Readinglifeinthefuture

1、warming uplife in the futurewhat did the people use as vehicle in the past?sedan chair what about now? what kind of vehicle will we use in the future? a solar energy carwhat kind of houses did the people live in in the past?what kind of houses do the people live in now?villa what kind of houses will

2、 the people live in the future?space house hard poorbetterhappier? ?what changes do you expect to see in your life in one thousand years time? horse or simplevehicle such as a carriagecars, trains, airplanes, spaceship, personal flying carsvideophonemade mudsmall houses flats in high buildingshouses

3、 along the streetwith many shopsmodern flats, floating;distance educationthe school of the futuree-schoolson the earth; on landon the earthin space stations; under the sea; on other planets the spaceship to marspeople on marsplaying tennis on marsspace travel a private company named “space adventure

4、s”, plans 100 million tour around the moon.time traveltheory of relativity, proposed by einstein, is the theoretical foundation of time traveling.changes from ancient times to modern societytransport work finance and currencylanguages environmenteducation housescommunicationthe change of lifein the

5、pastnowin the futuretransportby horse or by simplevehicle such as a carriagecars, trains, boats, airplanes, helicopterspaceship, time travelpersonal flying carsin the pastnowin the futurehousesmade of wood and mud; no bathroomsflats in high rise buildingskitchens and bathroomsmodern flats, furniture

6、 in walls and floor;supply of airmake a list of the problems human are facing today. housing population pollution global warming (greenhouse effect) traffic hunger literacy.poverty war violenceother issuesoverpopulationhelppollute the environmenttake up too much room to parkwhat are the bad results

7、of so many cars here? traffic jamli qianga boy who was given a chance to travel to the year ad3008 as a prize.he is now writing to his parents about his exciting and unforgettable tour reading:first impressionsa. we were transported into the future by a comfortable time capsule.b. i arrived at wang

8、pings home and everything in his house made me surprised.c. i won a travel to the year ad 3008.d. i have my first try to master a hovering carriage.c-a-b-dread the text quickly, then put the following sentences into the correct order: 1.what is main idea of the passage? 2. the author and his friends

9、 were safely transported into the future in a _. 3.what did the author feel in the first few days? 4. what was the room like? 5.from the passage we can infer that _1.what is main idea of the passage? a. first impressions about li qiangs travel to the future. b. how to travel to the future. c. what t

10、he future life will be like. d. an exciting experience.2. the author and his friends were safely transported into the future in a _. a. time capsule b. hovering carriage c. flying chair d. plane3.what did the author feel in the first few days? a. he was upset and comfortable. b. he felt frightened.

11、c. he suffered a lot of pain. d. he felt uneasy and not sure.4. what was the room like? a. it was large, clean with broken walls. b. the walls are colored and moveable. c. there are pipes sending oxygen the room needs. d. tables and chairs are placed against the wall.5.from the passage we can infer

12、that _ a. wang ping often travels to the future. b. li qiang has been to the future twice. c. li qiangs parents didnt agree to his travel. d. people in the future dont have to eat food.go through the first two paragraphs quickly, then answer the following questions:1. why did i have the chance to tr

13、avel to the year ad 3008? 2. what is a “time lag”? 3. how did i feel when i was in the capsule ? 4. who guides my trip? 5. why did my guide give me some tablets? 6. who transported us to the future?1. why did i have the chance to travel to the year ad 3008? i took up the prize i won the year before.

14、 2. what is a “time lag”? “time lag means a person gets flashbacks from his previous(先前的先前的) time period.3. how did i feel when i was in the capsule? the seats in the capsule are very comfortable.4. who guides my trip? my friend wang ping is my guide to the future.5. why did my guide give me some ta

15、blets? the tablets could help me feel less nervous and uncertain. 6. who transported us to the future? wang pings 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 futur

16、e? i was hit by the lack of fresh air. 2. how did wang ping solve this problem? 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 nature, this will cause ser

17、ious 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 pings house look like? his house is a large bright, clean room. it had a green wall, a brown floor and soft li

18、ghting. 2. what was the green wall made of? whats 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.read the text carefully and then fill in the blanks about the details of li qiangs future tour.bef

19、ore the journey: i felt unsettled, nervous and _ at first. green _ from wang ping helped me a lot.tablets uncertain in _: the seats were _ and we slept after a calming drink. the capsule began swinging gently sideways as we lay relaxed and dreaming.in the hovering carriage:it is driven by computer.

20、by bending and _down in our seat, you can move swiftly.i lost sight of qang ping when we reached what looked like a large market because of too many carriages flying by _ .in all directions pressingat home:it is a large bright clean room. it had a _ wall, a brown floor and soft lighting. the wall mo

21、ved it was made of _! their leaves provided the room with much-needed _. a table and some chairs rose from _ as if by magic. when wang ping _ a switch on a computer screen. flashedgreentreesoxygenunder the floorlisten to the tape of the passage carefully, please find out the main idea for each parag

22、raph.paragraph 1- main idea:paragraph 2- main idea:paragraph 3- main idea:paragraph 4- main idea:how i came to take a time travel journey.the journey.my impressions of life one thousand years into the future.staying in wang pings homeread the passage again, and discuss which changes to life in ad300

23、8 are good or bad and give reasons for your choices. then please finish the chart.good changes and reasonsbad changes and reasonstime travelcan travel to different times as you wishafter-effects of traveltransportcan move swiftlydisorganized; difficult to find wayhousessave living space short of spacetowns busy; look like markerseasy to get lostair qualityown family oxygen supplypoor quality in public places1. make a list of