牛津上海版英语九年级下册课件：Unit 2Reading

A4
Work in pairs. You want to know more about your partner. Ask and answer these questions.
Have you bought anything and you were not satisfied with it later? Do you like designer clothes? Which labels do you like? How many things in your home are driven by electricity?
Cars: The CJ3 The CJ3 is a hydrogen car. Hydrogen cars cause less air pollution in Garden City. The hydrogen is mixed with oxygen from the air to make electricity. The electricity drives the engine. The CJ3 also has satellite navigation, so you can see where you are on an electronic map on the windscreen, and you can see all the traffic ahead of you. It also has an Internet link, so the driver can get information about the weather or even book a restaurant from the car.
Houses: 26 Kennedy Road This house is ‘green’. It has a layer of glass around it. The house saves heat because it stays under the glass. The heat is then used as energy to run machines in the house. All the walls are made of glass and you can move them, so you can have rooms any size you want. It is also smart. The medicine cabinet has a computer in it, linked to your doctor’s computer. The fridge in the kitchen also has a computer, linked to the supermarket’s computer. It tells the supermarket’s computer when you need more food. It only orders the food that you like. Satisfied customer: Mr David Yu: ‘When we were living in our old house, life was much more difficult, and we were spending more money. We now live comfortably in a house like the one on Kennedy Road, and I would recommend it to anyone.’
B2
T/F
T/F
The website on page 21 is from 2040. Which of these sentences is about 2040, and which is about the present time? Tick the boxes. Then quickly scan the website to check your answers.
Maybe I’ll be able to swim around the sea and become a fish.
What will happen if we live in an underwater hotel?
• What does Hi ask Lo to imagine?
The future life of the human beings living in an underwater hotel. • What does Lo think of Hi’s idea? He thinks thet he will probably be a fish which will be able to swim around the sea. • What do you think of Hi’s idea?
• What do you think the life will be like in the future?
Work in pairs or groups. Try to complete the following incompLeabharlann Baiduete sentences. Write as many possible answers as you can.
A2
• All kitchens in the future will …
• In 2040, people will go on holiday … • The car of the future will … • In 2040, buildings will …
What do these three pictures make you think of? Describe these pictures in your own words. • What is it? • When can we probably see it?
• In 2040, hotel in our city will … • The computers of the future will … • All kitchens in the future will …
A1
• In 2040, people will go on holiday …
• The car of the future will … • In 2040, buildings will …
Satisfied customer: Mr Jacky Hu: ‘I always felt guilty about the old car, because while I was driving, I was polluting our city, but I feel good driving the CJ3.’
B3
It is August 2040. People in Garden City are buying their holidays, homes and cars on the Internet from QuickBuy.com. Here is the website.
Holidays: The Magic Hotel The underwater hotel in Garden City has many rooms that are half underwater, but the Magic Hotel is completely underwater. It has fifty underwater rooms, a computer games hall and a shopping mall with designer clothes. There is also a dinosaur animation centre, where children can play with dinosaurs. Satisfied customer: Mrs April Pang: ‘When we stayed in the Magic Hotel, my children watched fish swim outside their room window. It was lovely. When I was a young child, we didn’t see as many fish as we do today. We’re protecting fish now.’
Read your answers to the class in turns to see which pair or group has got the most answers. • In 2040, hotel in our city will … • The computers of the future will …
B1
Do you have a medicine cabinet in your bathroom? What is in it?
If you book a table at a restaurant, what are you doing?
Before you read the website on the next page, look at the introduction, the headings and the pictures. Then decide whether the following statements are T (true) or F (false). 1 The website is from the year 2040. 2 People are buying everything from that website. 3 People can watch fish swim outside their room windows at the Magic Hotel. 4 The website recommends the house at 62 Kennedy Road. 5 The CJ3 looks the same as the cars nowadays. T/F T/F T/F
Find the italicized words and phrase below on the QuickBuy website on page 21. Work out their meanings and complete the following sentences.
A3
• What is it used for?
• What is it special for? • Do you want one like it? • Why or why not?
These pictures show some things from the future. Read the descriptions below and choose one sentence to match each picture. a The room has a robot that can cook and clean. b The Magic Hotel is completely underwater. c The car, CJ3, has a wide screen at the front. d The room has a big, flat TV, linked to the market’s computer. e The Magic Hotel is completely underground. f The space car does not have any wheels.