1、Life in the future,Past Present Future,?,?,1,.,distance education,The school of the future,e-schools,Education,2,.,Communication,videophone,3,.,Life,Any disease can be cured in the future. People can live longer.,4,.,horse or simple vehicle such as a carriage,cars, trains, airplanes,spaceship, perso

2、nal flying cars,Transport,5,What are the bad results of so many cars here ?,to pollute the environment,to take up too much room to park停放,6,.,made of mud small houses,modern flats in high buildings,future flats, floating,Houses,7,streets with markets, small shops,large modern buildings,tall modern b

3、uildings; with green trees in houses,Villages,8,on the earth; on land,on the earth,in space stations; under the sea; on other planets,Location of settlement 居住地,9,Future Tours,Do you want to travel to the future? Do you want to know what it will be like in AD3008?,Join us! Lets travel to the future!

4、,10,.,Li Qiang a boy who was given a chance to travel to the year AD3008 as a prize. He is now writing to his parents about his thrilling and unforgettable tour,11,.,Reading: First Impressions,12,a. We were transported into the future by a comfortable time capsule. b. I arrived at Wang Pings home an

5、d 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-d,Read the text quickly, then put the following sentences into the correct order:,13,Go through the first two paragraphs quickly, then answer the following

6、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?,14,1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD

7、 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) time period.,15,3. 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 gui

8、de to the future.,16,5. 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.,17,time capsule,18,.,seats in the capsule,comfortable,19,.,Find out the Chinese mean

9、ing of the expressions,take up my prize rub my eyes to remind myself that be unsettled as a result, be similar to felt nervous and uncertain be understanding transport sb. into the future be comfortable,20,.,Please go through the third paragraph, then try to answer the following questions.,1. How di

10、d 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.,21,3. What do you think has caused this kind of problem? Now we are causing more

11、 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.,22,new surroundings,lack of fresh air/the air is thin,23,.,people fly by in all directions,24,.,a hovering carriage,You can drive it swiftly by

12、 bending and pressing down on the driving stick 駕駛操做桿strongly.,25,.,new surroundings be hit by the lack of fresh air as though hurry me though to a room in no time in all directions just at that moment catch sight of,Find out the Chinese meaning of the expressions,26,.,Read fourth paragraph quickly,

13、 then answer the following questions:,What did Wang Pings house look like? 2. What was the green wall made of ? Whats the purpose of building this kind of green wall?,27,.,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 lig

14、hting.,28,2. 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.,29,30,.,soft lighting much-needed flash a switch spread some food on the table,Find out the Ch

15、inese meaning of the expressions,31,.,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 dreaming.,comfortable,the time capsule,32,

16、In the hovering carriage: It is driven by computer. By bending and _down in our seat, you can move swiftly. I lost sight of Qang Ping when we reached what looked like a large market because of too many carriages flying by _ .,in all directions,pressing,33,At home: It is a large bright clean room. It

17、 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.,flashed,green,trees,oxygen,under the floor,34,Read the text carefull

18、y and choose the best answers. 1. According to the passage, why did Li Qiang take this future tour? A. Because he was curious about the year AD 3008. B. Because he won a prize last year which offered this trip. C. Because his parents were good friends with Li Mengxi. D. Because his parents offered h

19、im a lot of money.,35,2. What is the purpose of having the green tablets? A. To forget ones past experience. B. To help one fly to the future. C. To help one calm down. D. To provide one with much oxygen.,36,Listen to the tape of the passage carefully while reading the passage, please find out the m

20、ain idea of the passage.,37,What s the main idea of the passage?,Its mainly about Li Qiangs future journey.,38,Now try to find out what happened to Li Qiang before, during and after the journey.,39,nervous,unsettled,time lag,time capsule,Confused,lack,ached,40,showed,green,brown,soft,Exhausted,fell,

21、asleep,41,1. 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讀寫能力.,Discussion 1,42,Help,43,water pollution,poor sanitation公共衛(wèi)生,air pollut