1、Unit 20 New Frontiers Lesson1 Futurology I. Warm-upMatch the Key Words with their Chinese meanings.1.artificial intelligence 光年 7.radiation 宇宙 2.bacteria 重力 8.radium 搜索引擎 3.dataprocessing 质量,大量 9.radioactive 太阳系 4.gravity 人工智能 10.universe 辐射 5.light year 数据处理 11.search engine 镭 6.mass 细菌 12.solar sy
2、stem 放射性的II. Match the Key Words with the four branches of the science. Add more words. Physics: energy, massBiology: bacteriaAstronomy: deep space, universeInformation technology: artificial intelligence, data processing III. Reading1. SkimmingQuestion: What is the text about?Read the text fast and
3、 find out the correct answer. From the Past to the Future The Future Business Tomorrows World A Perfect Future?2. ScanningRead each part fast to match its main idea. Part1 What will the author be doing on Saturday morning? Part2 What is futurologist? Part3 What are being predicted?3. Careful reading
4、(1) Read part1 (para.1)Question: Which kind of people are called futurologists? A. People who like to read fantasy stories and imagine what the world will be like in the future.B. People who write science fiction novels about the future themselves.C. People who predicted things that finally came tru
5、e. D. People who think about the future for a living.(2) Read Part2. Match the time with the topic of each prediction. time topic1) in the next few years our health2) by the year 2015 universe3) by the year 2025 clothes4) by the year 2030 electronic human5) by the middle of the century computers6) b
6、y the end of the century the life of peopleRead carefully again about each prediction and fill in the form.When What are the predictions?in the next few yearsComputers will become _. We will be able to _ any file or _ our computers.by the year 2015The clothes will become _, strong, never get old and
7、 _, and wont be ruined by_.by the year 2025No one would die of_, live on _, and there will be no_.by the year 2030It will be possible for us to live for at least _years.Tiny, insect-like robots may be sent around our bodies to _our health and _ repairs.by the middle of the centuryWe will be _ our br
8、ains to these computers and a huge database (数据库). by the end of the centuryWe will have discovered other places in our solar system _ for living and will have discovered ways to go further into space.3. 用所给单词词组的正确形式填空.handy, stain, update, starvation, assess, carry out, link, welfare1. I would advise you to _ the software.2. It is difficult to _the importance of the plan.3. This _can not be removed by washing powder.4. The wire is _to the television.5. The explorers _to death in the desert.6. All things considered, this is a _ reference book for us.