,Life in The Future,A changing world,What will my future life be like?,Whatever will be will be,Warming Up,Discussion and fill in the chart.,Life in the past,Life at present,modern house,Maglev train,Environmentally friendly,energy -saving,Amazing speed: 430 kmh,engines,Computer system,safer,faster,cleaner,?,a solar energy car,life in the future,Light and fast traveling,Future motorbike,The Space City,The Space House,a robotic dog,Amphibious house,Space fruit,cars,trains, boats, airplanes, hovercraft, helicopter,spacecraft, time travel, personal flying cars or bikes,flats in highrise buildings with kitchens and bathrooms,comfortable, modern flats,furniture in walls and floor; supply of oxygen,houses along streets with shops,many blocks of flats together; floating parks for children,large modern buildings;old historical buildings; blocks of flats,modern buildings; many parks, everything built in concrete; with green trees in houses,on the earth,on the earth; in space station; under the sea;on the moon,Pre-reading,1. Make a list of the problems human beings are facing today,housing population pollution global warming traffic hunger literacy,acid rain , growing areas of desert, overlarge world population, lack of enough drinking water ,Reading: First Impressions,1.When I first met her,she gave me the impression that she was very kind. 2.Now I am the owner of this house.Do you know who was the previous owner? 3.The doctor told me to take two tablets three times a day.,(deep feeling of sb).,(coming before in time),(pills),Task 1,Try to guess the meaning of new words.,4.The accident happened as the jet was about to take off. 5.A train goes more swiftly than a bus. 6.Nowadays its important for us to master a foreign language. 7.Though he failed again and again,he was optimistic about his life.,(airplane),(quickly),(be good at),(confident),反義詞: pessimistic,Task 2,Read this passage quickly,then finish these exercises.,1 .Whats the text about? A. An e-mail written by a man who has taken up a trip to the future B.The man have his first try to master a hovering carriage. C.The man are surprised at the Wang pings home. D.The preparation of the trip.,fast reading,2.Arrange the order according to the text. A.we were transported into the future by a comfortable time capsule. B.I arrived at Wang Pings home and everything in his house made me surprised. C.I won a travel to the year AD 3005. D.I have my first try to master a hovering carriage.,Careful reading,1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD3005? 2. What is a “ time lag”? 3. How did they travel to the year AD3005? 4. Who guided my trip? 5. Why did my guide give me some tables? 6. Who transported us to the future?,Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD3005? 2. What is a “ time lag”? 3. How did they travel to the year AD3005?,I took up the prize I won the year before.,“Time lag ” means a person gets flashbacks from his previous time period.,In a time capsule.,4.Who guided my trip? 5. Why did my guide give me some tablets? 6.Who transported us to the future?,My friend Wang Ping is my guide to the future.,The tablets could help me feel less nervous and uncertain.,Wang Pings parents company transported us to the future.,Bright,clean,green,moving walls,brown floor and soft lighting,trees inside room,movable furniture.,7.What was the air like there? In what way did people there travel? 8.What were houses like there?,The air seemed thin as if it had little oxygen left;people there travelled in a hovering carriage driven by computer.,Task 3,Judge whether the following statements are true or false.,1.In the year AD 3005,the air in private houses was poor quality. 2.Hovering carriages were a fast means of transport,and people could fly in them in every direction. 3.Li Qiang arrived in a busy town where he got lost. 4.This text is an introduction both to the more advanced forms of transport in AD 3005 but also to the advantages and problems of life in the future.,Task 4:,Discussion Do you think Li Qiang feels comfortable in the future? What words does he use that he gives you that impression?,Task 5,Have a discussion and fill in the chart on page 19,can travel to different times as you wish,after-effects of travel,can move swiftly,disorganised;diffi-cult to find way,save living space,short of space,busy;look like markets,easy to get lost,own family oxygen supply,poor quality in public places,Homework,Finish 0ff the comprehending exercise 2 and 3,Try to retell the text in your own words,同學(xué)們,來學(xué)校和回家的路上要注意安全,同學(xué)們,來學(xué)校和回家的路上要注意安全,