Life in the Future

Discussion: If you can live forever, what changes do you expect to see in your life in 1000 years’ time? Transport, work, finance and currency, language, environment, education, houses, communication

flying How do they work? _______ boots It is operated by___________________. Having put them on and _______ the switch, you ______ slightly from the ground and ______. Then you can ______ swiftly in any direction. a small computer chip turned rise hover These amazing inventions are imaginary, they haven’t been reality yet. And here I will show you two more inventions recently made by an inventor named Xiao Feng,. The first is a pair of boots. Can you guess what’s special about the boots, describe them with a word. .. Actually, they are flying boots. Let’s try to make a prediction (板书) here, how do they work . Or simply how can they fly? Exchange your ideas with your partners quickly. (板书) switch ， it is a control to turn on or off a device. (第一个学生)In his opinion, the boots work by…(板书)? Can you think of other expressions to replace work by here? Please look at the screen, in other words, it is operated by (板书), I will add one more here or it runs by… （再叫一个） 如果学生都没讲到， if boots can fly, they will probably work by… Now we will listen to the tape and see whether you’ve predicted right. please Take out a piece of paper and get ready for listening. Shall we begin? a small c c, t, r, h, move (黑板) 请一位学生what’s your answer? Do you find it a bit difficult to write down every word? Look at the blackboard and see what I took down just now. can you make them complete? Please listen again and check your answers. How to spell “hover”, could you try to spell it according to its pronunciation.(板书)? Can you guess its meaning, it means stay in the air in one place. So you see while listening, you may save some time by ….taking down the first letter of each word, that is to say, you may take notes in shorthand. (板书),which is a shorter and quicker way of writing. in Chinese? move

a _______ quilt thinking How does it work? challenge yourselves with a tiny sensor (传感器) and an air pump (泵) inside How does it work? It will ________________according to changes in __________. make adjustments temperature temperature air quilt bed out cooler higher The other invention of Xiao Feng is a quilt, which has a tiny sensor and an air pump inside. (板书) What does a sensor do? Sense (板书) what? How about the air pump? Pump what? given the information, Can you describe the quilt with a word? now challenge yourselves and predict how it works? To help you get to the answers, there is table which may give you some hints. exchange your opinions with your desk mate. Let’s listen to the tape and check whether the answers are as you predicted. Please complete the sentence and fill in the blanks in the table as well. Are you ready for listening? One more time What does adjustment mean? Can you guess its meaning according to the sentence here? thinner lower in thicker warmer challenge yourselves

First Impression Li Qiang ? Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Staying in Wang Ping’s house Feelings before the time travel During the journey to the future First impression of the life in 3008 Li Qiang ?

Read the first two paragraphs and answer the questions 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 time Period. 3. How did I feel before and after boarding the capsule?

Changes of feeling (4 adj.) unsettled nervous uncertain relaxed

During the journey to the future Was Li Qiang’s journey to the future pleasant or terrible? Welcome aboard! Wish you a pleasant journey! get on a plane stewardess

A “Pleasant” Journey The seats were comfortable and after a calming drink, we felt sleepy and closed our eyes. The capsule began swinging gently sideways as we lay relaxed and dreaming. A few minutes later, the journey was completed and we had arrived. I was still on the earth but one thousand years in the future. What would I find?

which aspects are mentioned? “What would I find?” Air quality Communication Work Houses which aspects are mentioned? Finance Education Transport Language

First Impression Air quality Transport Houses At first, my new surroundings were difficult to tolerate. First Impression the air seemed thin had little oxygen left Air quality hit by a lack of fresh air float above the ground Transport move swiftly too many carriages knock on the head strange-looking large, bright clean room Houses controlled by computer space-saving

What’s the writer’s attitude towards the future, optimistic or pessimistic? Worried about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days. My new surroundings were to difficult to tolerate. I was hit by the lack of the fresh air. Exhausted, I slid into bed and fell fast asleep.

summary

nervous Before the journey unsettled the journey(1) time lag Li felt ______ and ______ at first, as a result， he suffered from _______. During the journey(1) Li was transported safely into the future in a ________. the journey(2) __________ by the new surroundings, Li was hit by the _____ of fresh air and his head ______. unsettled time lag time capsule Confused lack ached.

__________, he slid into bed and _____ fast ________. showed After the journey(1) Arriving home Li was ______ into a large bright, clean room with a ______ wall, a _____ floor and _____ lighting. the journey(2) __________, he slid into bed and _____ fast ________. showed green brown soft Exhausted fell asleep

Fast Reading Try to find out changes Li Qiang has mentioned in the passage .

     Changes mentioned Transport Clothing Eating Science Towns Air quality Houses  Travel  Religion

para.1 Why did Li Qiang have the chance to go into the future? What is “time lag”? How did my guide help me get over “time lag” ? How did I go to the future? “Time lag’’ means a person gets flashbacks from his previous(先前的) time period.

Para.1 Main idea. How I came to take a time travel journey. My feeling before the travel Details: My prize, my excitement

? drink relaxed in the future ① Comfortable lay outside the capsule Para.2 ① Inside the capsule: through the opening seats were Comfortable a calming drink ? outside the capsule lay relaxed the journey was completed 1000 years in the future

Para.2 Main idea. The journey to the future Details: How I felt, the spaceship, the journey

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? 2. How did Wang Ping solve this problem? 3. Why does the writer call the place a “large market”?

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. Why does the writer call the place a “large market”? Because of too many carriages flying in all directions.

Para.3 Main idea: My impressions of life 1000 years into the future Details: Little oxygen, masks, hovering carriage, how to drive them, a “time lag” moment

Read fourth paragraph quickly, then answer the following questions: 1. What did Wang Ping’s house look like? 2. What was the green wall made of ? What’s the purpose of building this kind of green wall?

1. What did Wang Ping’s 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 2. What was the green wall made of ? What’s 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.

Para.4 Main idea: Staying in Wang Ping’s home Details: Appearance of house, trees as walls; where furniture stored, ate meal, prepared for sleep

can travel to different times as you wish after-effects of travel Good changes Bad changes Time travel Transport Houses Towns Air quality can travel to different times as you wish after-effects of travel disorganized; difficult to find way can move swiftly save living space short of space busy; look like markets easy to get lost poor quality in public places own family oxygen supply

Discussion: Make a list of the problems human being are facing today. Housing Population Pollution Global warming Traffic Hunger Literacy… acid rain, growing areas of desert, overlarge world population, lack of enough drinking water …

overpopulation

Traffic jam