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Answer key for exercise 2:
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Period4-Using Language
Reading and discussing
What can you see in the picture?What can you see in the picture?
How do you feel at first sight of How do you feel at first sight of it?it?
Free talk before reading
• 1. Do you think it’s possible for human being to have a time travel?
• 2. If you have the chance the take a time travel to the year AD 3008 as Li Qiang did, what places will you go to visit?
Read the text and find out the information below.
Reading
Modern Inventions of the 31st Century only to be seen on the Space Station
Communication Waste Disposal Manufacturing
invention Thought pad Manufacturing robots
advantages
disadvantages
None
Come and see how they work today!
Modern Inventions of the 31st Century Only to be seen on the Space Station
communication Waste Disposal
Manufacturing
invention thoughtpad manufacturing robots
Use the information from the reading passage to fill in this poster for the Space Station.
a waste machine
advantages 1
2
disadvantages None
efficient
Environmentally friendly
Thoughts must be clear or messages may be mixed up
1 no waste2 no pollution3 no environmental damage
1 disposes of all waste2 turns them into three grades of useful material
People must live on a space station to monitor the robots
Discussion
• In pairs discuss the advantages and
disadvantages of living on a space
station. For example: would you like
to live and work in one? What
would you do with your spare time?
Prepare to report to the class.
SpeakingIn pairs discuss what life will be like in your hometown in 1000 years’ time. Discuss the future of one of the following areas.
1. Communication
2. Work
3. Business and money
4. The human body
5. The transportation
6. Education
7. Houses and buildings
8. Languages
Suppose that … Do you imagine that …?I wonder if … Is it possible that …?Is it likely /unlikely that …? Do you suppose that …?Perhaps /Maybe /Possibly
/ProbablyMost likely …I’m sure …
These expressions may help you:
What will life be like in the future?
Transportation1.How will people travel in the future?2.Where will people go and why?
Education1.What will schools be like in the future?2.What subjects will people study?
Business and money1.How will people do business in the future?2.What kind of money will people use?
The human body1.What will humans look like in the future?2.Will people still get sick
Languages1.What language (s) will people speak in the future?2.Will people still speak Chinese and English?
Work1.Where will people work in the future?2.What kind of jobs will people have
Houses and buildings1.Where will people live in the future?2.What will their cities look like?
Communication
How will people communicate in the future?
Transportations As people’s life is improving, people prefer to travel to different places. Not only do they enjoy local travel but also they travel abroad. Some even can afford to travel in space.
EducationStudents in the future will be able to receive far better education with the help of the Internet and e-schools. And their subjects will be richer and more personal.
Business and moneyIn the future more companies and individuals prefer to do business on the Internet by using various kinds of smart cards. Even you don’t take any cash you can also do business, go to the concert or travel abroad. In a word, E-commerce will play a more important role in our daily life.
The human bodyHuman beings will look healthier in the future. In spite of this they still get sick. However, scientists will have a better understanding of how cancer develops.
LanguagesIn the future people will speak much fewer languages. Both English and Chinese have become world languages.
Work :As to where people work in the future, the answers are divided. Some people will be able to work at home on the Internet, which we call SOHO.More people will work in the companies also related to computers. At that time, there will be more and more new jobs like database managers, sales engineers and so on.
Houses and buildingsIn the future people will live 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.
Communication:In the future people will communicate more easily and conveniently. They can talk on the phone and send e-mails on the Internet. They can do almosteverything on the Internet, like shopping, reading, borrowing books, depositing money, order meals and tickets.
Writing
Write about what life may be like on the earth in 1000 years’ time. Follow these steps.
•In pairs prepare 4 to 5 questions about the future.
•Ask and answer questions using the following expressions.
Suppose that …I wonder if …I imagine that …I’m sure …
Do you imagine that …?Is it likely/unlikely that…?Is it possible that…?Do you suppose that… ?
Perhaps/Maybe/Possibly…
Most likely …Probably …
Homework 1. Review “using language ”
parts and read the passage on page 58.
2. Finish your writing passage and read it to the class in next period.
