World-of-the-Future-大学英语精读-教学.ppt

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,World of the Future,Teaching Objectives,To get students imagine and describe the future world.,To understand the purpose of writing and organization of the text.,To reinforce some basic linguistic knowledge by doing various types of exercises.,Think Over:,Dream the future world of your own.,Provide examples to prove that the time we are living in now was also“a wonderful future”to the people who lived 100 years ago.,I.What is the theme of the text?,Scientists think that wonderful things may come true in the future.,II.Which of the wonderful things described do you think are the most wonderful?,Scientists will be able to find cures for most diseases.,Highways of the future will be fully automated.,Weather control will be realized in the future.,some difficult sentences,words or phrases,1.Down slides the submarine like a shark diving.,Explain:The submarine passes smoothly downwards through water like a diving shark.,2.Soon all sunlight is gone.,Explain:There exists no more sunlight in minute.,3.They probably will find cure for most diseases.,Explain:It is likely for the scientists to discover effective treatments for most diseases.,4.You can have secrets with each other that nobody else can tune in on!,Explain:You have only between you and your friend secrets that are not accessible to anybody else.,know for sure,Theyll here for sure within half an hour.(,肯定地,),He couldnt tell for sure from a distance whether it was George or not.,Be sure to,write to me as soon as you arrive there.,（一定，千万）,She wanted,to be sure that,he was looked after.,He looked behind him to,make sure,he was not being followed.,（确定，设法做到）,I said it would happen,and,sure enough,it did happen.,（果然）,She,seems,very,sure of,herself,but she isnt really.,（有信心）,sub-,构成名词或形容词,在底下,：,submarine,subway,subconscious,副，次，亚，小：,subtitle,subcontinent,subheading,分，支，下属：,subcommittee,subbranch,subdivision,Translation Exercises,1.A thief pushed the door open,slipped into the house,slid the drawer open,and took all the money away.,2.She always gets sick whenever she rides on a bus,so she has to go to school by bike.,3.Scientists believe that many wonders that do not exist today will come true in the future.,4.Someday in the future,when you ride a submarine to the bottom of a sea,you will witness a wonderful world.,5.In the future you might be able to enter space by riding a huge liner and visit the Moon,Mars,and Venus.,6.Scientists believe that much of the future food will be skilfully prepared by food chemists and will be delicious and healthful.,7.Scientists of the future will certainly find effective ways to make life last longer and discover cures for almost all diseases.,8.In the future it will be impossible for cars to smash together because the automatic controls fixed in them will make speeding cars miss each other.,9.While a boy was crossing the highway in a hurry,the driver of a speeding car promptly stepped the brakes,thus averting a bad accident.,10.The most wonderful surprise in the future will consist in the strict weather control.It will rain only when the weatherman thinks that it is essential to freshen the air inside the city.,Assignment:,Write a passage about the possible bad results with the development of hi-tech.,