Unit 3 life in the future

Using language

Enjoy some beautiful sentences.

1. _______ (move) by what I said, she stood there for a moment. 2. _______ the talent by the heaven, I will employ it! (give) 天生我材必有用 ( 李白 将进酒 )3. _______ at dawn from a misty dream, I read, a year late, news from home . (wake) 远梦归侵晓， 家书到隔年 ( 杜牧 旅宿 )4. When ___________ under a pine-tree, "My teacher," the pupil answered, " went for herbs”. (question) 松下问童子， 言师采药去。 ( 贾岛 寻隐者不遇 )

Moved

Given

Waken

questioned

感我此言良久 ( 白居易 琵琶行 )

How many amazing creatures have you seen? Can you describe them?

Amazing creatures in Star Wars

Where?Where? How?How? What?What?

Language?Language?

Do you think there are alien creatures in outer space?What do you think they look like?

Where?

I have seen amazing things

How many modern inventions are mentioned in the passage? What are they?

Three.

Thoughtpad;

A waste machine;

Manufacturing robots.

Listen to the tape and answer:

Read Para1.And answer:

Q1: What was the space station like?

Q2:What was inside the station?

It is an enormous round plate

There was an exhibition of the most up-to-date inventions of the 31st century.

Read Para.2-4 carefully and finish the following table:

Communication Waste Disposal

manufacturing

invention thoughtpad Manufacturing robots

advantages 1

2

123

disadvantages

None

Modern Inventions of the 31st Century Only to be seen on the Space Station

Come and see how they work today!

Communication

Waste Disposal

manufacturing

invention thoughtpad Manufacturing robots

advantages

1

2

1

2

3

disadvantages

None

a waste machine

efficient

environmentally friendly

Thoughts must be clear or massages may be mixed up

1 disposes of all waste

2 turns them into three grades of useful material

no wasteno pollution

no environmental damage

People must live on a space station to monitor the robots

1. Why does the space station spin slowly in space?

A. To dispose of all waste. B. To imitate the pull of the earth’s gravity. C. To attract people’s attention. D. To produce enough energy.

Comprehending

2. Which of the statements is NOT TRUE? A. The “thoughtpad” is quick, efficient and environmentally friendly with no limitation. B. The rubbish is turned into several grades of useful material if you use the waste machine. C. Representatives of companies have to live on a space station to monitor the robots and the production. D. Manufacturing robots will produce goods such as drugs, clothes, furniture, etc. in space in the future.

Post-reading

What are the advantages and disadvantages of living on a space station?

Pair work: discuss the following question and make a dialogue.

For example:Would you like to live and work in one?What would you do with your spare time?

Sample dialogue:A: We’d really like to live and work in a space station in the 31st century.

Of course there’d be a lot of work, but we’d really enjoy the leisure time we would have.

B: And the large number of robots that we could use to fill our spare time with!

A: Yes indeed! We both enjoy working with robots and find them lots of fun. We would train them to play football so that we could each have our own team and hold competitions.

B: Once we’d got two football teams we’d begin training the robots for a triathlon or three-skill competition. There would be running, swimming and finally a football match. That’d be fun too.

A: Robots are never tired so we’d train them to cook our favourite dishes and so all the housework throughout the spaceship.

B: When we get fed-up with competitions we’d arrange for the robots to design us a beach area where we can sun-bathe and relax. I don’t think life could be better.

A: Nor do I!

My first _____ to a space station considered the most _______ in space. ________ as an enormous round plate, it spins slowly in space to imitate the pull of the earth’s gravity. Inside was an exhibition of the most _________ inventions of the 31st century. A guide ______ us around along a moveable _________ .

During the explanation I looked at the ______ of small objects _______ “thoughtpad” on a table. They just looked _____ metal ribbons. They are so ________ but so ________. While I observed, the path _______ us on.

I stared at the moving model of the _______ machine, _______ by its efficiency. My mind began to ________. My _________ increased as I thought of the wonderful world of the future.

Comprehending Consolidation: Summaryvisit

modern Described

up-to-dateshowed

pathpair

likecalled

ordinary

wastepowerful moved

absorbed wandermotivation

学案课后练习 2 答案• Were swept up, take up, postage, lost

sight of, receiver, goods, materials, dustbin, speed up, is optimistic about

Useful expressions

• be described as 被描述成• show sb. around s.p. 带某人四处参观某地• one of the latest forms of communication 其中一种最新

的通讯方式• clear one’s mind 排除杂念• (be) environmentally friendly 环保的• blame sb./sth. for faults 因为失误而责备某人或某物• dispose of sb./sth. 去除、处理、舍弃某人或某物• the principle of ecology 生态学• be greedy for 对…贪婪的• be turned into 被变成• stare at 盯着；凝视 ; 注视• be absorbed by 被…吸引