT: There are some predictions made in the passage.
10、 Do you think all of them will come true? which do you think will come true first and which last.1.“Forget smoking” is most useful. People in the future will pay more attention to their health and lead a more comfortable life, but smoking is bad for their health, so smoking wont be allowed.2: The re
11、creation is very useful. people will enjoy a more happy and comfortable life.3: “Batman nets” very strange. How police will use it to catch criminals seems very strange.4: Telesurgery very strange. How will doctors diagnose illnesses for the patients? 5: Cars will come true first, for now many motor
12、 cycles powered by electricity are on sale in shops, which is friendly to the environment, so they are very popular.6: Shopping online will come true first. Now computers are widely used and it is likely that people will do their shopping online. Going shopping will become a form of entertainment.7:
13、 Space travel will last come true. Because there is still a long way to go for us to develop space technology, the people who is able to go on space travels is very limited.8: Garage ships will come true last. After all, people produce much more garbage than the ships can carry to space, whats more,
14、 space technology needs further developing. Step 4 Conclusion Exercise. Moral EducationTeachers should make them fully realize the importance of protecting the environment and making full use of natural resources, the importance of hard work and right attitude towards work and call on them to work h
15、ard and build a beautiful future with joint efforts.II. Writing Techniques 1. Writing CharacteristicsThe writer leads in the topic by beginning with a question sentence so as to arouse the interest of the readers. Then it tells about the situations about the future environment and natural resources.
16、 At last the writer shows the city of the future by giving an example of an experiment carried out at a university in Texas about the predictions made by some students. After careful reading, it is not difficult for us to dream of the beautiful future and we cant help thinking about what we should d
17、o to build the beautiful future. . Writing purposeThis text shows what the city will be like in the future. Reading it can stimulate the readers to dream of the beautiful future and give the reins to their imagination. The writer also implies the importance of protecting the environment and the natu
18、ral resources. Also, it makes us realize that only by hard work can we turn our dreams into realities and build a beautiful future.Step 8. Discussion:What will schools be like in the future?What subjects will people study?Where will people work in the future?What kink of jobs will people have?Where
19、will people work in the future?What kink of jobs will people have?How will people travel in the future?Where will people go and why?What language(s) will people speak in the future?Will people still speak Chinese and English?Step9 . What should we do to make sure we will have a bright future?Lets wo
20、rk hard and create a bright future.We cannot predict exactly how bright our future will be, But at least we have dreams And we can hope.Wish everybody a beautiful future!HomeworkHomework 1. Draw a picture of your future city.2. Write about your life in this city of the futureWords and phrases:look l
21、ike make predictions 做预测 lots of recycled materials 大量的可回收材料 such as 例如，诸如 run a city of 50,000 people 管理一座拥有 5万人口的城市in the year 2025 在 2025年 get rid of 摆脱、免除、除去 load A with B 用 A装载 Bby firing nets 通过射出网状物 within a citys limits 在城市范围内 place orders 订购telephones for life 终身电话，电话人生 at birth 出生时 free of charge 免费at the flick of a switch轻按一下开关 carry out operations 实施手术with each city having its own telesurgery outpatient clinic 每个城市拥有自己的远程手术门people with disabilities 残疾人 cameras attached to their head 绑在头上的相机Teaching Reflection(a blank page)
