《life in the future》全单元教案
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Unit 3 life in the future
本单元以life in the future 为中心话题,旨在通过本单元的学习, 让学生大胆发挥想象, 对人类今后的生活环境,生活方式进行猜测, 提倡环保生活意识, 同时让学生学会过去分词作定语和作状语的不同用法, 最后让学生将本单元所讨论的话题和推测手法结合, 学习怎么样写report
本单元所涉及的要点有:
1. 学习并了解未来生活的各个方面用与现在生活的不同之处, 学习外星人的生活方式。
2)学习表示预测,建议的的句型。
(3)学习过去分词作定语和状语的结构。
(4)学习写好“report”,以训练学生的逻辑思维及写作能力.
The 1st Period
Teaching Aims:
1. Learn some new words and expressions.
2. Help the students to talt life in the past, at present and in the future.
3. Enable the students to describe the life in the past, at present and in the future.
Difficult and Important Points:
Compare life in the past, at present and in the future
What is life in the future like? What changes will take place?
Teaching Methods:
1. First and careful reading,
2. Asking and answering question activity
3. Individual, Pair work & group work
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 warming up
Talt how many changes there have been in the last one thousand years. And what changes we might expect to find in the next one thousand years
Step two: pre-reading
1.Can you tell what problems people are facing today?
2.what problems do you think people in the future will have overcome?Which ones will still be there or even
worse in AD3005?
Key: 1The problem of population will be solved,have begun to Control the birth rate.
2The problems will be still there,and will even worse.
3I don’t think so.Now scientists are trying their best to
develop new resources that human beings can mase of ,such as solar energy.In my opinion……
step three fast reading
Read the text for the first time and tell what the text is about?
It’s an e-mail written by a man Who has tap a trip to the future.
2. Look at the following sentence, there are in wrong order, tell me the correct order for these sentence
A. We were transported 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 hovering carriage.
Step four careful reading
1.why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD3005?
2. What is a “ time lag”?
3. How did I feel when I was in the capsule?
4who guides my trip?
5.why did my guide give me some tables?
6.who transported us to the future?
Key 1. I took up the prize I won the year before.
2. “Time lag”means a person gets flashbacks from his previous time period.
3. The seats in the capsule are very comfortable.
4. My friend Wang Ping is my guide to the future.
5. The tablets could help me feel less nervous and uncertain
6. Wang Ping’s parents’ company transported us to the future.
1How did I feel as soon as I was transported to the future?
After the writer was transported to the future,he was hit by the lack of fresh air.
2.how did Wang Ping solve this problem?
Wang Ping gave a mask to the writer and hurried him through to a small room nearby to have a rest.
3.what do you think has caused this kind of problem?
Now we are causing more and more pollution to the nature,this will cause serious problems to life in the nature.This may be the cause of the lack of fresh air in the future.
1 What did Wang Ping’s house look like?
His house is a large bright ,clean room.It had a green Wall,a brown floor and soft lighting .
2 What was the green wall made of? What’s the purpose of building this kind of green wall?
The green wall was made of trees.The leaves of the trees will provide much-needed oxygen to the house.
3 How can you produce a TV set in Wang Ping’s house?
You can just flash a switch on the computer screen and a TV set will rise from the floor.
Good changes Bad changes
Time travel Can travel to
Different times
as you wish After-effects of travel
transport .can move swiftly Disorganized, difficult to
find way
houses save living space Short of space
Towns Busy, look like
markets Easy to get lost
Air quality Own family
oxygen supply Poor quality in public places
Sample answers Ex.2
I think the writer has an optimistic view of the future.He was very excited when he traveled to the year AD 3005 an d couldn’t elieve if was true.From this,we can see he is eager to go to the future.Though ehe was hit by the lack of fresh air,
The 2nd period
Teaching aims:
Learn expressions & phrases
Learn.language points
Difficult and Important Points:
1)Language points
2)The usage of “tap and sweep”
Teaching Methods:
Presentation & Practice
Teaching Procedures:
Step I Revision
Have a dictation
Step II. Check the answers
1)eck the answers of yesterday’s homeworsing Words and Expressions)
Step three language point
1. I still can’t believe that I am tap my prize that was won last year
Tap 开始做,占用, 选修
a.When does the manager tap his job?
b.he has tap art in college
c.He decided to take p photography as his career.
开放思维:
Take off 脱下, 起飞 Take over接管
Take to 喜欢上, 对…产生好感
a. Helen always helps her mother even though going to school____most of her day
A.Tap B.map C.saves up D.puts up
2.I have to constantly rub my eyes to remind myself that I have traveled to the year AD3005
我得不断擦拭自己的眼睛来提醒自己, 我已到了公元3005年
Remind: to make someone remember something that they must do
Remind sb about sth提醒某人某事
Remind sb to do sth
Remind sb that/ where/how
3. As a result, I suffered from ‘time lag”
As a result: because of something that has happened结果,由于…的结果
e.g He worked hard, and as a result, he got promoted quickly.
Suffer from: to experience 患有…为…所苦。
he suffer from headache.
发散思维:
suffering n. 痛苦,劳苦 sufferance n.容忍, 忍耐
4. This is similar to the “Jet lag” you get when flying. Bit instead it means you keep getting flashbacks from your previous time period.
这种病有些像乘喷气式飞机高速飞行时所引起的时差反应那样, 所不同是是, 它意味着你的脑海里不停地从以前的时间断地直往回闪去
Similar /Be similar to: 与…相似
A cat is similar to a tiger in many respects.
similarity n.类似,相似 similarly: adv 相似地, 同样地
b. Keep doing something: 继续做某事
It kept raining for a week
c. Flashback:闪回, 倒叙
The event in his happy family life are shown in flashback.
5.he was swept up into the center of them and my link with him was broken as I was carried up to top of a high building nearby.
Sweep up:本意是打扫, 清扫,经常引申为“横扫, 掠过”等意思
The leaves were swept up into the air by the wind
6.Wang Ping’s mother appeared, flashed a switch on a computer screen, and a table and chairs rose from under the floor as if by magic.
王平的妈妈出现了, 电脑荧屏上的开头闪了一下, 于是一个桌子和几把椅子就像变魔术般的从地板下面升了起来
Switch:n 开关 where is the light switch?
vi. 转换, 改变:
he got tired of teaching and switched to writing stories
开放思维: switch off 把…关掉, 不听, 不理睬
switch on: 接通, 把开关打开
Switch out: 关上
As if by magic= like magic
He jumped so high as if by magic
发散思维: magical: adj 魔力的, 不可思议的
Magically adv 迷人地, 不可思议地 magician n:魔术师
7. You may find it difficult as this is your first time travel trip
当你第一次做这样的时间旅行时, 可能会感到有些困难
Find it difficult: 结构为 “ find+宾语+宾补”
宾补可以是形容词, 不定式, 动名词, 从句
I found him to be much younger than I expected
Do you find him very bright?
I find it hard to talk with him
I find it very easy to learn English well.
Sentence patterns
Worried about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days
Well known for their expertise, his parents’ company named “future tours” transported me safely into the future in a time capsule.
Confused by the new surroundings, I was hit by the lack of fresh air
Arriving home, he showed me into a large bright, clean room.
Exhausted, I slid into bed and fell fast asleep
Homework
Do ex 1 in page 19 in the book
Do ex 2 in your exercise book
The 3rd period
Teaching Aims:
Teach grammar (The Past Participle as the adverbial and attribute)
Improve the students’ listening skills.
Difficult and Important Points:
1)Learn the grammar(The Past Participle as the Predicative & Attribute)
2)Have the Ss sum up the function of the past participle using inductive method.
Teaching Methods:
1. Inductive Method
2. Group work
Teaching Procedures:
Step I Dictation
Step II. Grammar
Grammar
past participle used as adverbial and attribute
Complete the following sentences with the words given, using their proper forms.
1, I like reading the novels______ (write) by him
2. The girl ________(write) a letter is my cousin
3. There is something wrong with my bike and I have to get it __________(repair).
4.He spodly in order to make himself ____ (hear)
Sentence patterns
Worried about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days
As I was worried about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days
Well known for their expertise, his parents’ company named “future tours” transported me safely into the future in a time capsule.
His parents’ company was well known for their expertise …
3. Confused by the new surroundings, I was hit by the lack of fresh air
When I was confused by the new surrounding, I was…
Arriving home, he showed me into a large bright, clean room.
When he is arriving home, he showed me into…
Exhausted, I slid into bed and fell fast asleep
As I was exhausted, I slid into bed and fell fast asleep.
过去分词作状语,意义上相当于状语从句, 表示时间, 条件,原因, 伴随状况等
Whenever praised, he blushed
United, we stand, divided, we fall
Written in a hurry, the booll of errors
Although born in Germany, John lives and wor.S.A
PAGE 20, EX 2
1. Frightened by the loud noise, I went to see what was happening.
2. Hit by the lack of fresh air, he got a bad headache,
3. Tired after the long journey, I still enjoyed meeting the aliens on the space station
4. Frightened by the noise outside, the little girl dared not sleep in her bedroom.
5. Built in 1910, the museum is almost 100 years old.
6. Given some advice by the famous scientist, the student was not worried about his scientific experiment any more.
Pict two more sentences from the reading with pp used as the attribute.
1. His parent’s company named “future tours” transported me safely into the future in a time capsule.
2. Tomorrow you will be ready for some visits organized by the company
3. He became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people exposed to cholera.
Ex 4
1.Soon we lost sight of that famous astronomer called Li Qiang
2.I am going to buy a painting copied from Vincent van Gogh
3.I like that old private house built of wood and mud
4.The room connected to the rest fot he house by a long passage is completely empty
5. The queen was sitting in a royal carriage drawn by four horses.
6. The vehicle mentioned in the boonknown to me
7. The castle built in 1432 is under repair
Page Ex1
1.Well-known for his boot South, JM Coetzee won the Booker Prize
2.A princess once owned a magical chair made of gold and silver
3.On his birthday he received a mysterious present wrapped in gold silver
4. Interrupted by the bell, he was unable to finish his speech
5. Awakened by a noise at midnight, she saw a thief in her room
6.Supposed to be locked, this door is now wide open and the room is empty.
Ex 2.
Called
Endangered pointed
Known
Fallen
Supported
terrified
The 4th Period
Teaching Aims:
Improve the students reading skills.
Learn something about I have seem amazing things
Difficult and Important Points:
1)Reading Comprehension
2) write a report
Teaching Methods:
Comparative method
Teaching Procedures:
Step1 xtensive reading
Name of creature Mu-mu Dimpods
Size Tall and thin Small
appearance
Black and white face,
a pointed head,
shell-covered leg Like a little cat
colour Black and white face Blue or purple
personality Very friendly Interesting and lively
Numbers of arms Six Too many to tell
Numbers of legs One long leg
covered by shell To many to tell
How it moves Slowly and
from side to side Snd fast
voice Whisper shout
Food Mixture of carrot
juice and cocoa Lemonade with herbs
Step2 group work
Create a new alien and fill in the blanks then draw it out
Name of creature Moddock
Size Small child when grown
Appearance Very large nose and hairy body
Color grey
Personality Slow and shy but friendly once approached
Number of arms Six
Number of legs six
How it moves Rolls over and over like a ball
Voice Uses sign language
food oil
With your partner, draw a picture of your alien.
Then write a description based on your drawing and the notes in the chart.
Step 3 xtensive reading 2 Rising to a challenge
Paragraph 1
Silver adventure:
Advantages:
Paragraph 2:
Problem existed in the past:____________
__________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
Now solved by______________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
What can Saturation City provide?
Paragraph 3:_________________
Paragraph 4:_________________
Paragraph 5:_________________
Step 4Make a poster
Make a poster to advertise the meeting in order to discuss visiting the project
mention what a buyer might expect to see, the time and the day
Remember to use bullet points when setting out advantages of Saturation City
Can use phrases instead of sentences
See the value of OUR undersea houses.
Saturation City has:
______________________
______________________
______________________
______________________
Cost__________________
Date__________________
Time__________________
Place_________________
The 5th period
Teaching Aims:
Improve the students’ writing & speaking skills.
Difficult and Important Points:
1)Writing & “Peer response”
2)How to write a good composition in the limited time.(Ss are allowed to gather information about their composition beforehand.)
Teaching Methods:
Use the class activity “Peer response” to motivate the Ss writing interest, which can help them learn from each other.
Teaching Procedures:
Writing task
Write a report to the company that built Saturation City
You are expected to design:
Who has the right to go to the education part?
When will the education part be open to the people?
Where will the education part be built?
What kind of service will you provide?
What problem will you come across?
How will you solve the problem?
Go back and look at the passage “ Rising to challenge”
Paragraph 1: explains why the report is being written and set out the four ideas to be discussed
Paragraph 2-5: explain ideas 1-4, one in each paragraph and give examples
Paragraph 6 finishes the report with information on how to find out more
What you have to say?
Paragraph 1: why I am writing a report
Paragraph 2&3: Entertainment or Sports
Paragraph 4: How I think my ideas will help
Style of writing: formal
Use complete sentences and correct grammar
Don’t use any short phrases or dialogues
Check it over
Show your composition to your partner, ask him/her for advice:
Is it clear? Does it make sense?
Do the ideas follow one after another?
Is there any grammar or spelling mistakes?
Get ready to display it to the class
A sample version
Report About Entertainment on No.4 Floating Island, Saturation City
The wonderful facilities in the entertainment center of No.4 Floating Island, Saturation City, mean that the company can offer a full and perfect programme of entertainments. There are all kinds of entertainments of all aspects so that everyone will be able to fully enjoy themselves
All entertainment are offered. If you go to the entertainment center, you can have the chance to practice dancing, singing and playing musical instruments. Of course, you have the chance to enjoy wonderful concerts by different singers. And also you can enjoy the latest films and TV operas.
The company will organize some perfect performances, we will offer permanent band to play for dancing every night, also we will invite different stage companies to come to our entertainment center to give wonderful plays.
We hope that these programmes and facilities will help you relax yourselves. We hope that you will come and try our entertainment center for yourselves
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