八上英语Unit7_SectionA(1a-2d) (3)

I think there will be more pollution.
Really? I don’t think so. But I think there will be fewer trees.
What’s your
prediction about I think cities will be
How will your life be like in 100 years? Can you say any sentences?
People will have robots in their homes.
There will be only one country.
People won’t use money. Everything will be free.
Role-play the conversation.
What are you reading, Jill? …
It’s a book about the future. …
1. pollute v. 污染 pollut(e) + ion→pollution n. 污染 e.g. Bicycle is a good exercise. It doesn’t pollute the air.
2b Listen again. Check (√) the
predictions you hear.
____ 1. There will be fewer people. ____ 2. There will be less free time. ____ 3. People will use the subways less. ____ 4. There will be more pollution. ____ 5. Cities will be very big and crowded.
No, they won’t. They’ll study at home on computers.
Yes, there will be only one country.
Will there be only one country?
Listen and circle the
2a
words you hear.
Will people 50 years?
Yes, they will.
Will kids go to school then?
No, they won’t. They will study at home. And books will not be on paper.
book? Cities will be more crowded and polluted. There will be fewer trees and environment will be in great danger.
2. What can people do?
We can use less water and plant more trees. Everyone should play a part in saving the earth.
1. There will be (more/ less/ fewer) people. 2. There will be (more/ less /fewer) free time. 3. There will be (more/ less/ fewer) cars. 4. There will be (more/ less/ fewer) pollution. 5. There will be (more/ less/ fewer) trees.
be free. 3. Books will only be on computers, not on
paper. 4. Kids won’t go to school. They’ll study at
home on computers. 5. There will be only one country. 6. People will live to be 200 years old.
【运用】根据汉语意思完成英语句子。 1. 更多的孩子将加入这个俱乐部。
_M__o_r_e_c_h_i_ld_r_e_n__/ _k_id_s_ will join the club. 2. 十年以后这里的水将更少。
There will be _le_s_s_w_a_t_e_rhere in ten years. 3. 今年动物园里的动物似乎更少了。
There seem to be _f_e_w_e_r_a_n_i_m__a_ls_ in the zoo this year.
2c
Make conversations about the predictions in 2a and 2b.
What’s your prediction about the future?
他并没参与做出此决定。
part n. 参加；参与；部分
many—more—most much—more—most
few—fewer—fewest little—less—least
修饰可数名词
修饰不可数名词
more trees
可数名词 more +
不可数名词
more water
less meat less + 不可数名词
fewer people fewer + 可数名词
自行车是一种好的运动，它不污染环境。
Air pollution is a great problem now.
现在空气污染是个大问题。
2. prediction n. 预言；预测
e.g. This great prediction is coming true.
这个伟大的预言即将实现。
3. future 将来 in the future 在将来 e.g. We don’t know what will happen in the future.
1c
Will people use money in 100 years?
No, they won’t. Everything will be free.
Yes, they will.
Will people live to be 200 years old?
Will kids go to school?
Books will only be on computers, not on paper.
Kids won’t go to school. They’ll study at home on computers.
People will live to be 200 years old.
A D 1. People will have robots in their homes.
我们不知道将来会发生什么事情。
4. environment n. 环境 e.g. Our living environment is much better now.
现在我们的生活环境好多了。
5. planet n. 行星 earth n. 地球 e.g. The earth is a planet of the sun.
A D 2. People won’t use money. Everything will be free.
A D 3. Books will only be on computers, not on paper.
A D 4. Kids won’t go to school. They’ll study at home on computers.
A D 5. There will be only one country. A D 6. People will live to be 200 years
old.
1b
Listen and circle the predictions you hear.
1. People will have robots in their homes. 2. People won’t use money. Everything will
What will life be like by the year 3000?
2013 2015 2017
I’m thirteen years old now. And I will be fifteen years old in two years. 现在我十三岁，两年后我将是十五岁。
FREE
the future?
very big and crowded.
Sure. I agree with you. And I think there will be more pollution.
Read the conversation
2d
and answer the questions. 1. What will the future be like in the
地球是太阳的一颗行星。
6. plant v. 种植；n. 植物 e.g. They want to plant trees around the lake.
他们想在湖边种树。
7. play a part in… 是一个固定短语，表 示“参与……；在……中尽自己的一 份力量”。
e.g. He didn’t play a part in making this decision.