Unit 3 Life in the future 高二人教新课标版必修五 Reading

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

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

poverty war violence Other issues

overpopulation

Traffic jam

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What will life be like in one thousand years’ time?

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 exciting and unforgettable tour…

Reading First Impressions

1. What’s the text about? A. An written by a man who has taken up a trip to the future B. The man have his first try to master a hovering carriage. C. The man are surprised at the Wang ping’s home. D. The preparation of the trip. Fast reading A

Paragraph 1- main idea: details: Paragraph 2 - main idea: details: How I came to take a time travel journey. The journey. my prize; my excitement how I felt; the spaceship; the journey Write down the main idea for each paragraph.

Paragraph 3:- main idea: details: My impressions of life one thousand years into the future. little oxygen; masks to provide oxygen; hovering carriage; how to drive them; a “time lag” moment

Paragraph 4:- main idea: details: Staying in Wang Ping’s home appearance of house; trees as walls; where furniture stored; ate meal; prepared for sleep

Divide the passage into three parts   Before the journey (par.1)   During the journey (par. 2-3)   After the journey (par.4)

Before the journey When ①② Who ③ What ④ Why How ⑤ ⑥ Where Li Qiang Wang Ping Sep. 15, 2005 AD 3005 green tablets take up the prize won last year “time lag” Li Qiang Capsule

During the journey Inside the capsule: through the opening ① comfortable seats a calming drink lay relaxed rose slowly from ground Complete the journey 1000 years later ? outside the capsule

Outside the capsule: ② Confused by the new surroundings, I was hit by the lack of fresh air. 1. Hovering carriage: 2. “A large market”: “How” float above bend and press down “What” fly by in all directions lost sight of 3. A high building: swept up a “time lag” flashback mask

After the journey Arriving home, he showed me into a large bright, clean room. Exhausted, I slid into bed and fell fast asleep. green wall brown floor soft lighting trees--leaves a switch on computer screen tables + chairs Description

Visiting Wang Ping’s Home That is a large, _____ and ____ room. It had a brown floor, soft lighting and a _____ ____ which is actually trees. The _____ of the trees are used to _______ oxygen. By ______ a ______ on the computer screen, ________ such as tables and chairs ____ from under the floor as if by ______. Wang Ping’s mother told me to ____ _____ ____ some visits in the next day, and _________ a bed for me to rest. ________, I ____ into the bed and fell ____ _____. brightclean greenwall leaves provide flashingswitch furniture rose magic get ready for produced Exhausted slidfastasleep

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 D. I have my first try to master a hovering carriage. Put the statements into correct order. C A D B

The seats in the capsule are very comfortable. “Time lag” means a person gets flashbacks from his previous time period. I took up the prize I won the year before. 3. How did I feel when I was in the capsule? 2. What is a “time lag”? 1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3008? Read and answer.

seats in the capsule time capsule

new surroundings lack of fresh air/the air is thin

a hovering carriage You can drive it swiftly by bending and pressing down on the driving stick strongly.

people fly by in all directions

Read fourth paragraph quickly, then answer the following questions: 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? large, bright and clean

The wall was made of trees. Because their leaves provided the room with much-needed oxygen.

Now try to find out what happened to Li Qiang before, during and after the journey. Detail Reading

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) _________by the new surroundings, Li was hit by the ____ of fresh air and his head ______. nervousunsettled time lag time capsule Confused lack ached

After the journey (1) 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 ______. showed green brownsoft Exhausted fellasleep

Have a discussion and fill in the chart on page 19.

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

1. During his journey he suffered from “jet lag”. 2. Wang Ping was his friend as well as his guide. 3. The writer gave Wang Ping some green tablets, which helped a lot. T T F True or false

4. Wang Ping owns a company named “Future Tours”. 5. Before the trip, we had a calming drink which made us sleepy. 6. I lost sight of Wang Ping because there were too many carriages. F T T

7. In the year AD 3008, the air in private houses was poor quality. 8. Hovering carriages were a fast means of transport, and people could fly in them in every direction. F T