Life in the future

Past, Present, Future

Changes from ancient times to modern society Housing Clothing Education Eating Communication Transportation ……

housing in the past low ,old, shabby , untidy, smelly…

Housing at present modernized, comfortable…

Clothing (past) grey, dull, clumsy, …

Clothing at present Fashionable, colorful, comfortable, …

Education in the past: Shabby classroom, badly equipped,…

education at present Multi-media Language lab

Eating (past) unsavory, unhealthy, lack of nutrition…

Eating at present tasty,nutritious,organic......

Communication (past): Inefficient, inconvenient

Communication(present): video telephone

Transportation in the past cart Slow, tiring, inconvenient, dangerous, … sedan chair

transpotation at present Maglev train Fast, enjoyable, safer, … Bullet train

Make a list of the problems human beings are facing today. We benefit a lot from the new society, but there are still many problems in the world Make a list of the problems human beings are facing today.

Deforestation 滥砍滥伐 poor sanitation公共卫生 air pollution starvation desertification沙漠化 water pollution Global warming

bright? Can they be solved? Future

What will our future life be like?

life in the future a robotic dog a solar energy car

A bed car A car which can sail on the water

A city on the water

Oh, my God! I am cloned

Do you want to go traveling in the future like the mechanical cat---“Duo La A Meng”?

First Impressions

Skimming The passage is mainly about . how Li Qiang was transported to the future. how Li Qiang got to the future and his first impression of it. what the life was like in the future. the introduction of the “ Future Tours” company.

after the journey (future life) Main idea before the journey 1. ________________________________ (para1) 2. ________________________________ (para2) 3. ________________________________ (para 3- 4) during the journey after the journey (future life)

Before the journey 1. Why did Li Qiang go into the future? 2. How did he feel when he left his own time? 3. How did he get to the year 3008? 4.What is “time lag”? Because he had won a prize that gave him a tour. He felt worried/ unsettled/nervous / uncertain. He went by time capsule. It means a person keeps getting flashbacks from his previous time.

__________ through the______ during the journey Inside the capsule: calming __________ through the______ climb in comfortable a _____ drink _________seats opening What? outside the capsule the capsule began ____________________as we lay______ swinging gently sideways 1000 years later the journey ________ relaxed completed

Try to find out the changes Li Qiang has mentioned in the passage . future life Try to find out the changes Li Qiang has mentioned in the passage .

   find out the changes mentioned by LiQiang in the passage Transport Education Food Houses Communication Clothing Environment (air, water…) …   future life

air transport houses thin little oxygen a lack of fresh air hovering carriage driven by computer float above… move swiftly by… transport strange-looking wall, floor, lighting a table and chairs …from under the floor houses

Further understanding What do you think Li Qiang will tell his parents in his next e-mail? Maybe something new he sees and experiences in this new world during the following days.

summary

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

After the journey (1) We collected a __________ carriage and _________ above the ground. Arriving home Li was ______ into a large bright, clean room with a _____ wall, a _____ floor and _______ lighting. After the journey (2) _________, he slid into bed and ______ fast ______. hovering floated showed green brown soft Exhausted asleep fell

Yesterday is a history Tomorrow is a mystery Today is a gift So we call it present

Everybody wishes a bright future. Be sure to seize the present. Make the best of today, and you’ll succeed tomorrow . With the development of science and technology, some of our wildest dreams could come true in the future.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, and hope for tomorrow.

Arrange the order according to the text. A.we were transported into the future by a comfortable time capsule. B.I arrived at Wang Ping’s home and everything in his house made me surprised. C.I won a travel to the year AD 3005. D.I have my first try to master a hovering carriage. C, A, D, B

Discussion What’s the writer’s attitude towards the future, optimistic or pessimistic? How do you know? pessimistic optimistic

We know that from the following sentences: Pessimistic We know that from the following sentences: 1. Worried about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days. 2. My new surroundings were to difficult to tolerate. I was hit by the lack of the fresh air. 3. Exhausted, I slid into bed and fell fast asleep.