Life in the future
Warming up & Listening
Just imagine, several thousand years later,the scientific technology is becoming more modern than it is now. What will happen?
Are you
me ?
Warming up
Warming up
Will there be aliens?
Think about this one.
How will people travel in the future?
Warming up
Work in groups and discuss the future of one of the following areas. Use the questions below to get started.
What will life
be like in the future?
computer
videophone
Communication
Work:
Work at home
Change jobs
No heavy manual labour
Business and money:
Use the internet to do business
Stores will be like entertainment
parks
Real money will disappear
Smart cards
The human body
Get bigger, heavier bodies and bigger brains.
Hands may evolve
Language
Some languages will die out. Chinese may become the “global language” and other languages may borrow words from English and Chinese.
Houses and buildings
Practical and beautiful.
Parks in the sky
Buildings will be connected to each
other.
Transportation
Cleaner, faster and quieter.
Have special roads for bikes.
Travel into space and visit other
planets
Education
No blackboard
No tests like what we have now.
Test abilities.
Combine the subjects.
Unit 6 Life in the Future
listening
Part 1
1. What year is Mekanika living in?
2. Where does she live?
3. What happened to the people on the earth?
4. Why is she writing you this letter?
3044 (or 58AL)
On Mars.
They had to leave because the population was growing too large and there was too much pollution.
4. Why is she writing you this letter?
She is writing the letter because her science teacher asked her to send a letter to the past.
One day is divided into 8 parts. 2am on Mars is like 6am on earth.
People eat pills and drink juice.
There are no schools or classrooms. Students meet their learning guides in different places and solve problems together.
Mekanika flies to class in the school spaceship.
Mekanika’s life
Our life
One day is 24 hours
We eat meat, fruits and vegetables.
We study in schools and classrooms and we learn from books and teachers.
We go to school on bikes or by bus.
Speaking
It would be wonderful if…
It’s possible/impossible to predict…
Just imagine if…
It would be bad for…if…
No one can predict what/when…
We can only guess…
Life in the future
Pre-reading & Reading & Post-reading
What will be mentioned in the article?
Travel
Online shopping
Smart cards
Education
Health
Sports
Medical science
?
Transportation
Life in
the future
Education
and
Knowledge
Health
And
Medicine
Business
What areas are mentioned in the text ?
1.How will people shop in the future?

2.How will people travel in the future?

3.What will schools be like in the future?

4.What will the future be like in general?
Scan the text to find out in which paragraph you can find answers to the questions.
Paragraph 3

Paragraph 2

Paragraph 5

Paragraph 1、6
New technology ; new fuels and engines.
E-commerce;mall; smart cards.
Healthy diet ; exercising regularly; advances in medical science.
E-schools; distance education
Cleaner, faster and safer.
Convenient, fun.
Enjoy a longer and healthier life ; remain active
Can study at home; lifelong learners.
Fill in the blanks
At what speed does the new maglev train travel?
Maglev train
Maglev train
Environmentally friendly
energy -saving
430 km∕h
fuels
engines
Cleaner,faster and safer
Well developed
Transportation
What’s the advantage of on-line shopping?
On-line shopping
Business
… becoming more and more popular.
a form of entertainment
…like a small city where you can shop,eat, see a film and even dance.
mall
Will people in the future be able to
enjoy a longer and healthier life? Why?
Enjoy a longer and healthier life and remain active …
Active life
Health and Medicine
Healthy diet
smallpox
smallpox
Cure
more
disease
Advances on medical science
allow us to deal with new disease.
What kinds of schools will be there in the future?
Education and Knowledge
“We can study at home!”
The school of the future
e-schools
The way we view learning and knowledge is also changing.
Lifelong learners
If we learn to accept change and appreciate what is new and different, we will be well-prepared for whatever the future may have in store.
( )1.It is impossible to make forecasts about future developments.
( )2.Public transportation is already well developed in most areas of China.
( )3.Scientists are developing new fuels and engines that are environmentally friendly.
( )4.We will still prefer using cash instead of cards in the future.
( )5.We are sure that our efforts to improve the world will be successful.
( )6.In the future distance education will play an important part.
Post reading: True or false
F

F

T

F

F

T
Integrating skills
Integrating skills
1.What would you use an e-friend for if
you had one?
2.Why is difficult for Mekanika to know
what is real and what is an image?
Grammar
What you need is more practice (主从）
I can’t imagine when we will be able to travel
in space (动词宾从）
This reminded me of what he had once told us
(介词宾从）
The problem is whether robots will be smarter
than human (表从）
Scientists haven’t found answers to the question why there is no life on Mars (同位语从）
Noun clauses introduced by Question Words
做从句时的结构：

1. 疑问词 ＋ 主语＋ 谓语动词 ＋其他

2. 本身是主语的疑问词＋谓语动词＋ 其他
The plan he made is practical.
Every one of them has made a plan how they will improve their English in less than fifty days
定语从句
同位语从句
比较：
1 我不明白他为什么周末还要去上班。
2 我没有忘记我们什么时候放假？
3 你有没有问他什么时候回家过年？
I don’t understand why he always goes to work at the weekend.
I never forget when we will have a holiday.
Do you ask him when he will go back home to spend the Spring Festival ?
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