T:Now I'll show you three plays.Watch carefully. After that I'll ask you a question. (Teacher shows the plays.After that,teacher says the following.) T:What differences have you found in these plays? Who’d like to answer this question? Any volunteers? S:I think the ways that people work are different.In the first play,some people are working by hand.In the second play.some people are working with machines while some people are giving orders to robots to work for them in the last one. T: Yes.Our society is developing very fast, so our life has also changed a lot. With the development of science and technology, our life now is quite dif-ferent from that in the past.Do you want to know what life wi11 be like in the future? Ss:Yes. T:Today we are going to read a passage about life in the future. Step Ⅱ Pre—reading T:Now first let's learn some new words on Page 110. (Teach the words and explain them to the students.Then ask the students to read after the tape.At last teacher says the following.) T:OK.Now I want you to discuss four questions. Look at the screen. (Teacher uses the multimedia to show the questions on the screen.) 1.How will people shop in the future? 2.How will people travel in the future? 3.What will schools be like in the fu-ture? 4.What will the future be like in gener-a1? (Teacher gives the students four minutes to discuss and then collects their an- swers.Finally ask them to read the text to find out the answers to the questions.) Step Ⅲ Reading T:OK.Please open your books at Page 43.Read the passage quickly to find out in which paragraph you can find the answers to the questions discussed just now. (Teacher gives the students enough time to read the text and then collects their answers.) Suggested answers: 1.How will people shop in the future? Paragraph 3 People can do online shopping(on the Internet)and they can go to a pleasant mall using smart cards. 2.How will people travel/in the future? Paragraph 2 We'll travel by car/taxi/bus/train that burns new fuels and uses new engines that will let us travel without worrying about whether we are polluting the en- vironment. 3.What will schools be like in the future? Paragraph 5 In the future,there may be more“ schools on the air”and“e-schools”.We can study at home by watching ed-ucators on TV or on a computer screen. 4.What will the future be like in general? (责任编辑:admin) |