Unit 1Unit 1

Will people have robots?

Section B

new words

astronaut 宇航员

new words

rocket 火箭

new words

space station 太空站

Write each word in the correct column below.

astronaut house apartment computer programmertrain rocket space station

Jobs Transportation Places to live

space stationastronaut

computer programmer

train

rockethouse

apartment

Jobs: doctor, cook, reporter, salesman, manager, …

Transportation: subway, ship, plane, bus, …

Listen to Alexis and Joe. Number the pictures 1-3.

2

3

1

1.I in an apartment.2.I near here.3.I a computer programmer.4.We in a house.5.I the train to school.6.I an astronaut.7.I rockets to the moon.8.I on a space station.

’ll live am ’ll fly took work ’ll be lived live

live

workam

lived

took’ll be

’ll fly’ll live

Reading

1. T or F

( ) 1. In ten years, the writer will be a manager.

( ) 2. The writer went to Hong Kong last year.

( ) 3. The writer has some pets now.

( ) 4. She will live with her friends.

( ) 5. She will dress casually during the week.

( ) 6. The writer loves Shanghai.

F

F

F

F

T

T

Ming in ten years

Job Pets Sports Places Clothes

reporterparrot skating

swimming

Shanghai

HongKong

Australiasuit

smart clothes

Answer the following questions.

1. What will the writer be in ten years?

2. Did she go to Shanghai last year?

3. What does she think of Shanghai?

3. What will she do as a reporter?

4. Does she have pets now?

5. What will the writer probably do every day?

6. Will she dress casually when she works?

She will be a reporter in ten years.

Yes, she did.

She thinks it’s really a beautiful city.

She will meet lots of interesting people.

No, she doesn’t have any.

She will probably go skating and swimming every day.

No, she won’t. She will probably wear a suit.

3a Read Ming’s answer to the question “What will your life be like in ten years?” Then fill in the chart.

In ten years, I think I’ll be a reporter. I’ll live

in Shanghai, because I went to Shanghai last

year and fell in love with it. I think it’s really a

beautiful city. As a reporter, I think I will meet

lots of interesting people. I think I’ll live in an

apartment with my best friends, because I don’t

like living alone.

fell---(fall 的过去式 ) 落下；变为

fall in love with sb / sth. 喜爱、爱上某人或某物

I’ll have pets. I can’t have any pets now because

my mother hates them, and our apartment is

too small. So in ten years, I’ll have many

different pets. I might even keep a pet parrot!

I’ll probably go skating and swimming every day.

During the week I’ll look smart, and probably

will wear a suit. On the weekend, I’ll be able to

dress more casually. I think I’ll go to Hong Kong

on vacation, and one day I might even visit

Australia.

宠物

鹦鹉大概；也许 去滑冰

一套衣服 能够穿衣 随意地

甚至可能 喂养

look + 形容词 看上去怎么样 eg. She looked happy.

fall

alone

pet

parrot

probably

go skating

suit

able

be able to

dress

casually

which

even

new words落下；跌落

孤独地；单独地

宠物

鹦鹉

可能，也许

去滑冰

一套衣服

能够，有能力的

能够…；得以

穿衣

非正式的；随意的

哪个；哪几个

甚至

This paper says “ I’ll be an engineer in ten years.”

I think Lin Wei wrote that.

Yes, I wrote it.

wear work look fly keep

1.I want to for myself when I’m older.2.My friends a pet pig in their house.3.I need to smart for my job interview.4.We have to a uniform to school.5.One day people will to the moon for vacations.

work

keep

look

wearfly

2 Read the passage and circle the inventions on the right.

Predicting the future can be difficult. There are many famous predictions that never came true. Before 1929, there was no sound in movies. The head of one of the biggest movie companies in the United States predicted that no one would want to see actors talk. Of course, he was wrong! In 1977, the head of the largest computer company in the United States said, “No one will want to have a computer in his or her home.” He thought that computers would never be used by most people.

future n. 将来；未来come true 实现；达到company n. 公司 ( 复数 companies)

think---thought

see sb. do sth. 看到某人做某事 (make, let, hear, watch)

3 Find these words from this unit.

1. A place to live in space:

2. Something kids will use to study at home:

3. These will be in every home:

4. Yang Liwei is a famous Chinese .

space station

astronaut

computers

robots