Unit 3,Warming up and Reading,Life in the Future,Our Life in the Future,How do you usually get to school?What kind of vehicle will people use in the future? 3. Where would you like to live in the future? 4. What kind of housing would you like to have in the future?,Free talk,Talking about the future, what do you care about most?,population,traffic,pollution,global warming,housing,hunger,world peace,Imagine what changes will happen in the next century in housing, transport, jobs, families, communication, environment and education.,a solar energy car,What vehicle may people use in the future?,In what kind of houses may people live in the future?,on the moon,under the sea,Where may people live in the future?,How do people communicate today?,How will people communicate tomorrow?,Through pouches in our necks,What changes do you expect to see in our lives in one thousand years time?,What problems do you think people in the future will have toovercome in one thousand years? Which ones will still be there or even worse in AD 3,008?,Who transported Li Qiang into the future?What will home be like in the future?Why did Li Qiangs head ache?,Para 1,Para 3,The last Para,Read and find out in which paragraph you can find answers to the questions.,Fast reading,The passage is mainly about _. A. how Li Qiang was transported to the futureB. how Li Qiang got to the future and his first impressions of itC. what the life was like in the futureD. the introduction of the “Future Tour” company,B,a. We were transported into the future by a comfortable time capsule. b. I arrived at Wang Pings home and everything in his house made me surprised. c. I won a travel to the year AD 3008. d. I have my first try to master a hovering carriage.,Put the following sentences into the correct order.,c,a,b,d,Go through the first two paragraphs quickly and answer the following questions.,1. What is a “time lag”? 2. How did Li Qiang feel when he was in the capsule ?,3. Who guided Li Qiangs trip? 4. Why did Li Qiangs guide give him some tablets? 5. Who transported them to the future?,Careful reading,1. What is a “time lag”?“Time lag means a person gets flashbacks from his previous time period.,2. How did Li Qiang feel when he was in the capsule?,The seats in the capsule were very comfortable.,3. Who guided Li Qiangs trip? His friend.,4. Why did Li Qiangs guide give him some tablets? The tablets could help him feel less nervous and uncertain. 5. Who transported them to the future? Wang Pings parents company.,Go through the third paragraph, and then try to answer the following questions.,1. How did Li Qiang feel as soon as he landed in the future? 2. How did Wang Ping solve this problem?,3. What do you think has cause this kind of problem?,1. How did Li Qiang feel as soon as he was transported to the year AD 3008?2. How did Wang Ping solve this problem?,He felt that he was lack of fresh air. The air was very thin.,He gave Li Qiang a mask to put on and hurried him to rest.,3. What do you think has caused this kind of problem?Now we are causing more and more pollution to the nature, and this will cause serious problems to the life in the future. This may be the cause of the lack of fresh air in the future.,Read the fourth paragraph carefully and then answer the following questions.,What did Wang Pings house look like? 2. What was the green wall made of ? Whats the purpose of building this kind of green wall?,1. What did Wang Pings house look like?His house was a large, bright clean room. It had a green wall, a brown floor and soft lighting.,2. What was the green wall made of ? Whats the purpose of building this kind of green wall?The green wall was made of trees. The leaves of the trees will provide much-needed oxygen to the house.,Comprehending,Answer the questions. Why did Li Qiang go into the future?How did he feel when he left his own time?How did he get to the year 3008?,Because he had won a prize that gave him a tour.,He felt rather anxious but soon got it over.,By time capsule.,4. What did he notice first when he arrived in AD 3008?5. What else did he find that was different?,The first thing he noticed was the poor quality of the air and it gave him a headache.,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 floor.,1. I have to constantly rub my eyes to remind myself that I have traveled to the year AD 3005.2. Worried about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days.,I have to rub my eyes repeatedly to make myself remember that I have traveled to the year AD 3005.,As I was worried about the journey, I didnt feel relaxed for the first few days.,Try to explain the following sentences in your own words.,3. Confused by the new surroundings, I was hit by the lack of fresh air. My head ached.4. There were so many carriages that I lost sight of Wang Ping.,