1、Unit 3Life in the futureReading导Step 1 Pre-reading1.Make a list of the problems human beings are facing today.2.Which problems do you think people will have overcome in one thousand years?Poverty Population Pollution Global warming Traffic War acid rain,growing areas of desert,overlarge world popula
2、tion,lack of enough drinking water poverty warviolenceOtherissuesoverpopulationTraffic jamHelpWhat will life be like in the future?horse or simplevehicle such as a carriagecars,trains,airplanes,spaceship,personal flying carspollute the environmenttake up too much room to parkmade mudsmall housesflat
3、s in high buildingshouses along the streetwith many shopsmodern flats,floating;streets with markets,small shopslarge modern buildings,blocks of flatstall modern buildings;with green trees in houseson the earth;on landon the earthin space stations;under the sea;on other planets Future Tours Do you wa
4、nt to travel to the future?Do you want to know what it will be like in AD3008?Join us!Lets travel to the future!思1.What is the text about?A.An e-mail written by a boy who has taken up a trip to the future.B.The boy has his first try to master a hovering carriage.C.The boy is surprised at the Wang Pi
5、ngs home.D.The preparation of the trip.Step 2 Fast readingWriting styleWhose first impression is it?Li Qiangs first impressionE-mail2.Match the main idea with each paragraph.Para 1 A.Staying in Wang Pings homePara 2 B.How I came to take a time travel journeyPara 3 C.The journeyPara 4 D.My impression
6、s of life one thousand years into the future1.Ask Ss to tell the following sentences are True or False(T or F)(1).Li Qiang was worried about the journey,so he was unsettled all the time.(2).Wang Ping is his friend who is also a good guide.(3).His head ached because of lack of oxygen.(4).Li Qiang los
7、t in touch with Wang Ping,but he found him at last.(5).Wang Pings mother was not friendly to him.Step 3 Careful readingFFFTTA.We were transported into the future by a comfortable time capsule.B.I arrived at Wang Pings home and everything in his house made me surprised.C.I won a travel to the year AD
8、 3005.D.I have my first try to master a hovering carriage.2.Put the statements into correct order.C A D B Now try to find out what happened to Li Qiang before,during and after the journey.Detail ReadingBefore the journey Li felt _ and _ at first,as a result he suffered from _.During the journey(1)Li
9、 was transported safely into the future in a _.During the journey(2)_by the new surroundings,Li was hit by the _ of fresh air and his head _.nervousunsettledtime lagtime capsuleConfusedlackachedAfter the journey(1)Arriving home Li was _ into a large bright,clean room with a _ wall,a _ floor and _ li
10、ghting.After the journey(2)_,he slid into bed and _ fast _.showedgreenbrownsoftExhaustedfellasleep思议展评检 I have to remind myself 1)_ that I am 2)_ up this prize and Im really in the year of AD 3008.I suffer from“time lag”that I keep getting flashbacks from 3)_time period.We climbed in the capsule thr
11、ough a small 4)_.It was very comfortable.A few minutes later,the journey was completed and we had arrived.At first,the 5)_ were hard to 6)_.Because of the 7)_ of fresh air,Id got a headache.So I put on a mask.Then I followed Wang Ping to collect a hovering carriage driven by computer.These carriages
12、 float above the ground and by 8）_ down in the seat,we can move swiftly.Wang Ping showed me how to use it,but I lost 9)_ of him when we reached a place where many carriages flew by in all directions.Later we arrived at a strange-looking house which had a green wall made of trees.A table and some chairs could rise from under the floor by flashing a 10)_ on a computer screen.I was exhausted that night and fell asleep quickly.constantlytakingpreviousopening surroundingstoleratelackpressingsightswitch用-限时练谢谢大家！
