Unit 3 Life in the future

Life in the future What life will be like in the future ________________ predict. It is,however, possible to use models to make forecasts about future developments. One way to catch a glimpse of the future is to

examine some of the major trends (趋势) in contemporarysociety. Transportation话题美文欣赏 课前自主学习 课堂互动探究

Current trends indicate that transportation is becoming cleaner, faster and safer. Public transportation is already well developed in most urban areas of China.①New technology is being used to

make sure that the cars,taxis,buses and trains we used do notpollute the air. Business It will not be business as usual in the furture. Many companies and consumers have already begun reforming the way they do business.②E-commerce

or business done on the Internet is

becoming more and more popular as people discover the

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Health and medicine People in the future will be able to enjoy a longer and healthier life and remain active even in old age. Advances in medical science allow us to deal with new diseases. With a better understanding of the human body , scientists and physicians will be able to cure more diseases. Perhaps more

importantly, new discoveries in genetics and biochemistrymay lead to changes in the way diseases are cured and medicines are made.

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Education and knowledge

Homework will always be homework,but the schools ofthe future will probably be quite different from what they are today. In the future, there may be more “ e-schools”.③Real

classrooms will always be popular,

but distance education will help people study whenever they have time and wherever they may be.

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Tasks: 1.佳句仿写 ①be used to do 葡萄被用来酿酒。

Grapes are used to make wine. _______________________________________ ②more and more popular越来越弄不懂现在发生的事情了。 It gets more and more difficult to understand what is going on. _____________________________________________________ ③A.whenever... B.wherever...

A.每次我去那儿他们似乎都在睡觉。 Whenever I went there they seemed to be in bed. ___________________________________________________ B.无论你走到哪里，我都跟随你。 Wherever you go,I’ ll follow. _________________________________________________话题美文欣赏 课前自主学习 课堂互动探究

2.回答问题

What is the feature of the future schools according to thepassage? ________________________________________________ 答案 There may be more “e-schools”.

3.短文填词 答案 is difficult/hard to

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Unit 3 Life in the future Period 1 Warming Up, Pre-reading & Reading 课件(人教版

必修4,课标 通用)Ⅰ.单词识记

1.________ lack v.not have something that you need, or not haveenough of it 2.__________ optimistic adj.believing that good things will happen in the future previous adj.having happened or existed before the event, 3.________ time, or thing that you are talking about now 4.__________ adjustment n.a small change made to a machine, system, or

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guide vt.to take someone to a place,to help someone 5.________ or something to move in a particular direction 6.________ constant adj.happening regularly or all the time 7.___________ impression n.the opinion or feeling you have about someone or something because of the way they seem 8.________ tolerate vt.to allow people to do, say, or believe something

without criticizing or punishing themsurroundings n.the objects, buildings, natural things 9.______________

etc.that are around a person or thing at a particular time10.carriage ________n.a vehicle with wheels that is pulled by a horse, used in the past话题美文欣赏 课前自主学习 课堂互动探究

Ⅱ.短语天地1.________________ in all directions 朝四面八方 2.________________ take up 拿起；接受；开始；继续 3.________________ 移动；溜进 slide into catch sight of 4.________________ 瞥见

5._______________ 看不见 lose sight of使……回想起或意识到 6.remind...of..._____________________ 7.sweep up_______________ 打扫，横扫 8.be similar to_______________ 与……相似 9.suffer from_________________________ 患有(疾病等);为……受苦 (困境后)恢复，完全复原 10.be back on one's feet_____________________________话题美文欣赏 课前自主学习 课堂互动探究

Ⅲ.句型搜索1.At first my new surroundings were difficult to tolerate. [信息提取] [例句仿写] 主语十be+adj.+to do(不定式的主动形式) 威海市非常适合居住。

The city of WeiHai_______ ________ is ___________ comfortable ________ to live

________. in2.The air seemed thin,as though its combination of gases had little oxygen left. [信息提取] [例句仿写] 句中as though引导方式状语从句。 厨房里闻起来好像有什么东西烧着了。

as though The kitchen smells________ ________something is burning.话题美文欣赏 课前自主学习 课堂互动探究

3.However,I lost sight of Wang Ping when we reached what looked like a large market because of too many carriages flying by in all directions. [信息提取] 从句。 [例句仿写] 一所新校在一片废墟的地方建立起来。 其中what...market是what引导的名词性

A new school is set up________ ________ in what ________ was ______ a ___________. wasteland话题美文欣赏 课前自主学习 课堂互动探究

4.Exhausted,I slid into bed and fell fast asleep. [信息提取] exhausted为形容词在句中作原因状语

。

[例句仿写]的方法。

不满意，他决定找到一个解决问题的更好

________ Not ________ satisfied ,he decided to find ________ a better ________ way to solve ________ the ________ ________ ________

problem ________.

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Ⅳ.预读理解1.Fast Reading:Scan the text and choose the best answers according to the text. ①What was the effect of the calming drink? A.It helped to solve the problem of “time lag”. B.It made us relaxed and sleepy.

C.It made it easy for us to breathe.D.It helped to overcome the lack of fresh air.

答案

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②Li Qiang’s head ached because________.A.he was hit by the lack of fresh air B.he caught a bad cold C.he suffered from “time lag”

D.he was very exhausted答案 A

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③Which of the following is the right order according to the text? a.Li Qiang's guide,Wang Ping,gave him some green tablets. b.Li Qiang lost sight of Wang Ping when they reached what looked like a large market. c.Li Qiang was unsettled for the first few days because he was worried about the journey.

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c.Li Qiang was unsettled for the first few days becausehe was worried about the journey.

d.Li Qiang slid into bed and fell fast asleep.e.Wang Ping showed Li Qiang into a large bright, clean room. A.e—d—c—a—b C.c—a—b—e—d 答案 C话题美文欣赏 课前自主学习 课堂互动探究

B.e—c—b—a—d D.c—b—a—e—d