Life in the future,Unit 3,How did you come to school today? By bus, by bike, by car or on foot? Have you ever thought about the changes in transport? Work in pairs and discuss the changes in the following areas.,Transport,Past,Now,Past,Houses,Now,Education,Past,Now,Communication,Past,Now,Do you know who I am?,I use the time machine to travel in the future and get all interesting inventions from the future.,Just imagine what will happen in one thousand years time, when science and technology are much more advanced than they are today.,Transport Work Finance and currency Languages Environment Education Houses Communication,Changes from ancient times to modern society,How will people travel in the future?,We will use clean electric cars or solar energy cars.Transportation will be cleaner, faster and quieter.,Transport,Where will people work in the future?,Work,How will people do business tomorrow?,Finance and currency,What kind of money will people use?,E-money,PVC card,All kinds of cards,Will people still speak Chinese and English in the future?,In my opinion, people will still speak Chinese and English, because there are so many Chinese-speaking and English-speaking people today.,Languages,Environment,What will the environment be like in the future?,What will schools be like in the future?,We will not learn at schools all day. We will study at home because we will have e-schools.,Education,School on the air,Where will people live in the future?,We will live on the moon or some other planets.,Houses,How will people communicate in the future?,Communication,Make notes in the table below.,Airplanes; cars; bicycles,No longer by air because of environmental pollution; bicycles and horses will make a comeback.,Office; factory; construction; landscape; service,At home using advanced, interactive computers; meetings can be conducted on the computer and people will see each other speak.,Banks; offices; insurance; business,One global currency maybe the yuan as China will be the largest global exporter,English; Russian; Chinese,One global language perhaps Chinese or still English,Air: could be improved in cities,Very poor; need to recycle all waste; control on the use of cars; no airplanes; methods to improve poor air quality. Climate of the earth being very hot is making problems over water resources.,Nursery; schools; university,Longer than now possible until 25 years of age so that students can learn all the new technologies,Flats; houses; concrete; wood,Built into the ground as the surface of the earth is so hot.,Post office; Internet,By thoughtpad, telephone, computer, mobiles, Morse code, etc.,1 Make a list of the problems human beings are facing today.,Housing Population Pollution Global warming (greenhouse effect) Traffic Hunger Literacy,2 Which problems do you think people will have overcome in one thousand years? 3 Which ones do you think will still exist in AD 3008? Give your reasons.,Discussion,Inventions in the future,Lets look at some interesting inventions.,Homework,Look up the new words and expressions of the reading in the dictionary. 2. Preview the reading: FIRST IMPRESSIONS,Thank you.,