Unit

Life in the future

transportation business

Health and medicine education

Cloverleaf junction

transportation

Future space-ship

Health and Medicine

They are careful about what they eat.

They exercise regularly.

Advances in science allow us to deal with new diseases.

New discoveries in genetics and biochemistry may lead to ….

Education and KnowledgeReal classrooms will always be popular.

more “schools on the air” and “e-schools”.

We will become lifelong learners.We can study at

home.

You can shop, eat,see a film and dance in a shopping mall.

What are mentioned in the article? What are mentioned in the article?

traveltravel online shoppingonline shopping

healthhealth

educationeducation

sportssports

Smart credit cardsSmart credit cards

medical sciencemedical science

Pre-reading :

Scan the text to find out in which paragraph you can find answers to the questions.

Pre-reading1.How will people shop in the future? Paragraph ____

People can do online shopping ( on the Internet) and they can go to a pleasant mall using smart cards.

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2.How will people travel/ in the future? Paragraph ____

We’ll travel by car/ taxi/bus/train that burns new fuels and uses new engines that will let us travel without worrying about whether we are polluting the environment.

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3. What will schools be like in the future? Paragraph ___

In the future, there may be more “school on the air” and “e-schools”. We can study at home by watching educators on TV or on a computer screen.

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4.What will the future be like in general? Paragraph ___

In general, the future will be brighter and our life will be more convenient.

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1.What will happen in the field of health and medicine in the future?

Post-reading

People in the future will be able to enjoy a longer and healthier life and remain active even in old age. People will pay more attention to the importance of a healthy diet and an active life.

2. Can you explain the meaning of e-learning?

3.Why is it important to be lifelong learners?

“E-learning” means to learn on the Internet. That is to say, we can study by watching educators on TV or on a computer screen, whenever we have time and wherever we are.Because knowledge is changing all the time, it is important and necessary to be lifelong learners.

Transportation

Main idea:

Transportation is becoming cleaner, faster and safer.

Business

Main idea:

Business won’t be as usual in the future.

Health and medicine

Main idea:

People will enjoy a longer, healthier and more active life.

Education and knowledge

Main ideas:1.The schools of the future will be different.

2. The way we view knowledge is changing.

Listen to the tape and understand the text

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1.It is impossible to make forecasts about future developments.2. The maglev train travels at an amazing 430 km/m.3. People can combine shopping with fun in the future.4. Smallpox cannot be defeated.5.We are sure that our efforts to improve the world will be successful.

Detailed information Multiple choices

1.In the future people will shop________.

A.not for basic goods

B.only for entertainment

C.using special small cards instead of cash

D.in less crowded malls

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2. What is the main advantage of e-schools?

A. Students can save time on the way by attending e-schools.

B. They will help people study whenever and wherever they like.

C. They supply more knowledge than common classrooms do.

D. Attending e-schools is fashionable.

3. The word “predict” in the first paragraph is close to _____ in meaning.

A. learn B. guess

C. forecast D. describe

4. To live a longer and healthier life, people believe in _______.

A. eating healthy food and taking regular exercise

B. eating more

C. doing much exercise every day

D. having physical examinations often

5. People can deal with new diseases like SARS mainly through_______.

A. advances in medical science

B. regular exercise

C. a healthy diet

D. good treatment of doctors and nurses

• make a shopping list

• search from store to store

• bring money or credit cards

A new way of shopping

advantages:1. convenient2. saving time3. easier for companies to keep in touch with the consumers in other countries

---online shopping

Education of the future

distance education

Is education only for the young?

The over-35 age people are going into

schools to receive further education:

1. They need to keep up with the changing world ;

2.They want to get a better job.

Fields

What will be used?

Results

Transportation BusinessHealth and medicineEducation andknowledge

new technology ;new fuels and engines

mall; smart cards.

healthy diet ; exercising regularly; advances in medical science.

e-schools;

distance education

cleaner, faster and safer.

convenient, fun

enjoy a longer and healthier life ; remain activecan study at home; lifelong learners.

Work in groups

In your opinion, what life will be like in the future?

Use your imagination as much as possible.

1.Communication

a. What do we use to communicate?

b. What will we use to communicate in the future?

Telephones mobile phones cellphones Internet

Advanced videophones(to have face –to – face conversation.)

2.Work

a.Where do we work ?

b.Where will we work in the future?

In offices, factories, hospitals, schools….

home office

3.Business and money

a.Where and how do we do shopping?

b.Where and how will we do shopping

Shops ,stores, supermarkets…Usually we use cash.

Go to malls ,entertainment parks …in the future?

4.LanguageWhat language will exist in 1000 years?The global language or computer language .

5 、 What is future transportation going to be like?

It’s going to be cleaner,faster and safer.

Computers are used in transportation.

6.What will school be like in the future?

Schools on the air or e-schools

7.Will people in the future be able to enjoy a longer and healthier life? Why?

1.Listen to the transportation and use four adjs to summaries the transportation in the future .

cleaner , faster , safer , more energy-saving

Listening

Cleaner : not pollute the air or environment.Faster : travel at amazing speed .Safer: be controlled by advanced computer system.Energy-saving : new fuels and engines.

3.The summary of the text.In the future there will be much more changes in transportation , business, medicine and education . Transportation will be cleaner , faster , safer and more energy-saving . Shopping will be more convenient and fun. People will live longer and healthier and more active .The education will be more convenient and interesting .

What is my future life like?

Cloze test: Life in the twenty-first Century Life in the 21st century will obviously be very different from ____ is ___ today. It is interesting to try to ______ what life will be like ___________. Our life style will be ________ in many_____.For example, I think that everyone will live in_____.

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There will be houses under the sea. _____ people will get settled _____ on the moon and do scientific researches. Every house will have a wireless telephone. Solar energy will be _______ used in houses and factories. As for education in the future, I think that children will start_____

Somedown

widely

school

at the age of 3. To some extent, computers will take the place of _______. People will study ____ they are 30. Our _____ life will be different too. It is possible that people will only work ____ hours a day. At the age of _________, people will retire and do ______

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they want. Finally, when we think about the future of travel, it seems to me that it is _______ that most people will have a chance to _________ in space. Our future is promising. Let’s work hard for ______ our beautiful future.

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do shopping

realizing

•Recite Paragraph 4 and 5.

Wish Wish everybody everybody a beautiful a beautiful future!future!