1. changing A changing world 更开中学 莫爱梅

2. horse or simple vehicle such as a carriage cars, trains, airplanes, spaceship, personal flying cars

3. —distance education The school of the future e-schools

4. videophone

5. made mud small houses flats in high buildings houses along the street with many shops modern flats, floating

6. on the earth; on land on other planets in space stationsunder the sea

7. Future Tours Do you want to travel to the future? Do you want to know what it will be like in AD3008? Let’s travel to the future!

8. R eading (Page 17) Fast reading

9. The text is _________ written by a man called _______ who has taken up a trip to ________. Li Qiang an e-mail the future Skim the text and find out : What does the text mainly about ?

10. First impressions Please read the text quickly and choose the right answers to complete the chart. Part 1 ___ Part 2 ___ Para. 2 __ Para. 3 __ Para. 4 __ A. Some details of the tour B. Boarding and taking off C. A brief introduction of the tour D. What happened to Li Qiang during the tour E. What the future home looks like A B C D E

11. 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. Read the text quickly, then put the following sentences into the correct order:cabd

12. Careful reading 1. Why did Li Qiang have the chance to travel to the future? 2. What is a "time lag"? 3. How did I feel when I was in the capsule? 4. Why did my guide give me some tablets? Go through the first two paragraphs quickly, then answer the following questions:

13. 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

14. 4. Why did my guide give me some tablets? The tablets could help me feel less nervous and uncertain.

15. Please go through the third paragraph, then try to answer the following questions. 1. How did I feel as soon as I landed in the future? 2. How did Wang Ping solve this problem?

16. 1.How did I feel as soon as I was transported to the future? 2. How did Wang Ping solve this problem? Wang Ping gave a mask to the writer and hurried him through to a small room nearby to have a rest. After the writer was transported to the future, he was hit by the lack of fresh air.

17. new surroundings lack of fresh air/the air is thin

18. a hovering carriage You can drive it swiftly by bending and pressing down on the driving stick strongly.

19. people fly by in all directions

20. Read fourth paragraph quickly, then answer the following questions: 2. What was the green wall made of ? What’s the purpose of building this kind of green wall? 1. What did Wang Ping’s house look like? large, bright and clean The wall was made of trees. Because their leaves provided the room with much-needed oxygen. 2. What was the green wall made of ? What’s the purpose of building this kind of green wall?

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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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.

25. Don’t forget your homework 1. Learn the new words by heart 2. Prepare for the dictation

27. Para. 1 1. take up this prize …. 接受去年获得的这个奖 励 2. 不断提醒自己 3 。 心里总不踏实 4. 得了时间滞后症 5. This is similar to the “jet lag” you get from flying, but it seems you keep getting flashbacks from your previous time period. [ 翻译 ] 这种病有点像乘喷气式飞机时所引起的时 差反应，但是似乎是从以前的时间段一直往回 闪去。

28. 6 一开始就感到紧张，心神不宁 7. 以技术高超而著称 It seems (that) … “ 似乎 …… ，看来 ……” 。 如： It seems (that) nobody knew what had happened. 似乎没人知道发生了什么。 [ 仿写 ] ____________________________________ _____________ 看来，他们知道自己在干什么。 It seems (that) they know what they’re doing.

29. Para. 2 1. I can still remember the moment when the space stewardess called us all to the capsule and we climbed in through a small opening. [ 翻译 ] 我仍然记得这个时刻：太空小姐把我们 都叫到时间舱前，我们通过一个小入口爬进去 。 e.g. On the moment when I heard the news, I could nearly hear the voice of my heartbeat. 当我得知这一消息的那一刻，我几乎能够听到 自己心跳的声音。

30. [ 小试 ] 根据括号内的汉语提示完成下列句子。 ① He said he would never forget ___________________________________ ( 他第一次与我相见的那一刻 ). ② I was tearing at ____________________________________ ( 我完成这本书的那一刹那 ). Key: the moment when he first met me the moment when I finished this book

31. 2. 镇定剂 3. 感到昏昏欲睡似的 Para3. 1. 新的环境让我很难忍受 (be difficult to do …) 2. 好像在混合气体中剩下的氧气很少 3. 由于缺乏新鲜空气 4. 努力调整（以）适应新环境 5. 立刻， 马上 6. 恢复过来 7. 领取了一台由电脑驱动的气垫车 8. 系紧了我的安全带， 教我怎样使用它 9. 被卷到车流中去了 10. 得到一次 “ 时间滞后 ” 的闪回

32. 11. I lost sight of Wang Ping when we reached what looked like a large market because of too many carriages flying by in all directions. [ 翻译 ] 当我们到达一个看上去像是大市场的地方 时，由于太多的车子朝四面八方飞奔，我看不 见王平了。 12. 又见到了 时间状语从句 （ ） 宾语从句 “…. 的 ”

33. Para 4 1. 到达 2. 由 …… 制成 3. 为房屋提供了最急需的氧气 4.Then Wang Ping flashed a switch on a computer screen, and a table and some chairs rose from under the floor as if by magic. 然后，王平让电脑荧屏上的开关闪了 一下，于是一张桌子和几把椅子就像变魔术一 样从地板下面升了起来。 5. 准备参观几个地方 6. 溜上床很快睡着了

34. from under the floor 属于 “from + 介词短语 ” ， 表示更确切的地点。此外， from 后还可跟副词 。如： The boy jumped from behind the door. 这男孩从门后面跳了出来。 She didn’t find me until I called her from behind. 直到我从后面叫她之后，她才看见我。 [ 小试 ] 把下列句子翻译成英语。 ① 他从床底下拉出一个大袋子来。 ② 警察从那本书的下面把图片取了出来。 ③ 他听到背后有一个奇怪的声音。

35. ① 他从床底下拉出一个大袋子来。 ____________________________________ ② 警察从那本书的下面把图片取了出来。 ____________________________________ ______________________________ ③ 他听到背后有一个奇怪的声音。 ____________________________________ He pulled out a large bag from under the bed. The policeman took the picture from under the book. He heard a strange sound from behind.

36. be back on one’s feet; safety belt; lose sight of; sweep up; slide into; speed up 1. They have ___________ production of the new machine. 2. After having followed him for half an hour, they ____________ him in a large store. 3. The driver was injured badly because his _________ broke. speeded up lost sight of safety belt 请用方框内短语的适当形式完成下列句子。

37. be back on one’s feet; safety belt; lose sight of; sweep up; slide into; speed up 4. The big wind ______ the leaves ______ high into the sky. 5. The old lady ___________________ after a long illness. 6. The boy _________ the room when nobody noticed him. swept up was back on her feet slid into

38. Goodbye! Many thanks!