Unit 3 Life in the future Reading

Unit 3 Life in the future Reading

• We benefit a lot from the earth, but there are still many problems in the world Make a list of the problems human beings are facing today.

• Global warming Deforestation滥砍 poorpollution air sanitation starvation 沙漠化 desertification water pollution 滥伐 公共卫生

• Tomorrow will be better Life in the future

Some inventions in the year 3000

What will life be like in one thousand years’ time?

Oh, my God! I am cloned

• Do you want to travel to the future? • Do you want to know what it will be like in AD 3008? Join us! Let’s travel to the future! Future Tours

Predict the context of the passage.

• Li Qiang • a boy who was given a chance to travel to the year AD 3008 as a prize. • He is now writing to his parents about his exciting and unforgettable tour…

Get the general idea of the passage. Writing style E-mail Whose first Li Qiang’s first impression is it? The passage is mainly about: A. how Li Qiang was transported to the future. B. how Li Qiang got to the future and his first impression of it. C. what the life is like in the future

Scanning: Please scan the text and choose the right answers to complete the chart. (3 m) First impressions A Part 2 ___ C Part 1 ___ Para. 1 B Para. 2 __ D Para. 3 __ E Para. 4 __ A. Some details of the tour B. Boarding and taking off C. A brief introduction of the tour D. My first impression on the life in 3008. E. What the future home looks like

1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3008? 2. What is a “time lag”? 3. How did I feel when I was in the capsule ? 4. Who guides my trip? 5. Why did my guide give me some tablets? 6. Who transported us to the future?

1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3008? I took up the prize I won the year before. 2. What is a “time lag”? “Time lag’’ means a person gets flashbacks from his previous(先前的) time period.

3. How did I feel when I was in the capsule ? The seats in the capsule are very comfortable. 4. Who guides my trip? My friend Wang Ping is my guide to the future.

5. Why did my guide give me some tablets? The tablets could help me feel less nervous and uncertain. 6. Who transported us to the future? Wang Ping’s parents’ company transported us to the future.

1. What was the new surroundings like? 2. Did Li Qiang feel comfortable? What problem did he have? 3. Who helped him solve the problem, and how? 4. What was Li Qiang’s feeling then? surroundings air was thin little oxygen; _____ fresh air a lack of Problem headache Solution put on a mask Feeling better

We collect ahovering carriage _________driven by_____. These carriages ______ computer float above the ground and bybending or ____ pressing ____ down in your seat, you can fly move swiftly ______. Soon I could _____ very fast. However, Ilost sight of ______ Wang Ping because there were too many carriages flying by in all directions _______.

1. Where did they arrive later? A strange-looking house 2. What did Wang Ping’s house look like? It is large, bright and clean. 3. What were there in the room? It had a green wall, a brown floor and soft lighting 4. What was the wall made of? And why? It was made of trees, because their leaves provided the room with much-needed oxygen.

large _____ Wang Ping’s house had a _____, bright and clean room. It had a _______ wall ______ green trees made of_______, a ______ and brown floor soft lighting _______. Table, chairs and bed from under the floor can rise__________. I had a brief _____ a hot bath ______ meal and _____ and slid into _____ bed to sleep.

Yesterday is a history Tomorrow is a mystery Today is a gift So we call it present

Everybody wishes a bright future. Be With the development of sure to seize the present. Make the science and technology, some of our wildest dreams could best of today, and you’ll succeed come. tomorrow true in the future.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, and hope for tomorrow.

Careful reading : Now try to find out what happened to Li Qiang before, during and after the journey. (5 m) Before the journey Para. 1 During the journey Para. 2 After the journey Para. 3 and 4

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) It was difficult to______ the new surroundings, Li was hit by the ____ of fresh air and his head ______. After the We collected a _____ carriage and journey (1) _____ above the ground. Arriving home Li was ______ into a large bright, clean room with a _____ wall, a _____ floor and ___ lighting. After the _____, he slid into bed and journey (2) ______. ___ fast

unsettled / nervous _______ and uncertain ____ Li felt Before the at first, as a result he suffered journey from _______. time lag During the Li was transported safely into time capsule journey (1) the future in a ______. tolerate During the It is difficult to _____ journey(2) the new surroundings. Li was lack hit by the ____ of fresh air ached and his head ______.

hovering We collected a _____ floated journey (1) carriage and _____ above the After the ground. showed Arriving home Li was ______ into a large bright, clean room green with a _____ wall, a brown floor _____ soft and _______ lighting. Exhausted _____, he slid into bed and asleep fell journey (2) ______ fast ______. After the

True or False 1. The hovering carriage is controlled by computer. 2. It took Li Qiang a long time to learn how to drive a hovering carriage. 3. The carriage can move not that fast, so when he got to the so-called market, Li Qiang got separated from Wang. Ping. 4. Li Qiang was transported into the future and he was in a new place. 5. Li Qiang’s head ached for lack of fresh air.

Retell the passage: As a prize , Li Qiang got a chance of traveling to 2008 by time ____. Unfortunately he was capsule unsetteled /worried few days. The air seemed _______ for the first thin ______ because its combination of gases had little oxygen left ____. Luckily, Wang Ping appeared and solved the problem. He gave Li Qiang a mask _______ and hurried him through to a small room nearby to rest. Soon Li Qiang was back on his feet and collected a hovering carriagedriven by computer. ______ But he got lost when they reached what looked like a large market. Just at that moment, he suffered time lag sight from “_______” again. Immediately he caught ____ of Wang Ping and went to Wang Ping’s home.

Discussion What’s the writer’s attitude towards the future, optimistic or pessimistic? How do you know? optimistic pessimistic

Pessimistic We know that from the following sentences: 1. Worried about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days. 2. My new surroundings were to difficult to tolerate. I was hit by the lack of the fresh air. 3. Exhausted, I slid into bed and fell fast asleep.