Unit17 Life in the future

Lesson 65 Dialogue

Introduction

• Both of them are computer experts

• They are making the future plans

Guess What are they talking about

Mei Ge

• Jenny

Read silently and answer:

• What is being planned at this company ?

• ---A new factory may be built.

Read in pairs and discuss:• 1.What are people at the company talking

about?

• 2.Who is going to make the decision?

• 3.Why does the company need to build a new factory?

• 4.What is the difficulty?

• 5.Why do people want the new factory to be built?

• 6.Why are some people against the new factory?

Notes:• 1.I simply don’t know= I honestly don’t

know• 2.right now=at this moment• 3.The problem is…it.= Finding land for

building the new factory is a problem.• 4.a number of people=quite a lot of people• 5.out of work=do not have jobs.• 6.I can see the problem=I understand the

problem.• 7.is likely to happen=will probably happen

Talk about the possibility• 1.The company will...

• 2.He may not…

• 3.She is not likely to…

• 4.It is possible that…

• 5.It is not likely that…• Remember all these above and make

a short dialogue, using some of them.

Homework• Finish Workbook exercises.

•GOODBYE ！

Lesson 66

•Life in the future (1)

Oral practiceWhat will life in the future be like?

• It will be…

• It may be...

• It is likely to be…

• What do you think is likely to happen…

• It is possible that…

• It is not likely that…

• I don’t think...

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Do you know these?

Do you know them?

Read quickly to tick out the subjects that are mentioned in the text:

• Space• travel• computers• industry• agriculture• health• education• research• food

All are mentioned

Read quickly to tick out the subjects that are mentioned in the text:

• Space • travel• computers• industry• agriculture • health• education• research• food

The development of computers

Read again, finish off the formFields How a computer works

Agricultureand IndustryPersonal ives

Transport

Space travel

Education

Read again, Retell the contentFields How a computer works

Agricultureand Industry

Control, work out,

Personallives

Change money, pay, control, recognize, carryout, draw

Transport Work out, operat,

Space travel Develop, reduce

Education Learn, keep, store, print

Reading Comprehension:

• Read this article carefully . Finish Workbook Page 94 Part One

Reading Comprehension:

• Read this article carefully . Finish Workbook Page 94 Part One

• Keys:

• 1. D 2.B 3. A 4. A 5.B

Watch the video and deal with Language points: :( 插入录像 )

• 1.throughout the world=all over the world

• 2.go off

• 3.work out

• 4.in the fields of

• 5.have these records collected

• 6.worldwide

• 7.The next step is to search=The next thing which you can do is search.

Watch the video and deal with Language points: :( 插入录像 )• 1.Para 1 . Agriculture• 1. Throughout the world, computers will

be used…..• All over the world• 2. Use computers to control the growing

conditions of vegetables. ( 状况 境况 环境 )• Good housing conditions• He was sent to hospital in (a) serious

condition.

• Para2. Personal life• 1. Instead of going to the bank, they

will use a computer to change money and to pay their electricity bills.(water bills)

• 2. Houses will be controlled by a central computer.

• 3. The computer will recognize your voice and carry out the instructions.

• 实行 执行• We have some experiments to carry

out.• They carried on the discussion late into

the night.

• We saw the thief being carried off by the police.

• Lights will go off.• (The idea that computer can recognize

human voices surprises many people.• 同位语从句 )• Para 3. Labour force ( 劳动力 )• The possibility that the majority of the

labour force will work at home is often discussed.

• 同位语从句

• They will be able to do drawings and send them by mail or by fax.

Para 4 and 5 Transport• A new space rocket with no wings was

developed in the USA.• Para 6 education \health\research • Information records , for example of

patients with the same illness, are not kept on computer.

• Computer programs for storing whole texts are already well developed.

•

Topic:In what ways is computer used in your life?

Homework:

• Finish off the workbook exercises;

• Do word study on page 27.

•Goodbye!

Discussion:What is the author’s opinion about future life in Lesson 66?

Lesson 67Life in the future :Another opinion

• Possess----possession• Clothes money energy { oil• fuel { gas•

{coal• Materials• Basic needs : food , medical care • Daily things : washing machine • refrigerator• electric hair drier• TV radio

telephone computer• typewriter

Read Lesson 67 and discuss: What three things does the writer suggest in the text?• 1.Spend the money

properly

• 2.Look after your health

• 3.Use less energy

Read again ,ask and answer:

• 1.What is the writer’s opinion about spending too much money on new possessions?

• 2.What do you think about this expensive way of life?

• 3.Is it possible that the world’s wealth will be shared more equally between countries?

• 4.Can you give an example on how the world’s wealth is shared?

• 5.What is the best way to produce energy and why do you think so?

• Language points:• 1. Many people are against this

expensive way of life.• 2. Possibly in future the wealth of the

whole world will be shared more fairly among countries than it is now.

• 3. Take health for example

• 4. Meanwhile, they will do their best to produce more energy from the wind and sun.

Discussion:• 1.Which article do you agree to?

• 2.In your opinion, will it happen/ not happen in the future ?

• A. People will be healthier.

• B. The population of the world will become smaller.

• C. Space travel will increase.• D. Sending message by telegraph will be more

popular.

Discussion: How can we live more happily in the future?

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Language study:同位语从句• 1.Study the two sentences on Page 29, Part 3.

• 2.Explain in Chinese about this grammar:• A. 概念：用作同位语的从句。• B. 引导词： that,how, when, where, why• C. 特点：用在某些名词后（ belief, fact, hope, idea,

news, problem, possibility ）用来解释和说明前面的名词。

• 3.Examples:

• I have no idea when Jack will be back.

• He can’t answer the question how he got the money.

Exercises:• 1.Finish Part 4 of Page 29

• 2.Finish Part 5 of Page 29

Homewrok:

• Finish off all the workbook exercises in this unit.

• Learn how to use computer in your study.

• Bye!