M4U3-welcome-to-the-unit.ppt

1、M4U3 TOMORROWS WORLD,Welcome to the unit,Whats the video about?,It s part of a film It is a science fiction film(科幻影片). It talks about the stories between an alien and a family.,ET,Brainstorming,Do you believe that one day in the future, we will really find the existence of aliens and even make frie

2、nds with them?,Why do you think so many people are interested in science fiction stories? Because they allow people to use their imagination and think about what life will be like in the future.,Discussion,Talk about the four pictures on P41.,Picture one,The robot is serving d_ for the master. He ca

3、n do a lot of things for h_, for example, they can help people do h_. They will make peoples lives more c_. Whats more, robots can help people do boring or dangerous work so that people can have time to r_.,inner,uman beings,ousework,onvenient,elax,What else can robots do? Robots can do a lot of rep

4、etitive (重复的) or dull things for human beings, such as doing housework; producing more high-tech products, and doing boring or dangerous work. And perhaps, they may dance!,Picture two,What can you see in the picture?,Where are the travelers going? How do they go? To other planets by spaceship. Do yo

5、u believe that traveling to the Moon would be just like traveling to another city in the future? Yes. Traveling to the Moon or to another planet might be as easy as traveling to another city. You might just have to book a ticket, get packed and think about what present you would like to bring back t

6、o your friends on the Earth.,Do you think human beings can live longer in the future? Why or why not? With the development of genetic (基因) research, scientists can find out the secret of living longer. In the future, human beings can live much longer than us today.,People in the future will be able

7、to enjoy a longer and h _life and remain active even in old age. People now are p_ attention to the importance of a healthy diet and an active life. They are careful about what they eat and exercise r_. Advances in medical science also allow us to d_ with new disease.,ealthier,aying,eal,egularly,Pic

8、ture three,Picture four,1. Can you tell who these “people” are and what they are doing? 2. What problems are the aliens and the people probably talking about? 3. What is the probable relationship between them?,Group work,Challenge your imagination,Suppose you are Dr. King, a professor in Mars Univer

9、sity. One day in the year 3000, by accident, you and your team travel through time to the year 2014 to the earth. It happens that the earth people are faced with some problems they can not deal with perfectly. You want to help them. So you are trying to make some inventions. Now, please discuss with

10、 your team members to come up with as many inventions as possible to solve the following problems.,Here are the problems: Travel to another continent(大陆) Punish those who dont obey the traffic rules Deal with the heavy schoolbag Punish those who use dirty words on the Internet Relax after standing f

11、or a long time Have no time to exercise Save the money for buying clothes Fly in the sky,Travel to another continent,Punish those who dont obey the traffic rules,Deal with the heavy schoolbag,Punish those who use dirty words on the Internet,Relax after standing for a long time,Exercise automatically(自动地),Save the money for buying clothes,Fly in the sky,Report,What should we do to make sure we have a bright future?,Keep in mind,We can neither predict what human beings will be like in hundreds or thousands of years, nor predict what our future will be like, but at least we have