Unit 1 Will people have robots?

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Title: Do you think you will have your own robot? What will you read about in the passage?

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Difficult points: They think that robots will be able to talk to people in 25 or 50 years. They think [that robots will be able to talk to people in 25 or 50 years].( 设问、划分句子 ) Japanese companies have already made robots walk and dance. = Japanese companies can make a kind of robot and this kind of robots can walk and dance. ( 同义句 )

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6. People will live to be 200 years old. Some more predictions about things in 100 years. 1.People will have robots in their homes. 2.People won’t use money. Everything will be free. 3. Books will only be on computers, not on paper. 4. Kids won’t go to school. They’ll study at home on computers. 5.There will only be one country.

1.People will have robots in their homes. 2.People won’t use money. Everything will be free. 3.Books will only be on computers, not on paper. 4.Kids won’t go to school. They’ll study at home on computers. 5.There will only be one country. 6.People will live to be 200 years old.

Pairwork Change the predictions into questions and ask each other these questions. For example: Will people have robots in their homes in 100 years? Yes, they will./ No, they won’t.

1. There will be more/less/fewer people. 2. There will be more/less/fewer free time. 3. There will be more/less/fewer cars. 4. There will be more/less/fewer pollution. 5. There will be more/less/fewer trees. Activity 2a

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Activity 2b _____ 1. There will be fewer people. _____ 2. There will be less free time. _____ 3. People will use the subways less. _____ 4. There will be more pollution. _____ 5. Cities will be very big and crowded.

Pairwork Change the predictions into questions and ask each other these questions. For example: Will there be less free time in the future? No, there won’t. There will be more free time. Because robots will do a lot for people.

Activity 3a Do this part following the structure.

A task Get the students to do a survey about their best friends and finish the following chart. Five years agoTodayIn five years He was….He is ….He will be…. He played….He plays….He will play…. He had….He has….He will have….

Grammar Focus ：一般将来时 1. 用 be doing 表示将来：主要意义是表示按计划、 安排即将发生的动作，常用于位置转移的动词， 如： go, come, leave, arrive, drive, fly, return, work, sleep, stay, play, do, have, wear 等， 也可 用于其他动作动词。 We are leaving for Shanghai next Monday. We are moving to a different hotel the day after tomorrow.

2. 主语 + be going to + do ( 动词的原形 )+…. 表示打算， 计划等 I am going to take jobs next summer. There is going to be a football match after class. There are going to be two football matches after class.

3. 主语 +will+ do ( 动词的原形 )+… 注 : 如果主语是 I, we, 可用 shall+ 动词的原形 They will build a new road in this part of the city next year. She will be a good teacher in the future. There will be a football match after class.

I. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the given verbs. 1. What _________ you ______(do) this Sunday? There _____________(be) a football match. ______you _________(go) with us? 2. I ____________(go) to see your father as soon as I get to Beijing. 3. I think it _____________ (be) rainy tomorrow. 4. My father ___________ (send) me a new bike when I am tall enough.

5. We ___________ (visit) the Great Wall next Monday. 6. Who __________(give) us a talk on the computer in two days? 7. They _________ (build) a new modern house near the river next year. 8. I want to know if he ____________ (be) back tomorrow.

Multiple choice 1. Are you _________ your winter holiday next week? A. going to have B. will have C. had D. have 2. Do you often ______ from your parents? A. heard B. hears C. to hear D. hear 3. _____ Lucy _________ her homework in her room now? A. Is, doing B. Does, do C. Do, do D. Did, do 4. She dances better than Mary _______. A. is B. has C. does D. dance 5. Mary usually _______ up at five o ’ clock. A. will get B. got C. get D. gets 6. They ______ four English classes a week last term. A. has B. have C. had D. are having (A D A C D C)

7. A bird can ______ but I can ’ t. A. flies B. flying C. flew D. fly 8. They _______ to see me yesterday evening. A. will come B. comes C. are coming D. came 9. We ’ re moving to a different town ___________. A. the day before yesterday B. last Sunday C. the day after tomorrow D. a week ago 10. Look! The monkeys _________ the tree. A. climb B. are climbing C. is climbing D. were climbing 11. When _____ you ______ to Australia? Next Monday. A. did, fly B. will, fly C. are, fly D. do, fly 12. Which team ________ the next football match? A. wins B. won C. will win D. win ( D D C B B C )