Tomorrow’s world Welcome to the unit

What is the robot doing in this picture? Serving dinner for the master. Discuss the following pictures in pairs: Picture one

The robot is serving d____ for the master. He can do a lot of things for h_________, for example, they can help people do h_______. They will make people’s lives more c________. inner uman beings ousework onvenient

☆ What else can a robot do? ☆ Do you think you will have a robot at home in the future? Robots can do a lot of repetitive( 重复的 )or dull things for human beings, such as doing housework; producing more high-tech products, and doing boring or dangerous work.

Picture two  Where are the passengers going?  Do you believe that traveling to the Moon would be just like traveling to another city?  If you had a chance, would you like to fly to the Moon or another planet? Different gates to different planets

Picture three  What are the people in this picture doing?  How old is the man?  What do you think a 200-year-old man would look like?  Do you think people can live that long in the future? Why or why not? Because of genetic research.

1. Can you tell where these “people” are working? 2. Can you tell who these “people” are and what they are doing there? In the office 3.What problems are the 3. What problems are the aliens and the people probably talking about? 4. What is the relationship between them? Workmates. Peace issues in the Galaxy ( 银河 ) or trade affairs between other planets and the Earth. Picture four

____________ and ________ are ______________ to discuss ____________ between other planets and the Earth. They also talk about the ______ issues in the Galaxy( 银河 ). the aliens having a meeting business affairs Human beings peace

What will our life be like in the future?

Suppose you want to visit the U.S. now. How will you travel? What about in the future?

Many people violate the traffic rules nowadays. What should we do to punish those who don’t obey the traffic rules?

What developments in science and technology would you like to see happen in the future? see sth. happen 常见的感官动词有 : see, watch, observe, notice, look at, hear, listen to, smell, taste, feel 等。 I saw him work in the garden yesterday. ☆ 昨天我看见他在花园里干活了。 I saw him working in the garden yesterday. ☆ 昨天我见他正在花园里干活。 I saw the man knocked down by the red car. ☆ 我看见那个人被那辆红色的小汽车撞倒了。 注意 : 当感官动词用于被动语态时，动词不定式符号 to 不可以省略。 He was seen to work in the garden.

高考链接 1. They knew her very well. They had seen her _______up from childhood. (1988MET) A. grow B. grew C. was growing D. to grow 2. The missing boys were last seen _______ near the river. (1994NMET) A. playing B. to be playing C. play D. to play 3. The managers discussed the plan that they would like to see _____ the next year. (2000 全国 ) A. carry out B. carrying out C. carried out D. to carry out

Practice 4. John was made __________ the truck for a week as a punishment. A. to wash B. washing C. wash D. to be washing 5. When I got back home I saw a message pinned( 钉住 ) to the door __________“Sorry to miss you; will call later.” A. read B. reads C. to read D. reading

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