Unit 3 life in the future

Whatever will be will be
Life in the past
Life at present
What about now?
Transport
In the past
Maglev train
Environmentally friendly
energy-saving
Amazing speed: 430 km∕h
Computer system
safer
faster
cleaner
carriage
bicycle
motorcycle
train
aeroplane
?
space craft
sedan chair
car
time travel
Means of transportation
Currency
Education
houses
modern house
Communication
a robotic dog
a solar energy car
life in the future
spaceship
flying ships
Light and fast traveling
Future motorbike
The Space City
The Space House
Amphibious house
(水陆两用的)
Space fruit
The change of life
Life Styles Investigation
Airplanes, cars, bicycles
Office, factory, construction, landscape, service
Banks, offices, insurances, businesses.
No longer by air because of environmental pollution; bicycle and horses will come back
At home using advanced,
interactive computers.
Meetings can be conducted
on the computer and people
will see each other speak.
One global currency- maybe the yuan as China will be the largest global exporter.
English, Russian, Chinese
Air: could be
improved in
cities
One global language---perhaps Chinese or still English
Very poor, need to recycle all the waste, control on the use of cars, no airplanes, methods to improve poor air qualities; climate of the earth being very hot is making problems of water resources.
Nursery,
schools, university
Flats, houses, concrete, wood
Post office, internet
Longer than now possibly until 25 years of age so that students can learn all the new technologies.
By thought pad, telephone, computer, mobiles , Morse code, etc
Built into the ground as
the surface of the earth
is so hot.
Reading
Make a list of the problems human being
are facing today.
Discussion:
Housing
Population
Pollution
Global warming
Traffic
Hunger
Literacy….
acid rain, growing areas of desert, overlarge world population, lack of enough drinking water …
poverty
war
violence
Other issues
overpopulation
Traffic jam
Help
What will life be like in one thousand years’ time?
a time machine
Li Qiang
a boy who was given a chance to travel to the year AD3008 as a prize.

He is now writing to his parents about his exciting and unforgettable tour…
Reading

First Impressions
What’s the text about?
Fast reading
Paragraph 1- main idea:
details:
Paragraph 2 - main idea:
details:
How I came to take a time travel journey.
The journey.
my prize; my excitement
how I felt; the spaceship; the journey
Write down the main idea for each
paragraph.
Paragraph 3:- main idea:
details:
My impressions of life one thousand years into the future.
little oxygen; masks to provide oxygen; hovering carriage; how to drive them; a “time lag” moment
Paragraph 4:- main idea:
details:
Staying in Wang Ping’s home
appearance of house; trees as walls; where furniture stored; ate meal; prepared for sleep
Divide the passage into three parts
Before the journey (par.1)
During the journey (par.2-3)
After the journey (par.4)
Before the journey
When
①
②
Who
③
What
④
Why
How
⑤
⑥
Where
Li Qiang Wang Ping
Nov. 15, 3008
green tablets
take up the prize won last year
“time lag”
Li Qiang
Capsule
During the journey
Inside the capsule:
through the opening
①
comfortable seats
a calming drink
lay relaxed
Complete the journey
1000 years later
?
outside
the capsule
Confused by the new surroundings, I was hit by the lack of fresh air.
1. Hovering carriage:
2. “A large market”:
“How”
float above
bend and press down
“What”
fly by in all directions
lost sight of
3. The area in 2008:
swept up
a “time lag” flashback
mask
After the journey
Arriving home, he showed me into a large bright, clean room.
Exhausted, I slid into bed and fell fast asleep.
green wall
brown floor
soft lighting
trees--leaves
a switch on computer screen
tables + chairs
Visiting Wang Ping’s Home
That is a large, _____ and ____ room. It had
a brown floor, soft lighting and a _____ ____
which is actually trees. The _____ of the trees
are used to ______ oxygen. By ______ a ______
on the computer screen, ________ such as
tables and chairs ____ from under the floor
as if by ______. Wang Ping’s mother told me
to ____ _____ ____ some visits in the next
day, and _________ a bed for me to rest.
________, I ____ into the bed and fell ____ _____.
bright
clean
green
wall
leaves
provide
flashing
switch
furniture
rose
magic
get ready for
produced
Exhausted
slid
fast
asleep
The seats in the capsule are
very comfortable.
“Time lag” means a person gets flashbacks
from his previous time Period.
I took up the prize I won the year before.
3. How did I feel when I was in the capsule?
2. What is a “time lag”?
1. Why did I have the chance to travel to
the year AD 3008?
Read and answer.
seats in the capsule
time capsule
new surroundings
lack of fresh air/the air is thin
a hovering carriage
You can drive it swiftly by bending
and pressing down on the driving
stick strongly.
people fly by in all directions
Read fourth paragraph quickly, then answer the following questions:
2. What was the green wall made of ? What’s the purpose of building this kind of green wall?
1. What did Wang Ping’s house look like?
large, bright and clean
The wall was made of trees.
Because their leaves provided the room with much-needed oxygen.
Now try to find out what happened
to Li Qiang before, during and after
the journey.
Detail Reading
nervous
unsettled
time lag
time capsule
Confused
lack
ached
showed
green
brown
soft
Exhausted
fell
asleep
Have a discussion
and fill in the chart
on page 19.
can travel to different times
as you wish
after-effects of travel
can move swiftly
disorganised;
difficult 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
1. During his journey he suffered from “jet lag”.
2. Wang Ping was his friend as well as his guide.
3. The writer gave Wang Ping some green tablets, which helped a lot.
T
T
F
True or false
4. Wang Ping owns a company named “Future Tours”.
5. Before the trip, we had a calming drink which made us sleepy.
6. I lost sight of Wang Ping because there were too many carriages.
F
T
T
7. In the year AD 3008, the air in private
houses was poor quality.
8. Hovering carriages were a fast means
of transport, and people could fly in
them in every direction.
F
T
1. Why did Li Qiang go into the
future?
Li Qiang went into the future because he had won a prize that gave him a tour.
Answer these questions.
2. How did he feel when he left his own
time?
3. How did he get to the year 3008?
He felt rather anxious when he left his own time but soon got it over.
He went by time capsule.
4. What did he notice first when he
arrived in AD 3008?
The first thing he noticed was the poor quality of the air and it gave him a headache.
5. What else did he find that was different?
He found several things that was
different:
a mask to give him enough oxygen.
a hovering carriage
having a “time lag” experience
a strange – looking house that
belongs to Wang Ping’s parents
trees that acted as walls and
provided oxygen for the room.
tables, chairs and a bed that
were stored under the floor.
In the journey
Li Qiang felt _________ and _________
at first, as a result he suffered from
_________. Li Qiang was transported
safely into the future in a ___________.
worried
unsettled
time lag
time capsule
Summary
________ by the new surroundings, Li
Qiang was hit by the lack of __________
and his ______ ached. Wang Ping gave Li
Qiang a ______ to put on.
Confused
fresh air
head
mask
In the public places
At Li Qiang’s
Arriving home Li Qiang was showed into
a large bright, clean _____ with a _______
wall, a ______ floor and soft lighting.
_________, he slid into bed and fell
_____ asleep.
green
Exhausted
room
brown
fast
What’s the writer’s attitude towards the future, optimistic orpessimistic?How do you know?
Discussion
I think the writer has an optimistic
view of the future. He was very excited
when he traveled to the year AD 3008
and couldn’t believe it was true. From
this, we can see he is eager to go to the
future. Though he was hit by the lack
of fresh air, the problem was
immediately solved by putting on
a mask.
And he tells us the transport in the future
is convenient. When he arrived Wang
Ping’s home, he found there were many
trees after the wall moved, and these trees
provided the house with much-needed
oxygen. Finally he described the automatic
equipment in Wang Ping's house. All the
above has shown his view of the future.
Homework
Try to retell the text in your own
words.
2. Finish exercises 1-3 on page 20.