Unit 3 Life in the future 教案Warming Up, Prereading & Reading prehendingTeaching Goals:1.To illustrate Ss’ imagination of future life.2.To arouse Ss to pay more attention to the problems that probably appeared in the futurelife.3.To make Ss know the difference of life between the past, present and future.Teaching Procedures:Step 1 LeadinginPurpose: To talk about past and future changes of life.1. Group workLet Ss discuss the questions in groups of four.(1)How do you usually get to school?(2)Where do you live, in a city or in the countryside?(3)Where would you like to live in the future?(4)Do you live in a flat or a house?(5)Do you have a room of you won? Can you describe the room in the picture?(6)What kind of housing would you like to have in the future?(7)What would you like to have in your room?(8)What can we use to build houses? (brick, stone , steel , glass, ice, wood , plastic bamboo, …)2. ConclusionThis unit introduces what life in the future might be like to Ss. By discussing and answering the questions above can make Ss have a general understanding of the present and future life and can also illustrate Ss’ imagination about the future life.Step 2. Warming Up1. Pair workIn pairs let Ss list the changes in housing, transport, jobs, families and education will happen in the next century.2. Individual workAccording to the result of the above Pair work, fill in the chart.表格 1Suggested Answers:表格2Present time In One Thousand Years’ TimeTransport Airplanes cars bicycles No longer by air because of environmental pollutionbicycles and horses will make a ebackWork Office factoryconstruction landscapeserviceAt home using advanced, interactive putersmeetings can be conducted on the puter and peoplewill see each other speak.Finance andcurrencyBanks offices insurancebusinessOne global currency—maybe the yuan as China willbe the largest global exporterLanguage English RussianChineseOne global language perhaps Chinese or stillEnglishEnvironment Air: could be improvedin citiesVery poor need to recycle all waste control on theuse of cars no airplanes methods to improve poorair quality. Climate of the earth being very hot ismaking problems over water resourcesEducation Nursery schoolsuniversityLonger than now possibly until 25 years of age sothat students can learn all the new technologies Houses Flats houses concretewoodBuilt into the ground as the surface of the earth isso hot.munication Post office Internet By thoughtpad, telephone, puter, mobiles, Morsecode, etcStep 3. Prereading1. Pair workAsk Ss to discuss the following questions in pairs.(1)Make a list of the problems human beings are facing today.(2) What problems do you think people will have overe in one thousand years? Which ones do you think will still exist in AD 3008?Suggested Answers:(1) The seven serious problems facing mankind:① The first problem I would like to point out is the decline of morality.(道德沦丧)② The second problem is the racial bias problem. (种族歧视)③ The third problem , which is a most serious problem , is the rapid depletion of resources on the Earth. (资源匮乏)④ Now I e to the fourth problem, the problem of the large gap between the poor and the rich . (贫富悬殊)⑤ The fifth problem is the pollution problem.(环境恶化)⑥ Now I would like to talk about the sixth problem, the expensive arms race problem. (军备竞争)。

⑦ The seventh problem is that the technologies vital to the welfare of human beings are being more and more concentrated in the hands of a small group of people. (技术垄断)(2) Various answers are acceptable.2. DiscussionShow Ss the above pictures and ask them what problems each picture shows. This can arouse Ss interest. Ask Ss to have a wide range of discussion about the present and future life. They can discuss as much as they can.Suggested Answers:Picture one: global warming,Picture two: acid rain,Picture three: growing areas of desert,Picture four: over large world population,Picture five: lack of enough drinking water,Step 4. Reading1. Skimming(1)Pair work:Ask Ss to look the three pictures (P18) and then discuss with their partners and answer the following questions:① Picture one:* What can you see in the picture?* What are the people doing?* Where do you think they are doing?② Picture two:* How many people can you see in the picture?* Who are they, do you know?* What else can you see in the picture?* What can you use them for?③ Picture 3.* What can you see in the picture?* Where is Li Qiang?* What is Li Qiang doing?* What is the table and chairs made of?* What is the wall made of? What function does it have?(2) Discussion:Ask Ss read through the text as quickly as possible and talk about Li Qiang’s first impressions of AD 3008, and at the same time underline words, phrases, or sentences that are close ly related to Li Qiang’s first impressions.2. Scanning(1) Team workAsk Ss to discuss how far their ideas of the future are from those in the story. Let themdiscuss the following questions.① Do you think Li Qiang is impressed by what he finds in the future? Why or why not?② What improvements do you think there will be to your home city or home village onethousand years in the future? What problems might there be?③ What ideas do you think were believable in this story? Why?④ Which ideas do you think are too unrealistic? Why?(2) Group workThis text is written as if it were a letter from a son to his parents. He is telling them his impressions in an informal way. So the descriptions are mixed with his impressions to give you his idea of what the future is like. Now please discuss the style of the text.①Do you think Li Qiang’s descriptions are fair? Why or why not?② What language does he use that gives you that impression?③ Do you think he feels fortable in the future? Why or why not?④ What language does he use that gives you that impression?3. prehendingAsk Ss to tell the following sentences are True or False (T or F)(1) Li Qiang was worried about the journey, so he was unsettled all the time.(2) Wang Ping is his friend who is also a good guide.(3) His head ached because of lack of oxygen.(4) Li Qiang lost in touch with Wang Ping, but he found him at last.(5) Wang Ping’s mother was not friendly to him.Suggested Answers: (1) F (2) T (3) F (4) T (5) F4. ListeningStep 6. Homework1.Read the text again and again and go over the main language points.2.Finish Ex1 and Ex2 in Learning about language.3.Retelling the story, either in writing or in speech, is very useful to learners of a foreignlanguage. It demonstrates his understanding of the story. Next you are going to practise in pairs retelling Li Qiang’s story traveling to the year AD 3008. You may make use of the words and expressions you have just learnt.。