Unit 7
Will people have robots?
Section A
n. 机器人
Pre-learning
will 将，会，要
robot n.机器人
everything pron.每件事物
paper n.纸，纸张
a piece of paper
fewer adj.较少的，更少的
pollution n.污染 v. pollute
tree n.树，树木
building n.建筑物，楼房
v. build 建造
won’t=will not
they’ll=they will
she’ll=she will
1a How will the world be different in the future, 100 years from now? Read these predictions. Check (√) A (for agree) or D (for disagree).
A D 1. People will have robots in their homes.
A D 2. People won’t use money. Everything will be free.
A D 3. Books will only be on computers, not on paper.
A D 4. Kids won’t go to school. They’ll study at home on computers.
A D 5. There will only be one country.
A D 6. People will live to be200 years old.
= will not
= they will
纸
使用
预言；预测；预示
How will the world be different in the future,100 years from now?
People will in her home.
have robots
Robots will __________ .
paper
Books will _________ computers, not on paper.
only be on
$ 0
$ 0
Everything will .
People money.
Use money
free
be free
won’t use
The kids to school.
They at home on computers.
won’t go
will study
There one country.
There are many countries.
will only be
Do you think there will be robots in people’s homes？
Picture 1
Yes,there will. I think every home will have a robot.
Will kids go to school?
Picture 3
Kids won’t go to school.
They’ll study at home.
will / shall引导的一般将来时:一般将来时表示将来发生的动作或情况，最基本的结构：will / shall + 动词原形
“主谓（宾）句型”的一般将来时：
肯定句：主语+ will / shall +动词原形+（宾语）+其他成份
People will have robots in their homes.
否定句：在will / shall 的后面加not即可。will not = won’t
People will not (won’t) have robots in their homes.
一般疑问句：把will / shall 提到句子主语之前，结尾变问号。
Will people have robots in their homes?
特殊疑问句：特殊疑问词+will +主语+动词原形+其他成份？
When will people have robots in their homes?
“There be”句型的一般将来时
肯定句： There will be +名词+其他成份
[注意]：无论后面加单数名词或复数形式，be都必须用原形。
There will be only one country.
否定句：在will后面加not.
There won’t be only one country.
一般疑问句：把will提到there之前。
Will there be only one country?
Yes, there will. / No, there won’t.
___A___D 1.People will have robots in their homes.
___A___D 2.People won’t use money. Everything will be free.
___A___D 3.Books will only be on computer,not on paper.
___A___D 4.Kids won’t go to school. They’ll study at home on  computer.
___A___D 5.There will only one country.
___A___D 6.People will live to be 200 years old.
1b. Listen and circle the predictions you hear in activity 1a.
Tapescript:A:Do you think __________________________________in 100 years?B:Yes,I do. I saw a robot on TV, and it cleaned the kitchen.A:Well, ______________________________.B:Do you think____________________?A:Yeah,probably.B:I think______________________.A:Only one country in the whole world? Will there be world peace?B:I hope so.
people will have robots in their homes
I don’t think people will use money
everything will be free
there will be one country
1c PAIRWORK Ask and answer questions about the predictions in activity 1a.
A: Will people use money in 100 years?
B: No, they won’t. Everything will be free. Will people
live to be 200 years old?
A: Yes, they will.
一百年后
“in与after+时间” 都可表示“在…之后”。当它们用于一般将来时态时，in后接“时间段”，after后接“时间点”。
1. He’ll come back in three years. 他三个小时以后回来。
2. He’ll come back after three o’clock. 他三点钟以后回来.
There is/are going to be + n.
There will be + n.
放学后将会有一场足球比赛。
There will be a football match after school.
一般将来时
The Simple Future Tense
表示：将会有….
What will the world be like in 100 years?
Will there be more people?
I think there will be…
I don’t think there will be…
Will there be fewer trees?
Will there be more pollution?
Will there be less free time?
spare time
Will there be less water ?
Remember:
many—more—most much—more—most

few—fewer—fewest little—less—least

修饰可数名词 复数 修饰不可数名词
少的 更少的 最少的
许多的 更多的 最多的
看表，用more, less或 fewer 完成练习。
In 100 years…
There will be ___________ houses.
There will be ___________ pollution.
There will be ___________ schools.
There will be ___________ people.
There will be ___________ snow.
There will be __________ movie theaters.
2a Listen and circle the words you hear.
1. There will be more / less / fewer people.
2. There will be more / less / fewer free time.
3. There will be more / less / fewer cars.
4. There will be more / less / fewer pollution.
5. There will be more / less / fewer trees.
Grammar Focus
Will there be less pollution? No, there won’t.
There will be more pollution.
Will there be fewer trees? Yes, there will.
Kids won’t go to school.
Kids will study at home on computers.
一般将来时结构：
肯定式：主语 + will + 动词原形
否定式：主语 + won’t + 动词原形
一般疑问句：Will + 主语 + 动词原形
Look!
fewer Use fewer to talk about countable nouns.
eg. There will be fewer trees.
There will be fewer people.
less Use less to talk about uncountable nouns.
eg. There will be less pollution.
There will be less free time.
结构：
主语+be + v.-ing
常用于趋向性动词，如：go, come, leave, arrive, drive, fly, return, move等，也可用于其他动词。

我们打算在下周一动身前往上海。
We are leaving for Shanghai next Monday.
一般将来时
The Simple Future Tense
定义：表示计划、打算做某事
2. 主语+ be going to + v.
I am going to find a part-time job
next summer.
一般将来时
The Simple Future Tense
明年夏天我打算找一份兼职工作。
3.肯定式：主语+ will + v.
I/ We + shall + v.
否定式：主语 + will not (won’t) + v.
I/ We +shall not (shan’t) + v.
一般疑问句：Shall/Will + 主语 + v.?
一般将来时
The Simple Future Tense
Learn more about the world
rocket
astronaut
Space station
earth
Practice:
astronaut
computer programmer
rocket
train
space station
apartment
house
apartment
house
train
An astronaut.
Presentation
Oral practise!
Say as many sentences as you can!
He is _________________
He is an ________________
He works on _______________________
He flies to the space station in the _______
I think he is a __________________ Chinese man!
Yang Liwei
astronaut
the space station
great
rocket
2a Listening
1
3
2
2b Listening
1. I ___ in an apartment.
2. I _____ near here.
3. I ___ a computer programmer.
4. We _____ in a house.
5. I ____ the train to school.
6. I ______ an astronaut.
live
work
am
lived
took
’ll be
7. I _____ rockets to the moon.
8. I ______ on a space station.
’ll fly
’ll live
Alexis: Hi, I’m Alexis.
Joe: Nice to meet you, Alexis, I’m
Joe.
Alexis: Nice to meet you, Joe. Do you
live here in Techville?
Joe: Yes, I do. I live in an apartment
across the street from here.
Tapescript
Conversation 1
Alexis: Oh, really?
Joe: Yes, I work near here too, at
Sisco Software Systems. I am
a computer programmer.
Alexis: A computer programmer?
That sounds interesting.
Joe: Well, actually it’s kind of
boring. I do the same thing
every day.
Alexis: Hey, Joe, is that a picture of
you?
Joe: Yeah,that was me ten years
ago.
Alexis: So, did you live here in
Techville ten years ago?
Conversation 2
Joe: No, I lived with my parents in
Greenville. We lived in a house
in the country. I went to school
here in Techville, though.
Alexis: Really? That’s pretty far from
here. How did you get to
school?
Joe: Oh, I took the train to school.
Alexis: So, Joe, what do you think your
life will be like in ten years?
Joe: Oh, I think I’ll be an astronaut.
Alexis: An astronaut? Are you kidding?
Joe: No, I’m serious. I’ll fly rockets
to the moon. Maybe there will
be flights to other planets.
Alexis: Oh, and where will you live?
Joe: I’ll live on a space station.
Conversation 3
In ten years, I think I’ll be a reporter. I’ll live in

Shanghai, because I went to Shanghai last year and

fell in love with it. I think it’s really a beautiful city.

As a reporter, I think I will meet lots of interesting

people. I think I’ll live in an apartment with my best

friends, because I don’t like living alone. I’ll have pets,

I can’t have any pets now because my mother hates

them, and our apartment is too small.
So in ten years, I’ll have many different pets. I

might even keep a pet parrot! I’ll probably go

skating and swimming every day. During the week

I’ll look smart, and probably will wear a suit. On the

weekend, I’ll be able to dress more casually. I think

I’ll go to Hong Kong on vacation, and one day I might

even visit Australia.
看起来时髦
1. fall in love with sb./sth. 爱上…
fall v.落下，跌落 (过)
常用搭配：fall asleep 熟睡 fall down 跌倒
n. 秋天（美）=autumn（英）

2. alone adv. 单独地，独自地
adj. 单独的 (近) lonely （内心）孤独的
eg. 他总是一个人，但他并不感到孤独。
He’s always alone, but he never feels lonely.
3. keep a pet v. 饲养，喂养 （过）
keep v.保持，保存
(1)keep sb./sth. adj.
eg. 我们必须保持图书馆干净。
We must keep the library clean.
(2)keep sb. doing sth. 让某人继续做某事
eg. 他让我们等了一小时。
He kept us waiting for an hour.
(3)keep doing sth. 继续做某事
eg.他一直说话。
He keeps talking.
4. be able to do sth.可以用各种时态
eg. She will be able to swim after class.
can只有现在时和过去时（could）两种时态。
5. dress, put on 和wear 的区别：
dress oneself 某人自己穿衣服
eg. He is too young to dress himself.
put on“穿上…”,强调动作。
wear“穿着，戴着”，强调状态。
eg. He put on a coat and went out.
He is wearing a hat.
2 Read the passage and circle the inventions on the right.
Predicting the future can be difficult. There are many famous predictions that never came true. Before 1929, there was no sound in movies. The head of one of the biggest movie companies in the United States predicted that no one would want to see actors talk. Of course, he was wrong! In 1977, the head of the largest computer company in the United States said, “No one will want to have a computer in his or her home.” He thought that computers would never be used by most people.
predict v. 预言
prediction n.预言
come true 实现；达到 come---came
company n.公司 (复数companies)
think---thought
see sb. do sth. 看到某人做某事(make, let, hear, watch)
3 Find these words from this unit.
1. A place to live in space:
2. Something kids will use to study at home:
3. These will be in every home:
4. Yang Liwei is a famous Chinese .
space station
astronaut
computers
robots
Section 2 While You Read
Do you think you will have your own robot?
In some science fiction movies, people
in the future have their own robots.
These robots are just like humans. They
help with the housework, and do the
most unpleasant jobs.
科幻电影
help sb. with sth. / help sb. (to) do sth. 帮助某人做某事
be like 像… look like 看起来像….
Some scientists believe that there will be such robots in
the future. However, they agree it may take hundreds
of years. Scientists are now trying to make robots look
like people, and do the same things as us. Japanese
companies have already made robots walk and dance.
This kind of robot will also be fun to watch.
几百的，成百上千的
早已；先前
try to do sth. 尽力去做某事 try doing sth. 尝试做某事
make sb. / sth. do…
make robots look like…使机器人看起来像…一样
agree with sb.同意某人 （反）
But robot scientist James White disagrees.He
thinks that it will be difficult for a robot to do the
same things as a person. For example, it’s easy for a
child to wake up and know where they are. Mr
White thinks that robots won’t be able to do this.
But other scientists disagree. They think that robots
will be able to talk to people in 25 to 50 years.
It is/was/will be adj.+ (for sb.) + to do sth.
对某人而言，做某事是…
It is not easy for me to get up early on Sunday morning.
Robot scientists are not just trying to
make robots look like people. For example,
there are already robots working in factories.
These robots look more like huge arms. They
do simple jobs over and over again. People
would not like to do such jobs and would get
bored. But robots will never get bored.
such + n. 这样的,这种 eg. I don’t want to talk with such a person.
over and over again 一遍又一遍地，重复地
get + adj. 变得，觉得 系表动词：become/turn
In the future, there will be more robots everywhere,
and humans will have less work to do. New robots will
have many different shapes. Some will look like
humans, and others might look like snakes. After an
earthquake, a snake robot could help look for people
under buildings. That may not seem possible now, but
computers, space rockets and even electric
toothbrushes seemed impossible a hundred years ago.
We never know what will happen in the future!
可能的
电的；导电的
不可能的
似乎
1. help oneself to sth. 自取，随便吃
eg.请随便吃些水果。
Help yourself to some fruit.
2. with sb.’s help 在某人的帮助下
With his help, I learn English better than before.
3. hundreds of 数百的，成百上千的
thousands of 数千的，成千上万的
eg. He helped hundreds of poor people.
4. make sb. do sth. 让某人做某事
make sb. adj.
eg. He made him cry.
Friendship makes me happy.
5. wake up 醒来
eg. I usually wake up at 5 in the morning.
wake sb. up 叫醒某人
eg. My mother wakes me up in the morning.
1. The robots help people do the most
pleasant jobs. ( )
2. Scientists try to make robots look different
from people. ( )
3. Robots in Japanese companies can walk and
dance. ( )
4. Robots will never get bored to do simple jobs
over and over. ( )
5. Humans will have more work to do in the
future. ( )
6. Space rockets seemed possible a hundred
years ago. ( )
T or F
F
F
F
F
T
T
1.What’re scientists trying to do?
They are trying to make robots look like people and do the same things as us.
2. Will the robots get bored by doing the same thing over and over again?
No, they won’t.
3.What could a snake robot do after an earthquake?
They could help look for people under buildings.
4. Do we know what will happen in the future?
No, we don’t.