1、Unit 2 Listening and speaking hand-out Time travel: a secret missionBefore travel : You are chosen to undertake an unprecedented mission where you should find out the promising technologies and future solutions to the challenging problems. There is a time machine waiting for you to use after you go

2、through the following trainings. Training 1: Be an insightful observer1. What other technologies do you think will bring about huge changes to the future?_2. Apart from global warming, what other challenges are threatening us? _Training 2 Be an attentive listener1. Listen to a radio interview with D

3、r Han and Vincent Black giving their predictions about the future. And then fill in the blanks.Dr Hans working field Vincent Blacks working field Development in this field1. Computer will be _ than human2. People will be programing computers to _like human.3. Nanobots will make each one of us _Chang

4、e in this fieldCities _on the water are parts of the worlds future. The challenges it deals with_2. watch a video of the future predictions. Write down the changes in each field accordingly. Nano technology Transportation1. It will cure_ and genetic mutations 2. We will never get _ or_.With the deve

5、lopment of _1. Reduce traffic related _and _ 2. People will have more_3. People will live in _The changes it will bring to us The changes it will bring to us Global warming AI technology 1. Everything will be connected and driven by _.2. The landscape of many_ as well as _will radically change. 1. _

6、will provide us with a solution (thermal energy)2.Many ambitious _will break out the traditional means of energy production.How will we solve it The changes it will bring to usTraining 3 Be a critical thinkerUse the following sentence patterns to voice your opinions.I think/believe/predict that in t

7、he future . My prediction is that .In the (distant) /near future there will . By 2050, we will . I can imagine / forecast . I doubt / dont think that .One challenge will be. We will have the opportunity to .We will be doing We are going to .On travelCongratulation! You have gone through all the trai

8、nings and become a qualified time traveler! You are going to find the future in different settings. What will happen? Perform it to us! You can add more details Setting 1: what will be the future of AI?Character: the time traveler, a human-like robot and others Think about the plot by answering the

9、following questions: 1. Will the time traveler recognize the robot immediately? 2. How will the time traveler find out the truth?3. Whats role will the robots play in the future society? What can they do? Setting 2: meet with a superhumanCharacter: the time traveler, a 100-year-old young and beautif

10、ul woman and others Think about the plot by answering the following questions: 1. Whats the potential relationship between the woman and the time traveler?2. How will the time traveler feel about this woman?2. What will keep the woman young and beautiful?Setting 3: the happy polar bear Character: th

11、e time traveler, a happy polar bear and others Think about the plot by answering the following questions: 1. Where will the time traveler meet the polar bear?2. What will be his first impression about this place? 3. Why is the polar bear happy?4. How will the future human beings help polar bears? Se

12、tting 4: a city tour with your future selfCharacter: the time traveler, his 50-year-old future self, his family and so onThink about the plot by answering the following questions:1. Who will recognize the other first? The time traveler or his 50-year-old self?2. Where will they meet each other?3. How will the time traveler believe the middle-aged man is his future self?4. Wha