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M4Unit3

Tomorrow’s world Welcome to the unit

Teaching aims:

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To make Ss know and discuss what people could do in the future and imagine what tomorrow‟s world would be like. 2.

To practice Ss’ oral English. Teaching important and difficult points: How to develop students’speaking ability by participating fully in the discussion. Describe a future world Interaction Patterns: Teachers -class, individuals, pairs

Teaching Aids: multimedia and a blackboard Procedures for teaching:

Step 1 Greeting and Brainstorming

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Show the posters to the Ss and ask them to discuss:

Have you ever read any science fiction stories? Do you like them?

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What do you like most about science fiction stories, the charact-ers, plot or the language used?

2). Why are so many people interested in science fiction stories? Because they allow people to use their imagination and think about what life will be like in the future.

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Show some pictures of the ET film and watch the video.

1). Ask students to make up the story.

2). Answer some questions.

What do you like most about science fiction stories, the characters, plot or the language used? Why are so many people interested in science fiction stories?

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Show some pictures of Kid 3000 and ask them to think about what life will be like in 3000 with the help of the pictures.

Step 2 Welcome to the unit.

Description: Ask students to form pairs to describe the pictures Discussion: Ask students to discuss the pictures and do the exercises Picture 1

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What is Jack doing?

If Jack is your friend, what would you like him to do?

Will the robots be likely to be our hosts in the future, why or why not? Picture 2 1) Do you want to travel in space? And if you have the chance, where do you want to go? 2) Can we make our dream come true? Picture 3

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What are the people doing? And how old is the man? 2)

Can people live that long in the future? 3)

Do you admire the old man? How old do you wish yourself to

live? Picture 4

Fill in the blank __________ and _______from outer space are_________ something in the office. Maybe it’s about ___________ in the Galaxy or trade affairs between other planets and the _______.

Step3 Consolidation (Group work)

Ask the students to discuss the questions.

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What developments in science and technology would you like to see happen in the future? 2) How to protect the earth and human beings when we develop science and technology?

Step 4 Homework 1.

Find more information about robots and science fiction. 2. Preview Reading