1、Unit3 Life in the future教案ReadingTeaching Aims: 1. Learn some new words and expressions.2. Help the students to talk about life in the past, at present and in the future. 3. Enable the students to describe the life in the past, at present and in the future.Difficult and Important Points:Compare life
2、 in the past, at present and in the futureWhat is life in the future like? What changes will take place?Teaching Methods:1. First and careful reading2. Asking and answering question activity3. Individual, Pair work & group workTeaching Procedures:Step 1 warming upShow the students some pictures or v
3、ideos of the past and present life, and ask them their first impressions of the pictures.lead-in: Talk about how many changes there have been in the past and in the present.Step 2: pre-reading 1. Can you tell what problems people are facing today?2. What problems do you think people in the future wi
4、ll have overcome? Which ones will still be there or even worse in AD3008?Key: 1. The problem of population will be solved, have begun to Control the birth rate. 2. The problems will be still there, and will even worse.3. I dont think so. Now scientists are trying their best to develop new resources
5、that human beings can make use of ,such as solar energy. In my opinionstep 3： fast reading Read the text for the first time and tell what the text is about?Its an e-mail written by a man Who has taken up a trip to the future.2. Look at the following sentences, they are in wrong order. Tell me the co
6、rrect order for these sentences.A. We were transported into the future by a comfortable time capsule.B. I arrived a t Wang Pings home and everything in his house made me surprised.C.I won a travel to the year AD3008D. I have my first try to master a hovering carriage. Step 4 careful reading 1. Quest
7、ions & answers:1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD3008?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 tables?6. Who transported us to the future?Key 1. I took up the prize I won the year before.2. “Time lag
8、” means a person gets flashbacks from his previous time period.3. The seats in the capsule are very comfortable.4. My friend Wang Ping is my guide to the future.5. The tablets could help me feel less nervous and uncertain6. Wang Pings parents company transported us to the future.2. Fill in the Chart
9、:Good changesBad changesTime travelCan travel to Different times as you wishAfter-effects of traveltransport.can move swiftlyDisorganized, difficult to find wayhousessave living spaceShort of space Towns Busy, look like marketsEasy to get lostAir qualityOwn family oxygen supplyPoor quality in public
10、 places3. Read the text to decide on the type of writing and summary of the ideaType of writingThis is a piece of narrative writing.Main idea of the passageIt tells about Li Qiang traveling to the year AD 3008 and his experiences there.Topic sentence of 1st paragraphI have traveled to the year AD 30
11、08.Topic sentence of 2nd paragraphI was still on the earth but one thousand years in the future.Topic sentence of 3rd paragraphI was hit by the lack of fresh air.Topic sentence of 4th paragraphTomorrow I will be ready for other visits organized by “ Future Tours”.Making a chain of events from the te
12、xt First Impressions Suffering from “time lag” Going by a time capsule On earth but 1000 years in the futureAt home in the year AD 3008Step 5: Discussion: Sample answers Ex.2I think the writer has an optimistic view of the future. He was very excited when he traveled to the year AD 3008 an d couldnt believe if was true. From this, we can see he is eager to go to the future. Though she was hit by the lack of fresh air,