Reading

1. Reading

2. Unit 3 Life in the future

3. the Spaceship to Mars

4. People on Mars

5. playing tennis on Mars

6. space travel A private company named “ Space Adventures”, plans 100 million tour around the moon. time travel

7. Theory of Relativity, proposed by Einstein, is the theoretical foundation of time traveling.

8. Changes from ancient times to modern society Transport Work Finance and currency Languages Environment Education Houses Communication

9. Life in the past

10. Life at present

11. Life in the future What will it be like? AD 3008

12. Education —distance education

13. House past

14. Now

15. Future

16. video telephone Communication

17. The Change of Life by horse or by simple vehiclesuch as a carriage cars, trains, boats, airplanes, helicopter spaceship, time travel personal flying cars

18. made of wood and mud; no bathrooms flats in high rise buildings kitchens and bathrooms modern flats, furniture in walls and floor; supply of air

19. Reading: First Impressions

20. Read the text quickly, then put the following sentences into the correct order: a. We were transported into the future by a comfortable time capsule. b. I arrived at Wang Ping’s home and everything in his house made me surprised. c. I won a travel to the year AD 3008. d. I have my first try to master a hovering carriage. c-------a-------d------b

21. Go through the first two paragraphs quickly, then answer the following questions: 1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3008? 2. What is a “time lag”? 3. How did I feel when I was in the capsule ? 4. Who guides my trip? 5. Why did my guide give me some tablets? 6. Who transported us to the future?

22. 1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3008? I took up the prize I won the year before. 2. What is a “time lag”? “Time lag’’ means a person gets flashbacks from his previous(先前的) time period.

23. 3. How did I feel when I was in the capsule ? The seats in the capsule are very comfortable. 4. Who guides my trip? My friend Wang Ping is my guide to the future.

24. 5. Why did my guide give me some tablets? The tablets could help me feel less nervous and uncertain. 6. Who transported us to the future? Wang Ping’s parents’ company transported us to the future.

25. Please go through the third paragraph, then try to answer the following questions. 1. How did I feel as soon as I was transported to the future? I was hit by the lack of fresh air. 2. How did Wang Ping solve this problem? Wang Ping gave a mask to me and hurried me through to a small room nearby to have a rest.

26. 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 the life in the future. This may be the cause of the lack of fresh air in the future.

27. Read fourth paragraph quickly, then answer the following questions: 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.

28. 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.

29. In ______________: ◆ The seats were ___________ and we slept after a calming drink. ◆ The capsule began swinging gently sideways as we lay relaxed and dreaming. Read the text carefully and then fill in the blanks about the details of Li Qiang’s future tour. the time capsule comfortable

30. In the hovering carriage: ◆It is driven by computer. ◆By bending and ________down in our seat, you can move swiftly. ◆I lost sight of Qang Ping when we reached what looked like a large market because of too many carriages flying by _____________ . pressing in all directions

31. At home: ◆It is a large bright clean room. ◆It had a _____ wall, a brown floor and soft lighting. ◆The wall moved — it was made of _____! Their leaves provided the room with much-needed ______. ◆A table and some chairs rose from _____________ as if by magic. when Wang Ping ______ a switch on a computer screen. green trees oxygen under the floor flashed

32. Read the text carefully and choose the best answers. 1. According to the passage, why did Li Qiang take this future tour? A. Because he was curious about the year AD 3008. B. Because he won a prize last year which offered this trip. C. Because his parents were good friends with Li Mengxi. D. Because his parents offered him a lot of money.

33. 2. What is the purpose of having the green tablets? A. To forget one’s past experience. B. To help one fly to the future. C. To help one calm down. D. To provide one with much oxygen.

34. Listen to the tape of the passage carefully while reading the passage, please find out the main idea of the passage.

35. What ’s the main idea of the passage? It’s mainly about Li Qiang’s future journey.

36. Now try to find out what happened to Li Qiang before, during andafter the journey.

37. nervous unsettled time lag time capsule Confused lack ached

38. showed green brown soft Exhausted fell asleep

39. Help

40. Global warming Deforestation滥砍滥伐 poor sanitation公共卫生 air pollution starvation desertification沙漠化 water pollution

41. What’s the writer’s attitude towards the future, optimistic or pessimistic?How do you know? Discussion 2 optimistic pessimistic

42. We know that from the following sentences: Pessimistic 1. Worried about the journey, I was unsettle for the first few days. 2. At first my new surroundings were difficult to tolerate. 3. Exhausted, I slid into bed and fell fast asleep.

43. Homework • Finish “ Learning about language” on P20. 2. Review the key sentence in the text. 3. Review the new words of Unit 3 and get ready for the dictation.