1、Unit 3 Life in the futureBrief Statements Based on This UnitThe topic of this unit is about life in the future, which is full of imagination.The unit gives us vivid pictures about the first impression in 3005 AD.The four skills of reading, listening, speaking and writing all center on the topic, lif
2、e in the future.This unit can be divided into six partswarming up, reading, learning about language, using language, listening and speaking, summing up and learning tip.In Warming-up, students are expected to fill in a chart.Let the students compare differences in life between in 1005AD and in 2005A
3、D, and encourage them to imagine what will happen in 3005AD.The purpose of designing this part is to prepare the students for the knowledge of life in the future.In Pre-reading, two questions are presented.The first question is to ask the students to list all the problems we are facing.The other one
4、 is to get the students to discuss whether the problems will still exist in the future and will get much more serious in the future.In Reading, the students are to read a letter named First Impressions.In the letter, Li Qiang told his parents about how he traveled to the living space in 3005AD and w
5、hat he saw there.In reading, it is necessary for the teacher to get the students aware of the strategies for reading descriptive articles.The purpose of designing this part is to develop the students reading ability, to get the students to know more about the future and to encourage them to explore
6、the future.In Post-reading, three exercises are followed.The students are asked to discuss which changes are good, while others belong to disadvantages.The next one is to ask the students to infer the authors attitude towards the future.At the same time, the students are expected to show their own o
7、pinions to the whole class and reason them, trying to persuade others to accept them.The third exercise is to ask the students to imagine what they would like to visit if he/she were Li Qiang.In Learning about language, there are two parts.The first is about vocabulary, which is to ask the students
8、to apply the words and phrases freely.The other exercises are about the grammar, that is to say, the past participle used as the adverbial and attribute.In Using language reading, speaking and writing, there is a passage titled I have seen amazing things.Teaching and learning activities can be focus
9、ed on reading, speaking and writing with the purpose of developing the studentsskills.In listening, the listening material is also about life in the future, which is about living in Wonder world.By listening to it, arouse the students to imagine whether such a world is fit for living in.In Speaking,
10、 the teacher mainly offers the students the chance to talk about the future and learn to how to express prediction.In Writing, the students are expected to learn to describe a person in their imagination to get the students not only to be familiar with description but also to form the good habit of
11、imagining.In Summing up and Learning tips, let the students learn to sum up what they have mastered in this unit, including words, expressions, grammar and what to know about the future.The purpose of this is to get the students to know what they have learned and what need to be learned in the futur
12、e.Besides that, some advice is also given to the students on how to write down notes.The new words and expressions to be learned in this unit are: vehicle, carriage, private, settlement, impression, constant, constantly, previous, tablet, capsule, opening, surrounding, lack, ache, mask, bend, press,
13、 swift, master, sight, flash, optimistic, length, extraordinary, helmet, assist, agency, skip, require.take up, remind.of, lose sight of, catch sight of, speed up, assist in, space agency, as a result, suffer from, be similar to, be well-known for, as though, in no time, provide.with, fall fast asle
14、ep, search for, go soft, speak in whispers, mix with, wave about, shake from side to side, depend on, put on, get lost, as if by magic, plenty of, in all directions.The following sentences to be learned in this unit are: 1.It took me only a few minutes to master the idea and soon I could fly as fast
15、 as Wang Ping.2.I got lost when we reached what looked like a large market because of the people flying by in all directions.3.There were so many carriages that I lost sight of Wang Ping.4.Wang Pings mother appeared, flashed a switch on a computer screen, and a table and chairs rose from under the f
16、loor as if by magic.5.Worried about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days.6.This is similar to the “jet lag” you get when flying, but instead it means you keep getting flashbacks from your previous time period.7.Confused by the new surroundings, I was hit by the lack of fresh air.Exhau
17、sted, I slid into bed and fell fast asleep.This unit can be divided into seven periods, which are as follows: Period 1 Welcome to the UnitPeriod 2 ReadingPeriod 3 Listening and Speaking Period 4 Reading and WritingPeriod 5 GrammarPeriod 6 Language FocusingPeriod 7 AssessmentPeriod 1 Welcome to the U
18、nitThe General Idea of This PeriodThis is the first period of this unit.At the beginning of this period, the teacher can spend some time training the students to read new words and expressions.The purpose of this is to offer some new expressions to the students, which are helpful for the students to
19、 talk about the topic “life in the future” and to help the students pronounce them correctly.This unit is about life in the future, so the teacher can let the students brainstorm the words or phrases about future.In their minds, what will life in the future be like?The students are free to say anyth
20、ing that they can imagine.They should be encouraged to be brave enough to speak out what they dream.This activity gives Ss a chance to express their imagination.At the same time, this activity can stir the students imagination.Later Ss are required to talk in groups of four about the following topic
21、: Think about how many changes there have been in the last one thousand years.Now think about what changes you might expect to find in the next one thousand years in the following aspects: transport, houses, villages, towns, locations and settlement.Then ask students to draw a picture about the topi
22、c “my future family”.After that, let some of them show what they have designed in the picture.Whats more, the teacher can ask them why they design it in this way and whether it is possible to realize their dream in the future.If they want such dreams to come true, what should they do now?Apart from
23、the above, the teacher can design a competition.Divide the class into four groups.Each group should work together to list the problems human beings are facing today.Then let them discuss whether what they have listed is reasonable or not.The group, which has listed the most problems, will be the bes
24、t.Following that competition, the teacher will ask the students to consider what problems people in the future will have to overcome and which ones will still exist there or might be even worse in AD 3005 so as to lead in the text more coherently. The Ss are supposed to analyze the possibilities, an
25、d also show their reasons for such imagination.Finally, the teacher had better let the students consider this question“Do you want to live in AD 3005 or today?Why do you prefer to live in AD 3005 or nowadays?”Teaching Important PointsHave the students discuss the changes that have taken place for al
26、most one thousand years and what will happen in the coming one thousand years.Encourage the students to predict what problems people will have to overcome.Understand and learn the following words and expressions: vehicle, carriage, private, settlement, impression, take up, constant, remind, previous
27、, tablet, capsule, surrounding, lack, mask, bend, press, swift, master, lose sight of, catch sight of, sweep, switch, optimistic, length, speed up, extraordinary, helmet, assist in, agency, slip, require.Teaching DifficultiesPredict what changes may take place/be found in the next one thousand years
28、.Teaching AidsCAI equipment with a multi-media classroom and other normal teaching toolsThree Dimensional Teaching AimsKnowledge AimsLearn about the changes that have happened for almost one thousand years and what will happen in the coming one thousand years.List what problems people will have to o
29、vercome.Try to understand and learn the following words and expressions: vehicle, carriage, private, settlement, impression, take up, constant, remind, previous, tablet, capsule, surrounding, lack, mask, bend, press, swift, master, lose sight of, catch sight of, sweep, switch, optimistic, length, sp
30、eed up, extraordinary, helmet, assist in, agency, slip, require.Ability AimsDevelop the students ability of speaking.Encourage the students to imagine what will happen in the future to cultivate the students for creativeness.Emotional AimsEncourage the students to be brave enough to imagine what see
31、ms impossible today.Let them realize nothing is impossible and we can make the impossible possible.Having courage to imagine sometimes leads to new success and new breakthroughs in the future.Teaching ProcedureStep 1 GreetingT: Hello, my friends.S: Hello, Miss Wang.Step 2 Word PuzzlesT: Open your bo
32、oks to Page 94.Lets read the words and expressions together.(The students read those words and expressions together.Help them pronounce the new words and expressions correctly.Later give them some time to remember some.If some students are poor in pronunciation, the teacher should give them some mor
33、e help.)T: Now, listen to me carefully.I will give you some explanations or situations for some words and phrases.When I tell you some meanings or situations, youd better guess which words or phrases I refer to.Get ready for it.Lets see who will be the first to find out the correct answers.T: When w
34、e go to some place, especially to a place far away from you, what do you need the most?S: VehicleT: Right.You are clever.T: Something belongs to one particular person or group only, which is personal.What is it?S: Private.T: Excellent.Can you use it to make a sentence?S: This is my fathers own priva
35、te chair, which no one else is allowed to sit on.T: What a beautiful sentence.Next one is coming before in time or order.Can you guess what it is?S: I think it is previous.T: Yes.Would you please make a sentence using it?S: We had met on a previous occasion before.T: Good.I like the book very much,
36、but I dont have enough money on me.What difficulty do I have now?S: You are lacking money.T: You are clever.I cant buy the book because of lack of money.T: Even if he is in lack of money to buy food to eat and to buy a house to live in, he is still confident and leads an active life.So we can say he
37、 is. S: He is optimistic, I think.T: Quite good.He has an optimistic view of events.Step 3 BrainstormingT: As we all know, no one can stop the wheel of history.Our society keeps advancing, so what will happen in the future?Sure you often dream of your beautiful life tomorrow.Now, Id like to share wi
38、th you what you have imagined about the future.You are free to show your different imaginations.S: People will not have to work, because all of work will be done by machine.S: People will go to space very easily.We can go to other stars just as we visit other cities nowadays.S: People will live fore
39、ver and no one will die.Ss: .T: Now lets fill in the following chart according to your imagination.Fields What will the_become in the futureEnergyLanguageFarmFactory(Five minutes later, ask three or four Ss to report.)S: In the future people will live in different places.As the population is explodi
40、ng, more people will prefer to live in faraway places, under the sea or even on the moon.S: In the future people will speak only English and Chinese.S: In the future, people can eat anything.People wont need to worry about the food problem in the world.S: In the future people can find many ways to d
41、eal with pollution, we can live in a better environment.People in the future will explore a new kind of energy, which will never be used up.Step 4 DiscussionT: Just now you offered me a good chance to vividly view a future world.It is full of imagination and wonders.Lets wait together for it coming
42、asap (as soon as possible).Now lets try to think about the many changes there have been in the last one thousand years.Then think about what changes you might expect to find in the next one thousand years, especially consider the following fields: transport, houses, villages, towns, location and set
43、tlement.I will break you up into several groups.Each group is made up of four students.Discuss it in groups.In five minutes, one student in one group will report what you have discussed.(The teacher had better join in the discussion and give them some guidance when/whenever necessary.After the discu
44、ssion, some students will come to summarize what the group has discussed.)Some answers here for reference: AD1005: China AD2005: Modern World AD3005: Your ideasTransport By horse or by simple vehicle such as a carriage.By car, by bus, by train, by air, by motorbike, by bike, by maglev, by ship.By sp
45、aceship, or capsule, by advanced vehicle to be invented.Houses Made of wood and mud: Apartment, villa, Siheyuan Special houses with no bathrooms. advanced equipment, which can be moved to any place.Villages Many small house round a temple and a pond.There are many buildings with gardens, wide roads
46、and large fields.Farmers neednt go to work, and they will live in a folded house with everything people need.Computer will do anything to help villagers.Towns Streets with markets, small shops and private houses.There are crowded skyscrapers on both sides of main streets with malls and shopping cent
47、ers.Streets will not as crowded as now, because the entire vehicle can fly in the sky.People will take whatever they need for free.Location of settlementOn the earth; on land On the earth, on land On the moon, on the other planets; under the sea.(In fact, there are no fixed answers to the question w
48、hat the future will be like.Various answers are possible.)Step 5 Dreaming the Future Family (competition) T: Now, let us have a competition about designing our future family.Four students make up a group to design it.Make a sketch together.After that, some of you will show what you have designed in
49、the picture.Discuss it first and then draw it.You are allowed to finish it in six minutes.(The teacher can join in their designing or just give them some help if necessary.)T: Have you finished it?Its time for you to show your pictures.Lets see which group can offer us the most beautiful picture with the most wonderful imagination.Whats more, you will have to describe what you have drawn and why you design it in this way.In the end, you will predict whether it is possible to realiz
