Unit3Lifeinthefuture教案1

Unit 3 Life in the future 教案 1 (FIRST IMPRESSION vPART 1>)

Teaching Aims:

1. Lear n some new words and expressi ons.

2. Help the stude nts to talk about life in the past, at prese nt and in the future.

3. En able the stude nts to describe the life in the past, at prese nt and in the future. Difficult and Importa nt Poin ts:

Compare life in the past, at prese nt and in the future What is life in the future like? What changes will take place?

Teaching Methods:

1. First and careful readi ng,

2. Ask ing and an sweri ng questi on activity

3. In dividual, Pair work & group work

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1 warming up

1. Show the stude nts some pictures or videos of the past and prese nt life, and ask them their first impressi ons of the pictures.

2. lead-i n: Talk about how many cha nges there have bee n in the past and in the prese nt. Topic:

Predict ing the good and bad cha nges in the future. imag ine the alie n creatures. remi nd …of …使回想起或意识到

catch sight of 瞥见

speed up 加速 assist in 帮助;援助；协助

4. sentence structures:

I still cannot believe that I am tak ing up my prize that was won last year.

Worried about the journ ey, I was un settled for the first few days. Con fused by the new surroundin gs,

3. useful expressi ons: take up 拿起；接受;开始；继续

lose sight of

不再看见 …

I was hit by the lack of fresh air.

Soon I was back on my feet again and followed him to collect a hovering carriage driven by computer. Described as an eno rmous round plate, it spins slowly in space to imitate the pull of the earth gravity. …a table and chair rose from under the floor as if by magic.

Step 2 pre-reading

1. Can you tell what problems people are facing today?

2. What problems do you thi nk people in the future will have overcome? Which ones will still be there or eve n worse in AD3005?

Key: 1. The problem of populati on will be solved, have begu n to Con trol the birth rate.

2. The problems will be still there, and will even worse.

3. I don ' t think so. Now scientists are trying their best to develop new resources that human

beings can make use of, such as solar energy. In my opinion …

Step 3 reading

1. Fast reading

1) Read the text for the first time and tell what the text is about?

It ' s a-mail written by a man Who has taken up a trip to the future.

2) Look at the followi ng sentence, there are in wrong order, tell me the correct order for these sentence

A. We were tran sported into the future by a comfortable time capsule.

B. I arrived a t Wang Ping ' s home and everything in his house made me surprised.

C. I won a travel to the year AD3005

D. I have my first try to master a hoveri ng carriage.

2. careful read ing

1). Questi ons & an swers:

Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD3005?

What is a “ time lag ”？

How did I feel whe n I was in the capsule?

Who guides my trip?

Why did my guide give me some tables?

Who tran sported us to the future?