Unit 20 lesson1

Futurology

• Are you interested in thinking about the future?

• What do you think the future will be like? Predict it.

Warm up

Car will fly in the sky

Robots will work for us even take place of our human beings.

We will travel to the moon or live there .

Even to other planets.

skimming

Read the text and choose the best title :

a) From the Past to the Future

b) The Future Business

c) Tomorrow's World

d) A Perfect Future?

reading

We are interested in predicting

future, and so does Hannah

Jones. Read the text again and

find out why the writer is

interested in futurology?

How many predictions

did the writer find?

Read the text and

complete the table.

When? What are the predictions?

Very soon

By the

year 2015

Use our voice to give

instructions to computers

Produce a new type of clothing

material that will remain

stainless and never get old and

worn

When? What are the predictions?

By the

year 2025

No one will die of starvation

and people will live in peace

We may live for at least 150

yearsBy the

year 2030

When? What are the predictions?

By the

middle of

the century

By the end

of the

century

Human being will be linking their

brain to computer, a new type of

human might have developed

We will find other places

for living

1. latter (1). adj. : near to the end of a period

Language points

eg: She spent the latter part of her life alone. 他孤独地度过了她的后半生。 (2). the latter pron. : the second of two things or people alre

ady mentioned 已提及的两者中的后者 Many support the former alternative, but personal

ly I favor the latter.

很多人赞成前一种方法，但我个人喜欢后一种

Latter 和 later 很容易混淆。 later 可以作形容词用，意思是“以后的，较晚的时候”或“更新的”The launch was postponed to a later date. 发射延迟了。

In his later years of life, he devoted himself to the career of charity. 晚年，他投身于慈善事业

later 还可以作副词，意思是“以后，后来”eg ： Two years later he became a soldier.

两年后他当兵了 .Later, his theory proved to be right.后来，结果证明他的理论是正确的。

② In terms of natural resources it is one of the p

oorest countries in Western Europe.

从资源的角度来说 , 它是西欧最贫乏的国家之一。

2. In terms of 就……来说 , 从……的角度 ① In terms of money, we’re quite rich, but not i

n terms of happiness.

• 就钱而言 , 我们很富有 , 但就幸福而言就不了。

3. amount 量 , 数量 ( 可数 , 多和不可数名词一起用 )

A large amount of damage was done in a

very short time. • 片刻时间就造成了大量损失。 Large amounts of money were spent on t

he bridge • 很多钱都花在这座桥上。

die of + 内因

die from + 外因

疾病， cancer, illness, disease

1. die of + joy, fear, disappointment, grief, old age, hunger, cold

2. die from + accident, wound, disease, overwork, carelessness, some unknown cause

• carry out

• They swore an oath to carry out their duties faithfully.

• We’ll carry out the investigation as soon as possible.

• Custom officers carry out spot check on incoming car.

5. develop ① 发展 , 壮大 She developed the company from nothing.

她白手起家办起了这个公司。

② 研制 , 开发 The company develops and markets new

soft ware. • 这个公司开发并销售新软件。③ 加强 , 增强 , 发挥 Their relationship has developed over a n

umber of years. • 多年来他们的友谊日益深厚。

④ 修建 , 开发 The site is being developed by a French

company.

• 这块地正由一家法国公司开发利用。⑤ 冲洗胶片 I had the film developed yesterday.

• 我昨天把胶片拿去冲洗了。

6. beat

① 赢 , 打败 He beat me at chess. • 他下棋赢了我。② 避免 , 逃避 If we go early we should beat the traffic.

• 我们早点出发就会避开交通拥挤。

③ 碰撞 , 击打 At that time, children were regularly be

aten for making mistakes. • 那个时候 , 孩子们经常因为犯错误挨打。④ 更好 Nothing beats home cooking.

• 什么也比不上家里做的饭好吃。

7. instructions 指示 , 命令（多作复数） They had received instructions to watch

him. • 他们已经接到监视 他的命令。 Very soon all of us are going to use our v

oices to give instructions to computers.

不久以后我们所有人就能通过说话对计算机发号施令。

8. dawn • (1). n. time of day when light first appears • 黎明，破晓• We talked almost until dawn.

• (2). v. begin to grow light 破晓• eg: It was dawning as we left.• 我们离开时天就亮了。

Grammar ---- future perfect & future continuous

a) Future Perfect

By the end of the century, we will have di

scovered other places in our solar system

s.

b) Future Continuous

At nine o’clock on Saturday morning, I

will be sitting in the front row and listeni

ng to the great Professor Willard.

将来完成时态

表示动作或者状态延续到将来某一时间为止已有若干时间 , 谓语动词常用延续性动词 , 并常伴有 for 引导的时间段。 By the end of next year I will have lived

here for ten years.

The film will begin at 8:00. It will have

been shown for half an hour when you

arrive at 8:30.

When you come back, I will have been

here for half an hour.

表示将来某个时间之前或另一个将来动作之前已经完成的动作 , 常与 by the time, when, before

等连用。谓语动词常用非延续性动词。 I shall have graduated from university by this ti

me next year.

I guess you will have finished your homework wh

en I come to see you.

When you return here, the new building will have

been finished.

表示说话人对某一已经完成动作的推测。 The students will have finished reading the

article now.

I think he will have got home so far.

将来进行时态

进行时态的用法 : 某一时间点正在发生的动作 ; 或者某一段时间内一直发生的动作。 将来进行时态只不过把时间放在了将来 , 所以将来进行时态表示将来某个时间点正在发生的动作或者将来某一段时间内一直在进行的动作。

I will be taking a shower at 9 o’clock

tomorrow morning.

Catharine will be taking a part-time job

in the next summer vocation.

Complete these predictions about the

world in 2020 by putting the verbs in

brackets either in the Future Perfect or

the Future Continuous.

1. People (use) ____________ solar energy

every day

will be using

2. People (use) ____________ up all natur

al sources of oil.

3. People (travel) ______________ into spa

ce on a regular basis.

4. People (eat) ____________ only food cre

ated by specialists.

5. Traditional farms (disappear) ________

___________

will have used

will be traveling

will be eating

will have disappeared

6. Many new galaxies (discover)

______________________

7. Mars and Venus (explore)

__________ ____________and

(describe) ________ in detail

8. Scientists (study) _____________ the

chance of people setting in other

galaxies

been explored

described

would have

will be studying

will have been discovered

Look at the programme of the

futurologists' conference and the

cues below(1-7). Write full sentenc

e

using the Future Perfect or the

Future Continuous.

1. 5 p.m. on Friday- Prof Howard

Green gives a lecture on alternative

sources of energy.

At 5 p.m. on Friday, Prof Howard

Green will be giving a lecture on

alternative sources of energy.

2. Saturday Lunchtime- the participants

listen to two lectures.

By Saturday lunchtime, they will have

listened to two lectures.

3. 2:30 p.m. on Saturday – everyone has

lunch.

At 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, everyone will

be having lunch.

4. Saturday night- the participants have a reception.

On Saturday might, they will be having a reception.

5. Sunday morning- they identify a few problems of the future.

On Sunday morning, the participants will be identifying a few problems of the future.

6. Sunday noon- the

participants attend

the closing

ceremony.

At noon on Sunday

they will be

attending the

closing ceremony.

7. The end of the seminar –the

futurologists discuss many

important issues.

By the end of the conference, the

futurologists will have discussed

many important issues.