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1、Unit3 Life in the future,Period 1&2 Warming up and reading,Warming up,Life in the future,YesterdayToday Tomorrow,Past PresentFuture,Life in the past,Life at present,a robotic dog,a solar energy car,life in the future,Life in the future,Brainstorm,What life in the future will be like?,Life,Any diseas
2、e can be cured in the future. People can live longer.,made mudsmall houses,flats in high buildingshouses along the streetwith many shops,modern flats, floating ;,Houses,streets with markets, small shops,large modern buildings, blocks of flats,tall modern buildings;with green trees in houses,Villages
3、,communicate,Video phone,Video chat online,shopping,Online shopping,mall,Smart cards,distance education,The school of the future,e-schools,Education,School on the air,travel,By horse or by simple vehicle such as a carriage,Cars, trains, boats, airplanes, hovercraft, helicopter,Spacecraft, time trave
4、l, personal flying cars or bikes,Made of wood and mud; no bathrooms,Flats in high rise buildings; kitchens and bathrooms,Copy, modern flats, furniture in walls and floor; supply of oxygen,Fill in the form:,Many small houses round a temple and a pond,Houses along streets with shops attached; many ser
5、vices (eg haircut) offered,Produce delivered; many blocks of flats together; floating parks for children,Streets with markets, small shops and private houses,Large modern buildings; old historical buildings; blocks of flats,Tall modern buildings; many parks, everything built in concrete; with green
6、trees in houses,On the earth; on land,On the earth,On the earth; in space stations; under the sea; on the moon,Reading,2.Can you predict(预测)which problems can be solved in the future? Which ones will still be there?,1.What kind of problems human beings are facing?,Pollution,population，,shortage of r
7、esources,Population:,control the birth rate,Pollution:,shortage of resources:,develop new resources,solar energy,get worse?,Reading,The text is an e-mail written a man who has taken up a trip to the future.,Read it quickly and tell me what it is about.,A. We were transported into the future by a com
8、fortable time capsule.B. I arrived at Wang Pings home and everything in his house made me surprised.C. I won a travel to the year AD 3005.D. I have my first try to master a hovering carriage.,C,A,D,B,Read fast and put the following sentences into right order.,Read the first two paragraphs and answer
9、 the questions,1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3005?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 3005?
10、,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”?,Read the first two paragraphs and answer the questions,5. Why did
11、my guide give me some tablets?,Wang Pings parents company transported us to the future.,The tablets could help me feel less nervous and uncertain.,My friend Wang Ping is my guide to the future.,4. Who guides my trip?,6. Who transported us to the future?,Read the third paragraphs and answer the quest
12、ions,1. How did I feel as soon as I was transported to the future?2. How did Wang Ping solve this problem?3. What do you think has caused this kind of problem?,Read the third paragraphs and answer the questions,How did I feel as soon as I was transported to the future?2. How did Wang Ping solve this
13、 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.,3. What do you think has caused this kind of problem?,Now we are causing more and more pollution to the na
14、ture, this will cause serious problems to life in the future. This may be the cause of the lack of fresh air in the future.,Read the last two paragraphs and answer the questions,1. What did Wang Pings house look like?2. What was the green wall made of ? Whats the purpose of building this kind of gre
15、en wal1?3. How can you produce a TV set in Wang Pings house?,You can just flash a switch on the computer screen and a TV set will rise from the floor.,The green wall was made of trees. The leaves of the trees will provide much-needed oxygen to the house.,His house is a large bright, clean room. It h
16、ad a green wall, a brown floor and soft lighting.,1. I was very nervous although I have traveled several times.2. Wang Ping owns a company named “Future Tours”.3. Before the trip, we had a calming drink which made us sleepy.4. The air 1000 years later was as thick as todays.5. I felt better after I
17、took a rest in a small room.6. I lost sight of Wang Ping because there were too many too many carriages.,True or False ?,Discuss,Compare life at present with in the future. Find out the changes on several items. Try to distinguish which changes are good and changes are not good and give reasons.,Air
18、 pollution and water pollution; resource shortage,The situation will get worse and worse,The development of our society will cause human being to develop more and more resources; and the development of industry will cause worse pollution to our environment,All kinds of shopping malls(街) and shops; u
19、se both cash and credit cards,People can go shopping in the shops and shopping malls, also on the internet,The development of internet will provide lots of convenience,Environment,Business,Transport,Education,Airplane, car, train, boat and helicopter,Spacecraft, time travel, personal flying car or b
20、ike,More convenient; more swiftly,People receive education in school,People receive education in school on the internet; can choose the subjects and the teachers they like,Have more chances to receive different knowledge,Rice, vegetable and all kinds of meat,Some nutrient (营养的) tablets,Save time but
21、 not delicious,You have to go to the hospital if you are sick,Have family doctor or can see a doctor on the internet,More convenient; can cure more diseases,Flats in high rise buildings; with kitchens and bathrooms,Cosy, modern flats, furniture in walls and floor,Save living space,Discuss whether th
22、e 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 3005 and couldnt 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 fre
23、sh 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 Pings 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 autom
24、atic equipment in Wang Pings house. All the above has shown his view of the future.,Language points,1.First impressions.,第一印象.,impressions: n. c 印象;感想 impress vt.我对他的印象很好.,I had a very good impression of him.,give sb. a favourable impressionmake an impression on sb.,给某人以好印象给某人留下印象这演说给我们留下了深刻的印象.,The
25、 speech made a strong impression on us.,The teacher impressed us with his sense of humour.,2. I still cannot believe that I am taking up my .,(1)接受(建议或挑战),(2)对.产生兴趣Tom has taken up pottery(陶艺).,(3)开始从事,开始承担,(4)着手处理,着手进行,(5)占去(时间或空间),He took up challenge with courage.,He decided to photograph as his
26、career.,Im going to take this matter up with my lawyer.,Writing the paper took up most of the weekend.,take offtake ontake outtake over take downtake intake hold of take sth by surprisetake sth for sth take back,脱下,起飞,成功,雇佣,呈现,接受,拿出,去掉,扣除,接管,接任,占据,取下,记下,拆卸,接纳,吸收;领会,理解;欺骗,3.I have to constantly rub m
27、y eyes to remind myself that I have.,(1)constantly adv. 经常地，反复地 constant adj.经常的，不变的，忠贞的老人的手不停的颤抖.,The old mans hands shook constantly.,He is constantly disturbing me.,I am Jays constant fan and supporter.,He has been constant in his scientific research.,(2)remind vt.使记住,提醒; 使想起;使记起,使某人想起某人/某事提醒某人做某
28、事提醒某人.,请提醒他迟些吃药这部影片使他回想起在中国所看到的一切.,Please remind him to take this medicine later.,The film reminded him of what he had seen in China.,He ed me that I hadnt written to Mother.,remind sb. of sb./sth. remind sb. to do sth. remind sb. that/what/how,4.As a result, I suffered from “time lag”.,(1)as a resu
29、lt 因此,结果as a result ofresult fromresult in,由于起因于导致(=lead to),天下雪,因此她迟到了.,It snowed, as a result, she was late.,(2)suffer from患(病)因.受困扰她为贫困所扰.,She suffers from poverty.,She suffers from headache,5.Confused by the new surroundings, I was hit by the lack of fresh air.,confused by 过去分词短语,作原因状语.,(2)surro
30、undings专指自然环境,从周围的事物这一客体着眼.用复数. environment可指自然环境,也可指精神环境, 均从环境对人的感受,道德观念的影响着眼.用单数.,eg: The boy grew up in beautiful surroundings but not in a happy home environment.,(3)lack n. 缺乏,不足,没有,他擅长于自己的工作,但似乎缺乏信心.,He is good at his job but he seems to lack confidence.,I havent finished the painting for _ of
31、 time.A. lack B. short C. need D. want,A,short of 是形容词短语.,They ed the money to send him to university.,v.缺乏,不足,没有,I s words with which to express my thanks.,lack for lack of be lacking in have no lack of,He lacks courage = He is lacking in courage.,The plants died for lack of water.,They lacked for
32、nothing, but money.,6. My head ached.,ache vi. & n. 疼痛爬山以后,他全身疼痛.我的背有点疼.,After climbing the mountain, he ached all over.,I have a bit of an ache in my back.,辨析:,ache 指较轻微,局部的持续疼痛;pain 泛指各种程度的疼痛,并常用来指精神上的痛苦.,My body is all aches and pains.,7. I felt better in no time.,in no time at no time,他们马上就回来.,T
33、hey will be back in no time.,at once not at all,all the time at all timesat times for a time for the time beingat a time at one time,一直随时,永远有时暂且,短时间内暂且依次,逐一,每次从前,8. These hovering carriages by bending and pressing down on the . can move swiftly.,(1)by doing 常表方式,方法或手段.她靠卖报纸挣钱.,She earned money by se
34、lling newspapers.,(2)bend使弯曲,屈身,她弯下腰捡起一块石头,She bent down and picked up a stone.,Touch your toes without bending your knees.,集中(全力)于她专心致志于这项工作.,She bent her mind to the job.,(3) press v./ n. 按,压,挤;新闻;逼迫,His head was bent over a book.,I pressed the button but nobody answered the door.,The shoe is pres
35、sing my toe.,Time presses. Make up your mind.,The English-Chinese Dictionary is in now.,(4)swiftly adv.迅速的,敏捷的 swift adj.,他沿着黑暗的街道迅速地走回家去.,辨析: swift侧重动作的轻快,顺利; rapid 侧重事物的进展迅速,表示动作快可与 swift 互换; quick侧重动作的快,与swift可互换;fast 侧重速度的快.,He walked swiftly towards home down the dark street.,9. I got lost when
36、 we reached what looked like flying by in all directions.,(1)what引导的宾语从句做reach的宾语. 辨析:look like强调外表上看上去如何; be like强调一个人的外貌,品质;也可问天气如何.,eg: He looks like a worker. eg: - What is he like? - He is handsome and honest.,(2) in all directions 朝四面八方敌人向四面八方逃去.,The enemies fled in all directions.,10. There w
37、ere so .I lose sight of Wang Ping.,lose sight of: 看不见,忽视,失去联系,我和他完全失掉了联系.,I have lost sight of him entirely.,catch sight of at first sight out of sight in/within sightat the sight of,看见乍一看看不到,在视野外看的见,在视野内一看见.,I caught sight of her getting on the bus when I came out of the bookstore.,我从书店出来时看见她上了公共汽车
38、.,11. He was swept up into.,sweep up 扫除,清扫,横扫,She was left to sweep up after the party.,The strong wind swept up the leaves into the air.,12. Exhausted, I slid into bed and.,exhausted此处是形容词,作状语,表原因.,slide v. 偷偷地移动;潜行;(使)滑动,船滑入水中.,The ship slid (down) into the water.,1.This kind of plant will die in
39、continuously rainy _.condition B. surrounding C. environments D. surroundings2.I saw people coming _ all directions to attend the Kite Flying Festival.to B. of C. in D. out3.The secretary reminded me _ there was a meeting that afternoon.A. of B. about C. that D. on,D,C,C,Choose the best answer,4.The
40、y will be as tall as you soon if they _. keep on growing like that B. keep to grow like itC. keep growing like that D. will keep growing like that 5.Farmers can increase their corn crops three times simply _ watering their fields.through B. with C. by D. in6.There must be no life on the Mars for _ o
41、f air there.lack B. lacking C. short D. empty7.As there are cars and buses passing by, I couldnt _ my mind to my study.A. bend B. put C. fix D. concentrate,C,C,A,A,8. Catching _ sight of their headteacher coming, the students fell silence in _ flash.the; the B. /; a C. the; / D. /; /9.He gives people the impression _ all his life abroad. of having spent B. to have spentC. of being spent D. to spend,B,A,Dont forget your homework:,1.Learn the new words by heart2. find out the useful expressions3.Preview learning about language,Goodbye!,