unit4 warm-up 张月苹. in this unit you will… read about the internet and virtual reality....
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Unit4 Warm-upUnit4 Warm-up
张月苹
In this unit you will…
Read about the internet and virtua
l reality.
Listen to a phone conversation, ra
dio programmes and a song.
Practise telephoning and making s
uggestions.
Write an e-mail message and an
internet page about your area.
Learn how to make predictions
about the future; Learn about
conditionals.
Warm-up
2004 - The Day after Tomorrow is a
movie about global warming and
how it will destroy cities and change
the world in the future.
Global warming
causes world
flooding
2001 - A.I. is a movie about a boy
who doesn’t know that he is really
a robot.
1866 - From the Earth to the Moon
is a book about people traveling to
the moon.
1977-2004 - The movies that make up
Star Wars are about wars in space.
There are many amazing characters in
these movies.
1. Which of the films and books
mentioned on this page have you
seen or read?
Which of the predictions in them:
a) have already come true?
b) do you think will come true in
your lifetime?
What other predictions do you know
from science fiction books or films
that have come true?
2. Listen to four experts. Which
predictions are they discussing? Use
the Key Words to help you.
Answers:
1. making androids (artificial humans)
2. flooding in different countries
3. time travel
4. a virus develops which we have no
power to stop
TapescriptTapescriptTapescriptTapescript1. Well, that’s very interesting question.
It is already possible to make
artificial organs and parts of the
body-but it won’t be possible for a
very long time to make artificial
humans, known as androids, that can
think or feel in the same way as we
do.
2. We know that the planet’s climate is
changing. The Earth’s atmosphere is
gradually getting warmer. There is a real
danger that the sea level will go up and
there will be flooding in different countries
in the world. This is already happening in
countries like Bangladesh and some parts
of Europe, for example, Britain.
3. Well, it may sound surprising.
Imagine the situation of two twins-a
brother and sister. The sister goes
into space and travels at the speed
of light for ten years-when she
comes back to Earth she is thirty
years older than her twin brother!
4. Unfortunately, this is a very real
danger for the planet. A new
virus could develop that we have
no power to stop. It is something
we really should be worried
about.
Have you read some science
fiction?
Try to write a short summarize
about it. Did you like or dislike it?
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