Life in the future
reading
constant
jet
previous
uncertain
guide

tablet
capsule
stewardess
adj. 时常发生的; 连续不断的
n. 喷气式飞机
adj. 在前的; 早先的
adj. 不确切的; 无把握的
n. 指导; 向导; 导游
vt. 指引;指导
n. 药片
n. 太空仓; 胶囊
n. 女乘务员
opening
sideways
surrounding

tolerate
lack

adjustment
mask
n. 通路; 出口; 开端
adv. 一侧; 侧着; 侧面朝前
n. 周围的事物; 环境
adj. 周围的
vt. 容忍; 忍受
vi. & vt. 缺乏; 没有
n.缺乏; 短缺的东西
n. 调整; 调节
n. 面具; 面罩; 伪装
carriage
press

fasten
safety
belt
flash
switch
timetable
n. 四轮马车; 客车
vt. & vi. 按; 压; 逼迫
n.按; 压; 印刷; 新闻
vt. 系牢; 扎牢
n. 安全
n. 腰带; 皮带
vt. & vi. 闪光; 闪现
开关 vt. 转换
n. 时间表; 时刻表
take up
be back on one’s feet
lose sight of
sweep up
slide into
拿起; 接受; 开始; 恢复; 完全复原
看不见……
打扫; 横扫
移动……
溜进……
1 make a list of the problems human
beings are facing today.
Housing
Population
Pollution
Global warming (greenhouse effect)
Traffic
Hunger
Literacy….
2 Which problems do you think
people will have overcome in one
thousand years?
3 Which ones do you think will still
exist in AD 3008? Give your reasons.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Listen to the tape of the
passage carefully while
reading. Try to the
main idea.
What ’s the main idea of the passage?
It’s mainly about Li Qiang’s future journey.
Now try to find out what happened to Li Qiang before, during and after the journey.
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 had my first try to master a hovering carriage.
c-------a-------b------d
Read the text quickly, then put the following sentences into the correct order:
Go through the text again, then answer
the following questions:
1 Why did Li Qiang go into the future?
2 How did he feel when he left his own
time?
3 How did he get to the year 3008?
4 What did he notice first when he arrived in AD 3008?
5 What else did he find that was different?
1 Why did Li Qiang go into the future?

2 How did he feel when he left his own
time?
Li Qiang went into the future because
he had won a prize that gave him a tour.
He felt rather anxious when he left
his own time but soon got it over.
3 How did he get to the year 3008?

4 What did he notice first when he
arrived in AD 3008?
He went by time capsule.
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 were
different: a mask to give him enough
oxygen.
Go through the first two paragraphs quickly, then answer the following questions:
1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3008?
2. What is a “time lag”?
3. Why did my guide give me some tablets?
4. Who transported us to the future?
I took up the prize I won the year before.

“Time lag’’ means a person gets
flashbacks from his previous(先前的)
time period.
1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3008?

2. What is a “time lag”?

3. Why did my guide give me some tablets?


4. Who transported us to the future?
The tablets could help me feel less
nervous and uncertain.

Wang Ping’s parents’ company
transported us to the future.
Please go through the third paragraph, then try to answer the following questions.
1. How did I feel as soon as I was transported to the future?

2. How did Wang Ping solve this problem?
I was hit by the lack of fresh air.

Wang Ping gave a mask to me and
hurried me through to a small room
nearby to have a rest.
3. What do you think has caused this kind of problem?
Now we are causing more and more
pollution to the Earth, which will cause
serious problems to the life in the
future. This may be the cause of the
lack of fresh air in the future.
Read the fourth paragraph quickly, then answer the following questions:
1. What did Wang Ping’s house look like?
His house wass a large, bright, clean
room. It had a green wall, a brown
floor and soft lighting.
2. What was the green wall made of ? What’s the purpose of building this kind of green wall?
The green wall was made of trees.
The leaves of the trees will provide
much-needed oxygen to the house.
How I came to take a time travel journey.
Write down the main idea for each paragraph in you own words. Then add the important details.
Paragraph 1- main idea:

details:
my prize;
my excitement
My impressions of life one thousand years into the future
The journey
Paragraph 2- main idea:
details:
how I felt; the
spaceship; the journey
Paragraph 3- main idea:

details:
little oxygen; masks to provide oxygen; hovering carriage; how to drive them; a “time lag” moment
Staying in Wang Ping’s home
Paragraph 4- main idea:

details:
appearance of house; trees as walls; where furniture stored; ate meal; prepared for sleep
The reading passage describes some good and bad changes to life in AD 3008. In pairs, discuss which changes are good or bad and give reasons for your choices. Then write down your ideas in the chart. There is no right or wrong answer.
can travel to different times as you wish
after-effects of travel
can move swiftly
disorganized; 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
What’s the writer’s attitude towards the future, optimistic or pessimistic? How do you know?
Discussion
optimistic
pessimistic
We know that from the following sentences:
1. Worried about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days.
2. Confused by the new surroundings, I was hit by the lack of the fresh air.
3. Exhausted, I slid into bed and fell fast asleep.
Pessimistic
What should we do to make sure we will have a bright future?
We should try to learn to accept changes and appreciate what is new and different. And we should learn more knowledge to fit in with the needs of the society．
“E-learning” means to learn on the Internet. That is to say, we can study by watching educators on TV or on a computer screen, whenever we have time and wherever we are．
1. Can you explain the meaning of E-learning?
Questions
2. How will people shop in the future?
People can do online shopping (on the Internet) and they can go to a pleasant mall using smart cards．
E-commerce
mall
smart cards
3. Why is e-commerce becoming more and more popular?
4. How will people travel in the future?
We'll travel by car／taxi／bus／train that burns new fuels and uses new engines that will let us travel without worrying about whether we are polluting the environment.
maglev train
cleaner
faster
safer
well-developed
5. What will schools be like in the future?
In the future, there may be more“ schools on the air ” and “e-schools”. We can study at home by watching educators on TV or on a computer screen. Instead of being students only when we are young, we’ll become life-long learners.
6. What will the future be like in general?
…to examine some of the major trends in contemporary society.
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.
In general, the future will be brighter and our life will be more convenient．
Make a telephone conversation between Li Qiang and his mother according to the text.
Pair work
1. take up
1) to accept an offer or challenge that someone has made 接受(建议或挑战)
Are you going to take up the challenge of
lasting a whole week without arguing?
坚持一周内不争吵, 你打算接受这一
挑战吗？
2) to become interested in a particular activity or subject 对…..开始喜欢
Glenn has taken up pottery. 格伦已经开始喜欢陶艺。
3) to start a new job or have a new responsibility 开始从事……开始承担
She took up her first teaching post in 1950. 1950年她走上第一个教学岗位。
take for 把……错认为
take in 包括; 理解; 参观; 欺骗
take off 脱下; 起飞
take on 雇佣; 呈现; 接受
take up with 开始与……亲密交往
take out 带(某人)出去; 取出; 除去
take over 接管; 接手; 接任
take to 喜欢上; 对……产生好感
The area was constantly hit by drought. 这地区经常遭到旱灾。His report was constantly interrupted by applause. 他的报告频频为掌声所打断。
2. constantly adv. 经常地; 不断地
3. surrounding adj. in surrounding areas
surroundings n. 只用复数 surroundings 周围的事物; 环境; 气氛
The house is situated in very pleasant surroundings.
He could not tolerate the extremes of heat in the desert.  他忍受不住沙漠的酷热.I can't tolerate your bad manners any longer. 我再也不能容忍你无礼的行为。
4. tolerate v. 忍受; 容忍; 容许; 宽恕
1)看不见
It was so dark he lost sight of him at
once. I’ve lost sight of Smith.
5. lose sight of
2)忘记; 忽略
No matter how rich and famous he
became, he never lost sight of the fact
that he had been born in the slums.
拓展：
catch sight of 望见，看到
in sight 在视线内
out of sight 看不见了
set one’s sights (on) 为求; 志在……
take sight 瞄准
within sight of 已能看到，在……在望
S subject 主语
P predicate 谓语
O object 宾语
Att attribute 定语
Adv adverbial 状语
Com complement 补语
Pre predicative 表语
C clause 从句
Short Forms 缩略语
1.Worried about the journey, I was
unsettled for the first few days.
Difficult sentences analysis
S.
V.
Adv.
我很担心这次旅行, 所以头几天心
里总是不踏实。
Adv.
worried about the journey 为过去分
词作状语, 在此处作原因状语。
worried adj. 焦虑的; 烦恼的; 担忧的
worrisome adj. 使人烦恼或焦虑的
2. This is similar to the “jet lag” you get from flying, but it means you keep getting flashbacks from your previous time period.

这种病有些像乘喷气式飞机高速飞行时
所引起的时差反应那样，所不同的是,
它意味着你的脑海里不停地从以前的时
间段一直往回闪去。
keep doing sth. 继续做某事
It kept raining for a week. 接连下了一星期雨。 辨析:keep doing sth. 与keep on doing