1、Unit 3Life in the Future,A changing world,carriage,bicycle,motorcycle,train,aeroplane,?,space craft,sedan chair,car,time travel,Q: How do you usually go to school?,Means of transportation,Life in the past,Life at present,life in the future,?,Do you want to go traveling in the future like the mechani
2、cal cat-“Duo La A Meng”?,The time machine can bring you to the future.,Pre-reading,Make a list of the problems human beings are facing today.,Help,water pollution,poor sanitation,air pollution,deforestation,desertification,starvation,poverty,war,violence,Other issues,overpopulation,problems the eart
3、h is facing:,air pollution,water pollution,noise pollution,soil erosion,white pollution,overpopulation,poverty,war &violence,(rubbish),Fasting Reading,Put the sentences in order:A.We were transported into the future by a comfortable time capsule.B. I arrived at Wang Pings home and everything in his
4、house made me surprised.C. I won a travel to the year AD 3008.D. I have my first try to master a hovering carriage.,C-A-D-B,For the first two paragraphs:,1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3008? 2. What is a “time lag”? 3. How did I feel when I was in the capsule ?,4. Who guides m
5、y trip? 5. Why did my guide give me some tablets? 6. Who transported us to the future?,Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD3008?2.What is a “time lag”?3.How did I feel when I was in the capsule?,I took up the prize I won the year before.,The seats in the capsule are very comfortable.,“
6、Time lag” means a person gets flashbacks from his previous time period.,4.Who guides my trip?5.Why did my guide give me some tablets?6.Who transported us to the future?,My friend Wang Ping is my guide to the future.,The tablets could help me feel less nervous and uncertain.,Wang Pings parents compan
7、y transported us to the future.,For the third paragraph:How did I feel as soon as I was transported to the future?2.How did Wang Ping solve this problem?3.What do you think has caused this kind of problem?,After I was transported to the future, I was hit by the lack of fresh air and my head ached.,W
8、ang Ping gave a mask to me and hurried me through to a small room nearby to have a rest.,Now we are causing more and more pollution to the nature, this will cause serious problems to life in the future. This may be the cause of the lack of fresh air in the future.,For the fourth paragraph:What did W
9、ang Pings house look like?What was the green wall made of? Whats the purpose of building this kind of green wall?3. How can you produce a TV set in Wang Pings house?,His house is a large bright, clean room. It had a green wall, a brown floor and soft lighting.,The green wall was made of trees. The l
10、eaves of the trees will provide much-needed oxygen to the house.,You can just flash a switch on the computer screen and a TV set will rise from the floor.,Careful reading,Judge whether the following statements are true or false,1.In the year AD 3008,the air in private houses was poor quality.,2.Hove
11、ring carriages were a fast means of transport,and people could fly in them in every direction.,3.Li Qiang arrived in a busy town where he got lost.,True or false,True or false,4.This text is an introduction both to the more advanced forms of transport in AD 3008 but also to the advantages and proble
12、ms of life in the future.,1.Li Qiang got the chance of having this time travel trip because _. A. He had passed the final term exam with a very good result B. He had written a story about a trip to the year AD 3008C. He had won a prize D. He had given money to the company of “Future Tours”,Choose th
13、e best answer,2. What do you think of Li Qiangs trip to the year AD 3008?A. Uninteresting. B. Very exciting. C. Very easy. D. Very cheap.,3. What can we infer from the text? A. Li Qiang felt a bit uncomfortable at first. B. While traveling, there was no one else besides Li Qiang and Wang Ping. C. It
14、 was the first time travel trip for Li Qiang and Wang Ping. D. Li Qiang regretted having traveled to the year AD 3008.,4. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the text? Wang Ping suffered from “jet lag” when he traveled to the year AD 3008.B. Wang Ping was Li Qiangs friend and
15、guide.C. Li Qiang lost sight of Wang Ping because there were so many carriages around him.D. Wang Ping was very hospitable. (好客的),5. Please choose another title for the text. A. Visiting Wang Pings house. B. Traveling to the future. C. Company of “Future Tours”. D. Feeling in the Time Travel Trip.,N
16、ow try to find out what happened to Li Qiang before, during and after the journey.,Detail Reading,nervous,uncertain,time lag,time capsule,Confused,lack,ached.,showed,green,brown,soft,Exhausted,fell,asleep,can travel to different times as you wish,after-effects of travel,can move swiftly,disorganised
17、;diffi-cult to find way,save living space,short of space,busy;look like markets,easy to get lost,own family oxygen supply,poor quality in public places,Did you do anything bad for theenvironment in your daily life?,What should you do to make our world more beautiful ?,?,Discussion,Group Work:,Useful
18、 expressions1.handkerchief 手帕2.plastic bag 塑料袋3.recycle 再利用4.solar energy 太阳能5.chewing gum 口香糖6.battery 电池7.one-off chopsticks 方便筷,1.Using the handkerchief instead of the paper napkin.,2.Using paper bags instead of plastic bags.,3. Dont use one-off chopsticks.,4. Go to work/school on foot or by bike not by car.,5. Throw cans, bottles, paper and plastic into the dustbin. .,Advice,Homework,1.背诵 aspectstewardess 2. 作业本26 ,
