Unit 3,Life in the future,constant jet previous uncertain guide tablet capsule stewardess,adj. 时常发生的; 连续不断的 n. 喷气式飞机 adj. 在前的; 早先的 adj. 不确切的; 无把握的 n. 指导; 向导; 导游 vt. 指引;指导 n. 药片 n. 太空仓; 胶囊 n. 女乘务员,Words preview,opening sideways surrounding tolerate lack adjustment mask,n. 通路; 出口; 开端 adv. 一侧; 侧着; 侧面朝前 n. 周围的事物; 环境 adj. 周围的 vt. 容忍; 忍受 vi. 伪装,Words preview,carriage press fasten safety belt flash switch timetable,n. 四轮马车; 客车 vt. 时刻表,Words preview,take up be back on ones feet lose sight of sweep up slide into,拿起; 接受; 开始; 恢复; 完全复原 看不见 打扫; 横扫 移动 溜进,Expressions preview,1 make a list of the problems human beings are facing today.,Housing Population Pollution Global warming (greenhouse effect) Traffic Hunger Literacy.,Pre-reading,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.,Reading,FIRST IMPRESSIONS,Listen to the tape of the passage carefully while reading. Try to the main idea.,What s the main idea of the passage?,Its mainly about Li Qiangs future journey.,Now try to find out what happened to Li Qiang before, during and after the journey.,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 had 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 text again, then answer the following questions:,1 Why did Li Qiang go into the future? 2 How did he feel when he left his own time? 3 How did he get to the year 3008? 4 What did he notice first when he arrived in AD 3008? 5 What else did he find that was different?,1 Why did Li Qiang go into the future? 2 How did he feel when he left his own time?,Li Qiang went into the future because he had won a prize that gave him a tour.,He felt rather anxious when he left his own time but soon got it over.,3 How did he get to the year 3008? 4 What did he notice first when he arrived in AD 3008?,He went by time capsule.,The first thing he noticed was the poor quality of the air and it gave him a headache.,5 What else did he find that was different?,He found several things that were different: a mask to give him enough oxygen.,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 3008? 2. What is a “time lag”? 3. Why did my guide give me some tablets? 4. Who transported us to the future?,I took up the prize I won the year before. “Time lag means a person gets flashbacks from his previous(先前的) time period.,1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3008? 2. What is a “time lag”?,3. Why did my guide give me some tablets? 4. Who transported us to the future?,The tablets could help me feel less nervous and uncertain. Wang Pings parents company transported 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 transported to the future? 2. How did Wang Ping solve this problem?,I was hit by the lack of fresh air. Wang Ping gave a mask to me and hurried me through to a small room nearby to have a rest.,3. What do you think has caused this kind of problem?,Now we are causing more and more pollution to the Earth, which 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 quickly, then answer the following questions:,1. What did Wang Pings house look like?,His house wass 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.,How I came to take a time travel journey.,Write down the main idea for each paragraph in you own words. Then add the important details.,Paragraph 1- main idea: details:,my prize; my excitement,My impressions of life one thousand years into the future,The journey,Paragraph 2- main idea: details:,how I felt; the spaceship; the journey,Paragraph 3- main idea: details:,little oxygen; masks to provide oxygen; hovering carriage; how to drive them; a “time lag” moment,Staying in Wang Pings home,Paragraph 4- main idea: details:,appearance of house; trees as walls; where furniture stored; ate meal; prepared for sleep,The reading passage describes some good and bad changes to life in AD 3008. In pairs, discuss which changes are good or bad and give reasons for your choices. Then write down your ideas in the chart. There is no right or wrong answer.,can travel to different times as you wish,after-effects of travel,can move swiftly,disorganized; difficult to find way,save living space,short of space,busy; look l