Life in the future
Period 1 Warming up
Period 2 Pre-reading
Period 3 Reading Ⅰ
Period 4 Reading Ⅱ
Period 5 Language points
Period 6 Grammar
Period 7 Using Language and Listening
Speaking and Writing
Period 1 Warming up
Warming Up
What will life be like in the future?
Warming Up
carriage
bicycle
motorcycle
train
airplane
?
space craft
sedan chair
car
time travel
Means of transportation
a solar energy car
Transportation
Compared with the past, what is the most important thing in future transportation?
No pollution is the most important thing.

Environmentally friendly
Energy -saving
Amazing speed---430 km/h
Why will the maglev train be popular in the future?
Controlled by an advanced computer system.
Maglev train
Jim’s train ride
What kind of houses did the people live in in the past?
What kind of houses do the people live in now ?
Villa
What kind of houses will people live in the future ?
Space house
Discussion
Communication Education Work
A.D. 1008: China
A.D. 2008: Modern World
A.D. 3008: Your ideas ?
Yesterday:
Today:
Tomorrow:
Airplanes, cars, electric-bicycles
Office, factory, construction, service
Banks, offices, insurances, businesses.
No longer by air because of environmental pollution; bicycles and horses will come back
At home using advanced, interactive computers. Meetings can be conducted on the computer and people will see each other speak.
One global currency-- maybe the yuan as China will be the largest global exporter.
Life style investigation
English , Russian, Chinese, ect.
Need to be improved in cities and some counties
Nursery, schools , university
One global language---perhaps Chinese or still English
Very poor, need to recycle all the waste, need to improve air qualities; climate is very hot; problems of water resources.
Longer than now possibly until 25 years of age so that students can
learn all the new technologies.
Flats, houses,villa, concrete, wood
Post office, phone,internet
Built into the ground as the surface of the earth is so hot.
By thought pad, telephone, computer, mobiles , Morse code
Mobile phone & communication
Period 2 Pre-reading
Make a list of the problems humans are facing today.
Housing
Overpopulation
Pollution
Global warming
(greenhouse effect)
Traffic
Hunger
Animals in danger
War ….
Pre-reading
Take good care of today, and create a better tomorrow.
Problems we are now facing
Where can we live “on earth”?
Pollution
poverty
war
violence
Other issues
overpopulation
traffic jam
Animals in danger
What problems do you think people in the future will have overcome?
Which ones will still be there or even worse in AD 3008?
Think about:
Travelling in the future
Do you want to go traveling like the man in the movie? And Do you want to know what it will be like in AD3008?
Period 3 Reading Ⅰ
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.
Skim the text quickly, then put the following sentences into the correct order:
c
a
b
d
Air quality
Houses
Religion
Clothing
Time travel
Transport
Towns
Eating
CHANGES
Air quality
Houses
Time travel
Transport
Towns
Good changes or Bad changes?
Before the journey
When
①
②
Who
③
What
④
Why
How
⑤
⑥
Where
Li Qiang Wang Ping
Nov. 15 2008
AD 3008
green tablets
take up the prize won last year
“time lag”
future house
Li Qiang
Capsule
Read and find out the answers:
During the journey
Inside the capsule:
through the opening
①
comfortable seats
a calming drink
lay relaxed
rose slowly from ground
Complete the journey
1000 years later
?
outside
the capsule
Complete the process:
During the journey
Outside the capsule:
②
Confused by the new surroundings, I was hit by the lack of fresh air.
1.Hovering carriage:
2.“A large market”:
“How”
float above
bend and press down
“What”
fly by in all directions
lost sight of
3.A high building:
swept up
a “time lag” flashback
mask
After the journey
Arriving home, he showed me into a large bright, clean room.
Exhausted, I slid into bed and fell fast asleep.
green wall
brown floor
soft lighting
trees--leaves
a switch on computer screen
tables + chairs
Description
Homework
Design an object which can help you change the world for a better future
Object-designing
Writing tips:
Appearance
Functions
Reasons for your design
Homework:
Bye bye
Period 4 Reading Ⅱ
Look at the picture and guess what it is .
It’s a time capsule
Scan the text to find out in which paragraph you can find answers to the questions.

Who transported him into the future?

What will home be like in the future?

Why did Li Qiang’s head ache?
Para 1
The last Para
Para 3
Listen to the tape and decide whether the following sentences are true or false
1. Wang Ping owns a company named “Future Tours”.
2. Before the trip, we had a calming drink which
made us sleepy.
3. The air 1000 years later is as thick as today’s.
4. I felt better after I took a rest in a small room.
5. I lost sight of Wang Ping because there were
too many carriages.
How about the seats in the capsule ?
They’re very comfortable .
.
Go through the first two paragraphs quickly,
then answer the following questions:
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.
Pay particular attention to the following sentences
1. I have to remind myself constantly that I am really in AD3008.
我得不断地来提醒自己，我已经到了公元3008年。
1) constantly 始终 ；一直；重复不断地
Fashion is _________ changing .
2) remind sb of sth / to do sth
constantly
时尚总是日新月异
that clause
提醒某人……
That smell reminded me of France .
这股气味使我想起法国。
2. Worried about the journey , I was unsettled for
the first few days .
因为担心这次旅行，我开始的几天一直焦躁不安。
worried about 形容词短语做状语，表示原因。
____________ thought , he ran into a tree.
3. Well-known for their expertise, his parents’
company named “Future Tours”, transported me
safely into the future in a time capsule.
他父母的公司叫“未来之旅”，以其技术高超闻名。
他们把我装在一个时间舱里，平安的把我送入了未来。
Lost in
1) well-known adj. known by a lot of people
众所周知的，著名的
It is a well-known fact that smoking can cause lung
cancer.

2） transport vt. to take goods, people etc.from one
place to another in a vehicle. 运输，运送
transport sth /sb to… 把…运往…
You will be transported to the resort by coach.
众所周知，吸烟会导致肺癌。
How did Li Qiang feel as soon as he was transported
to the year AD 3008?
He felt that he was lack of fresh air. The air was very thin.
Please go through the third paragraph, then try to
answer the following questions.
1. How did Wang ping solve this problem?

2. What do you think has cause this kind of problem?
He gave me a mask to put on and hurried me to rest.
Now we are causing more and more pollution
to nature, this will cause serious problems to
the life in the future. This may be the cause of the
lack of fresh air in the future.
Pay special attention to the following sentences.
1. The air seemed thin as though its combination of gases had little oxygen left.
空气似乎很稀薄，好象在混合的气体中剩下的氧气很少。
as though (as if) “好象”，可引导表语从句或方式状语从句，从句的谓语动词常用虚拟语气（也可用陈述语气）。当表示与现在事实相反的虚拟语气时，从句的谓语动词用一般过去时态，be动词用were；如果表示与过去事实相反的虚拟语气，从句的谓语动词用过去完成时态。
Translate the following sentences:
1. 他喜欢说大话，就仿佛他是一位要人似的。
2. 他说起话来就好象是去过国外似的。
He likes to talk big as though he were (was) an
important person
He talked as if (though) he had been abroad.
2. I felt better in no time.
我立刻感到舒服多了。
in no time: very quickly 立刻，马上
They will be back in no time.
开放思维：
at a time 依次，逐一
from time to time 偶尔，间或
at one time 从前
for a time 暂时
time after time 屡次，一再
3. However , 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 .
what 在本句中引导宾语从句，在从句中充当主语成份
e.g. I realized that I transported into the future of
what was still my hometown .
我意识到我进入了我自己城市的未来之中。
Fill in this blank .
I don’t believe _________ you have said .
what
What kind of house will people live in the future ?
Read the fourth paragraph carefully, then answer
the following questions:
1. What did Wang Ping’s house look like?
His house is a large bright, clean room. It had a green wall, a brown floor and soft lighting.
2. What was the green wall made of ? What’s the purpose of building this kind of green wall?
The green wall was made of trees. The leaves of the trees will provide much-needed oxygen to the house.
Read the last paragraph carefully and fill in the blanks
1. It is a large bright clean room.
2. It had a _____ wall, a brown floor and soft lighting.
3. The wall moved — it was made of _____! Their leaves provided the room with much-needed ______.
4. A table and some chairs rose from _____________ as if by magic. when Wang Ping ______ a switch on a computer screen.
green
trees
oxygen
under the floor
flashed
Pay attention to the following sentences:
1. Just relax , since there is nothing planned
on the timetable .
planned 过去分词做后置定语修饰不定代词nothing
注意：当形容词或者过去分词修饰不定代词时要置后
e.g. (1) There is n