I.Brief Statements Based on the Unit

The topic of this unit is about the human being’s 1ife in the future．This unit is made up of warming up，listening，speaking，pre-reading，reading，post-reading，language study and integrating skills．These tasks will be finished in five periods．

In the first period，we’ll do warming up，listening and speaking to improve the student’s listening and speaking abilities．At the same time．arouse the students’interest in the topic of this unit．

In the second period，we’ll finish the task 0f pre-reading,reading and post-reading．In post-reading，let the students give free rein to their imagination by discussing some questions．We’11 read a passage about 1ife in the future．It will tell us what the human being’s life will be like in the future．In the meanwhile we’ll learn some useful words and expressions．

The third period consists of two parts：Word study and Grammar-Noun Clauses．

Through word study we’ll revise some words and phrases，which are related to the topic of this unit．As to the grammar：Noun clauses,we can master them by doing more practical practice given in the textbook and workbook．

The main purpose of the fourth period is to train the students’reading and writing abilities by reading and writing a short pas-sage about 1ife in the future．

In the last period,we’ll deal with the grammer in this unit-Noun C1auses．

In a word,we can train the students’listening,speaking,reading and writing abilities by doing the exercises the textbook and the workbook provide．

Ⅱ.Teaching Goals

1．Talk about life in the future．

2．Practise making predictions．

3．Learn about Noun Clauses(2)．

4．Write a definition paragraph．

Ⅲ．Teaching Time：Five periods：

Ⅳ．Background Information

1.World in the Future

Scientists think that wonderful things may come true in the future．Future means a time that not yet come．It can be a short time from now or a long time from now．Some of the underwater wonders are almost ready to come true now．Others won’t come true,we think，until a long time from now．Some,of course．may never come true-but

who knows for sure?They may．What are some of the wonders that may come true in the future?

Let’s go back to dry land and take a future journey the other way--up instead of down．

Huge rocket liners take you into space to visit the Moon Camp．You walk around on the moon in s special moon suit．You visit an observatory where a giant telescope looks far into space--farther than anyone has ever been able to see from Earth．You go deep down into one of the moon mines．

After you have visited the moon,you visit the Mars Colony and the Venus Explo-ration Outpost．

Let’s go back to Earth．

In the far，far future，girls-and boys,too--may be playing with dolls that look like the people of the planets visited by our space-man．

To control or run all kinds of toys,boys and girls may learn to use special ccmputers--machines that answer questions and do arithmetic faster than you can think．

Bicycles and perhaps skates may be run by jet power,and a new thing to ride may be a small flying saucer．Imagine a race between them!

There may be telepathy helmets that send thought waves from your brain to that

of your friend miles away．You just think a thought and your friend knows it!You can have secrets with each other that nobody else can turn it on!

There will be other surprises in the future．How would you like to have a robot

playmate?

Having robot playmates may not be so much fun as it seems．But maybe a boy with a wrench and a screwdriver can fix the robot so that it won’t be too perfect!

What about the food of the future? Scientists think that much of it will be artificialmade in factories from such surprising things as coal．1imestone。air and water．

You don’t think that ice-cream or cake or candy or even bread and potatoes made out of these things will taste very good．You may be wrong．These artificial things will be blended so skillfully be food chemists that the food of the future probably wi11 be delicious．It probably will also be healthful be-cause life will be put into it．

Scientists of the future will almost certainly find other ways to make life last longer．They probably will find cures for most diseases．Hospitals will probably have“body banks”that can give you almost any new part you need to keep on living．People of the future may live to be a lot older than 100 years．

Are you wondering whether there’11 be television in the future? There’ll almost certainly be wonderful programs. Television screens probably wi11 be large and flat，hanging on the wall or going across the four walls of a room．People on the screen will look real as if they were right in the room with you．What about highways of the future? Well, a very small child probably will be able to drive a car．Nobody will need to steer．Electric signals will hold each car on the right road to get wherever the“Driver”wants to go．And it probably will be impossible for cars to smash together。Controllers that won’t even have to be touched will make all speeding cars miss each other or will put on the brakes．Driving in a car will be as safe as being at home．

But maybe the most wonderful surprise in the future will be weather control，Cities may have giant plastic domes over them to keep out snow，rain，or storms．

When you plan a picnic in a park。you won't have to worry about rain．It will rain only when the“ weatherman”thinks it is needed to freshen the air inside the city．All other days will be fair and warm．

The future should be a wonderful time in which to live．But the time you are living in now was also“ a wonderful future”to the people who lived 100 years ago．

2。Three Things That Will Change Your Life

Today our lives are changing faster than at any time in history．Here we report on three important changes that will have a big impact on our everyday lives in the future．

The cashless society Cash and bank-notes wi1l disappear almost completely．They will be replaced by smart cards--plastic cards with microchip processors“loaded”

with some money．When we pay for goods．the retailer w1l insert our smart card into a payment terminal and money w．1l be transferred from our card to the retailer's card．When all the money is used up，we will be able to“re-load”it by inserting it into a telephone，dialing our bank account and transferring money to the card from the account．1f we want to transfer money from our card to a bank ac-count．we will use the same method．Smart cards will be able to hold several different currencies at the same time．so if we go aboard．we will use our smart cards in the same way．

Interactive telephones Human telephone operators will be sharply replaced by talking computers．These computers will recognize speech．ask us what information we need，access the information from a database，and convert it to speech．If we want to book a flight or pay a bill by phone，we will interact with a talking computer to do SO．Of course，this won't happen until all the technology is

in place，but when it is we will soon get used to interacting with computers in this way．Human telephone operators will be used only for more complex operations

such as dealing with complaints or solving concrete problems．

Intelligent cars Traffic congestion in cities will be reduced because drivers will use electronic route maps to find the quickest route to their destination and avoid traffic jams．Congestion will also decrease when electronic systems start changing motorists for driving in cities．As soon as motorists have to pay to drive in cities，they will stop Using their cars and use public transport instead．

Speed control systems will be built into cars．These systems will automatically regulate the speed of the car to take account of traffic and weather conditions and prevent accidents．It will be many years before these changes bring results but when they do，there will be a titanic improvement in road safety．

The First Period

Teaching Aims：

1.EnCoLlrage the students to use their imagination to talk about life in the future．

2.Train the students'1istening ability．

3.Improve the students’ speaking ability by practising making predictions．

Teaching Important Points：

1. Train the studcnts'1istening ability．

2. Let the students give free rein to their1 imagination.

Teaching Difficult Points：

1．How do improve the students' listening ability．

2．How to finish the task of speaking.

Teaching Methods:

1．Listening-and-answering activity to help the students go through the listening material．

2．Individual，pair or group work to make every student work in class．

Teaching Aids：

1．some pictures

2．a tape recorder

3，a projector

4．the blackboard

Teaching Procedures：

Step I Greetings and Lead-in

T：Good morning／afternoon，everyone.

Ss：Good morning／afternoon，teacher.

T：Sit down，please．Now we're having a class in a bight and spacious class-room with modern equipment such as radios and computers．And we all live a happy life today．We can get whatever we want．Do you know how did people live in the past?

(One student stands up．)

S：When I was a child，my great-grandfather often told me the stories of him in the past. He often got hungry and didn’t have enough money to go to school and had no chance…I think people live a miserable life in the past.

T：Yeah．People lived a hard in the past．With the development of science and technology, people's life has changed a lot．Now we all live happily. What do you imagine life will be like in the future? Today we are going to study Unit 6 Life in the future. (Bb: Unit 6 Life in the future)It will tell us what life will be like in the future.

Step Ⅱ Warming up

T：Now let's first have a discussion about the future of one of the areas in our books．Discuss them in groups of four．After a while，I'1l ask one of you to re-

port the results．

T：Now please discuss some questions．(Show the picture and questions on the screen．)

How will people travel in the future?

Where will they go? Why?

(Give the students another two minutes to discuss．)

T：Who’d like to tell me how people will travel in the future and where they will

go and why?

(One Student puts up his hand．)

T：Oh，Li Jun，you have a try．

S：I think people will travel by using public transport．Electric cars will be

traveling through the streets day and night．Anybody will be able to stop one and take it．They can go wherever they want．

S：I think people will travel by car，which doesn't burn gas，but solar energy．In-

stead of wheels，the car needs a Cushion of air．Thus。it can float in the air．You

can go wherever you want as long as you press a button on the computer in the

car．What's more，it won't cause any pollution．

(And then ask some Students to re-port．)

How wi1l people communicate in the future?

S: People will communicate with each other with computers, which are set in the watches.

Where will people work in the future?

What kind of jobs will they have?

S：People wil1 work at home．The only thing that people do is to control the robots by pressing the buttons on t11e computer and let them work for us．

How will people do business in the future?

What kind of money will they use?

S：By the year 2l00，shops will no longer exist．Computers will have replaced them，and people will order goods from home．Instead of paper money，they will use credit cards．

What languages will people speak in the future?

Will people still speak Chinese and Eng1ish?

S：Instead of any language，people Will use code to talk with each other．If they use a language to communicate，I think t11ey Will speak Chinese．Because our country will be the strongest one．

What will schools be like in the future?

What subjects will people study?

S：Schools will be set up on the Internet．Students can stay at home and use computers to study．We can also down-load some information．We'll study social sciences，natural sciences and so on．Schooling wi11 be much more interesting and effective．

(After discussing all the questions，the teacher says the following．)

T：In spite of all these changes，man in the future will still have a lot in common with us．They wi1l have thoughts and emotions similar to ours．Anyhow，they will be human beings．

Step Ⅲ Listening

T：Now open your books at Page 42．Let's do some Listening．First Part 1．You're going to listen to a letter about Mekanika's life．Listen carefully and pay

attention to the year when she is living，the place where she 1ives,the things that happened to the people on the earth and the reason why she is writing you this letter．Write down what you hear．At last I'll check the answers with you．Is that clear?

Ss：Yes．

T：OK．Let's begin．

(Teacher plays the tape for the first time．Then plays for the second time，during which time teacher may pause for the students to write down the in-formation

．Finally teacher checks the answers in Part l with the whole class．)

T：Next listen to Part 2 and do the two exercises in them．

(Teacher lets the students go through the Exx in Part 2 and then plays the tape for the students．At last check the answers．)

Step Ⅳ Speaking

T：NOW look at the picture in Speaking Part．There are two girls in the picture．One girl is working on the computer．The other is making a phone call．Can you find anything different between them?

Ss：No．They are the same．Maybe they are twins．

T：No，they aren't twins．One of them is cloned．With the development of technology，scientists will be able to clone persons as well as animals．Suppose the year is 2089 and scientists have discovered how to make“doubles”，ex-act copies of a person that can do everything the original can do．Now work in groups of four to discuss the question whether the new techno1ogy should be used．First give your opinion and tell the reason．Write it in your textbooks．After that make up a short dialogue,

using the information in your books and the useful expressions on the blackboard.

(Bb：It would be wonderful if…

It would be bad for…if…

It’s possible/impossible to predict…

No one can predict what／when…

Just imagine if…

We can only guess…)

(Teacher gives the students four minutes to prepare in groups of four and then asks some groups to read their dialogues before the class．)

Sample dialogue：

SA：With the development of science and techno1ogy，the double would be made in the future．I think it would be a good idea to have a double. Because we could use the double to do the things we don't enjoy，for example, we could let the double finish our homework．

SC：I agree with you．I would 1ike to have a double, too，because I don't have time to do all the things I'd like to do．For example，if I didn't have time to watch an exciting football game, I would let the double watch it.

SB：I don't agree with you．I think having a double might be dangerous because you don't know what the double might do．For example，the double might steal what they what they want or kill the person they hate.

SD：Yes，they might do something wrong. What's more，having doubles would make people confused，because no one would know who the double really was or how to treat it．For example, the double wouldn’t have any parents and no one would see to them.

SC：But having a double would be wonderful，because you could let the double do whatever you want them to do．

SA：Having a double would also be good because the double could attend an important meeting instead of you if you were ill．

SD：But I think it would be bad for society if people had doubles because they would make trouble for our society.

Step V Summary and Homework

T：Today we've done some listening and speaking and known how to make pre- dictions．Besides，we've also learnt some useful expressions on the black- board．After class．write down the dialogue you made in your exercise books and preview the reading passage on Page 43．

Step Ⅵ The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard

Unit 6 Life in the future

The First Period

Useful expressions:

It would be wonderful if…

It would be bad for…if…

It's possible／impossible to predict…

No one can predict what／when…

Just imagine if…

We can only guess…

Step Ⅶ Record after Teaching

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