Module 5 unit 3 Reading
FIRST IMPRESSION
What will life be like in one thousand years’ time?
Predict the context of the passage.
Pre-reading
a time machine
skimming
A. how Li Qiang was transported to the future.
B. how Li Qiang got to the future and his first impression of it.
C. what the life is like in the future
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Li Qiang’s first impression
Get the general idea of the passage.
The passage is mainly about:
Which year are they going to travel to?
What is a “time lag”?
Who guides Li Qiang’s trip?
How are they going to travel?
How did he feel when he was in the capsule ?
unbelievable, worried, unsettled, nervous, uncertain
period 1 paragraph 1
Main idea of Para.1：
How I came to take a time travel journey and__________________________
the feeling about the journey.
What did they do in the capsule?
Where did they arrive in the capsule?
Main idea of Para.2：
_______________in the capsule.
The experience
paragraph 2
period 2
( ) environment
( ) transport
( ) work
( ) education
( ) communication
( ) housing
What will be para 3-4 mainly about?
Environment
thin
headache
put on a mask
better
little
a lack of
What was the new surroundings like?
Did Li Qiang feel comfortable? What problem did he have?
Who helped him solve the problem, and how?
What was Li Qiang’s feeling then?
In the year 3008, the air______________, as though there was ______________. Because of _________________, my head _______. So I had to _____________ and had a rest.
was thin
little oxygen left
a lack of fresh air
ached
put on a mask
What do you think has caused this kind of problem?
summary
Transportation
How did people travel in the year AD 3008?
Who drove the carriage?
What did he experience in the hovering carriage?
What happened to Li Qiang later? Why?
Hovering carriage
Computer
Float, bend, press, move swiftly, fasten, fly
Crowded
We collect a __________________driven by__________. These carriage ______ above the ground and by ________ or ________ down in your seat, you can ____________. Soon I could _____ very fast. However, I ____________ Wang Ping because it was too ________.
hovering carriage
computer
float
bending
pressing
move swiftly
fly
lost sight of
crowded
My first impression on the life in 3008.
summary
Main idea of Para. 3
Housing
Where did they arrive later?

What did Wang Ping’s house look like?

What were there in the room?

What was the wall made of? And why?
A strange-looking house
It is large, bright and clean.
It had a green wall, a brown floor and soft lighting.
It was made of trees, because their leaves provided the room with much-needed oxygen.
summary
Wang Ping’s house had a _____, ________ and ______ room. It had a _______ wall made of_______, a ______ _____ and ____ _______. Table, chairs and bed can rise___________________. I had a ______ _____ and __________ and __________ bed to sleep.
large
bright
clean
green
trees
brown floor
soft
lighting
from under the floor
brief
meal
a hot bath
slid into
Main idea of Para. 4
Wang Ping’s home. ( An example of the future life)
Try to summarize the passage by finding out what happened to Li Qiang before, during and after the journey.
Pair work
Homework
1. Choose one paragraph to read aloud and retell it.
2. Preview the reading on Page 22.