the city of the future.doc

Book4Module 1 Life in the Future Reading by游亚玲 Teaching goals 教学目标1. Target language 目标语言a. 重点词汇及短语concrete, alternative, for sure, risky, prediction, resource, run out, material, rely on, get rid of, load, arrest, criminal, limit, command, place order, charge, free of charge, power, switch, telesurgery, outpatient, disability, attach, use up b. 重点句型 1.To get rid of garbage problems, the city will load huge spaceships with waste materials and send them towards the sun, preventing landfill and environmental problems.2. No smoking will be allowed within a future citys limits.3.Distance surgery will become common as doctors carry out operations from thousands of miles away, with each city having its own telesurgery outpatient clinic.4.Senior citizens and people with disabilities will be able to go anywhere in the world using high-tech cameras attached to their head.2. Ability goals能力目标Enable Ss to describe the city of the future.3. Learning ability goals 学能目标Help Ss learn how to describe the city of the future.Teaching important points教学重点a. Help the students to discuss the predictions in pairs, and make sure they realize that only by hard work can they build a beautiful future. Through the activities students should learn to be involved, co-operate and solve the problems.b. Stimulate the students imagination.Teaching difficult points 教学难点a. Make sure the students really understand the passage by skimming and careful reading.b. Express the students themselves by discussing the predictions.Teaching aids 教具准备a. A multiple-media computer.b. A recorder.Teaching procedures and ways 教学过程与方式 Step Revision1. Greetings.2. Read the new words of this part. Step Lead-inT: Today we are going to learn Module 1. In this module well learn about life in the future. Have you ever imagined what life in the future will be like? S1: I think the environment in the future will be much cleaner.T: Good. Show Ss some pictures of Emei city from the past to the future.T: Guess, what is the city like of the future? Please open your book and turn to page 2.Step ReadingTask 1 Pre- reading Finish activity3-Match the words with their meanings.Task 2 Fast reading1) Finish activity1-Listen to the tape of the passage and choose which topics have been talked about.2) Match the main idea of each part. And write the little title on the black board.Task3 Careful reading1) Read paragraph1 and answer the two questions:1.Why will care for the environment become very important?.What will we do? 2)Read the paragraph2 and answer the questions:1.What have students in a Texas university done?2. Where will garbage ships go?3. Who will batman nets catch?4. Where wont people be allowed to smoke?5. How will people go shopping?6. What number will people keep for life?7. What wont people have to pay for?8. How will cars be different?9. What will doctors do from a distance?10. Where will old people go without moving?Task 4 Filling in the chartRead the passage again and finish the chart.Task 5 Pair work The discussion is designed to develop the students imagination. T: There are some predictions made in the passage. Do you think all of them will come true?Ss: No, we dont think all of them will come true.T: Well, lets have a discussion in pairs and find out which prediction is the strangest or most useful. And which do you think will come true first and which last.Step Post readingImagine what our school will be like 20 years from now. Share your idea with your partner.Step Summary and HomeworkMake a summary about the text and assign the homework.T: Today weve learned the passage about the city of the future. We believe the city in the future will be more beautiful and life in the future will be more comfortable. But all