1、Unit 3 Life in the futureIntroductionIn this period, after the warming up, students will be guided to read a narration about life in the future. They shall be reading the text by means of reading for structures, reading and copying, reading the text to decide on the type of writing and summary of th
2、e idea, making a chain of events from the text First Impressions and retelling the text in their own words with the help of the diagram. The period will be closed down by students taking a quiz.Objectives To help students learn to male predictions and conjectures To help students learn to read a nar
3、ration about future To help students better understand “future life” To help students learn to use some important words and expressions To help students identify examples of “The past participle as the adverbial & attribute” in the textFocusWordsremind, lack, ache, hover, bend, press, master, flash,
4、 switch, imitate, assist, skip, requireExpressions take up, remindof, lose sight of, catch sight of, sweep up, speed up, assist in Patterns Worried about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days. Wang Ping was very understanding. The capsule shook as we lay relaxed by our dreams. Confused
5、 by the new surroundings, I was hit by the lack of fresh air.Hehurried me through to a small room nearby for me to rest.I saw the area again as it had been in the year AD 2005. AidsMultimedia facilities, tape-recorder, photos, diagrams Procedures1. Warming up Warming up by filling the chart Hello, e
6、veryone! How did you come to school today? By bus, by bike, by motorbicycle, by car or on foot? Have you ever thought about the changes in transport that have taken place since the First Emperor, Qin Shihuang traveled in his carriage? Turn to page 17. Read the chart and discuss in pairs to fill it.N
7、ow what changes would you might expect to see in the next two thousand years? Warming up by looking into the futureHello, everyone. Today we take Unit 3, Life in the future. As it is known that the world is changing fast. Then what will the future life be like?I think the dead can live again in the
8、future. About 50 years from now, it will be possible to use virtual reality to bring the dead back to life. People will drag out their old and boring home movies and choose a relative to bring back to life. The visual will be combined with records about that person to create a virtual relative. Then
9、 the family can have a chat with that relative, keep it running, and live with it. The experience will be like living with a ghost.Warming up by watching a future filmToday we are going to take Unit 3 Life in the future. But first lets watch a future film called Back into the future.2. Pre-reading b
10、y brainstormingBefore we read the text First Impressions, we shall spend some time brainstorming for problems facing human beings today and in the future in AD 3005.3. Reading for structuresNow we have come to the text FIRST IMPRESSIONS. Lets read it for the structures, of the sentences, of the para
11、graph, and of the text as a whole, first. Attention, please. What problems do you have with the structures of the sentences, of the paragraph, and of the text as a whole?If you cannot solve the problems put them to me.4. Reading and copyingNext you are to jot down all the expressions useful to you.
12、After class write a short passage, making use of the expressions. Expressions from the text FIRST IMPRESSIONStake up ones prize, rub ones eyes, remind oneself that, be unsettled for some time, suffer from, time lag, get flashbacks from, feel nervous and uncertain, transport into, in a time capsule,
13、climb in through, lie relaxed, be one thousand years in the future, be confused by, solve the problems, hurrythrough, in no time, on ones feet, float above, press down on, move swiftly, master the idea, get lost, fly by, in all directions, lose sight of, be swept up into, providewith, flash a switch
14、 on a computer screen, rise from under the floor, by magic, ones first time travel trip, plenty of, spreadon, produce a bed from the floor, slide into, fall fast asleep5. Reading the text to decide on the type of writing and summary of the ideaType of writingThis is a piece of narrative writing.Main
15、 idea of the passageIt tells about Li Qiang traveling to the year AD 3005 and his experiences there.Topic sentence of 1st paragraphI have traveled to the year AD 3005.Topic sentence of 2nd paragraphI was still on the earth but one thousand years in the future.Topic sentence of 3rd paragraphI was hit
16、 by the lack of fresh air.Topic sentence of 4th paragraphTomorrow I will be ready for other visits organized by “ Future Tours”.6. Making a chain of events from the text First Impressions At home in the year AD 3005On earth but 1000 years in the futureGoing by a time capsule Suffering from “time lag
17、” 7. Retelling the text in your own words with the help of the diagram aboveA retold passage of the textI am Li Qiang. I was taking up my prize of traveling to the year AD 3005 by a time capsule. I was worried about the trip feeling unsettled for some time. As a result, I suffered from “time lag” wh
18、ich is similar to “time lag”. I got flashbacks from my previous time period, that is, from the years before 2005. I felt nervous and uncertain. The some green tablets helped me a lot. I was finally transported into the future, arriving the year AD 3005, by a time capsule.8. SummaryFill in the blank
19、with one word to complete the summary of the text.As todays world quickly 1 _ , we need to make reasonable 2 _ about what kind of life we want to live. Keep 3 _ mind that if we dont decide, then it will be 4 _ for us. We will find ourselves doing 5 _ we dont really enjoy, things that harm 6 _ health
20、, things with unexpected future consequences, 7 _ things that fill our lives with fear 8 _ tension (violence can be made to 9 _ attractive and exciting). In the future, as 10 _ gain knowledge and insight, we will want real 11 _, the freedom to make smart choices 12 _ what is best for ourselves.（Keys: 1 changes 2 choices 3 in 4 decided 5 things 6 our 7 or 8 and 9 look 10 we 11 freedom 12 about）
