Unit3Lifeinthefuture-Usinglanguage[课件]

1、Unit3 Using Language1.Do you think its possible for human beings to have a time travel?2. If you have the chance to take a time travel to the year AD 3005 as Li Qiang did, what places will you go to visit? Free talk before readingI. Listen to the text and do the “True or False” exercises.1.Manufactu

2、ring takes place not on the earth but on space stations. ( )2. The robots programmed and monitored by man produce goods. ( )3.During the process, there is no waste, no pollution and no environmental damage. ( ) 4. When goods are ready, they are sold on space stations. ( ) TTTFII. Read the text and c

3、hoose the best answer.1. People in the future communicate with each other by using _ . A. computer B. typewriter C. a “thoughtpad”2. Rubbish will be dealt with by _ . A. burying it B. burning it C. a giant machine which can swallow it3. If the user doesnt think his or her message clearly, _ may be s

4、ent. A. an unclear message B. a right message C. a wrong messageCCA1. How many kinds of inventions are mentioned in the passage? What are they?Three kinds of inventions. They are the thoughtpad, a waste machine and the manufacturing robots.Read the passage, then finish the following exercisesIt spin

5、s slowly to imitate the pull of the earth.Read Para 1. and answer: 2. What is the space station like? 3.Why does the space station spin slowly in space?It is an enormous round plate.Read Para2. and answer the questions.4.What do they use to send messages? .5.How does it work?6.What are the advantage

6、s of it? And the disadvantage(limitation) ? They send messages using a thoughtpad.They place the metal band over their heads, clear their minds , press the sending button, think their messages and the next instant they will be sent.If the user does not think his or her message clearly, an unclear me

7、ssage may be sent.Read Para 3. and answer: 7. How do people on the space station dispose their rubbish ? 8. Why is their way to dispose rubbish a great idea ? They dispose their rubbish with a waste machine.Because during the process , the rubbish isturned into several grades of useful material,noth

8、ing is wasted, and everything is recycled.Read Para4 and answer:9. Who perform the manufacturing tasks on the space station?10.What do people do in manufacturing process?11.What are the advantages in manufacturing ?Manufacturing robots. Engineers programme robots and representativesof companies have

9、 to live on space station and monitor the robots and the production.There is no waste, no pollution and noenvironmental damage. Read the passage and and fill in the chart Modern Inventions of the 31st Century only to be seen on the Space StationCommunica-tion Waste DisposalManufactur-ing inventionth

10、oughtpadManufactur-ing robotsadvantagesdisadvantagesNoneCome and see how they work today!Modern Inventions of the 31st Century Only to be seen on the Space StationCommunica-tionWaste Disposal Manufactur-ing invention thoughtpadmanufactur-ing robotsUse the information from the reading passage to fill

11、 in this poster for the Space Station.a waste machine advantages 1.2.disadvantages None efficientenvironmentally friendlyThoughts must be clear or messages may be mixed up1. no waste2. no pollution3. no environ- mental damage1. disposes of all waste2. turns them into several grades of useful materia

12、lPeople must live on a space station to monitor the robotsDiscussion In pairs discuss the advantages and disadvantages of living on a space station. For example, would you like to live and work in one? What would you do with your spare time? Prepare to report to the class. S1:Would you like to live

13、and work .? S2:Wed really like to live and work. . Of cause there would be. , but wed really enjoy. .S1:And there are . .S2:Yes indeed! We both enjoy. . We would . so that we could . .S1:Robots are never tired so wed . .S2:When we get fed-up with competitions wed arrange for the robots to design us .where we can . I dont think life could be better. Try to predict your future