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PERIOD 1Module 1Life in the FutureINTRODUCTION: WORD STUDYINTRODUCTION ACTIVITY 2 ON PAGE 1 First say things you know about the building material in the word box in Activity 2. Then choose one of the words in the box to complete the sentences in Activity 2.Answers:INTRODUCTION - ACTIVITY 3 ON PAGE 1Work in pairs. Discuss what materials your school is made of / from. Then guess what materials the building in the photo is made of / from. READING PRE-READING A picture drawn by a child, trying to bring out the imaginary house in the future. What is the house of the future in your mind like? PREDICTIONTitle: The City of the FutureWhat topics do you think will be mentioned in a passage with the title above? (open)FAST-READING Read the passage for the first time. Check whether your answer in Activity 1 is right.WORD-GUESSINGGuess the meaning of the following words in the context.ACTIVITY 3 ON PAGE 3Do Activity 3 on your own. Then check the answers with your partner.Answers:LEARNING TO USE THE WORDSComplete the sentences with the words just learnt.1.Its bad manners to laugh at people with _.2.You should not work all the time. You need some _ besides work.3.It seems that more young people are interested in _ life rather than the life in the country.4.Using _ energy is one of the ways to protect the environment.CAREFUL READING ACTIVITY 6 ON PAGE 4Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions about the passage.Answers: ORGANIZATIONTry to find out the main idea of each part.Parts Main IdeaPart 1 ( Paragraph 1)Part 2(Paragraph 2-12)MATCHING ACTIVITY 4 ON PAGE 3Work in pairs. Try to match the words and phrases in the two boxes.Answers：ACTIVITY 5 ON PAGE 3Find the words or phrases in the text which mean these things.Answers:WORDS AND PHRASES:Work in pairs. Try to find out the useful phrases in the text.POST READINGWhich prediction in the text 1.is the strangest?2.is the most useful?3.will come true first?4.will come true last?How will you run the city in the future if you have the chance to do so?HWTry to retell the passage with the help of the key phrases noted down by you.PERIOD 2Module 1Life in the FutureSPEAKINGQ: If you try to describe your home to your partner, what things will you talk about?PRE-LISTENING What can you guess about the listening passage from the sentences in Activity 2 on Page?FIRST LISTENING ACTIVITY 2 ON PAGE 5Listen to an architect talking about the home of the future and then complete the sentences in Activity 2 on Page 5. Answers:ACTIVITY 4 ON PAGE 6Try to recall what the architect says about the following:1.What could happen to the dining room and the living room?2.How will people switch on the lights?3.What will the toilet be able to do?4.What will the dishwasher be able to do?SECOND LISTENINGFill in the missing parts according to what you hear.I: Good afternoon everybody and _the programme this afternoon is an expert on American _, Mr Simon Oppenheim whos going to talk to us about the house in the future. So where _in twenty years time?G: Twenty years _ a long time. We _ underground or in space. We _in houses and flats as we do today.I: What will the houses look like?G: I think theyll look _they do today, at least from the outside. But hey will be different inside.I: _?G: _, theyll be more flexible. That means we _ move the walls to create bigger or smaller rooms when we want to. So the dining room and living room as we know them would disappear.I: And the kitchen?G: The kitchen _the most important room in the house! We_, and well probably be using the kitchen more as a family room. And bathrooms will be bigger.I: So we _more time in the bath.G: Just as other people have done in the past, like in the days of the ancient Romans, when the bath had an important social functionI: What about furniture?G: Well, a lot of furniture will be the same- we _ in chairs and using cupboards to keep things in, but the technology will be different. I think a single computer will _ most of the functions in the house, and it will have a voice recognition system.I: So well just have to say Switch on the Light and the light comes on?G: Yes, thats right. And the technology will be smarter.I: Smarter?G: Yes. For example, if we _something, like theres _milk left in the fridge, the computer will tell us. Maybe a shopping list would appear on a screen on the fridge. And the toilet will move higher or lower, _who uses it a child or an adult.I: Will the houses of the future be _?G: Yes, _. Well be using machines which use less energy. An example could be a dishwasher which doesnt need water. I think everyone _to take care of the environment.I: Does that mean youre _the future?G: Oh yes, very definitely.TASKWork in groups. Imagine your house of the future. One draws the picture of the future house while others trying to describe it.Then present it to all.PRONUNCIATION ACTIVITY 1 ON PAGE 7 Underline the stressed words in the passage.Twenty years isnt a long time. We wont be living underground or in space. Well be living in houses and flats just as we do today.PRONUNCIATION ACTIVITY 2 ON PAGE 7Try to predict what the passage says according to the stressed words below.PRONUNCIATION - LISTENNow listen and check whether your prediction is right or not. Then read the passage, paying attention to the stressed parts.The kitchen will become the most important room in the house! Well still be cooking, and well probably be using the kitchen more as a family room. And bathrooms will be bigger. EVERYDAY ENGLISHAnswers:HWTry to use the information in Activity 2 in Listening and Speaking on Page 5 to tell what the home of the future will be like.PERIOD 3Module 1Life in the FutureFUNCTION Study:What will the city of the future look like? No one knows for sure, and making predictions is a risky business. But one thing is certain they are going to get bigger before they get smaller.FUNCTION - Q: 在英语中，用来表达将要发生的动作或事情有些什么表达方式？Study:They will come back next week.The project will be completed in a month.Conclusion:Study:Look! Its going to rain.They are going to stay for two days.What are you going to do when you leave school?Conclusion:Study:When does the summer vacation begin?My train leaves at ten oclock.The department store opens at nine tomorrow morning.Conclusion:FUNCTION ACTIVITY 2 ON PAGE 4Match the sentences with the meanings.Answers:FUNCTION - ACTIVITY 3 ON PAGE 5Work in pairs and try to underline the most appropriate form of the verb.Answers:GRAMMARRecall the sentences from the listening. Where _ we _ (live) in 20 years time? We _(not, live) underground or in space. We _ in houses and flats just as we do today.GRAMMARQ: 将来进行时的构成、用法？Study:At nine oclock tonight I will be doing my homework.In the year 3000 a lot of people will be living on space stations.Conclusion:Q: 将来进行时还可以表示什么？Study:You neednt cook supper, Mum. I shall be cooking dinner tonight.Tom will be telling you about it this afternoon.Q: 一般将来时与将来进行时的区别？Study:When will you finish the letters?When will you be seeing Mr White?Conclusion:GRAMMAR- ACTIVITY 2 ON PAGE 6Answers:GRAMMAR- ACTIVITY 3 ON PAGE 7Answers:GRAMMAR ACTIVITY 4 ON PAGE 7Tell your partner what you will be doing1.at six oclock this evening2.at half past eleven this evening3.this time tomorrow4.this time next yearPRACTICEComplete the sentences with an appropriate tense.1.I _(have) my lesson in our classroom at 9 tomorrow morning.2.-Would you like to go to our school to study next year? -I _(study) in Australia next year.3. - I thought I had asked you to post the letter. - Oh, Im sorry. I _ (do) it right now.HWFinish off the exercises about Grammar in Workbook.PERIOD 4Module 1Life in the FutureCULTURAL CORNER Read the passage. Then answer the question below.Q: Whats the passage mainly about?CULTURAL CORNER Jigsaw Discussion:Discuss what each prediction really means with your group members. Then report it to all.Group 1: Airplanes, computersGroup 2: Clothes, men on the moonGroup 3: The Beatles, Robots in the house, keysCULTURAL CORNER Decide which prediction is the most amusing. State your reasons.Work in groups. Write 5-7 sentences about life in China in the future. ( ANY thing is possible)CULTURAL CORNER Find out the useful phrases with your partner.WRITING PRE-WRITINGSFill in the names of the students who tries to predict for the future, after reading the four passages in Activity 1.a. _ wants to work in a job that will help sick people.b. _ would like to live in a different country.c._ hopes to have a family.d. _ doesnt have any future plans.WRITING ACITIVITY 1- 2Find words or phrases that mean:a. I dont know exactlyb. its certainc.I hope this will happend. its possiblee.after a long timeWRITING ACITIVITY 1- 3 What different ways of talking about the future can you find?WRITING Work in four. Write about what you will be doing in ten years in 100 words. WRITINGPeer-checkingThen share your writing with the whole class.Try to improve the writing with your partners.HWImprove the writing.Finish off the exercises in Writing in Workbook.LANGUAGE DATE BANKLanguage points for Reading CARE 将来，爱护环境将会很重要，因为地球的资源将濒临枯竭。In the future, _ the environment will become very important as earths natural resources _. No one knows for sure, and making predictions is a risky business.for sure 肯定地，确切地，毫无疑问地eg: I dont know it for sure. I couldnt say for sure when he will comes.make predictions = predicteg: He made a prediction that the earth was round. Well use lots of recycled materials, such as plastic, aluminium such as:像一样的；诸如之类的eg: 他有许多诸如词典、手册之类的参考书。 study:such fruits as bananas and applesfruits, such as bananas and applesfruits like bananas and apples Well also have to rely more on alternative energy, such as solar and wind power. rely on / upon 依赖；信赖，信任eg: We should rely on our own efforts. You may rely on my early arrival. To get rid of garbage problems, the city will load huge spaceships with waste materials (1)get rid of 摆脱，去掉，除去 eg: He cant get rid of the cold. You should get rid of your bad habit. (2) rid sb of 使摆脱，使去掉 eg: He has rid himself of smoking. No smoking will be allowed within a future citys limits. (1) within在.范围之内，不超过 eg: Do what is within your power! She lives within ten minutes walk. Youd better keep your book within your reach. (2) allow sb to do / allow doing All forms of recreation, such as cinemas, bowling and others, will be provided free of charge by the city. (1) provide 提供，供给 provide sb. with sth. / provide sth. for sb. eg: The firm has provided me with a car. (2) free of charge 免费 In the future we will go to concerts free of charge. Distance surgery will become common as doctors carry out operations from thousands of miles away, with each city having its own telesurgery outpatient clinic. 1. carry out实施，落实，进行 eg: He carried out his promise to give up smoking. Tests have been carried out on the patient.2. with的复合结构：(1) He felt safe with his mum standing behind him.(2) He went to the library with his homework finished.(3) With a lot of homework to do, he isnt free.(4) He is used to sleeping with the windows open.(5) He likes reading with his MP3 on.(6) He went out with a stick in his hand.
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