高中英語 UnitLife in the future Warming up 新人教必修

1、Unit 3 Life in the future Warming upThis is the first period of this unit. At the beginning of this period, the teacher can spend some time training the students to read new words and expressions. The purpose of this is to offer some new expressions to the students, which are helpful for the student

2、s to talk about the topic “l(fā)ife in the future” and to help the students pronounce them correctly.This unit is about life in the future, so the teacher can let the students brainstorm the words or phrases about future. In their minds, what will life in the future be like? The students are free to say

3、 anything that they can imagine. They should be encouraged to be brave enough to speak out what they dream. This activity gives Ss a chance to express their imagination. At the same time, this activity can stir the students imagination.Later Ss are required to talk in groups of four about the follow

4、ing topic: Think about how many changes there have been in the last one thousand years. Now think about what changes you might expect to find in the next one thousand years in the following aspects: transport, houses, villages, towns, locations and settlement.Then ask students to draw a picture abou

5、t the topic “my future family”. After that, let some of them show what they have designed in the picture. Whats more, the teacher can ask them why they design it in this way and whether it is possible to realize their dream in the future. If they want such dreams to come true, what should they do no

6、w?Apart from the above, the teacher can design a competition. Divide the class into four groups. Each group should work together to list the problems human beings are facing today. Then let them discuss whether what they have listed is reasonable or not. The group, which has listed the most problems

7、, will be the best. Following that competition, the teacher will ask the students to consider what problems people in the future will have to overcome and which ones will still exist there or might be even worse in AD 3005 so as to lead in the text more coherently. The Ss are supposed to analyze the

8、 possibilities, and also show their reasons for such imagination.Finally, the teacher had better let the students consider this question “Do you want to live in AD 3005 or today? Why do you prefer to live in AD 3005 or nowadays?”Teaching Important PointsHave the students discuss the changes that hav

9、e taken place for almost one thousand years and what will happen in the coming one thousand years.Encourage the students to predict what problems people will have to overcome.Understand and learn the following words and expressions: vehicle, carriage, private, settlement, impression, take up, consta

10、nt, remind, previous, tablet, capsule, surrounding, lack, mask, bend, press, swift, master, lose sight of, catch sight of, sweep, switch, optimistic, length, speed up, extraordinary, helmet, assist in, agency, slip, require.Teaching DifficultiesPredict what changes may take place/be found in the nex

11、t one thousand years.Teaching Aids CAI equipment with a multi-media classroom and other normal teaching toolsThree Dimensional Teaching AimsKnowledge Aims Learn about the changes that have happened for almost one thousand years and what will happen in the coming one thousand years.List what problems

12、 people will have to overcome.Try to understand and learn the following words and expressions: vehicle, carriage, private, settlement, impression, take up, constant, remind, previous, tablet, capsule, surrounding, lack, mask, bend, press, swift, master, lose sight of, catch sight of, sweep, switch,

13、optimistic, length, speed up, extraordinary, helmet, assist in, agency, slip, require.Ability AimsDevelop the students ability of speaking.Encourage the students to imagine what will happen in the future to cultivate the students for creativeness.Emotional AimsEncourage the students to be brave enou

14、gh to imagine what seems impossible today. Let them realize nothing is impossible and we can make the impossible possible. Having courage to imagine sometimes leads to new success and new breakthroughs in the future.Teaching ProcedureStep 1 GreetingT: Hello, my friends.S: Hello, Miss Wang.Step 2 Wor

15、d PuzzlesT: Open your books to Page 94. Lets read the words and expressions together.(The students read those words and expressions together. Help them pronounce the new words and expressions correctly. Later give them some time to remember some. If some students are poor in pronunciation, the teach

16、er should give them some more help.) T: Now, listen to me carefully. I will give you some explanations or situations for some words and phrases. When I tell you some meanings or situations, youd better guess which words or phrases I refer to. Get ready for it. Lets see who will be the first to find

17、out the correct answers.T: When we go to some place, especially to a place far away from you, what do you need the most?S: VehicleT: Right. You are clever.T: Something belongs to one particular person or group only, which is personal. What is it?S: Private.T: Excellent. Can you use it to make a sent

18、ence?S: This is my fathers own private chair, which no one else is allowed to sit on.T: What a beautiful sentence. Next one is coming before in time or order. Can you guess what it is?S: I think it is previous.T: Yes. Would you please make a sentence using it?S: We had met on a previous occasion bef

19、ore.T: Good. I like the book very much, but I dont have enough money on me. What difficulty do I have now?S: You are lacking money.T: You are clever. I cant buy the book because of lack of money.T: Even if he is in lack of money to buy food to eat and to buy a house to live in, he is still confident

20、 and leads an active life. So we can say he is.S: He is optimistic, I think.T: Quite good. He has an optimistic view of events.Step 3 BrainstormingT: As we all know, no one can stop the wheel of history. Our society keeps advancing, so what will happen in the future? Sure you often dream of your bea

21、utiful life tomorrow. Now, Id like to share with you what you have imagined about the future. You are free to show your different imaginations.S: People will not have to work, because all of work will be done by machine.S: People will go to space very easily. We can go to other stars just as we visi

22、t other cities nowadays.S: People will live forever and no one will die.Ss: .T: Now lets fill in the following chart according to your imagination.FieldsWhat will the _become in the futureEnergyLanguageFarmFactory(Five minutes later, ask three or four Ss to report.)S: In the future people will live

23、in different places. As the population is exploding, more people will prefer to live in faraway places, under the sea or even on the moon.S: In the future people will speak only English and Chinese.S: In the future, people can eat anything. People wont need to worry about the food problem in the wor

24、ld.S: In the future people can find many ways to deal with pollution, we can live in a better environment. People in the future will explore a new kind of energy, which will never be used up.Step 4 DiscussionT: Just now you offered me a good chance to vividly view a future world. It is full of imagi

25、nation and wonders. Lets wait together for it coming asap (as soon as possible).Now lets try to think about the many changes there have been in the last one thousand years. Then think about what changes you might expect to find in the next one thousand years, especially consider the following fields

26、: transport, houses, villages, towns, location and settlement. I will break you up into several groups. Each group is made up of four students. Discuss it in groups. In five minutes, one student in one group will report what you have discussed.(The teacher had better join in the discussion and give

27、them some guidance when/whenever necessary. After the discussion, some students will come to summarize what the group has discussed.) Some answers here for reference: AD1005: ChinaAD2005: Modern WorldAD3005: Your ideasTransportBy horse or by simple vehicle such as a carriage.By car, by bus, by train

28、, by air, by motorbike, by bike, by maglev, by ship.By spaceship, or capsule, by advanced vehicle to be invented.HousesMade of wood and mud: no bathrooms.Apartment, villa, SiheyuanSpecial houses with advanced equipment, which can be moved to any place.VillagesMany small house round a temple and a po

29、nd.There are many buildings with gardens, wide roads and large fields.Farmers neednt go to work, and they will live in a folded house with everything people need.Computer will do anything to help villagers.TownsStreets with markets, small shops and private houses.There are crowded skyscrapers on bot

30、h sides of main streets with malls and shopping centers.Streets will not as crowded as now, because the entire vehicle can fly in the sky.People will take whatever they need for free.Location of settlementOn the earth; on landOn the earth, on landOn the moon, on the other planets; under the sea.(In

31、fact, there are no fixed answers to the question what the future will be like.Various answers are possible.)Step 5 Dreaming the Future Family (competition)T: Now, let us have a competition about designing our future family. Four students make up a group to design it. Make a sketch together. After th

32、at, some of you will show what you have designed in the picture. Discuss it first and then draw it. You are allowed to finish it in six minutes.(The teacher can join in their designing or just give them some help if necessary.)T: Have you finished it? Its time for you to show your pictures. Lets see

33、 which group can offer us the most beautiful picture with the most wonderful imagination. Whats more, you will have to describe what you have drawn and why you design it in this way. In the end, you will predict whether it is possible to realize our dream in the future, and analyze why you have such

34、 view. The rule is that your group will be given one star when you finish one step. If your design is extremely excellent, you will be praised to get two stars. When you give us a vivid and imaginative description, which is also reasonable, you will also gain two stars for one step. Lets see which g

35、roup will do it the best.(The teacher can arrange everyone to take part in this activity. One will show the picture, one will describe it, one will tell us the purpose of designing it. The last one will tell us whether it is possible to realize the dreams.)T: You did an excellent job. If you want su

36、ch dreams to come true, what should we do now?S: We should work hard to be knowledgeable.S: We had better make efforts to speed up development.S: We will have to get in touch with aliens, who may give us help.S: We should have enough courage to imagine what seems possible now, which may lead to new

37、discoveries and new inventions.Ss: .Step 6 Discussion (Competition)T: Just now you designed a beautiful dream. But as we know, each coin has two sides. We may meet with some problems in our daily life. Discuss what problems we are facing, and make a list of the problems human beings are facing today

38、. Discuss it in groups.(The teacher had better join in discussion. Then ask some students to come to write problems on the blackboard.)T: Look at the blackboard, and predict which problems will be overcome in the future and find out the ways to solve the problems.(The teacher should encourage the st

39、udents to use their heads to find out as many ways as possible.)S: I think scientists will invent new medicine to deal with some incurable diseases. People will not suffer from cancer, AIDS and so on.S: There will be no war and people will not experience social and economics unrest. In my opinion, p

40、eople all over the world will lead a rich and happy life, because our world is being highly developed and all the people will be educated to be friendly and kind to others.Ss: .T: I am proud of your outstanding imagination. Can you tell me which problems will still be there or even worse in AD 3005?

41、Why do you think so? You are expected to discuss in groups. If what you will present is reasonable and excellent, you will be offered three stars.(The students should be given five minutes to discuss them. Later exchange them with the whole class.)S: I think pollution will still be a problem in the

42、future, which will be even worse. Because population will be larger and larger, in turn, more pollution will be caused.S: The balance of nature will be destroyed worse and worse, because a large number of animals and plants are dying out day by day. As a consequence, human beings will be endangered.

43、Ss: .T: Good, you know. Everything has advantages and disadvantages. What should we do to make sure we will have a bright future? S: We should study hard and be a lifelong learners.T: Good. We should be lifelong learners and accept the change, appreciate what is new and different, making great effor

44、ts to make our dreams come true.Step 7 Sum upT: In this period, we have talked a lot about future. You are full of imagination and clever. In class, you are also active. So all of us bring me vivid pictures and let me preview what the future is like. After class, write a passage about the future. Yo

45、u are free to write what you are interested in. The title is “Future in my eyes”.The Design of the Writing on the BlackboardUnit 3Life in the future Period 1Welcome to the UnitBrainstormingResearch and ActivitiesImaginationOne day, you are walking through a forest alone. Suddenly, you happen to meet

46、 a strange man who lives in AD 3005.At first sight, you find him kind and friendly, so you come to have a talk with him. You are talking about the way of life, transport, houses, villages, towns, locations of settlement, education, culture and customs. Now, imagine and write down the dialogue.Refere

47、nce for TeachingThe fastest electric vehicle Last week an electric and speed vehicle designed by a Ohio State Universitys undergraduate, set new US and International land speed records for electric vehicles308 mph and 271 mph respectively.HousingIn rural areas the floors of dwellings consist of poun

48、ded earth or concrete, or else of raised wood floors, while wooden framing supports walls of woven bamboo matting, and the roofs are of dried palm fiber or tiles. In urban areas floors are of cement or tile, the framing of the dwellings is of teak, the walls are of brick and plaster, and the roofs o

49、f tile or shingle. Although most of the population is nonurban, the major housing problems are in the cities, where new arrivals crowd into squalid slums. In their desire to escape the restraints of the traditional rural life and seek the opportunities of the cities, most immigrants find living cond

50、itions that are less attractive than those of the country.Jakarta is the most modern city in Indonesia and also the one with the greatest problems. It lacks a dependable supply of electricity, gas, and water, an adequate telephone system, a waste-disposal system, and adequate school and health facil

51、ities. There is a severe housing shortage, with the gap being filled by substandard, temporary housing that does not require building permits.Subsidized housing is provided largely by employers, including government ministries, for a limited number of key employees, although efforts by the governmen

52、t are being made to provide more low-cost housing to a wider group of people. Life in 2060Let us suppose it is now about A.D.2060.Lets make believe it is about sixty years from now.Of course, things have changed and life is very different.Voyages to the moon are being made every day. It is as easy t

53、o take a holiday on the moon today as it was for the people in 1960 to take a holiday in Europe. At a number of scenic spots on the moon, many hotels have been built. The hotels are air conditioned, naturally. In order that everyone can enjoy the beautiful scenery on the moon, every room has at leas

54、t one picture window. Everything imaginable is provided for entertainment (娛樂) of young and old.What are people eating now? People are still eating food. They havent yet started to take on heir (繼承) supply of energy directly as electrical current or as nuclear power. They may some day. But many food

55、s now come in pill form, and the food that goes into the pill continues to come mainly from green plants.Since there are several times as many people in the world today as there were a hundred years ago, most of our planets surface has to be filled. The deserts are irrigated with water and crops are

56、 no longer destroyed by pests. The harvest is always good.Farming, of course, is very highly developed. Very few people have to work on the farm. It is possible to run the farm by just pushing a few buttons now and then.People are now largely vegetarians (素食者).You see, as the number of people increa

57、ses, the number of animals decreases. Therefore, the people have to be vegetarians and we are healthier both in our bodies and in our minds, and we know the causes and cure of disease and pain, and it is possible to get rid of diseases. No one has to be ill any more.Such would be our life in 2060.注釋

58、. Lets make believe it is about sixty years from now.讓我們假設(shè)現(xiàn)在是大約60年以后。詞組make believe的意思是“假裝; 虛構(gòu)”。 It is possible to run the farm by just pushing a few buttons now and then.只是通過不時(shí)按幾個(gè)按鈕來管理整個(gè)農(nóng)場已成為可能。Machine Dreams!A deskless future?In an, interview, Ray Kurzweil, who helped invent the IT present, explains how humans fit into the IT future: the impact of automation on jobs, biotechnology, slowing the aging process, brain enhancement, etc.There wont be