1. Unit 3 Life in the future
Reading First Impressions

2. What will people look like in the future?
Leading-in
What will people look like in the future?
Better ecology
High-technology
Scientific prediction

3. While-reading First impressions
Skim over the text and find the main idea.
It’s about Li Qiang’s to the
future and his first of the life in the future.
journey
impressions
这两个练习集中训练学生在阅读中的归纳大意、总结标题的能力。

4. First impressions Scan to match the main ideas with paragraphs. P1 P2
B. How I came to take a time travel journey.
A. The journey in the time capsule.
C. My impressions of life in 3008. P1 P2
P3-4

5. P1: How I came to take a time travel journey.
Read paragraph 1 carefully and fill the form.
feelings
problem
solution
worried, unsettled, nervous, uncertain
“time lag”
some green tablets

6. P2: The journey in the time capsule. True or False
（Correct the false ones）
The guide called us to the capsule through a wide opening.
We enjoyed the scenery outside during the journey.
The capsule swung gently for only a few minutes before we arrived.
stewardess
small F
relaxed and dreamed F T

7. P 3-4: My impressions of life in 3008 .
transport
(A hovering carriage)
air
impressions
“market”
house

8. P 3-4: My impressions of life in 3008.
Air
Quality
Problem
Solution
thin
headache
mask

9. P 3-4: My impressions of life in 3008.
A hovering carriage
Step 1
Fasten the safety belt
Bend or press down in the seat
Step 2

10. P 3-4: My impressions of life in 3008 .
“market”
Carriages flying by in all directions

11. P 3-4: My impressions of life in 3008 . house
characteristics
made of trees
from under the floor
from the floor

12. “Tomorrow you’ll be ready for some visits.”
Post-reading
“Tomorrow you’ll be ready for some visits.”
If you were Liqiang, what would you want to know about the future life during tomorrow’s visits?
Education
Living place
Medical treatment
Shopping
Parking
Food

13. Think of your ideas about the future.
Group work
Think of your ideas about the future.
In groups of 4, describe any topics of the future life you are interested in and combine your ideas to share with us.
Example
In AD 3008, our life has changed a lot.
The doctors can examine human’s bodies with much more advanced equipment and cure many serious diseases, like AIDS. …

14. Think of your ideas about the future.
Group work
Think of your ideas about the future.
Topics
1. education 2. living place 3. medical treatment
4. shopping parking food appearance 8. … …
My new surrounding were difficult to tolerate.
…… seemed……, as though/if by magic ……
……a hovering carriage driven by computer
…by bending or…, you can ……
… it was made of trees!
Expressions

15. Let’s make our contributions to embrace a better future.