Horse or simple vehicle such as a carriage cars, trains, airplanes, spaceship, personal flying cars.

horse or simple

vehicle such as a carria

ge

cars, trains, airplanes,

spaceship,

personal flying cars

It can bring you to any age you want to go.

If you have such a kind of machine, what age do you want to go most? Why?

made of mud

small houses skyscrapers along the street

with many shopsmodern, floating flats

on the earth; on land

on the earth in space stations; under the sea; on other planets

videophone

—remote education

The school of the future

The school of the future

e-schools

First Impressions

First impressions

First impressions

What can we predict from the title and the pictures?

• What were they doing?• What impressions? --- how did he feel? • How is the text organized? --- in what order?

time order

before --- during --- after

Writing style:

From _________to his _________

About:

A Space-mail

Li Qiang parents

First impressions

First impressions

how Li Qiang got to the future and his first impressions of it

Thejourney

2. When 1. Who took the journey?

4. What happened?

3. Why could they?

5. What helped a lot?

6. How did they travel?

Li Qiang & Wang Ping

AD 2008 — AD 3008

green tablets

won the prize last

year

suffered from “time lag”

in a time capsule

Before the journey

During the journey

1. Inside the capsule:

through a small

opening

comfortable seats

a calming drink

lay relaxed and

dreaming

began swinging

gently sideways

the journey was

completed

1000 years later

? outside the capsule

During the journey2. Outside the capsule:

1) Hovering carriages:

2) My hometown in the future: like a large market:

Float above the ground

By bending or pressing down

What I saw Carriages flying by in all directions

Lost sight of…had a “time lag” flashback…caught sight of

Put on a mask and hurried into a room for a rest

New surroundings difficult to tolerate

Why The air seemed thin.

What happened Hit by a lack of fresh air

How

Driven by computer

How to drive

What happened

Exhausted, I __________ and ____________.

After the journeyArriving at a ____________

house, he showed me into a ______________ room.

I had _________ and _________.

Description of the house

a green wall: made of trees

a brown floor soft lighting

a bed from the floor

a switch on

computer screen

a table & chairs from under the

floor

large, bright clean

strange-looking

a brief meal a hot bath

slid into bed fell fast asleep

Fill in the blanks: try to find out what happened to Li Qiang before, during and after the journey

Before the journey

Li felt ________ and _________ at first; as a result he suffered from ________.

During the journey

Li was transported safely into the future in a ____________.

The new surroundings were difficult to _______. Li was hit by the _____ of fresh air and his head ______.

After the journey

Arriving at a house, Wang Ping _______ Li into a room.

__________, Li slid into bed and ____ fast ________.

worried unsettledtime lag

time capsule

tolerate lackached

showedExhausted fell

asleep

• Use your imagination to discuss and think of a creative invention.

•Tips:• What will it look like?• What will it be used for?• Who will benefit from it most?

• Para. 1: General information about my visit

• My first visit: _____________, the most _______ in space, described as _____________________

• Why does the space station spin slowly?

• To imitate the pull of the earth’s gravity.

• What was inside the space station?

• An exhibition of the most up-to-date / modern inventions of the 31st century.

a space stationmodern

an enormous round plate

P22

• Para. 2: About a “thoughtpad”

Modern inventions of the 31st century

only to be seen on the Space Station

Communication

invention thoughtpad

advantages

disadvantages

quick; efficient; environmentally friendly

Thoughts must be clear or messages may be mixed up.

• Para. 3: About a “waste machine”

Modern inventions of the 31st century

only to be seen on the Space Station

Waste Disposal

invention

advantages

disadvantages

None.

disposes of all waste; turns the rubbish into several grades of useful material (e.g. “fertilizer” and “soil”)

a waste machine

• Para. 4: About “manufacturing robots”

Modern inventions of the 31st century

only to be seen on the Space Station

Manufacturing

invention manufacturing robots

advantages

disadvantages

no waste; no pollution;

no environmental damagePeople must live on a space station to monitor the robots.