必修5-第三单元-阅读-life-in-the-future课件

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Read and answer.
1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3008? I took up the prize I won the year before. 2. What is a “time lag”? “Time lag” means a person gets flashbacks from his previous time Period. 3. How did I feel when I was in the capsule? The seats in the capsule are very comfortable.
4. What did he notice first when he arrived in AD 3008? The first thing he noticed was the poor quality of the air and it gave him a headache.
5. What else did he find that was different?
Li felt _______ nervous and unsettled ________ Before the at first, as a result he suffered journey from _______. time lag During the Li was transported safely into time capsule journey (1) the future in a ___________. the new Confused During the _________by journey(2) surroundings, Li was hit by the ____ lack of fresh air and his head ______. ached
After the
Arriving home Li was showed ______ green wall, a room with a _____
journey (1) into a large bright, clean ______ ___ lighting. brown floor and soft
7. In the year AD 3008, the air in private houses was poor quality. F 8. Hovering carriages were a fast means of transport, and people could fly in them in every direction. T
Divide the passage into three parts • Before the journey (par.1) • During the journey (par.2-3) • After the journey (par.4)
Detail Reading

Now try to find out what happened to Li Qiang before, during and after the journey.
Answer these questions. 1. Why did Li Qiang go into the future? Li Qiang went into the future because he had won a prize that gave him a tour.
2. How did he feel when he left his own time? He felt rather anxious when he left his own time but soon got it over. 3. How did he get to the year 3008? He went by time capsule.
how I felt; the spaceship; the journey
Paragraph 3:- main idea: My impressions of life one thousand years into the future. details:

little oxygen; masks to provide oxygen; hovering carriage; how to drive them; a “time lag” moment
4. Wang Ping owns a company named
“Future Tours”. F 5. Before the trip, we had a calming drink which made us sleepy. T 6. I lost sight of Wang Ping because there were too many carriages. T
He found several things that was different:
a mask to give him enough oxygen. a hovering carriage having a “time lag” experience a strange – looking house that belongs to Wang Ping’s parents • trees that acted as walls and provided oxygen for the room. • tables, chairs and a bed that were stored under the floor.
a hovering carriage
people fly by in all directions
True or false 1. During his journey he suffered from “jet lag”. T 2. Wang Ping was his friend as well as his guide. T 3. The writer gave Wang Ping some green tablets, which helped a lot. F
Fast reading
1. What’s the text about? A. An e-mail written by a man who has taken up a trip to the future B. The man have his first try to master a hovering carriage. C. The man are surprised at the Wang ping’s home. D. The preparation of the trip.
Put the statements into correct order.
A. We were transported into the future by a comfortable time capsule.
B. I arrived at Wang Ping’s home and everything in his house made me surprised. C. I won a travel to the year AD 3008. D. I have my first try to master a hovering carriage.

Paragraph 4:- main idea: Staying in Wang Ping’s home

details: appearance of house; trees as walls; where furniture stored; ate meal; prepared for sleep
Write down the main idea for each paragraph.
Paragraph 1- main idea:
How I came to take a time travel journey.
details: my prize; my excitement Paragraph 2 - main idea: The journey. details:
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large, bright and clean
2. What was the green wall made of ? What’s the purpose of building this kind of green wall?
The wall was made of trees.
Because their leaves provided the room with much-needed oxygen.
poor sanitation Deforestation starvation air pollution 沙漠化 • Desertification Global warming 公共卫生 滥砍滥伐 water pollution
poverty war violence Other issues
_________, Exhausted he slid into bed journey (2) and ___ fell fast ______. asleep After the
Read fourth paragraph quickly, then
answer the following questions: 1. What did Wang Ping’s house look like?
Discussion:
Make a list of the problems human being are facing today. Housing Population Pollution Global warming Traffic Hunger… acid rain, growing areas of desert, overlarge world population, lack of enough drinking water …