Listeningandspeaking (2).ppt

1、Module 1,Module 1 Life in the Future,Listening and Speaking,Describe your home to your partner. Talk about these things.,Listening,size and number of rooms furniture technology,Now say what you like about your home.,He describes what houses will look like in _ years time. (a) twenty (b) thirty (c) f

2、orty,Listen to an architect talking about the home of the future and answer the questions.,2. He thinks houses in the future will be different _. (a) outside (b) inside (c) outside and inside 3. Houses will have _which move. (a) floors (b) ceilings (c) walls,4. The most important room will be the _.

3、 (a) bathroom (b) kitchen (c) living room 5. The _will be bigger. (a) bathroom (b) dining room (c) toilet,6. The house will be controlled by a _. (a) computer (b) robot (c) telescreen 7. If machines are “smart”, they are _. (a) clean (b) invisible (c) clever,8. The architect is _ optimistic about th

4、e effect of the house on the environment. (a) not at all (b) not very (c) very,Work in pairs and check your answers to activity 2. Now listen again.,1. what could happen to the dining room and the living room,Work in pairs. Try to remember what the architect says about:,The computer will do it.,They

5、 will disappear.,2. how to switch on the lights,3. what the toilet will be able to do,It will wash the dishes without water.,It will move higher or lower depending on who uses it.,4. what the dishwasher will be able to do,Say which things you think will happen, and which wont happen.,Example: I thin

6、k bathrooms will get bigger. I dont think toilets will move!,Work in groups. Imagine your house of the future. Think about these things.,How big will it be? What will it be made of / from? Which rooms will be most important? What new technology will it have? How environment-friendly will it be?,Desc

7、ribe the house to the rest of the class.,Pronunciation,1. Twenty years isnt a long time. We wont be living underground or in space. Well be living in houses and flats just as we do today.,Underline the stressed words in this passage.,Now listen and check.,1. Twenty years isnt a long time. We wont be

8、 living underground or in space. Well be living in houses and flats just as we do today.,Look at the stressed words. Predict what the passage says.,kitchen most important room house We still cooking, probably using kitchen more family room. bathrooms bigger.,Now listen and check.,The kitchen will become the most important room in the house! Well still be cooking, and well probably be us