2. Warming up and Reading

3. If you are admitted into Peking University, how are you going there? What did people use as vehicle ( 交通工 具 ) in the past ?

5. What about now ?

6. What will our future life be like?

7. spaceship a solar energy car flying ships

15. Pre-reading Make a list of the problems human beings are facing today global warming overlarge population housing pollution traffic hunger poverty acid rain growing areas of desert lack of enough drinking water violence & war…

16. What problems do you think people in the future will have overcome? Which ones will still be there or even worse in AD 3008?

17. 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…

18. First impressions

19. Fast reading read the text quickly and finish the following two tasks: Task1: get the main idea of the passage ( 文章首尾及每段首句 ) Task2: put the statements into correct order （ read through ）

20. The text is an __________written by a boy called _________ who has taken up a trip to __________and his first _________about it. task 1:What is this passage about? e-mail Li Qiang the future impressions

21. 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 3008. d. I have my first try to master a hovering carriage. task 2: put the following sentences into the correct order: cabd

22. Scan the text to find out in which paragraph you can find answers to the questions. 1.Who transported him into the future? 2.What will home be like in the future? 3.Why did Li Qiang’s head ache? 1.Who transported him into the future? 2.What will home be like in the future? 3.Why did Li Qiang’s head ache? Para 1 Para 3 The last Para

23. Careful reading Para1 choose adjectives( 形容词 ) to describe LiQiang’s feelings 1 ___________ remind himself constantly that he was in AD3008. 2 ___________ he was _________ for the first few days. As a result,he suffered from time lag 3 nervous and ______ WangPing offered some green tablets WangPing’s parents transported him safely into the future unbelievable worried uncertain understanding well known for their expertize unsettled

24. Careful reading Para 2: 1. Where was Li Qiang ? 2.How did he find the seats in the capsule? 3.After they got into the capsule, what did they do? 4. Where did they arrive? 5.Translate the folloing sentence:The capsule began swinging gently sideways as we lay relaxed and dreaming. 时间舱在轻轻左右摇晃，我们放松地躺在那里做 梦。

25. 1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3008? 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”? time capsule seats in the capsule comfortable

26. Para 3 Put into the right order 1 LiQiang hurriedly went to a small room for a rest 2 LiQiang got a headache because of a lack of oxyen 3 LiQiang felt well again and then collected a hovering carriage 4 LiQiang was offered a mask. 5 Wang Ping fastened my safety belt and showed me how to use it 6 LiQiang had a time lag 7 LiQiang couldn’t find Wang Ping because he was swept into the crowd 8 LiQiang saw Wang Ping again 24135 7 6 8 was back on his feet lost sight of caught sight of

27. new surroundings difficult to tolerate because of a lack of fresh air/the air is thin

28. a hovering carriage It floats above the ground and you can drive it swiftly by bending and pressing down in your seat.

29. Too many carridges fly by in all directions.

30. Para4 describe the room and furniture room wall floor lighting a table and chairs a bed large, bright,clean green,made of trees (to provide?) brown soft rising from under the floor (by..) produced from the floor a strange-looking house

31. 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 Pingr told me to ____ _____ ____ some visits in the next day, and _____ a bed for me to rest. _______, I ____into the bed and fell ____ _____.brightclean greenwall leavesprovide flashing switch furniture rose magic get ready for produced Exhaustedslid fastasleep It is a _______________house.strange -looking para 4

32. Match each para with its main idea Para1 Para2 Para3 para4 His feelings about the future tour How he arrived at the future (the journey ) His impressions of life one thousand years into the future Staying in Wang Ping’s home

33. summary The whole passage can be divided into three parts: In the time capsule Outside the capsule At Wang Ping’s house (According to the change of places) New surroundings In the hovering carriage

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

35. 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 ______. worried unsettled time lag time capsule Confused lack ached

36. 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 brown soft Exhausted fellasleep

37. Discuss whether the writer has an optimistic or pessimistic view of the future. I think the writer has an optimistic view of the future. He was very excited when he traveled to the year AD 3008 and couldn't believe it was true. From this, we can see he is eager to go to the future. Though he was hit by the lack of fresh air, the problem was immediately solved by putting on a mask. And he tells us the transport in the future is convenient. When he arrived Wang Ping's home, he found there were many trees after the wall moved, and these trees provided the house with much-needed oxygen. Finally he described the automatic equipment in Wang Ping's house. All the above has shown his view of the future. Discuss whether the writer has an optimistic or pessimistic view of the future.

38. We know that from the following sentences: 1. Worried about the journey, I was unsettle for the first few days. 2. At first my new surroundings were difficult to tolerate. 3. Exhausted, I slid into bed and fell fast asleep. Pessimistic

39. Don’t forget your homework 1. Learn the new words by heart (with the help of your reference book ) 2. Prepare for the dictation

40. Goodbye! Many thanks!