Unit 1 Reading

山谷和溪流证实火星上曾存在水？ It may be difficult to imagine, people will live on the planet Mars. by the year 2100

Task 1:Read the book and answer the following questions Why do people need to move to Mars ? What form will the food probably be in space? How will students study, do their homework and take exams on Mars? Will space travel make people feel ill? What is the virtual teacher called? Earth is becoming more and more crowded and polluted. The food probably will be in the form of pills. They can study, do their homework and take exams in online schools. Yes. The virtual teacher is called e-teacher.

Task 2 : What will the life be like ? Transport Food, water and air Gravity spacecraft space shuttles … too slow to carry … … take only a very short time … plants will produce … It is not sure if these plants … 3/8 This will be dangerous because … have to … special boots to …

Task3:The better life on Mars People will have more space. Robots will do most of our work … There will probably be no schools on Mars. We can study, do our homework and take exams in online schools.

Task 4:Some worse ways Food will not be the same ---will not be as tasty as they are today Space travel will make … The journey to Mars will be very uncomfortable.

Task 5:Difference between life on Earth and life on Mars Earth today Mars in 2100 Polluted and crowded Spacecraft are slow Gravity is not a problem for us People can wear many types of shoes People do not have much space we take exams at school we have many different kinds of food clean and has lots of space Space shuttles are very fast It will be a big problem We must wear helmets We have more space In online schools Food will be the same

Match the words with the description provides many hours of air take high-quality images small and light and has lots of memory space the food can be stored for many months a large hard hat that protect the head and is connect to the air tank fixed to the walls to prevent floating for walking on the surface of the planet provides energy for the spacesuit

Important phrases: How do you like … What do you think of … get to be cared for in the form of in the future at the moment at present more and more …

first of all large numbers of a very short time at the speed of be able to be sure float away into choose from in many ways highly possible as …

dried food in the solar system move out of the first part of turn on get ill from … be great to keep … away from be worth doing be different from form of entertainment take off

1 ． It’s becoming more and more c and p. 2 ． H we can build a better world on Mars. olluted rowded opefully

How can we get to the Mars? In space shuttles

1. T should be better. 2. At present our spacecraft are too s to c large numbers of people. 3. By 2100,the space shuttles can travel at h the speed of l. ransport low arry alfight

1. Scientists should d plants that can grow on Mars. 2. The plants will p the food and oxygen. evelop roduce

1. The gravity on Mars only about three e ( 3 /8 )of the gravity on Earth. 2.We could jump e and f into space. 3. Humans have to wear s boots to make themselves heavier. 4. The boots will probably become f. There’ll be many different d for s_____ to choose from. ighths asilyloat pecial ashionable esignsettlers

Where will we live on Mars? In a dome with 10 bedrooms

Life on Mars will be b than on Earth in many ways. 1. people have. 2. Living in a dome with 10 bedrooms is highly p. 3.R will do most of our work. 4. We will have more time for our h. etterthat morespace ossible obots obbies

1.Every student will have a computer c to an inter-planet computer network. 2.They can s____, __ ____ _______and _____ _____in online schools. 3.Each student will also have____ __ ____ _______ online teacher called ‘e-teacher ’ onnecting tudydo their homework take exams their own online teacher

In some ways, Life on Mars may not be better than life on Earth. 1. Food will be not as t as they’re today It will be in the form of p. 2. Space travel will make people feel i. The journey to Mars will be very u. asty ills ll ncomfortable

Discussion Advantages of life on Mars Disadvantage s of life on Mars Advantages of life on Earth Disadvantage s of life on Earth