1、Period 2: Reading学习目标:1.知识和技能:描绘了未来的城市生活2.情感态度:培养想象,预测能力3.培养快速阅读的能力学习重点:未来的城市生活学习难点:良好阅读习惯和阅读能力的培养课前预习使用说明与学法指导:1. 了解背景知识加深对文章的理解2. 15分钟之内完成课文原句背诵1_ by ordinary citizens will be common.普通市民进行太空旅行将会变得很普遍。2So in ten years I hope I will _ be working in a hospital_ as a doctor with my own surgery.因此10年后
2、我希望自己要么在医院工作要么在自己的诊所当医生。3_ predictions come true.并不是所有的预言都能成为现实。我的疑问:_课内探究质疑探究:1. Fast reading(1) Let Ss read the passage quickly and find out the topics mentioned in the passage. (2) Ask Ss to divide the whole passage into two parts: 2. Intensive reading (1) Ask Ss to read the passage carefully and
3、 answer the questions in Activity 6 in pairs. (2) Ask Ss to find out the phrases and words of Activities 3 and 4 on page 3 in the passage. Then let them match the words and phrases in Activity 3 and match the words and phrases in Box A with those in Box B in Activity 4.3. Post-reading Ask Ss to fill
4、 in the blanks with the words or phrases learned from this class.I cant what schools will be like but I know for sure that great changes will take place then. Recently I have looked up information , and Id like to share some with you. First, will be quite different. Some new types, such as plastic,
5、glass will be used. Second, the future schools will make full use of energy, and the temperature inside will be fixed, for the natural resources are , and we will alternative energy. Third, there will be no books at all. Every classroom will be to the advanced net system. Thats my opinion of the fut
6、ure school, how about yours?Step 4. conclusion Ask Ss to discuss the important and difficult language points. Useful phrases:(1)肯定地, 确定地 (2)进行预测,做出预测 (3) (某物)用完了,没有了(4) (某人)用完,用尽 (5)依靠, 依赖 (6)除掉,处理掉 (7)用装载(卡车,火车等)(8) (卡车,火车等)满载 (9)在城市的范围之内 (10)在网上购物 (11)与某人定购某物 (12)免费地(13)打开/关掉开关 (14)残疾人 (15)把连接/贴/系
7、到上(16)当心, 小心 (17)首先 (18)即将被淘汰,即将过时(19)呈现.形状 (20)出生的时候 (21)进行,执行, 完成(22)忙于做某事 (23)在进行中 Difficult sentence Using high-tech cameras attached to their head.using = with 作方式状语。如:Please make a sentence using / with the structure.We will build a house using / with the stones attached together.Ask Ss to cor
8、rect the following sentences.(1) The police is searching for the criminal.(2) We cant make predictions what will the city of the future look like.(3) Making predictions are a risky business.(4) In the future, care for the environment will become very important with earths natural resources run out.
9、(5) My money has been run out. 课后训练阅读理解Life will probably be very different in 2050. First of all, it seems that TV channels will have disappeared by 2050. Instead, people will choose a programme from a “menu” and a computer will send the programme directly to the television. Today, we can use the W
10、orld Wide Web to read newspaper stories and see pictures on a computer thousands of kilometers away. By 2050, music, films, programmes, newspapers and books will come to us in this way. In many places, agriculture is developing quickly and people are growing fruit and vegetables for export. This use
11、s a lot of water. Therefore, there could be serious shortages. Some futurologists predict that water could be the cause of war if we dont act now. In future, cars will run on new, clean fuels and they will go very fast. Cars will have computers to control the speed of them and there wont be any acci
12、dents. Today, many cars have computers that tell drivers exactly where they are. By 2050, the computer will control the car and drive it to your destination. Also, by 2050, space planes will fly people from Los Angels to Tokyo in just two hours. Some big companies now prefer to use robots that do no
13、t ask for pay rises or go on strike, and work 24 hours a day. By 2050, we will see robots everywhere in factories, schools, offices, hospitals, shops and homes. By 2050, we will be able to help blind and deaf people see again and hear again. Nowadays, scientists have discovered how to control genes
14、and have already produced clones of animals. By 2050, scientists will be able to produce clones of people and decide how they look, how they behave and how much intelligence they have. Scientists will be able to do these things, but should they?1. By 2050, people will get information mainly by _. A.
15、 watching TVB. reading newspapers C. listening to the radioD. turning to a website2. From the second paragraph, we learn that _.A. the need for water in the future will increase a lot B. future wars will lead to an increasing need for waterC. there can be no agriculture without enough water D. the p
16、opulation will decrease for lack of water 3. Which of the following is NOT a reality at the present time? A. Scientists have found out how to control genes. B. Cars have computers which tell drivers their positions.C. People can learn about what has happened anywhere on the Internet. D. Robots have completely replaced humans in some factories. 4. What will play the biggest part in the quality of future life? A. Medicine.B. Technology. C. Education. D. Agriculture. 5. Which of the following subjects is NOT mentioned in the passage? A. Entertainment.B. Travel. C. Climate. D. Health.