What did the people use as vehicle in the past ?
Warming up
What about now ?
What kind of vehicle will we use in the future?
a solar energy car
What kind of houses did the people live in in the past ?
What kind of houses do the people live in now ?
Villa
What kind of houses will the people live in the future ?
Space house
Life in the past
Life at present
life in the future
?
Earth
Mars
Unit 3
Life in the future
Life in the future
Life in the future
Life in the future
Life in the future
What changes do you expect to see in your life in one thousand years’ time?
horse or simple
vehicle such as a carriage
cars, trains, airplanes,
spaceship,
personal flying cars
Transport
Communication
videophone
made mud
small houses
flats in high buildings
houses along the street
with many shops
modern flats, floating ;
Houses
On-line shopping
Shopping
streets with markets, small shops
large modern buildings,
blocks of flats
tall modern buildings;
with green trees in houses
Villages
—distance education
The school of the future
e-schools
Education
Life
Any disease can be cured in the future. People can live longer.
on the earth; on land
on the earth
in space stations; under
the sea; on other planets
Location of settlement
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
Nursery, schools , university
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.
Longer than now possibly until 25 years of age so that students can learn all the new technologies.
Flats, houses, concrete, wood
Post office, internet
Built into the ground as the surface of the earth is so hot.
By thought pad, telephone, computer, mobiles , Morse code, etc
Make a list of the problems human are facing today.
Housing
Population
Pollution
Global warming
(greenhouse effect)
Traffic
Hunger
Literacy….
poverty
war
violence
Other issues
overpopulation
Help
What are the bad results of so many cars here ?
pollute the environment
take up too much room to park…
traffic jam
Do you want to go traveling like the man in the movie? And Do you want to know what it will be like in AD3008?
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…
First impressions
Reading
What problems do you think people in the future will have overcome?
Which ones will still be there or even worse in AD 3008?
a. We were transported into the future by a comfortable time capsule.
b. I arrived at Wang Ping’s home and everything in his 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.
Skim the text quickly, then put the following sentences into the correct order:
c
a
b
d
Scan the text to find out in which paragraph you can find answers to the questions.
Who transported him into the future?

What will home be like in the future?

Why did Li Qiang’s head ache?
Para 1
Para 3
The last Para
Read the passage again, discuss which changes to life in AD3008 are good or bad and give reasons for your choices. Then please finish the chart.
Careful reading
Homework
Review the reading passage and find out the difficult language points to you.
Finish exercises 1-3 on page 20.