（单元教案）人教版英语必修五Unit-3-Life-in-the-future.doc

1、Unit 3 Life in the futureImportant points:Let students discuss and predict the good and bad changes in the future.Get students to read the passage and know about what life in the future might be like.Have students learn different reading skills.Difficult points:Develop students reading ability.Enabl

2、e students to talk about the advantages and problems of life in the future.New words and expressions: aspect, uncertain, press, optimistic, representative, greedy, recycle, sideways, timetable, pessimistic, typist, citizen, swallow, instant, previous, tolerate, flash, material, fasten, take up, lose

3、 sight of, speed up, sweep up, be back on ones feet, slide into, remind.of, make predictionsMaking predictions:Do you suppose that.Suppose that.Do you imagine that.Is it likely / unlikely that.?It is possible thatIm surePerhaps /Maybe / Possibly.I wonder if.I imagine that.Most likely.ProbablyIntrodu

4、ction: This unit introduces the students to what life in the future might be like and help students to begin to examine their ideas about future. The approach is to encourage students to imagine the advantages and difficulties of life in 1000 years time. The possible things that Li Qing sees during

5、his time travel trip include easy personal travel and a high level of personal comfort. The difficulties include a shortage of fresh air (because the problem of global warming has not yet been solved) and a solution to it (your own personal forest in the living room to provide a constant supply of o

6、xygen).Step 1 Lead-inPresent some pictures, including some aliens, a horse, a carriage, a plane, a spaceship, the sun , the moon, the Mars, a thatched cottage, a skyscraper, etc. to increase students interest.At the same time, ask them some questions:1. How did people travel 1000 years ago?2. How do

7、 you usually get to school?3. Where do you live, in a city or in the countryside?4. Do you live in a flat or a house?5. What kind of housing would you like to have in the future?6. What would you like to have in your room? Step 2 Warming up1. Encourage students to speculate about their ideas for lif

8、e in one thousand years time? Ask them the question: What changes do you expect to see in your life in one thousand years1 time?2. Let students choose two of the main aspects of life today to have a discussion in groups and then make notes in the table below.Present timeIn one thousand years timeTra

9、nsport Airplane, cars, bicyclesNo longer by air because of environmental pollution; bicycles and horses will make a comeback.WorkOffice, factory, construction, landscape, serviceAt home using advanced, interactive computers; meetings can be conducted on the computer and people will see each other sp

10、eak.Finance and currencyBanks, offices, insurance, businessOne global currencymaybe the yuan as China will be the largest global exporter.Languages English, Russian, ChineseOne global language-perhaps Chinese or still EnglishEnvironmentAir: could be improved in cities.Very poor; need to recycle all

11、waste; control on the use of cars; no airplanes; methods to improve poor air quality. Climate of the earth being very hot is making problems over water resources. EducationNursery; schools; universityLonger than now possibly until 25 years of age so that students can learn all the new technologies.H

12、ouseFlats; houses; concrete; woodBuilt into the ground as the surface of the earth is so hot.Communication Pos office; internetBy thoughtpad; telephone, computer, mobiles, Morse code,etc.Step 3 Pre-reading1. Show students some questions to help them understand the text.1). Make a list of the problem

13、s human beings are facing today?2). Which problems do you think people will have overcome in one thousand years?2. Ask students to read the title First Impressions and look at the pictures to predict the content of the text.Step 4 Reading1. Skimming.Ask students to skim the passage and try to get it

14、s general idea:The passage is mainly about_(B)_.A. How Li Qing was transported to the future.B. How Li Qing got to the future and his first impressions of it.C. What the life was like in the future.D. The introduction of the “Future Tours” company.2. ScanningGet students to scan the passage carefull

15、y to get the detailed information and then do the following.1). Why did Li Qing get the chance of having this time travel?A. Because he had passed the final examination with high marks.B. Because ha had won a prize.C. Because he had given money to the company named “Future Tours”.D. Because he had w

16、ritten a story about a trip to the year AD 3008.2). Why did Li Qings head ache? Because _.A. he got a bad cold when traveling. B. there was no air at all.C. he felt a bit homesick. D. there was little oxygen in the air.3). A table and chairs rose from _ in the clean room.A. under the floor B. under

17、the curtain C. under the wall D. under the computer screen4). Which of the following statements is false according to the text?A. Wang Ping suffered from a “time lag” flashback when he travelled to the year AD3008.B. The company of Wang Pings parents transported LI Qing safely into the future in a t

18、ime capsule.C. Li Qing lost sight of Wang Ping because there were so many carriages around him.D. Wang Ping was Li Qings friend and guide.(Suggested answers: BDAA)3. Intensive readingAllow students to read the passage carefully this time, try to understand the whole text and then answer the followin

19、g questions. 1). Did Li Qing feel comfortable at the beginning of his first travel?(No. Because it was his first time travel, he worried about it, and he was nervous and unsettled; as a result, he suffered from a “time lag” flashback.)2). How did Li Qing get to the future?(In a time capsule.)3). Wer

20、e they still on the earth after they were transported into the future?(Yes.)4) What did Wang Ping give Li Qing when he got a headache? (A mask.)5). Why did Li Qing lose sight of Wang Ping?(Because there are so many hovering carriages flying in all directions that Wang Ping was swept up into the cent

21、er of them.)6). What were the walls made of? And what is the function of them?(The walls were made of trees. The leaves of the trees could provide the house with much-needed oxygen.)Step 5 Post-readingEncourage students to discuss the following questions about the writing style.1). Do you think Li Q

22、ings descriptions are faire? Why or why not?2). What language does he use that gives you that impression?3). Do you think he feels comfortable in the future? Why or why not?Step 6 Discussion1. Group discussion to finish exercise 2 in Comprehending.Lat students skim the directions and the form, and t

23、hen have a discussion in groups of 4. write down their ideas in the chart.Good thingsBad thingsTime travelCan travel to different times as you wishAfter-effects of travelTransportCan move swiftlyDisorganized; difficult to find wayHouseSave living spaceShort of spaceTownsBusy; look like marketsEasy t

24、o get lostAir qualityOwn family oxygen supplyPoor quality in public places2. Debate to finish Exercise 3 in ComprehendingStep 7 HomeworkLearn the useful new words and expressions by heart.Read the reading passage again and then finish off all the exercises in Comprehending.The second period: Reading

25、：First ImpressionsImportant and difficult points:如何调动学生的积极性, 让他们主动参与和学习.掌握阅读的技巧和方法, 提取文章的一些重要信息. 掌握有关描绘未来生活的词汇以及有关预测和猜测的表达方式.通过文章的学习, 提高阅读能力, 根据文章的主题能理清文章的重要细节.未来生活如何要发挥大量的想象力. 提高爱护环境, 保护自然意识.灵活运用所学词组和句型, 写出具有一定想象力的短文. 运用多种阅读技巧, 提高学生的实际阅读能力.Step 1 Lead-in Talk about how many changes there have been

26、in the last one thousand years. And what changes we might expect to find in the next one thousand years. In groups, choose two of them to have a discussion and then share the ideas in front of class.We know we can travel forward or backward in space. Can we travel forward or backward in time? (Can w

27、e travel in to the future or backward into the past?) do you think time travel is possible?Step 2 Skimming1. Ask students to talk about the pictures in the reading material in pairs and predict the main idea according to the title.1). What can you see in each picture?(a time capsule; hovering carria

28、ges; a future home.)2). If you have a time capsule, where would you like to go?3). What do you think the main idea of the passage is?(How Li Qiang got to the future and his first impressions of it.)2. Skimming to find out the main idea for each paragraph.Para. 1: How I came to take a time travel jou

29、rney.Details: my prize; my excitement Para. 2: The journey.Details: how I felt; the spaceship; the journeyPara. 3: My impressions of life one thousand years into the future. Details: little oxygen; masks to provide oxygen; hovering carriage; how to drive them; a “time lag” momentPara. 4: Staying in

30、Wang Pings home. Details: appearance o house; trees as walls; where furniture stored; ate meal; prepared for sleepStep 3 Scanning1. Put the following sentences in the right order of time.1). We were transported in to the future by a comfortable time capsule.2). I had a rest in a small room with a ma

31、sk on.3). I took some green tables.4). I collected a hovering carriage.5). I won a travel to the year AD 3008.6). I have my first try to master a hovering carriage.(Suggested answers: 5) 3) 1) 2) 4) 6)Part 1: 1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3008?2. What is a “time lag”?3. How d

32、id I feel when I was in the capsule?4. Who guided my trip?5. Why did my guide give me some tablets?6. Who transported them to the future?Part 2:1. Before the journey:1). How many people are mentioned in the text? Who are they?2). When did the writer write this letter? And to which year did he travel

33、?3). Why did Li Qing travel to the year AD 3008?4). What did Li Qing suffered from?5). How did Li Qing feel? What makes him feel better?2. During the journey:1). In the capsule: climb through a small openingcomfortable seatscalming drink- lay relaxedcomplete the journey1000 years later2). Out of the

34、 capsule:At first my new surroundings were difficult to tolerate.Q1: How did Li Qing overcome the lack of fresh air?3). Hovering carriage:Q2: How did the hovering carriage float?Q3: How can a person move swiftly?4). “A large market”Q4: What were people doing there?Q5: What happened to Li Qing?5). A

35、large building:Q6: What is a “time lag” flashback?3. After the journey(Arriving home, he showed me into a large bright, clean room.)Description of the house: brown floor, soft lighting, trees, leaves, computer screen, tables, chairs, green wall.Q1: How did the author feel after visiting the special

36、house?(Exhausted, I slid into bed and fell asleep.)Step 4 Language pointsStep 5 PracticeTask 1: Fill in the blanks:Before the journeyLi felt _ and _ at first; as a result he suffered from _.During the journeyLi was transported safely into the future, _ by the new surroundings, Li was hit by the _ of

37、 fresh air and his head _.After the journeyArriving at a house Li was _ into a large room. _ he slid into bed and _ fast _.Task 2: Post reading: group workQuestions:1. What is the writers attitude towards the future, Optimistic or Pessimistic? Pessimistic: (Worried about the journey, I was unsettled

38、 for the first few days.At first my new surroundings were difficult to tolerate.Exhausted, I slid into bed and felt asleep.)Optimistic: (He was very excited when he travelled to the year AD 3008 and could not believe it was true. From this, we can see he is eager to go to the future, though he was h

39、it by the lack of fresh air.)Step 6 Consolidation and summaryTask 1: Listen to the tape and correct the pronunciation.Task 2: Retell the story by showing some key words or phrases.Task 3: Summary some useful and important language points and then retell the story by the key words.Step 7 HomeworkFini

40、sh the exercises and discuss the following two questions:Retell and rewrite the story in the exercise books and do some reading materials.The third period: Language pointsImportant points:Enable students to grasp the usages of such important words and expressions as: impression, guide, surrounding,

41、lack, press, flash, switch, take up, be back ones feet, catch / lose sight of, sweep up, etc.Get students to master the following patterns:Worried about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days.a table and some chairs rose from under the floor as if by magic.Difficult points:Let students

42、learn the usages of the word “surrounding” and the expression “take up”Enable students to learn and master the pattern “Worried about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days.”Get students to learn and understand some difficult long sentences. Knowledge aims:Some important useful new word

43、s and expressions: aspect, impression, constant, jet, previous, uncertain, guide, tablet, capsule, stewardess, steward, opening, sideways, surrounding, tolerate, lack, adjustment, mask, carriage, press, fasten, belt, flash, switch, timetable, optimistic, take up, be back on ones feet, safety belt, l

44、ose sight of, sweep up, slide into, speed up.Step 1: Revision1. Check the homework exercises.2. Ask some students to talk about Li Qiangs first impressions on his first time travel.3. Match each word with its meaning:Impression constantly; frequentlyConstantly everything that is around sb. /sth.Prev

45、ious an idea or opinion of what something is like Lack to push sth. closely and firmly against sth.Surroundings happening or existing before something or someone else Step 2 Reading and findingGet students to read the text Warming up, Pre-reading, Reading and Comprehending to understand all the new

46、words and useful expressions or collocations.Collocations: in on thousand years time, main aspects, human beings, take up, remiand sb. of sth. be worried about, as a result, suffer from, be similar to, keep doing, be nevous and uncertain about, be very understanding, be well-known for, through a sma

47、ll opening, a lack of, as though, put on, in no time, be back on ones feet, lose sight of, sweep up, just at that moment, catch sight of, provide with, much-needed oxygen, flash a switch, as if, by magic, be ready for, slide into bed, fall fast asleep, an optimistic or a pessimistic view, read through, make notes, be prepared to do, join in, persuade sb. to do sth. agree wi