必修5 unit 3 reading

Discussion
What’s the writer’s attitude towards the future?Optimistic or pessimistic? How do you know?
As far as I am concerned , the writer has an optimistic view of the future. He was very excited when he traveled to the year AD 3008 and couldn’t believe it was true. From this, we can see he is eager to go to the future. Though he was hit by the lack of fresh air, the problem was immediately solved by putting on a mask.
At first, Li was nervous _______ and Before the ________ uncertain , as a result he journey suffered from time lag _______. During the Li was transported safely into time capsule journey (1) the future in a ___________.
How to drive carriage it swiftly? a hovering
too many carriages flying by in all directions
after the journey
How to describe Wang Ping’s house?
brown floor
Arriving home Li was showed ______ green wall, a room with a _____
journey (1) into a large bright, clean ______ ___ lighting. brown floor and soft
_________, Exhausted he slid into bed journey (2) and ___ fell fast ______. asleep After the
Fast reading
1. What’s the text about? A A. An e-mail written by a boy who has taken up a trip to the future B. The boy has his first try to master a hovering carriage. C. The boy is surprised at Wang ping’s home. D. The preparation of the trip.
How How did he ⑤ green solve the tablets problem?
What did he suffer from?
time capsule during the journey
How?
through a small opening
seats in the capsule
Li Qiang ① Who Wang Ping Who was the text about? ⑥ Capsule (太空舱) Place!
Where
AD 3008 ② When
When was he really in?
take ③ up Li Qiang the prize Why won last Why did he travel year to the future? ④ What “time lag”
soft lighting trees--leaves
green wall
Description
tables + chairs
a switch on computer screen
Exhausted, I slid into bed and fell fast asleep.
Read through paragraph 4, then answer this question: What was the green wall made of ? What’s the purpose of building this kind of green wall?
During the Li found the new journey(2) surroundingsdifficult to tolerate, later he was hit by a ____ lack of ached fresh air and his head ______.
After the
Fast reading
Divide the passage into three parts • Before the journey (par. 1 • After the journey )
• During the journey (par. 2-3 ) (par. 4 )
before the journey
overpopulation
traffic jam
poverty war violence
other issues
What will life be like in one thousand years’ time?
Better or worse?
Reading
First Impressions
What’s more , he tells us that the transport in the future is convenient. When he arrived Wang Ping’s home, he found there were many trees after the wall moved, and these trees provided the house with much-needed oxygen. Finally he described the automatic equipment（自动装置） in Wang Ping’s house. All the above has shown his view of the future.
The wall was made of trees.
Because their leaves provided the room with much-needed oxygBaidu Nhomakorabean.
How did he feel?
• Now try to find out what happened to Li Qiang before, during and after the journey.
growing areas of desert, overpopulation, lack of enough drinking water …
environment
poor sanitation Deforestation air pollution 公共卫生 （森林砍伐） water pollution Desertification (沙漠化）
Unit Three
Life in the future Reading
李燕珊 Season Lee
复习
Sharp eyes
desert first impression impression lack pessimistic optimistic instant take up the instant previous lose sight of
复习
Sharp eyes
沙漠
甜食
看见、发现 缺乏
印象 悲观的 乐观的 拿起 瞬间 第一印象 在前的 看不见
Pre-reading
Discussion:
Make a list of the problems human beings are facing today.
population pollution global warming traffic hunger …
comfortable
new surroundings
lack of fresh air/the air is thin
mask ‘back on my feet’
You can drive it swiftly by bending and pressing down on the driving stick in your seat.