What did the people use as vehicle in the past?sedan chair 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 carson the earth;on landon the earthin space stations;under the sea;on other planets playing tennis on Marsspace travel A private company named“Space Adventures”,plans 100 million tour around the moon.time travelTheory of Relativity,proposed by Einstein,is the theoretical foundation of time traveling.Transport Work Finance and currencyLanguages EnvironmentEducation HousesCommunicationChanges from ancient times tomodern societyThe Change of LifeIn the 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 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 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 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:Go through the first two paragraphs quickly,then answer the following questions:1.Why did I have the chance to travel 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.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 tablets?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 future?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 serious 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 lighting.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.In _:The seats were _ and we slept after a calming drink.The capsule began swinging gently sideways as we lay relaxed and fortable the time capsuleIn the hovering carriage:It is driven by computer.By bending and _down in our seat,you can move swiftly.I lost sight of Wang 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 moved 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 paragraph.Paragraph 1-main idea:Paragraph 2-main idea:main idea:How I came to take a time travel journey.details:my prize;my excitement main idea:The journey.details:how I left;the spaceship;the journeyParagraph 3-main idea:main idea:My impressions of life one thousand years into the futuredetails:little oxygen;marks to provide oxygen;hovering carriage;how to drive them;a“time lag”momentParagraph 4-main idea:main idea:Staying in Wang Pings homedetails:appearance of house;trees as walls;where furniture stored;are meal;prepared for sleepRead the passage again,and discuss which changes to life in AD3008 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 the problems human being are facing today.2.What problems do you think people in the future will have overcome?Which ones will still be there or even worse in AD 3005?Housing Population Pollution Global warming(greenhouse effect)Traffic Hunger Literacy.Discussion 1How to deal with the issues?Whats the writers attitude towards the future,optimistic or pessimistic?How do you know?Discussion 2 optimisticpessimisticWe know that from the following sentences:1.Worried about the journey,I was unsettled for the first few days.2.At first my new surroundings were difficult to tolerate.3.Exhausted,I slid into bed and fell fast asleep.PessimisticHomework1.Finish“Learning about language”on P20.2.Review the key sentence in the text.3.Review the new words of Unit 3 and get ready for the dictation.