life_in_the_future--_using_language-reading,speaking_and_writing课件（新人教版高中英语必修5_unit_3）.ashx

Life in the future,新课标高二版 必 修 五,3,Teaching aims,Read the text and then get the general ideas from the text.Learn about scientific information in the reading.,Can you tell me something about Yang Liwei?,Do you think there are alien creatures in outer space? What do you think they look like?,Listen to the tape, and then in pairs use the information from the reading passage to fill in this poster for the Space Station.,Fast reading,1 efficient2 environmentallyfriendly,a waste machine,1 disposes of all waste2 turns them into three grades of useful material,1 no waste2 no pollution 3 no environmental damage,thoughts must be clear or messages may be mixed up,None,people must live on a space station to monitor robots,Listen to the tape again, 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.,Careful reading,S1: We d really like to live and work in a space station in the 31st century. Of course thered be a lot of work, but wed really enjoy the leisure time we would have.S2: And the large number of robots that we could use to fill our spare time with!S1: Yes indeed! We both enjoy working with robots and find them lots of fun. We would train them to play football so that we could each have our own team and hold competitions.,Sample dialogue,S2: Once wed got two football teams wed begin training the robots for a triathlon or three-skill competitions. There would be running, swimming and finally a football match. Thatd be fun too.S1: Robots are never tired so wed train them to cook our favourite dishes and do all the housework throughout the spaceship.S2: When we get fed-up with competitions wed arrange for the robots to design us a beach area where we can sun-bathe and relax. I dont think life could be better!S1: Nor do I !,Speaking and writing,Talk and write about what life may be like on the earth in 1000 years time. Follow these steps.,. In pairs prepare 4 to 5 questions about the future. Ask and answer questions using the following expressions.,Suppose that Do you imagine that?I wonder if Is it likely /unlikely that?I imagine that Is it possible that?Im sure Do you suppose that?Perhaps /maybe/possibly most likely probably,S1: What problems do you think our home town will have one thousand years in the future?S2: Is it possible life will be better than it is now?S1: Yes, of course. Probably everyone will be more comfortable . Theyll be providedtechnological improvements and the robots.S2: Oh I see. Is it possible that people will have solved the problems of today- globalwarming, air and water pollution, etc?,S1: Most likely they will. For example, dirty air. It would be easy to solve that. All you would need to do is build a cover over the city . All the air inside would be kept clean.S2: That sounds fine but is it likely the temperature will be too hot for us to live on the earth?S1: Maybe, but Im sure someone will have invented clothes with cooling systems fitted into them. Perhaps everyone will have a machine which pushes water round the body and keeps you cool.,S2: Wow! Can you imagine what life will be like when the energy runs out?S1: Oh, that will be solved by using the energyfrom the sun. Dont worry. Im sure wed enjoy a visit if we could ever visit the future! And now weve had our four questions. Lets find another pair to discuss their question.,Get together with another pair. Hold a discussion and make notes of their answers.Organize the notes you have collected from the discussion.Choose 2 or 3 of the most important ideas and explain each of your ideas in one paragraph.Write a passage of at least 120 words.Swap your writing with your partner and check each others work.Rewrite your passage till you are satisfied with it.,Sample writing,The benefits and problems of living one thousand years in the future,I think there will be more benefits than problems living in the future. Of course things will be different and there may be many problems.If there is dirty air we will solve that by placing a cover over our hometown. That way we can clean the air as it enters the town, and keep out all the dust and dirt. If it is too hot people will be provided with suits fitted with cooling systems. That way they will keep cool all the time.,As for the problem of the energy running out that we face today. That will be solved by u