【单元教案】人教版英语必修五Unit 3 Life in the future

Unit 3 Life in the future

Important points:

Let students discuss and predict the good and bad changes in the future.

Get students to read the passage and know about what life in the future might be like.

Have students learn different reading skills.

Difficult points:

Develop students` reading ability.

Enable students to talk about the advantages and problems of life in the future.

New words and expressions: aspect, uncertain, press, optimistic, representative, greedy, recycle, sideways, timetable, pessimistic, typist, citizen, swallow, instant, previous, tolerate, flash, material, fasten, take up, lose sight of, speed up, sweep up, be back on one’s feet, slide into, remind….of…, make predictions

Making predictions:

Do you suppose that….

Suppose that….

Do you imagine that….

Is it likely / unlikely that….?

It is possible that…

I’m sure…

Perhaps /Maybe / Possibly…..

I wonder if….

I imagine that…..

Most likely….

Probably……

Introduction: This unit introduces the students to what life in the future might be like and

help students to begin to examine their ideas about future. The approach is to encourage students to imagine the advantages and difficulties of life in 1000 years time. The possible things that Li Qing sees during his time travel trip include easy personal travel and a high level of personal comfort. The difficulties include a shortage of fresh air (because the problem of global warming has not yet been solved) and a solution to it (your own personal forest in the living room to provide a constant supply of oxygen).

Step 1 Lead-in

Present some pictures, including some aliens, a horse, a carriage, a plane, a spaceship, the sun , the moon, the Mars, a thatched cottage, a skyscraper, etc. to increase students` interest.

At the same time, ask them some questions:

1. How did people travel 1000 years ago?

2. How do you usually get to school?

3. Where do you live, in a city or in the countryside?

4. Do you live in a flat or a house?

5. What kind of housing would you like to have in the future?

6. What would you like to have in your room?

Step 2 Warming up

1. Encourage students to speculate about their ideas for life in one thousand years` time? Ask them the question: What changes do you expect to see in your life in one thousand years1 time?

2. Let students choose two of the main aspects of life today to have a discussion in groups and then make notes in the table below.