Unit 20 New Frontiers Lesson 1 Futurology

Step 1 lead-in

Step 2 fast-reading

T or F 1) People who are worried about future are called futurologists 2)The experts attending the seminar will be discussing the influence of future on the technology. 3) According to the text, computers will become more intelligent. 4) By the 2030, human-like robots may be sent around our bodies to carry out repairs and keep us healthy. 5) We may be able to live in other suitable places in our solar system at the end of the century. F F T F T

Read the article and choose the best title : a) From the Past to the Future b) The Future Business c) Tomorrow's World d) A Perfect Future? c) Tomorrow's World

Step 3 second-reading Summarize the main idea of each paragraph

Organization of the text Part 1 about the futurologist some -----, others Part 2 place, time, content Part 3 six examples Part 4 time and place, what to do, advice : Join it about the meeting about the prediction of the future the writer ’ s plan to the meeting

Difficult sentences 1 They plan the future of the world for a living. 2 The future is now a big business. = they make a living by planning the future of the world. = Now, the future has become very important.

3 In the next few years, we will be communicating with our friends around the world using life-sized video screens in our living rooms. 4 if you can’t beat the future, join it. = In the near future, we can keep in touch with our friends around the world and we can see them the same size as they actually are on the video screen in our living room. = if you can’t change the world of future, just be a member of it and adapt to it.

What will the tomorrow’s world be like in the future according to predictions of some futurologists? Find out more details from the text! Step 4 detail reading

Millions of times smarter, link our brains to, huge database, new species, develop By the middle of the century handy, powerful, in term of,intelligence, amount of information By 2020 life-sized video screens in the next few years Computers voices give instructions very soon Prediction TimeFrontiers

discover, other places,ways to go further into space By the end of the century Space technology Live, 150 years, insect-like robots, carry out repairs By 2030 Biochemistry Medical science

beat, suitable for, carry out, influence, foresee, wonder, life-sized, link to 1. He __________ why people built ugly homes, when they could have beautiful ones. 2. Those who can _________difficulties on their way to success may keep calm when they really appear. 3. Her idea had great ___________on the outcome of the plan 4. I have ______________ my work. 5. I went to the library to look for some books _____________ children 6. That problem has _________ me. wonders foresee influence suitable for beaten carried out

Language Points 1) useful expressions 0. look into 观察 1. wonder about... 2.in 10,50 or even1,000 years' time 3.click into the websites 4.in the next few years 5.in terms of... 6.carry out repairs 7.link... to suitable for...

1 一些学生在操场上踢足球，别的学生在 教室里学习。（用 some---, others ----) 2 我想知道他家乡的天气怎么样？ （用 what--- is like? ) 3 这就是他昨天在会上所讲的内容。 （ 用 what 引导的表语从句）

Grammar study 1 According to the arrangement of our school, we will be having a English exam this time next Saturday. 2 I will be attending a important meeting at 8 o’clock this evening. Don’t ring me up at that time.

3 She is to going to marry at the age of 26. By the year 2015 she will have already had a child. 4 I will have worked here for two years by the end of this July. I came here on July 1th, 2004.

Patterns 将来进行时 将来完成时 will / shall be + 现在分词 will / shall + have done (will 用于各种时态， shall 主要用于第一人称）

Try to practice Make predictions about yourself in about one years later after graduation from this school. Write down your sentences! what will you be doing at that time? what will you have done by that time ?

1. people (use) solar energy every day 2.people(use) up all natural sources of oil 3. people (travel) into space on a regular basis 4. people (eat) only food created by specialists People will be using solar energy every day People will have used up all natural sources of oil People will be travelling into space in a regular basis People will be eating only food created by specialists.

5. traditional farms(disappear) 6. many new galaxies(discover) 7.Mars and Venus(explore) and(describe)in detail. 8. scientists(study) the chance of people settling in other galaxies. Traditional farms will have disappeared. Many new galaxies will have been discovered. Mars and Venus will have been explored and described... Scientists will be studying the chance of people settling other galaxies.

1 By this time tomorrow you _______ (arrive) in Shanghai. 2 The teacher ______(have) a meeting at three o’clock tomorrow afternoon. 3 The students ______ (do) listening exercise at seven tomorrow evening. 4 By the middle of the next century, we ______ (build ) space station. 5 When you come back from America, your daughter ________ ( graduate) from a middle school.

A rule to remember 在 after ， when ， as soon as ， until ， before 引导的时间状语从句， if 条件状语中， 不用 助动词 will ， 只用一般现在时， 表示 将来 When you get home on Friday, you’ll receive good news. 如果 在强调一个动作在另一个动作之前时， 用现在完成时, 表示将来某时完成的动作。 After you’ve done the shopping, you’ll have a pleasant surprise.

If you come this afternoon, we’ll have a meeting. When I graduate, I’ll go to countryside. I’ll go to your home after I have finished my homework. If it has stopped snowing in the morning, we’ll go to the park. I’ m sure he’ll come to see me before he ___ Shunde. A.Is about to leave B. has left C. Will leave D. leaves

When she graduates from the school next summer, she _____ here for six years. A. will study B. will be studying C. will have studied D. studies