Lesson1FuturologyUnit20NewFrontiersInthislesson,we’ll

1.understandthetopicoftheunit.2.understandthetextandgetthekeyinformation.3.understandandusesomeofthetopicwords.4.talkaboutthepredictionsinthefuture.ObjectivesWarmupWhatismorelikelytobenewfrontiersinthefuture?sciencearthistorysomebranchesofsciencebiologyphysicsastronomyinformationtechnologyaradiotelescope

astronomyMatchthebranchesofsciencewiththepictures.Physicsanatomamicroscopebiology

amicrochipinformationtechnologyDNAbiology1.artificialintelligence2.bacteria

3.dataprocessing4.gravity5.lightyear6.mass7.radiation8.radium9.radioactive10.universe11.searchengine12.solarsystem人工智能細(xì)菌數(shù)據(jù)處理重力光年質(zhì)量,大量輻射鐳放射性的宇宙搜索引擎太陽系readandrememberMatchtheKeyWordswiththeirChinesemeanings.1.artificialintelligence2.bacteria3.dataprocessing4.gravity5.lightyear6.mass光年重力質(zhì)量,大量人工智能數(shù)據(jù)處理細(xì)菌

7.radiation8.radium9.radioactive10.universe11.searchengine12.solarsystem宇宙搜索引擎太陽系輻射鐳放射性的MatchtheKeyWordswiththeirChinesemeanings.Physics:energy,mass…Biology:

bacteria…Astronomy:

deepspace,universe…Informationtechnology:artificialintelligence,dataprocessing…MatchtheKeyWordswiththefourbranchesofthescience.Addmorewords.

gravityradioactiveblackhole,

universe,solarsystemartificialintelligenceThinkabout:Hassciencedeeplyaffectedourlives?Doyouthinkitisnecessarytostudythefuturedevelopmentsofscience?FuturologyLesson1futurologyThestudyaboutpredictionsoffuturedevelopments.-ology學(xué)問；科學(xué)biology生物學(xué)geology地質(zhì)學(xué)archaeology考古學(xué)未來學(xué)Readthetextfastandfindoutthecorrectanswer.FromthePasttotheFutureTheFutureBusinessTomorrow'sWorldAPerfectFuture?SkimmingWhatisthetextabout?ScanningPart1

Part2

Part3WhatwilltheauthorbedoingonSaturdaymorning?Whatisfuturologist?Whatarebeingpredicted?Readeachpartfasttomatchitsmainidea.CarefulreadingPart1-para.1Whichkindofpeoplearecalledfuturologists?Peoplewholiketoreadfantasystoriesandimaginewhattheworldwillbelikeinthefuture.Peoplewhowritesciencefictionnovelsaboutthefuturethemselves.Peoplewhopredictedthingsthatfinallycametrue.Phenextfewyearsbytheyear2015bytheyear2025bytheyear2030bythemiddleofthecenturybytheendofthecenturycomputersclothesourhealthtimetopicelectronichumanuniversethelifeofpeoplePart2.thepredictionsofthefuturologistsWhichismuch

handieroreasiertocarry?handyconvenient方便的desktopcomputerlaptop

stainn.污跡stainlessadj.cleanwornadj.磨破了的starvationEveryyear,lotsofAfricanchildrenstarvetodeath.v.餓死,挨餓

n.饑餓Thenewbridgewill_________________themainland.linktheislandtolink…to…把…與…連接在一起TodaytherearestillmanyconflictsintheMiddleEast.n.沖突Theyarelivingonwelfarenow.他們現(xiàn)在靠福利生活。welfaren.福利assess評價,評估Howwouldyouassessyourself?

Itisdifficulttoassesstheimportanceofthedecision.WhenWhatarethepredictions?inthenextfewyearsbytheyear2015bytheyear2025bytheyear2030bythemiddleofthecenturybytheendofthecenturyComputerswillbecome________.Wewillbeableto________anyfileor_________ourcomputers.Theclotheswillbecome________,strong,nevergetoldand______,andwon’tberuinedby______.Noonewoulddieof_________,liveon_______,andtherewillbeno________.Itwillbepossibleforustoliveforatleast_____years.Tiny,insect-likerobotsmaybesentaroundourbodiesto______ourhealthand________repairs.Wewillbe______ourbrainstothesecomputersandahugedatabase(數(shù)據(jù)庫).

Wewillhavediscoveredotherplacesinoursolarsystem________henextfewyearsbytheyear2015bytheyear2025Computerswillbecome________.Wewillbeableto__________anyfileor_________ourcomputers.Theclotheswillbecome________,strong,nevergetoldand______,andwon’tberuinedby_______.Noonewoulddieof___________,liveon_______,andtherewillbeno__________.handierdownloadupdatestainlesswornstainsstarvationwelfareconflictsbytheyear2030bythemiddleofthecenturybytheendofthecenturyItwillbepossibleforustoliveforatleast_____years.Tiny,insect-likerobotsmaybesentaroundourbodiesto______ourhealthand__________repairs.Wewillbe______ourbrainstothesecomputersandahugedatabase(數(shù)據(jù)庫).

Wewillhavediscoveredotherplacesinoursolarsystem________forlivingandwillhavediscoveredwaystogofurtherintospace.150assesscarryoutlinksuitablePart3Whatdoesthelastsentencemean?Ifyoucan’tbeatthefuture,joinit-it’sthedawnofanewworld.

如果你不能抗拒未來，就來加入吧，這是一個新世界的開始.handy,stain,update,starvation,assess,carryout,link,welfareIwouldadviseyouto_______thesoftware.Itisdifficultto_______theimportanceoftheplan.This_______cannotberemovedbywashingpowder.Thewireis________tothetelevision.

Theexplorers__________todeathinthedesert.Allthingsconsidered,thisisa________refere