1. Warm-up Futurology

2. A radio telescope

4. A telescope

5. A microchip

6. DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid

8. Exercise 1 Biology Physics Information technology Astronomy 1.A radio telescope 2.An atom 3.A microscope 4.A microchip 5.DNA

9. Exercise 1 Biology Physics Information technology Astronomy 3.A microscope 5.DNA 2.An atom 4.A microchip 1.A radio telescope

10. Exercise 2 biology physics astronomy information technology

11. Bacteria Artificial intelligence Data processing Online Search engine

12. Energy equation gravity mass radioactivity radium Black hole Deep space Galaxy Light year Solar system universe

13. Exercise 3 listening The answers are: 1.news2.interview3.educational4.quiz

14. Exercise 4 think about the answers these questions these questions 1.have three students read out the questions 2.students work in pairs and discuss the answers

15. Lesson 1 Futurology Before you start Read to learn Language points Homework Summary

16. 1.Look at the headlines below.What do You think they mean? From the past to the future The future business Tomorrow’s world A perfect future?

17. 2.Read the text and complete the table When? What are the predictions?

18. When? What are the predictions? Very soonUse our voice to give instructions to computers In the next few yearsUse life-sized video screens to communicate with our friends around the world By the year 2020Computers will be more handy and powerful By the year 2030We may live for at least 150 years By the middle of the century A new species might have developed By the end of the century We will find other places for living

19. 3.Why is the writer interested in futurology?

20. Language points

21. 1.look into 向... 的里面看, 窥视 ; 浏览 ; 观察, 调 查 eg: The mayor promised to look into whether the clash was designed, or it just happened by accident. 市长答应调查这次冲突 是预先计划好的, 还是偶然发生的。 He looked through a number of journals before he started the research project. 他在进行该项研究课题前查阅了许多期刊。

22. 2. hundreds of 好几百, 许许多多 3. millions of times 数以百万倍的 3. millions of times 数以百万倍的 4. both … and … 既... 又... 4. both … and … 既... 又... 5. link … to … 5. link … to … （与 on, to, in to 连用）联合， （常与 together, to, with 连用）连接

23. 6. communicate with 通话, 通信 ; ［英］（房 间等）互通 to communicate with a person 与人联络 eg:The Minister for Foreign Affairs has already communicated on this event with the American President. 外交部长已经跟美国总统就此事件交换过意 见了。 This room communicates with the other room. 这个房间与那一个房间相通。

24. 7. in terms of adv. 根据, 按照, 用... 的话, 在... 方面 ; 以 … 的观点；就 … 而说 8. the amount of … … 数目 an amount of 相当数量的 ; 一些 a large amount of 大量

25. 9. carry out 完成, 实现, 贯彻, 执行 eg ： I have carried out my work. 我 已经完成了我的工作。 10. by the year 2020 到 2020 年之前 by the middle of the century by the middle of the century到本世纪中叶之前 by the end of the century by the end of the century到本世纪末

26. 11. suitable for/to adj. 适合... 的 eg: This toy is not suitable for young children. 这个玩具不适合小小孩玩。 books suitable for children 适合儿童阅读的书籍 This wine is not suitable to my taste. 这 酒不合我的胃口。

27. Summar y The important phrases

28. Homework exercise 1 in page 66