1、Unit 3Life in the future高二人教新课标版必修五Reading1.Make a list of the problems human being are facing today.2.Which problems do you think people will have overcome in one thousand?Which ones do you think will still exist in AD 3008?Pre-reading Helpwater pollutionGlobal warmingpoor sanitation公共卫生starvationa
2、ir pollutionDeforestation滥砍滥伐desertification沙漠化overpopulationWhat will life be like in one thousand years time?ReadingFirst Impressions1.Whats the text about?A.An e-mail written by a man who has taken up a trip to the future B.The man has his first try to master a hovering carriage.C.The man is surp
3、rised at the Wang pings home.D.The preparation of the trip.Task 1Read the text and choose the best answer.A2.The correct order is _.a.we were transported into the future by a time capsule.b.I arrived at Wang Pings home and was surprised at everything.c.I won a travel to AD 3008.d.I have my first try
4、 to master a hovering carriage.A.a,b,d,c B.b,a,c,d C.c,a,d,b D.d,b,c,aC3.Li Qiang was unsettled for the first few days because he _.A.was uncertain about what might happen during the future tour B.became so excited whenever he thought of the future tour C.couldnt wait to make the future tour D.hadnt
5、 decided whether to take the risk of experiencing the future tour.A4.Which of the following is NOT true?A.Li Qiang got a headache because of lack of fresh air.B.It took Li Qiang only a short time to arrive in the future.C.It seemed very difficult for Li Qiang to learn to drive a hovering carriage.D.
6、There was more oxygen inside Wang Pings home than outside.C1.Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3008?2.What is a“time lag”?I won the prize to travel to the year AD 3008 the year before.“Time lag”means a person gets flashbacks from his previous time period.Task 2Read the text and answ
7、er these questions.3.How did they travel to the year AD 3008?In a time capsule.My friend Wang Ping is my guide to the future.4.Who guided my trip?5.Why did my guide give me some tablets?6.Who transported us to the future?The tablets could help me feel less nervous and uncertain.Wang Pings parents co
8、mpany transported us to the future.7.What was the air like there?In what8.What were houses like there?The air seemed thin as if it had little oxygen left;people there travelled in a hovering carriage driven by computer.large,bright,clean;have green,moving walls and brown floor and soft lighting,tree
9、s inside room,movable furniture.way did people there travel?1.During his journey he suffered from“jet lag”.2.Wang Ping was his friend as well as his guide.3.The writer gave Wang Ping some green tablets,which helped a lot.TTFTask 3True or false4.Wang Ping owns a company named“Future Tours”.5.Before t
10、he trip,we had a calming drink which made us sleepy.6.I lost sight of Wang Ping because there were too many carriages.FTT7.In the year AD 3008,the air in private houses was poor quality.8.Hovering carriages were a fast means of transport,and people could fly in them in every direction.FTNow try to f
11、ind out what happened to Li Qiang before,during and afterthe journey.Task 4 Before the journey Li felt _ and _ at first,as a result he suffered from _.During the journey Li was transported safely into the future in a _._by the new surroundings,Li was hit by the _ of fresh air and his head _.worriedu
12、nsettledtime lagtime capsuleConfusedlackachedAfter the journeyArriving home Li was _ into a large bright,clean room with a _ wall,a _ floor and _ lighting._,he slid into bed and _ fast _.showedgreenbrownsoftExhaustedfellasleep1)Why did Li Qiang go into the future?Li Qiang went into the future becaus
13、e he had won a prize that gave him a tour.Comprehending1 In pairs answer these questions.2)How did he feel when he left his own time?3)How did he get to the year 3008?He felt rather anxious when he left his own time but soon got it over.He went by time capsule.4)What did he notice first when he arri
14、ved in AD 3008?The first thing he noticed was the poor quality of the air and it gave him a headache.5)What else did he find that was different?He found several things that was different:a mask to give him enough oxygen.a hovering carriage having a“time lag”experience.a strange looking house that be
15、longs to Wang Pings parentstrees that acted as walls and provided oxygen for the room.tables,chairs and a bed that were stored under the floor.some good and bad changes to life in AD 3008.In pairs,discuss which changes are good or bad and give reasons for your choices.Then write down your ideas in t
16、he chart.There is no right or wrong answer.2 The reading passage describesGood changesBad changesTransportcan travel to different times as you wishafter-effects of travelcan move swiftlydisorganised;difficult to find wayTimetravelGood changes Bad changesHousesTownsAir qualitysave living spaceshort o
17、f spacebusy;look likemarketseasy to get lostown family oxygen supplypoor quality in public placeswhether you think the writer has an optimistic or a pessimistic view of the future.Take a few minutes to read through the passage again.Make notes to help you remember your reasons.Be prepared to join in
18、 a class discussion.Try to persuade others to agree with you.3 Have a class discussion and decideI think the writer has an optimistic view of the future.He was very excited when he traveled to the year AD 3008 and couldnt believe it was true.From this,we can see he is eager to go to the future.Thoug
19、h he was hit by the lack of fresh air,the problem was immediately solved by putting on a mask.And he tells us the transport in the future is convenient.When he Arrived Wang Pings home,he found there were many trees after the wall moved,and these trees provided the house with much-needed oxygen.Final
20、ly he described the automatic equipment in Wang Pings house.All the above has shown his view of the future.n Paragraph 1-main idea:n details:n Paragraph 2-main idea:n details:How I came to take a time travel journey.The journey.paragraph in your own words.Then add the important details.my prize;my e
21、xcitementhow I felt;the spaceship;the journey4 Write down the main idea for eachn Paragraph 3:-main idea:n details:My impressions of life one thousand years into the future.little oxygen;masks to provide oxygen;hovering carriage;how to drive them;a“time lag”moment n Paragraph 4:-main idea:n details:Staying in Wang Pings homeappearance of house;trees as walls;where furniture stored;ate meal;prepared for sleepHomeworkTry to retell the text in your own words.
