1、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,*,Unit 6,Life in the future,Warming up&Listening,Just imagine,several thousand years later,the scientific technology is becoming more modern than it is now.What will happen?,Are you,me?,Warming up,Warming up,Work in pairs or groups and discuss the future of
2、one of the following areas.Use the questions below to get started.,What will life,be like in the future?,Communication,Work,Business and money,The human body,How will people communicate in the future?,Where will people work in the future?,What kind of jobs will people have?,How will people do busine
3、ss in the future?,What kind of money will people use?,What will humans look like in the future?,Will people still get sick?,Language,Houses and buildings,Transportation,Education,What language(s)will people speak in the future?,Will people still speak Chinese and English?,Where will people live in t
4、he future?,What will their cities look like?,How will people travel in the future?,Where will people go and why?,What will schools be like in the future?,What subjects will people study?,Life in the past,Life at present,a robotic dog,a solar energy car,life in the future,Will there be aliens?,Think
5、about this one.,61.4.12,69.7.20,Change flying to the moon,03.10.15,Shenzhou,V,Manned spaceship,Live,live,communicate,Video phone,Video chat online,shopping,Online shopping,mall,Smart cards,School on the air,travel,We cannot predict exactly how bright our future will be,but at least we have,dreams,an
6、d we can,hope.,Yesterday is history,tomorrow is a mystery,today is present.Thats why we call it gift.so lets value today!,Listening,Part 1,1.What year is Mekanika living in?,2.Where does she live?,3.What happened to the people on the earth?,3044(or 58AL),On Mars.,They had to leave because the popula
7、tion was growing too large and there was too much pollution.,4.Why is she writing you this letter?,She is writing the letter because her science teacher asked her to send a letter to the past.,Listening-2,Fill in the blanks below,Mekanikas,Our life,Time:,Food:,School:,Transportation:,One day is divi
8、ded into 8 parts.2am on Mars is like 6am on earth.,time,food,school,Transport-,ation,People eat pills and drink juice.,There are no schools or classrooms.Students meet their learning guides in different places and solve problems together.,Mekanika flies to class in the school spaceship.,Mekanikas li
9、fe,time,food,school,Transportation,Our life,One day is 24 hours,We eat meat,fruits and vegetables.,We study in schools and classrooms and we learn from books and teachers.,We go to school on bikes or by bus.,Speaking,It would be wonderful if,Its possible/impossible to predict,Just imagine if,It woul
10、d be bad forif,No one can predict what/when,We can only guess,Gene Project,Discussion:,What would happen if you were doubled /cloned some day?,It would be wonderful if.1.It would be bad for.If.,Just imagine if.2.Having doubles would make people confused,I would like to have a double because.,It woul
11、d be great to have a double because.;,double as good,double trouble,Dialogue making:,A:,I think it would be great/wonderful to have a cloning,because_.,B:Im afraid I cant agree with you.It may cause you trouble if_.,C:Id like to have a double.Just,imagine_.,B:Having doubles would make people confuse
12、d,because no one would know _.,Accept,Not accept,Life in the future,Pre-reading&Reading&Post-reading,Whatever will be will be,1.How will people shop in the future?,2.How will people travel in the future?,3.What will schools be like in the future?,4.What will the future be like in general?,Discuss th
13、e questions below with your partner and then scan the text to find out in which paragraph you can find answers to the questions.,Paragraph 3,Paragraph 2,Paragraph 5,Paragraph 1、6,PRE-READING,Business,Transportation,Health and Medicine,Education and Knowledge,Life in the future,What are mentioned in
14、the article?,()Travel,()Online shopping,()Smart cards,()Education,()Health,()Sports,()Medical science,True or false,2.Public transportation is already well developed in most areas of China.,3.Scientists are developing new fuels and engines that are environmentally friendly.,4.People can combine shop
15、ping with fun in the future.,most urban areas,1.It is impossible to make forecasts about future developments.,possible,6.Smallpox cannot be defeated.,True or False,has been,5.E-commerce will not be so popular as it is not very safe.,4.We will still prefer using cash instead of cards in the future.,7
16、In the future distance education will play an important part.,8.We are sure that our efforts to improve the world will be successful,.,be more popular in the future,using cards instead of cash,future,to examine some of the major trends in contemporary society.,on foot,by bike,by bus,by car,by train
17、by sea,by air,What are the bad results of so many cars here?,pollute the environment,take up much space to park.,Suppose 20 years later you will be the mayor,of ningbo and decide to improve the bad situation.,What plan will you make?,Stereoscopic parking areas,Cleaner,faster and safer,Well develope
18、d,What is the trend of the development of transportation?,Maglev train,In the text,can you find out a good example to explain this trend?,Transportation,Compared with the past,what is the most important thing in future transportation?,Why will the maglev train be popular in the future?,No pollution
19、is the most important thing.,Maglev train,Environmentally friendly,energy-saving,430 kmh,fuels,engines,a shopping list,draw money from bank,search from store to store,Business,On-line shopping,becoming,more and more,popular.,What will become more and more popular in the future business?,What can peo
20、ple do in the,malls,in the future?,How will people pay for their,purchases,?,Questions:,Why is E-commerce becoming more and more popular?,People discover the advantages of online shopping.,The internet also makes it easier for companies to keep in touch with customers and companies in other countrie
21、s.,shopping with fun,shop,eat,see films,dance,What can people do in the mall of the future?,a form of entertainment,like a small city where you can shop,eat,see a film and even dance.,mall,How will people pay for their,purchases,Health and Medicine,Enjoy a longer and healthier life and remain active
22、Healthy diet,Active life,Will people in the future be able to,enjoy a longer and healthier life?Why?,People:,Scientists&physicians:,pay attention to,care about,exercise,advances in,discoveries in,smallpox,smallpox,SARS,Cure,more,disease,Advances on medical science,allow us to deal with new disease.
23、Education of the future,Do you still want to have this kind of school?,What kinds of schools will be there in the future?,Education and Knowledge,“We can study at home!”,The school of the future,e-schools,2.How are the schools in the future different from ours now?,There will be more“schools on the
24、 air”and“e-schools”which can help us to study whenever and wherever possible.,1.How will people study at home in the future?,By watching educators on TV or computer screen.,Education and Knowledge,The way we view learning and knowledge is also changing.,Lifelong learners,Which can replace the senten
25、ce“Instead of being students only when we are young,we will become lifelong learners.”,A.Knowledge is power.,B.Its never too old to learn.,C.Where there is a will,there is a way.,D.No pains,no gains.,Why is it important to be lifelong learners?,Its important to become lifelong learners because there
26、 will be many changes in our life.We may have to go back to school several times in our life to earn new skills.,Why is it important to be a lifelong learners?,For a.,Importance,student,teacher,Do better on teaching,worker,Get more skills,doctor,Do better on curing the patients,.,.,More knowledge,Qu
27、estions:,Can you explain the meaning of e-learning?,“,E-learning”means to learn on the Internet.That is to say,we can study by watching educators on TV or on a computer screen,whenever we have time and wherever we are,What should we do to make sure we will have a bright future?,We should try to lear
28、n to accept change and appreciate what is new and different.And we should learn more knowledge to fit in with the needs of the society,Questions:,If we learn to accept change and appreciate what is new and different,we will be well-prepared for whatever the future may have in store.,What is my futur
29、e life like?,Life can be dreams,Life can be green thoughts,Life is mostly cheerful,But sometimes sad,Life can be dirty,Life can even be painful,But life is what you make it,So try to make it be beautiful,Wish everybody a beautiful future!,There will be a new kind of train called _.,2.Choose the corr
30、ect answer:,Which of the following is not talked about in the third part?,A.How will people do business in the future?.,B.Where will people go shopping?,C.What will people use to pay?,D.What will people buy?,3.In the field of health and medicine,_,will play a more important part in the future.,4.Stu
31、dents will study _ instead of in the classroom.,maglev train,new discoveries in,at home,Fields,What will be used?,Results,Transportation,Business,Health and medicine,Education and,knowledge,New technology;new fuels and engines.,E-commerce;mall;smart cards.,Healthy diet;exercising regularly;advances
32、in medical science.,E-schools;distance education,Cleaner,faster and safer.,Convenient,fun.,Enjoy a longer and healthier life;remain active,Can study at home;lifelong learners.,Fill in the blanks,What are the advantages and the disadvantages of future transportation,smart cards,online shopping and e-
33、schools?,Future transportation:,Advantages:,Disadvantages:,Cleaner,faster and safer.,It may be more expensive.,Smart cards:,A:,D:,Online shopping:,A:,D:,E-schools:,A:,D:,Lots of passwords to remember and,viruses may destroy the cards.,convenient,not be safe.No as much fun as going,to a mall,.,People
34、 in remote areas can study.They can,study when free.It may be cheaper.,real classrooms are better.Theres nothing,like face-to-face interaction.,safer and more convenient,Choose the best answer for each blank.,1.The text is _.,A.divided,into six parts according to what it is about.,B.a,kind of imagin
35、ation without any basis.,C.based,on the major trends in contemporary society.,D.tells,us how to make a living in modern society.,2.From the text we can infer_ in the future.,A.there will be no shopping,centres,.,B.there will be more teachers.,C.more diseases will be more difficult for us to deal wit
36、h.,D.people should be students all their lives.,3.Which of the following is wrong?,A.If we adapt ourselves to newly-born things,we are getting ready for the future in fact.,B.While purchasing,people neednt bring a lot of cash on them in the future.,C.People in modern times value healthy diet and exe
37、rcise more then anything else.,D.In improving transportation tools people are considering things such as speed,safety,air pollution.,C,D,C,Integrating skills,Greetings From The Future,Mars,What does,Mekanika,tell us in the letter,?,1.Is life in the year 3044 very different from life in the 21st cent
38、ury?,2.What friends do people have on the Mars?,3.Do they think about the world and reality in the same way we do either?,4.What are the differences between their computer,programmes,and ours?,Read the letter carefully,and then,answer the following questions.,1.Is life in the year 3044 very differen
39、t from life in the 21st century?,Life in the year 3044 is very different from life in the 21st century.,2.What friends do people have on the Mars?,They have e-friends,.,3.Do they think about the world and reality in the same way we do either?,They do not think about the world and reality in the same
40、 way we do either.,We use computer,programmes,to imitate the real world and call it“virtual reality”.In the year 3044,they use,computer,programmes,that can imitate the world and people so well that they see them,hear them,touch them,talk to them,and feel them.,4.What are the differences between thei
41、r computer,programmes,and ours?,Choose the proper words and phrases from the following to fill in the blanks.,Keep,sb,company,imitate,absurd,have lots of fun,clean up,old-fashioned.download,more than,digital,lifelike,1.We now have e-friends to help us and _,us _.,2.My e-friend is a lot like me and w
42、e _together.,keep,company,have lots of fun,3.She can also send me messages,just like _ e-mail.,4.You can _ information from the computer.,5.You use computer,programmes,to _the real world.,6.This may sound _ to you.,7.We can see _ just a picture.,8.I send my e-friend to _my room.,old-fashioned,download,imitate,absurd,more than,clean up,digital,lifelike,9.I have a _ phone.,10.We see a _ model of the person,.,






