1、Unit 20 New Frontiers,Warm-up,Futurology,A radio telescope,A telescope,A microchip,DNA,Deoxyribonucleic acid,Exercise 1,BiologyPhysicsInformation technologyAstronomy,1.A radio telescope2.An atom3.A microscope4.A microchip5.DNA,Exercise 1,BiologyPhysicsInformation technologyAstronomy,3.A microscope 5
2、.DNA 2.An atom4.A microchip1.A radio telescope,Exercise 2,biology,physics,astronomy,information technology,Bacteria,Artificial intelligence Data processing Online Search engine,Energy equation gravity mass radioactivity radium,Black hole Deep space Galaxy Light year Solar system universe,Exercise 3
3、listening,The answers are:,1.news 2.interview 3.educational 4.quiz,Exercise 4 think about the answersthese questions,1.have three students read out the questions,2.students work in pairs and discuss the answers,Lesson 1 Futurology,Before you start,Read to learn,Language points,Homework,Summary,1.Loo
4、k at the headlines below.What do You think they mean?,From the past to the future,The future business,Tomorrows world,A perfect future?,2.Read the text and complete the table,3.Why is the writer interested in futurology?,Language points,1.look into向.的里面看, 窥视; 浏览;观察, 调查eg: The mayor promised to look
5、into whether the clash was designed, or it just happened by accident. 市长答应调查这次冲突是预先计划好的,还是偶然发生的。 He looked through a number of journals before he started the research project. 他在进行该项研究课题前查阅了许多期刊。,2. hundreds of好几百, 许许多多3. millions of times数以百万倍的4. bothand 既.又. 5. linkto （与on, to, in to连用）联合， （常与toge
6、ther, to, with连用）连接,6. communicate with通话, 通信;英（房间等）互通 to communicate with a person 与人联络 eg:The Minister for Foreign Affairs has already communicated on this event with the American President. 外交部长已经跟美国总统就此事件交换过意见了。 This room communicates with the other room. 这个房间与那一个房间相通。,7. in terms of adv. 根据, 按照
7、, 用.的话, 在.方面; 以的观点；就而说8. the amount of 数目 an amount of相当数量的; 一些 a large amount of大量,9. carry out 完成, 实现, 贯彻, 执行 eg：I have carried out my work. 我已经完成了我的工作。,10. by the year 2020 到2020年之前by the middle of the century 到本世纪中叶之前by the end of the century 到本世纪末,11. suitable for/to adj.适合.的 eg: This toy is not suitable for young children. 这个玩具不适合小小孩玩。 books suitable for children 适合儿童阅读的书籍 This wine is not suitable to my taste.这酒不合我的胃口。,Summary,The important phrases,Homework,exercise 1 in page 66,
