Reading. Unit 3 Life in the future the Spaceship to Mars.

ReadingReading

Unit 3

Life in the future

the Spaceship to Marsthe Spaceship to Mars

People on Mars

playing tennis on Mars

space travel

A private company named “ Space Adventures”, plans 100 million tour around the moon.time travel

Theory of Relativity, proposed by Einstein, is

the theoretical foundation of time traveling.

Changes from

ancient times to

modern societyBuilding

Clothing

Education

Eating

Communication

Transport

AD3005

What will it be like?

past

Building

Now

Future

Education

—distance education

Communication

video telephone

Today’s Food:

sandwichsandwich

hamburgehamburgerr

roasteroasted duckd duck

Raw food

EatingEating

The Change of Life

In the past NowIn the fut

ure

Transpor

t

by horse or

by simple

vehicle suc

h as a carri

age

cars,

trains,

boats,

airplanes,

helicopter

spaceship,

time travel

personal

flying cars

In the past

Now In the future

Houses

Villages

made of wood and mud; no bathroomsmany small houses round a temple and a pond

flats in high rise buildingskitchens and bathrooms

modern flats, furniture in walls and floor;supply of air

houses along streets with shops; many services offered

many blocks of flats together;floating parks for children

In the past NowIn the futu

re

Towns

Location of settlement

streets with markets, small shops and private houses

on the earth; on land

large modern buildings, old historical buildingsblocks of flats

tall modern buildings;with green trees in houseson the earth in space

stations; under the sea; on the moon

a. We were transported into the future by

a comfortable time capsule.

b. I arrived at Wang Ping’s home and

everything in his house made me

surprised.

c. I won a travel to the year AD 3005.

d. I have my first try to master a hovering

carriage. c-------a-------b------d

Read the text quickly, then put the

following sentences into the correct order:

Go through the first two paragraphs quickly, then answer the following questions:

1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3005?

2. What is a “time lag”? 3. How did I feel when I was in the capsule

? 4. Who guides my trip?

5. Why did my guide give me some

tablets?

6. Who transported us to the future?

1. Why did I have the chance to travel t

o the year AD 3005?

I took up the prize I won the year bef

ore.

2. What is a “time lag”?

“Time lag’’ means a person gets flash

backs from his previous(先前的 ) tim

e period.

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 some table

ts?

The tablets could help me feel less ner

vous and uncertain.

6. Who transported us to the future?

Wang Ping’s parents’ company trans

ported 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 transport

ed to the future? I was hit by the lack of fresh air. 2. How did Wang Ping solve this problem? Wang Ping gave a mask to me and hurri

ed me through to a small room nearby to have a rest.

3. What do you think has caused this k

ind of problem?

Now we are causing more and more

pollution to the nature, this will caus

e serious problems to the life in the f

uture. This may be the cause of the l

ack of fresh air in the future.

Read fourth paragraph quickly, the

n answer the following questions:

1. What did Wang Ping’s house look li

ke?

His house is a large bright, clean ro

om. It had a green wall, a brown flo

or and soft lighting.

2. What was the green wall made of ?

What’s the purpose of building this

kind of green wall?

The green wall was made of trees. T

he leaves of the trees will provide mu

ch-needed oxygen to the house.

3. How can you produce a TV set in

Wang Ping’s house?

We can see life in the future is much

more convenient and much easier t

han our present life.

1. Make a list of the problems

human being are facing today.

2. What problems do you think

people in the future will have

overcome? Which ones will still

be there or even worse in AD

3005?

Housing Population Pollution Global warming (greenhouse effect)Traffic Hunger Literacy….

Discussion:

Listen to the tape of the passage

carefully while reading the passage, please

find out the main idea of the passage.

What ’s the main idea of the passage?

It’s mainly about Li Qiang’s futur

e journey.

Now try to find out what happened

to Li Qiang before, during and afte

r the journey.

Before the journey

Li felt _______ and ________ at first, as a result he suffered from _______.

During the journey (1)

Li was transported safely into the future in a ___________.

During the journey(2)

_________by the new surroundings, Li was hit by the ____ of fresh air and his head ______.

nervous unsettled

time lag

time capsule

Confused

lackached

After the

journey

(1)

Arriving home Li was ______

into a large bright, clean

room with a _____ wall, a

_____ floor and ___ lighting.

After the

journey

(2)

_________, he slid into bed

and ___ fast ______.

showed

green

brown soft

Exhausted

fell asleep

Detail Reading

Read the passage in detail and try to fil

l in the table in Ex. 1.

Good changes Bad changes

Time

travel

Tran-

sport

House

s

can travel to d

ifferent times

as you wish

after-effects

of travel

can move swiftl

y

disorganized; di

fficult to find w

ay

save living space short of space

Good changes Bad changes

Towns

Air

qualit

y

busy; look like

marketseasy to get lost

own family o

xygen supply

poor quality in

public places

What’s the writer’s attitude

towards the future, optimistic

or pessimistic?

How do you know?

Discussion

optimistic pessimistic

We know that from the following sentences:1. Worried about the journey, I was

unsettle for the first few days.

2. Confused by the new surroundings, I

was hit by the lack of the fresh air.

3. Exhausted, I slid into bed and fell fast

asleep.

Pessimistic

Visiting Wang Ping’s Home

That is a large, _____ and ____ room. It had

a brown floor, soft lighting and a _____ ____

which is actually trees. The ________ of the tr

ees are used to _____ oxygen. By _______ a _

____ on the computer screen, ________

Read paragraph 3 and answer

bright clean

green wall

leaves

produced

flashing

switch furniture

such as tables and chairs ____ from unde

r the floor as if by _____. Wang Ping’s m

other told me to ___________ some visits

in the next day, and _______ a bed for me

to rest. _________, I ___ into bed and fell

___ ______.

rose

magic

get ready for

fast

provided

Exhausted slid

asleep

Our life and life in the future

Items Our life

Life in the future

(Changes) good or bad? Reasons?

Environment

Business

Transportation

Education

Food

Health

House

DiscussionDiscussion

AD 2005 :modern China

Transpor

t

Houses

Villages

cars, trains, boats, airplanes, ho

vercraft (气垫船 ), helicopter

flats in high rise buildings; ki

tchens and bathrooms

houses along streets with shops

attached(附上…的 ); many ser

vices (e.g. haircut ) offered

AD 2005 :modern China

Towns

Location

of

settlement

On the earth

Large modern buildings;

old historical buildings;

blocks of flats

AD 3005: your ideas

Transport

Houses

Villages

spacecraft, time travel,

personal flying cars or

bikescosy (舒适 ), modern flats,

furniture in walls and flo

or; supply of oxygen

many blocks of flats

together; floating parks

for children

AD 3005: your ideas

Towns

Location

of

settlementon the earth; in space

stations; under the sea; on

the moon

tall modern buildings; many

parks, everything built in con

crete(混凝土 ); with green tre

es in houses

Pair work

Make a telephone conversation betwe

en Li Qiang and his mother accordin

g to the text.

Please find three more similar

structures in the letter.1. Well-known for their expertise, his pa

rent’s company named “Future Tou

r” … (Para. 1)

= His parent’s company was well-kn

own for…, his parent’s company nam

ed “ Future Tour”…

2. Confused by the surroundings, I

was hit … (Para. 3)

= When I was confused by …, I

was hit …

3. Exhausted, I slid into bed… (Para.4)

= Because I was exhausted, I slid… c.

f. Spreading some food on the table, s

he produced a bed… (Para.4)

= After she spread some food on the t

able, she produced …

HomeworkHomework

1. Finish “ learning about language”

on P19.

2. Review the key sentence in the

text.

3. Review the new words of Unit 3

and get ready for the dictation.