Section Warming Up & ReadingPreparing预习多维感知Step One：Ask and Discussion In the future，the world will totally change with the development of new technologies.Many new inventions will be made. 1What education do you expect to see in your life in the future? _ _答案：There may be more “schools on the air”and more distance education.We will become lifelong learners.2Compared with the past，what is the most important thing in future transportation? _ _答案：The future transportation must be environmently friendly and energy saving.Step Two：Fast Reading 1Let the students read the text and then answer the following questions. (1)Why did Li Qiang go into the future? _ 答案：Li Qiang went into the future because he had won a prize that gave him a tour.(2)How did he feel when he left his own time? _ 答案：He felt rather anxious when he left his own time but soon got it over. (3)What did he notice first when he arrived in AD 3008? _ 答案：The first thing he noticed was the poor quality of the air and it gave him a headache.2Scan the text and choose the best answer according to the text. (1)What is the main idea of the passage? AFirst impression about Li Qiangs travel to the future. BHow to travel to the future. CWhat the future life will be like. DAn exciting experience.(2)The author and his friends were safely transported into the future in a _. Atime capsule Bhovering carriage Cflying chair Dplane (3)What did the author feel in the first few days? AHe was upset and comfortable. BHe felt frightened. CHe suffered a lot of pain. DHe felt uneasy and not sure.(4)What was the room like?AIt was large，clean with broken walls.BThe walls are colored and moveable.CThere are pipes sending oxygen the room needs.DTables and chairs are placed against the wall.(5)From the passage we can infer that _. AWang Ping often travels to the future BLi Qiang has been to the future twice CLi Qiangs parents didnt agree to his travel Dpeople in the future dont have to eat food 答案：(1)(5)AAADBStep Three：Careful Reading 1Let the students listen to the tape.Then answer the following question. What else did he find that was different? _ _答案：He found several things that were different ： a mask to give him enough oxygen a hovering carriage having a “time lag” experience a strange-looking house that belonged to Wang Pings parents trees that acted as walls and provided oxygen for the room tables，chairs and a bed that were stored under the floor2Let the students read the text carefully and find the main idea of each paragraph. Paragraph1_ 答案：How I came to take a time travel journey. Paragraph2_ 答案：The journey答案：My impressions of life one thousand years into the future.Paragraph4_答案：Staying in Wang Pings home.Paragraph3_Step Four：SummaryWe climbed into a time 1._ through a small opening. After a calming 2._，we fell asleep. A few 3._ later we arrived on the earth one thousand years in the future. At first my 4._ ached for lack of fresh air.Wang Ping asked me to put on a 5._ and took me to a small room.I felt better at once. We flew away in our separate hovering 6._. When arriving at a house，he showed me into a 7._， bright clean room，the 8._ of which was made of trees. Wang Ping produced a table，some chairs and a bed from the 9._. After he left，I 10._ something，took a hot bath and went to bed.答案：1.capsule 2.drink 3.minutes 4.head 5.mask 6carriage 7.large 8.wall 9.floor 10.ateStep Five：Discussion In the future，the world will totally change with the development of new technologies.Many new inventions will be made.If we learn to accept and appreciate what is new and different，we will be well-prepared for whatever the future may have in store.Then discuss what our life will be like in the future._答案：(1)In the future distance education will play an important part in our daily life.We can stay at home. (2)We will have a healthy and balanced diet； exercise regularly. (3)We will make great advances in medical science.There will be an effective cure for deadly diseases，such as cancer，AIDS and so on. (4)People can combine shopping with fun in the future. (5)Scientists will develop new fuels and engines that are environmently friendly.