高二英语lifeinthefuturereading课件.pptx

1、Look through the pictures and discuss with your partner what changes you expect to see in our life at present and in one thousand years time.Task 1:Discussion horse or simple vehicle such as a carriageHigh-speed electric multiple unitsspaceships,personal flying carsTransportWhat kind of vehicle will

2、 we use in the future?a solar energy carCommunicationmade mudsmall houses flats in high buildingshouses along the streetwith many shopsmodern flats,floatingHouseOn line shoppingShoppingIf you can have a time travel,do you want to go to the future or to the past?Why?Task 3 Make a list of the problems

3、 human begins are facing today.Housing Population Pollution Global warming(greenhouse effect)Traffic Hunger Make a prediction about the futureLi QiangA boy who was given a chance to travel tothe year AD 3008 as a prize.He is now writing to his parents about hisexciting and unforgettable tour Task 4

4、Skimming1 What is the text mainly about?It is an e-mail written by a boy who has taken up a trip to the future 2 Use the following sentences to tell me the main idea according to the time when it happens.We were transported into the future by a comfortable time capsule.I arrived at WangPings home an

5、d everythingin his house made me surprise I want a travel to the year AD 3008.I have my first try to master a hovering carriageParagraph 1-main idea:Paragraph 2-main idea:main idea:How I came to take a time travel journey.details:my prize;my excitement main idea:The journey.details:how I left;the sp

6、aceship;the journeyTask 5 Listen to the tape and find out the main ideas and details for each paragraphParagraph 3-main idea:main idea:My impressions of life one thousand years into the futuredetails:little oxygen;marks to provide oxygen;hovering carriage;how to drive them;a“time lag”momentParagraph

7、 4-main idea:main idea:Staying in Wang Pings homedetails:appearance of house;trees as walls;where furniture stored;are meal;prepared for sleep1.Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3008?I took up the prize I won the year before.2.What is a“time lag”?“Time lag means a person gets flashb

8、acks from his/her previous(先前的)time period.Task 6 Go through paragraphs quickly,then answer the following questions:3.How did I feel when I was in the capsule?The seats in the capsule are very comfortable.4.Who guides my trip?My friend Wang Ping is my guide to the future.5.Why did my guide give me s

9、ome tablets?The tablets could help me feel less nervous and uncertain.6.Who transported us to the future?Wang Pings parents company transported us to the future.Please go through the third paragraph,then try to answer the following questions:1.How did I feel as soon as I was transported to the futur

10、e?I was hit by a lack of fresh air.2.How did Wang Ping solve this problem?Wang Ping gave a mask to me and hurried me through to a small room nearby to have a rest.3.What do you think has caused this kind of problem?Now we are causing more and more pollution to the nature,and this will cause serious

11、problems to the life in the future.This may be the cause of the lack of fresh air in the future.In _:The seats were _ and we slept after a calming drink.The capsule began swinging gently sideways as we lay relaxed and dreaming.the time capsulecomfortable Task 7 Read the text carefully and then fill

12、in the blanks about the details of Li Qiangs future tour.In the hovering carriage:It is driven by computer.By bending or _down in our seats,you can move swiftly.I lost sight of Wang Ping when we reached what looked like a large market because of too many carriages flying by _.pressingin all directio

13、ns At home:It is a large,bright clean room.It had a _ wall,a brown floor and soft lighting.The wall moved it was made of _!Their leaves provided the room with much-needed _.A table and some chairs rose from _ as if by magic when Wang Ping _ a switch on a computer screen.greentreesoxygenunder the flo

14、orflashed1.Read the passage carefully and guess the meaning of the underlined words according to the context.1)Well-known for their expertise,his parents company,called“Future Tours”,transported me safely into the future in a time capsule.Detailed readingTask 8expertise A.possibilityB.experienceC.ef

15、ficiencyD.special skills and knowledge2)I Still cannot believe that I am taking up this prize that I won last year.A.occupyingB.acceptingC.picking upD.going onWhats the writers attitude towards the future,positive or negative?How do you know?Task 9 Discussion?negativepositive?Pessimistic (negative)W

16、e know that from the following sentences:1.Worried about the journey,I was unsettled for the first few days.2.At first my new surroundings were difficult to tolerate.3.Exhausted,I slid into bed and fell fast asleep.optimistic(positive)I think the writer has an optimistic view of the future.He was ve

17、ry excited when he traveled to the year AD 3008 and couldnt believe it was true.From this,we can see he is eager to go to the future.Though he was hit by the lack of fresh air,the problem was immediately solved by putting on a mask.And he tells us the transport in the future is convenient.When he ar

18、rived Wang Pings home,he found there were many trees after the wall moved,and these trees provided the house with much-needed oxygen.Finally he described the automatic equipment in Wang Pings house.All the above has shown his view of the future.Tips:We should draw a conclusion from the passage not from one of the details.1.Finish“Learning about language”.2.Review the key sentences in the text.3.Review the new words of Unit 3 and get ready for the dictation.Homework