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Module 1 Life in the Future Part One

Teaching Design 第一部分

教学设计

Period 1

Reading—The City of the Future

■Goals

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To learn to read passages with the future continuous ●

To learn to read with strategies ■Procedures

Step 1: Warming up by defining future What is future? In a linear conception of time, the future is the portion of the timeline that is still to occur, i.e. the place in space-time where lie all events that still have not occurred. In this sense the future is opposed to the past (the set of moments and events that have already occurred) and the present (the set of events that are occurring now). Warming up by welcome to the City of the Future Our present-day cities are already obsolete and are threatening to engulf the entire countryside, permanently destroying vast areas of our best food-producing land. Victory City™ is the wave of the future. It’s an entire city all under one roof, to be built and operated by private enterprise alone. There will not be just one, but many such cities throughout the entire world. Boasting no crime, no pollution, and no over-crowding, Victory City is a veritable utopia for those who’ve grown weary of trying to find solutions to today’s urban problems.

Welcome to the City of the Future. Step 2: Before you read Please go over the word list for this module, paying attention to the pronunciation of the word, the relationship between its pronunciation and its spelling. Step 3: While you read 1. Type of writing and summaries of The City of the Future Type of writing

Summaries of 1st part

Summaries of 2nd part 2. A diagram of The City of the Future A description What will the city of the future look like? how to run a city of 50,000 people in the year 2025

The City of the Future getting bigger before getting smaller Ideas for running a city of 50,000 people in the year 2025 Garbage ships, Batman Nets, Forget smoking, Forget the malls, Telephones for life, Recreation, Cars, Telesurgery, Holidays at home, Space travel

3. Complete the article with one word in each blank What will the city of the future be like? One __1__ is certain about the future city—they are going to get bigger before they get smaller. Here are __2__ of the ideas for running a city of 50,000 people in the year 2025. To get rid of garbage problems, __3__ city will load huge spaceships with waste materials and send them towards the sun, __4__ landfill/ and environmental problems. Nets Police will arrest criminals by firing nets __5__ of guns. No smoking will be allowed within a future city’s limits. In the future all _6__will be done online, and catalogues will have voice commands to place orders. Everyone __7__ be given a telephone number at birth that will never change no matter where they live. All __8__of recreation, such as cinemas, bowling, softball, concerts and others, will be provided free __9__charge by the city. All cars will be powered by electricity, solar energy or wind. __10__surgery will become common. People will take their holidays at home. Travelling in __11__by ordinary citizens will be common.

Keys:

1 thing

2 some

3 the

4 preventing

5 instead

6 shopping

7 will

8 forms

9 of

10 Distance

11 space 4. Answer the reading comprehension questions according to the text 1. Why will care for the environment become very important in the future? A. Because earth’s natural resources run out

B. Because we will use lots of recycled materials, such as plastic, aluminium, steel, glass, wood and paper.

C. Because we will waste fewer natural resources.

D. Because we will also have to rely more on alternative energy. 2. What does the word “landfill” mean in the text?

A. an area of land where large amounts of waste material are buried under the earth

B. the process of burying large amounts of waste material C. waste material that will be buried D. a piece of land in the valley

3. Is the word “mall” _____?

A. British English

B. American English

C. Australian English

D. African English

4. What is not mentioned as an idea for running the future city? A. Holidays at home

B. Telesurgery

C. Attending school at home

D. Recreation

Keys: 1-4 ABBC Step 4: After you read Copy all the useful expressions into your Expression Book Useful expressions from The City Of the Future look like, for sure, make predictions, a risky business, get bigger, in the future, care for…, run out, recycled materials, such as…, rely (more) on, alternative energy, solar and wind power, seem certain, find out…, ask…to think how…, run a city of 50,000 people,, in the year 2025, get rid of…, send…towards the sun, arrest criminals by firing nets instead of guns, forget smoking, within a future city’s limits, be done online, voice commands, place orders, at birth, forms of recreation, free of charge, be powered by electricity, at the flick of a switch, distance surgery, carry out operations, with each city having its own telesurgery outpatient clinic, senior citizens, people with disabilities, go anywhere, using high—tech cameras, be attached to …, space travel, travel in space, have one’s own spaceport

Step 5: Closing down by making sentences 1. You are going to make your own sentences with the expressions form this module

Making sentences with the expressions from The City Of the Future(with the future continuous if possible) 1.

She will be looking like an old lady soon. 2.

No one knows his name for sure. 3.

Making predictions is a risky business. 4.

The earth will be getting bigger or getting smaller in the future. 5.

I don’t know who will be caring for me then. 6.

The fresh water will be running out very soon. 7.

People will be using lots of recycled materials, such as old paper and old shoes. 8.

Remember, though, you can’t always rely on luck. 9.

The imperative to pursue alternative energy sources is clearly established by two simple facts. 10.

Solar and wind power

seem certain to provide us with plenty of things about city life. 11.

In the future we shall be finding out more types of energy. 12.

A teacher at a university asked me to think how to run a city of 50,000 people in the year 2025. 13.

A new way has been found to get rid of the garbage from city life. 14.

The wastes from the earth will be sent

towards the sun. 15.

Arresting criminals by firing nets instead of guns is possible now. 16.

He can’t forget smoking.

17.

No cars will be allowed within a future city’s limits. 18.

Outside cities shopping will be done online. 19.

We shall have voice commands to place orders in 2007. 20.

For many Iraqis, the reality of life under occupation is nothing but democracy being strangled at birth by the midwives. 21.

New forms of recreation will be provided free of charge.

22.

The future car will be powered by electricity.

23.

Everything will be done at the flick of a switch.

24.

Distance surgery will become common to all. 25.

Carrying out operations is impossible here. 26.

Each city will have its own telesurgery outpatient clinic. 27.

Senior citizens and people with disabilities will be going anywhere by flying car. 28.

It’s very attached to him so it perches on his shoulder and behaves itself when he’s around.

29.

Space travel or travel in space will be so cheap that everyone can afford it. 30.

China will have her own spaceport in 2008. 2. Read to list ideas for a city of 50,000 people in the year 2025 List ideas for a city of 50,000 people in the year 2025. 1.

The city will load huge spaceships with waste materials and send them towards the sun.

2.

Nets Police will arrest criminals by firing nets instead of guns. 3.

No smoking will be allowed within a future city’s limits.

4.

In the future all shopping will be done online. 5.

Everyone will be given a telephone number at birth that will never change no matter where they live. 6.

All forms of recreation, such as cinemas, bowling, softball, concerts and others, will be provided free of charge by the city. 7.

All cars will be powered by electricity, solar energy or wind. 8.

Distance surgery will become common. 9.

Senior citizens and people with disabilities will be able to go anywhere in the world. 10. Traveling in space by ordinary citizens will be common.

Period 2

Function—Talking about the future ■Goals

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To learn to talk about the future ■Procedures

Step 1: Making predictions about life in the future 21st Century -- World peace is attained and lasts 3000 years. Hunger, greed, and prejudice are reduced.

22nd Century -- Solar power is part of daily life. The average life span is 90 years.

23rd Century

-- Transportation is noiseless and efficient. Nuclear power is used extensively. Sophisticated computers and video equipment are household appliances. Average life span is 110 years.

24th Century -- Humankind reexperiences earlier mistakes. International political problems recur. A small-scale nuclear war reduces human population.

25th Century -- Humans control the weather. Androids perform all menial tasks. A major nuclear war occurs that decimates most of humanity.

Step 2: Talking about the future A: What will the city of the future look like?

B: I don’t know. Actually no one knows for sure what the city of the future will look like.

A: Could you make predictions as to what the future city will look like? B: No, I couldn’t.

A: Why not?

B: Making predictions is a risky business.

A: Is there anything certain about the future? B: Yes, one thing is certain—the cities of the future are going to get bigger before they get smaller. A: That is strange. B: In the future, care for the environment will become very important. A: Why? B: Because earth’s natural resources will be running out.

A: And what will we be using? B: People will be using lots of recycled materials, such as plastic, aluminum, steel, glass, wood and paper. A: I think we will be wasting fewer natural resources, too.

B: You are right.

A: What about the alternative energy? B: We will also have to rely more on alternative energy, such as solar and wind power.

A: All this seems certain, but there are plenty of things about city life in the future which are not certain. Anyway thank you very much! T: To find out what you think about the future of urban life, I am going to ask you a question: How would people run a city of 50,000 people in the year 2025? S 1: I have some ideas about that. S 2: So do I. There will be garbage ships in use. T: What are they? S 2: To get rid of garbage problems, the city will load huge spaceships with waste materials and send them towards the sun, preventing landfill and environmental problems. S 1: I think there will be a different police force then. The Batman Nets Police will come into being. They will arrest criminals by firing nets instead of guns. T: A wonderful idea! S 3: I think the health problem is worth considering. In those days no smoking will be allowed within a future city’s limits.

S 4: I agree. My father is a heavy smoker. I imagine smoking will be possible only outside cities, and outdoors. S 5: The malls will be forgotten. T: What do you mean? S 5: In the future all shopping will be done online, and catalogues will have voice commands to place orders. T: What about the future telephone service? S 6: I guess everyone will be given a telephone number at birth that will never change no matter where they live. S 1: Do you think it is good for one to have a life long telephone number? S 6: Yes, I do. A life long telephone number makes it easy for people to call up each other. S 3: I’d like to add some imaginations to my answer just now. I think recreation will take varieties of forms. I mean all forms of recreation will be there in the year 2025. S 2: Would you give us some examples? S 3: Yes, I would. Such forms of recreation as cinemas, bowling, softball, concerts and others, will be popular, and will be provided free of charge by the city.

S 7: My focus is car. I think cars will be powered by electricity, solar energy or wind. S 5: I like driving cars. I guess it will be possible to change the color of cars at the flick of a switch. S 8: I am going to be a doctor after college. In my opinion telesurgery or distance surgery will become common by 2025. S 7: You mean doctors carry out operations from thousands of miles away. S 8: Yes, I do. And each city will have its own telesurgery outpatient clinic. S 2: Holidays at home will be a reality.

S 4: Yes, it is quite possible. And senior citizens and people with disabilities will be able to go anywhere in the world using high—tech cameras attached to their head. T: Time is almost up. I’d like to offer my prediction. I think traveling in space by ordinary citizens will be common. Each city will have its own spaceport.

Ss: Then we have to live long enough to see and enjoy all these future lives.

Period 3

Grammar—The future continuous ■Goals

●To learn to use the future continuous ■Procedures

Step 1: Learning about Future Continuous Future continuous tense describes an ongoing or continuous action that will take place in the future.

This tense is formed by using will be or shall be with the verb form ending in ing (i.e. a present participle) or subject + shall/will be + present participle (i.e. the -ing form of the verb)

e.g. China will be completing work on the Three Gorges Damn by the year 2010. When your plane arrives tonight, I will be waiting for you. Note: No Future in Time Clauses

Like all future forms, the Future Continuous cannot be used in clauses beginning with “when”, “while”, “before”, “after”, “by the time”, “as soon as”, “if” and “unless”. In this lesson, all verbs in Time Clauses are italicized. e.g. While I am finishing my homework, she is going to make dinner. Correct

While I will be finishing my homework, she is going to make dinner. Not Correct Step 2: Making sentences with Future Continuous

I will be watching TV when she arrives tonight. I will be waiting for you when your bus arrives.

While I am working, Steve will make dinner. (NOTICE “am working” because of “while.”)

I am going to be staying at the Madison Hotel, if anything happens and you need to contact me.

He will be studying at the library tonight, so he will not see Jennifer when she arrives. NOTE: No future tenses can be used in Time Clauses

therefore you must say “While I am working... .” See the warning at the top of the page.

Tonight at 6 p.m., I am going to be eating dinner.

At midnight tonight, we will still be driving through the desert.

Tonight at 6 p.m., I am going to eat dinner. I am going to start eating at 6 p.m. Tonight at 6 p.m., I am going to be eating dinner.

I am going to start earlier and I will be in the process of eating dinner at 6 p.m. . I am going to be studying while he is making dinner.

While Ellen is reading, Tim will be watching television.

Tonight, they will be eating dinner, discussing their plans, and having a good time.

When I arrive at the party everybody is going to be celebrating. Some will be dancing. Others are going to be talking. A few people will be eating pizza and several people are going to be drinking beer. They always do the same thing. Li Hong will be being at my house when you arrive. Not Correct Li Hong will be at my house when you arrive. Correct Step 4: Absorb information concerning National College Entrance Examination 1. Let’ s keep to the point or we _______ any decisions.（2004全国）

A. will never reach

B. have never reached

C. never reach

D. never reached 2.—What’s that terrible noise?

—The neighbors _______ for a party. （2004北京）

A. have prepared

B. are preparing

C. prepare

D. will prepare

3.—You’ve left the light on.

—Oh, so I have. ____and turn it off. (2000全国) A. I’ll go

B. I’ve gone

C. I go

D. I’m going

4. ---____ leave at the end of this month. (2006北京)

---I don’t think you should do that until ____ another job.

A. I’m going to; you’d found

B. I’m going to; you’ve found

C. I’ll; you’ll find

D. I’ll; you’d find

5. ---Your job ___ open for your return. (2006北京)

---Thanks.

A. will be kept

B. will keep

C. had kept

D. had been kept 6. ---Mr. Gordon asked me to remind you of the meeting this afternoon. Don’t you forget it! (2006重庆)

---OK, I ____.

A. won’t

B. don’t

C. will

D. do

7. Look at the timetable. Hurry up! Flight 4026 ____ off at 18:20. (2006四川)

A. takes

B. took

C. will be taken

D. has taken 8. Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts. The plane ____. (2006福建)

A. takes off

B. is taking off

C. has taken off

D. took off Keys：1-5 ABABA

6-8 AAB Period 4

Writing—Writing about your future

■Goals

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To learn to write about what you will be doing in ten years

■Procedures

Step 1: Reading to be prepared First we shall go to page 8 to read about the four people. While reading try to copy all the useful expressions to be used in your own writing.

From Thomas In ten years from now, do a job, definitely tell… that…, celebrate…with…, too…to…, enjoy one’s life, worry about..

From Emma Travel around the world, live different, go to any country, find a job From Ken Study medicine, finish school, a lot of hard work, in ten years, work in a hospital, as a doctor with my own surgeon, save lives, a useful and interesting career

From Mary Sure about…, go to university, get married, some time in the next ten years, have a family, have a job, work as…, develop alternative energy

Step 2: Writing about what you will be doing in ten years

Zhao Yannan I am quite sure about my future. I know that I will be studying at a very good university in Japan. I won’t be married in ten years. Going to university is the most important thing for me to do. I will get married some time in the next fifteen years. I don’t want to have a family too soon. I’d like to have a job first and enjoy my freedom being alone. I will be working as a futurist after graduation. I want to develop alternative ways of life for the future people. Li Xiaohe I like to study international laws after I finish my high school. I know that to be an international lawyer means a lot of hard work. But in ten years working as an international lawyer will be a very good job. It will be better than working in a hospital as a doctor.

With your own surgeon you save lives in your neighborhood. But working as an international lawyer you are able to save a country from being involved into a terrible war. It will be a useful and interesting career! Zhao Yuanming I think I will be traveling around the world in ten years from now.

I like to see people who are living different from us in China. I will be working as a travel guide so that I can go to any country I like to. I will study hard to find such a job. Wang Li In ten years from now I will do a good-paying job. I don’t know what it will be at present. But I can definitely tell you that it will get me lots of money. Being rich I can travel to any places, including the moon. I will than celebrate my wedding with my parents on the moon! Now I am too busy to think of my future ten years from now. I have to do my schoolwork and my homework. I have no time to enjoy my life now. I work hard so that I will have nothing to worry about ten years in the future.

Period 5

Cultural Corner—Famous Last Words ■Goals

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To read last words ■Procedures

Step 1: Before you read Please go over the word list for this module, paying attention to the pronunciation of the word, the

relationship between its pronunciation and its spelling. Step 2: While you read Cut/ the sentences into thought groups, blacken the predicates, underline the useful expressions and darken the connectives. Step 3: After you read Copy all the useful expressions into your Expression Book. You may make sentences with these expressions.

Useful expressions from Famous Last Words

come true, a few of the bad predictions, make predictions, in the twentieth century, flying machine, fly from New York to Pairs, a world market for…, thirty years from now, wear clothes made of paper, throw away, with the first moon colonies predicted for the 1970’s, in progress, require…to stay in …, on the moon, on the way out, by the year 2000, have a robot, be shaped like a box, with one large eye in the top, with several arms and hands, and long narrow pads on the side, move about,

by the mid-1980’s, hide a key under the doormat

Step 4: Talking about last words You are going to put the article into a dialogue in pairs. The following can be an e.g. for you.

A: Not all predictions come true.

B: You are correct. Many of them are wrong and some are very wrong.

A: I found in a book a few of the bad predictions. B: When were then made? What time were they made for? A: They were made in the twentieth century about the twenty-first century. C: I’d like to hear about some of the wrong predictions. A: Orville Wright predicted in1908 that no flying machine would ever fly from New York to Pairs in the twenty-first century. D: And Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, predicted in1943 that he thought there would be a world market for maybe five computers. C: What? We all have our own computers now! E: Changing Times Magazine, in 1957 reported that thirty years from then people would be wearing clothes made of paper which they would be able to throw away after wearing them two or three times. A: That is true. My have seen such clothes on sale in the malls now. E: In the Changes to Come, in 1962 Arnold B. Barach imagined that with the first moon colonies predicted for the 1970’s, work would then in progress on the types of building required for men to stay in when they would be on the moon. B: It is a pity we have no permanent citizens on the moon. I’d like to go to the moon some day.

A: The spokesman for Decca Recording Co. , while rejecting the Beatles in 1962, said that “We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.”

E: It’s funny to say that. We still like guitar music now.

B: I remember it was reported in New York Times, in 1966 that “By the year 2000, housewives will probably have a robot shaped like a box with one large eye in the top, several arms and hands, and long narrow pads on the side for moving about.”

D: But I read in the newspaper that Japan has turned out a house sitter robot. It is on sale now in many countries. This robot sitter can do many kinds of housework.

A: Computer scientist Christopher Evans in his article The Micro Millennium, said in 1979 that by the mid-1980’s no one would ever need to hide a key under the doormat again, because there wouldn’t any keys.

C: I hope his prediction will come true very soon. I forget to take the keys quite often.

Period 6

Task—Describing your ideal house for the future ■Goals

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To learn to describe things ■Procedures

Step 1: Surfing the Internet for related information Property summary Beautiful house in a much sought after village.

Ground floor: entry hall, fitted kitchen with dining area, triple sitting room with fireplace, bedrooms, office, bathroom, toilet.

First floor: 3 bedrooms, games room, bathroom with toilet, landing.

Lovely, 470 m² garden. Main characteristics 138 m² of habitable surface (1485 sqFt) 470 m² of land (5059 sqFt) 5 bedrooms 2 bathrooms terrace built in 1988 good structural condition good inside condition Price € 292,600

≈ £ 201,133

Location This property is located in Cholin, in Yuhong, in the Sha La France region.

20 mn from a train station 20 mn from the motorway

Step 2: Describing your ideal house for the future My Ideal House by Pamela Everyone has the house of their dreams because many people don't have money to buy it. It is only a dream. My ideal house has two levels. The first level has a beautiful living room. It has a big white rug. The wall is white and has paintings and family pictures. It has a comfortable, beautiful, and white living room. My ideal kitchen has a silver and beautiful refrigerator and stove. The dining room has a big, comfortable, and white table. The walls are white and have a big painting of the last dinner of Jesus. It has two bathrooms. One is in the first level, and the other is on the second floor. One bat room has a big Jacuzzi. The second

floor has 4 bedrooms. The principal bedroom is much bigger than the other ones. It has a big terrace with a very beautiful view with a beautiful beach. It has crystalline water with soft sand. The TV room is like a theater. It has comfortable and big sofas. It has a big TV like a theater. The outside of the house is big and white. The yard has a pool and a big garden with flowers and grass. The garage has space for three BMW and one Audi. This is my ideal house. I would like to have more things, but I don't know how to say.

My Ideal House by Giulia Ampollini My ideal house is in New York at the top floor of the tallest skyscraper. It has glass walls so I can always see the landscape and the sea. In the hall there are 5 housemaids and a swimming pool with a little boat. In front of the hall there are the kitchen and the dining –room. In the dining –room there are a table under a tree and an aquarium under the table. In the sitting-room there are 4 sofas, a television, a hammock and a small meadow with flowers. In my bedroom there are a golden bed, a television, a computer, a telephone, a sofa, three wardrobes and photoelectric cells to turn on the light. In front of my bedroom there is my bathroom with a big Yacuzzi. On the balcony there are the helicopter and a volleyball court. There are a library, a dance –hall and a dark room.