1. Integrating Skills
Where is the
future going?

2. Step 1
Reading

3. True or False: F F T F Our living habits have changed a lot over the
past thirty years.
We think about education, work and society
in the same as our earlier generations did.
A lot of jobs will disappear and a lot of new
jobs will appear in the future.
4. The way we produce food in the future will
remain unchanged. F T F

4. F F F T Small farms will disappear in the future
because of their low efficiency.
6. There will be no marketing people in the future.
The computer operators will lose their jobs in
the future.
In the future, the students will learn to solve
problems and face changes by themselves. F F T

5. T F New challenges will produce new opportunities.
In the future, if you are a good learner,
you can find there is room for you. F

6. General ideas: Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 Para 6
The way we produce food.
How to find a place for ourselves.
New challenges for us.
Our work habits have changed a lot.
People who work with computers
Marketing people will change their role.

7. Step 2
careful
reading

8. Complete the chart about jobs:
What they do today
Farmers
Today many farmers grow vegetables and raise animals on small farms.

9. What the job will be like in the future
Why the job is changing
What the job will be like in the future
Small farms are not very efficient and competitive. Their technology is not very updated and advanced.
In the future, farmers will be able to grow specialized products like organic
food.

10. Job
What they do today
Marketing people
Today they provide services for large companies by collecting information of sellers and consumers.

11. What the job will be like in the future
Why the job is changing
What the job will be like in the future
Most of the work is conducted through the Internet and other communication channels.
In the future they can work as interviewers in areas like marketing and research.

12. Job
What they do today
People who work with computers.
Today these computer operators perform simple actions.

13. Why the job is changing
What the job will be like in the future
Word processing and simple information can be dealt with automatically.
In the future they can work as database managers or engineers.

14. Job
What they do today
Teachers
They provide both knowledge skills for the students and answers to their questions.

15. Why the job is changing
What the job will be like in the future
The “generation gap” makes it hard for them to understand their students.
In the future they will have to adapt to the new needs of their students by becoming life long learners.

16. Step 3
useful
expressions

17. work habits 工作习惯
be faced with 面临；面对
with high efficiency 高效率
grow organic food 种植有机食品
environmentally friendly food 环保食品
open up 打开；开发；开设
marketing people 市场开发人员
communication channels 沟通渠道

18. product design 产品设计
computer operators 电脑操作员
perform simple actions 从事简单劳动
search engines 搜索引擎
database managers 数据管理员
create new challenges 提出新挑战
generation gap 代沟
adapt to 使适应；改写；改编
turn challenges into opportunities 化挑战为机遇
create a future 开创未来

19. Step 3
Language
points

20. … we are faced with the possibility of changing
jobs and even careers several times.
be faced with: 面临;面对
① We were faced with a difficult situation.
② Faced with the evidence, he confessed.
比较：
③ Some people faced starvation and many were
homeless.
④ Schools and teachers are also facing
difficulties…

21. The difficulty that ______ us now is how to study
efficiently.
A. faces B. faced
C. is faced with D. is faced
2. _____ with a difficult decision, he didn’t know what
to do.
A. Facing B. Faced
C. Face D. To face A B

22. 2. … the need for specialised products will grow and
a new market will open up for farmers.
open up: 打开;打通;开发,开设
① Open up your suitcase, and let me examine it.
② It is not right to open up the undeveloped land
excessively（过度地）.
③ A new canal has been opened up.
④ They decided to open up an office in the town.

23. 3. Schools and teachers are also facing difficulties
as they try to adapt to the new needs of their
students,…
adapt :使适应；使配合；改编；改写
① When you go to a new school, you must
adapt yourself to the new situation.
② This story is adapted to the needs of
beginners / adapted for beginners.

24. ① The problem that faces us is _______ the new
environment.
A. adapt B. adapt to
C. adapted to D. to adapt to
② Sometimes difficult books ______ use in schools.
A. adapt B. are adapted to
C. are adapted for D. are adapted D C

25. Homework: