Unit1 Will people have robots?

space station astronaut rocket

1a Write each word in the correct column below. astronaut house apartment computer programmer train rocket space station 宇航员公寓 火箭太空站 房子电脑程序师 火车 Jobs TransportationPlaces to live astronaut computer programmer train rocket space station house apartment

2a Listening 1 3 2

2b Listen again. Fill in the blanks with the correct verbs from the box. ’ll live am ’ll fly took work ’ll be lived live 1. I in an apartment. 2. I near here. 3. I a computer programmer. 4. We in a house. 5. I the train to school. 6. I an astronaut. 7. I rockets to the moon. 8. I on a space station. live work am lived took ’ll be ’ll fly ’ll live 飞行 take 的过去式 月亮，月球

2c PAIRWORK Role play the conversation between Alexis and Joe. Talk about Joe’s life now, ten years ago, and ten years from now. A: Where do you live? B: I live in an apartment.

Ming in ten years Job Pets Sports Places Clothes reporter many different pets/ parrot go skating and swimming Shanghai/Hong Kong/ Australia probably a suit(during the week) casual clothes(on the weekend) Fill in the chart. 3a Read Ming’s answer to the question “What will your life be like in ten years?” Then fill in the chart.

What will you be in the future? I will be a ….. I will …… My life in the future: In 10 years, I will be older, and I will do more sports and eat more vegetables and be healthier. By then I will have enough money and will travel all over the world….

In ten years, I think I’ll be a reporter. I’ll live in Shanghai, because I went to Shanghai last year and fell in love with it. I think it’s really a beautiful city. As a reporter, I think I will meet lots of interesting people. I think I’ll live in an apartment with my best friends, because I don’t like living alone. =I will 1.fell---(fall 的过去式 ) 落下；变为 fall off 跌下 fall down from.. 从 … 跌下 fall in love with sb / sth. 喜爱、爱上某人或某物 2.alone: 单独地，孤独地，：放在 be 动词或动词后面 I am alone, but I don’t feel lonely. 我独自 一人 ，但我不觉得 孤单 ( 感觉 ) 单独地；孤独地（强调独自一人，一种状态） 爱上 = a lot of

I’ll have pets. I can’t have any pets now because my mother hates them, and our apartment is too small. So in ten years, I’ll have many different pets. I might even keep a pet parrot! I’ll probably go skating and swimming every day. During the week I’ll look smart, and probably will wear a suit. On the weekend, I’ll be able to dress more casually. I think I’ll go to Hong Kong on vacation, and one day I might even visit Australia. Dress sb: 给某人穿衣 ： I dress myself everyday. 宠物 鹦鹉 大概；也许去滑冰 穿一套衣服 能够 穿衣随意地 甚至可能喂养 1.look + 形容词 看上去怎么样 eg. She looked happy. 2.Be able to + 动词原形：能够做.. （强调能力） be 动词有时态变化。 I am able to swim.=I can swim 。 十年后

Ten years ago, I was a college student. I majored in English. In my free time, I played pingpong and read novels. Now, I’m a teacher in a middle school.I teach my students English. I am with them for 45 minutes every day. In ten years, I’ll be forty-three years old. So I think I’ll earn more money, and I’ll buy a bigger house.

4 PAIRWORK Answer the questions below. Then ask your partner for his or her ideas. QuestionsYouYour partner Which country will win the next World Cup? What will the weather be like tomorrow? Which movies will win award next year? What will teenagers do for fun twenty years from now? 哪个 世界杯

Self Check 1 Fill in the blanks with the words given. wear work look fly keep 1. I want to for myself when I’m older. 2. My friends a pet pig in their house. 3. I need to smart for my job interview. 4. We have to a uniform to school. 5. One day people will to the moon for vacations. 我自己 面试；面谈 work keep look wear fly

2 Read the passage and circle the inventions on the right. Predicting the future can be difficult. There are many famous predictions that never came true. Before 1929, there was no sound in movies. The head of one of the biggest movie companies in the United States predicted that no one would want to see actors talk. Of course, he was wrong! In 1977, the head of the largest computer company in the United States said, “No one will want to have a computer in his or her home.” He thought that computers would never be used by most people. predict v. 预言 future n. 将来；未来 ---- in the future prediction n. 预言 come true 实现；达到 come---came company n. 公司 ( 复数 companies ) think---thought see sb. do sth. 看到某人做某事 ( make, let, hear, watch )

3 Find these words from this unit. 1. A place to live in space: 2. Something kids will use to study at home: 3. These will be in every home: 4. Yang Liwei is a famous Chinese. space station astronaut computers robots