Period 1 Warming up
Goals
Talk about life in the future
Practice making predictions

Procedures:
Step 1 Leading-in
Boys and girls, as we all know, the moment people landed on the moon for
the first time, science and technology began to develop very rapidly. Last
year China’s “Shenzhou V” was successfully launched with the development
of science and technology. So we deeply believe people will invent more
and more advanced things and explore the universe further. Can you imagine
what our life will be like in the future?
Step 2 Warming up
Ask students to talk about the life in the future.
1. Divide the students into four groups or more to talk about the pictures
one page 41.
2. Ask the students to have a discussion on what the new technology can do
for us. Try to give typical examples and explain your reasons. You may use
expressions or questions in the boxes below on page 41 to help you.

Period 2 Listening and speaking
Step 1 Listening
1. Listen to the tape of part 1 for the first time and answer the
questions on page 42;
2. Listen to the tape again and check the answers with the whole class;
3. Listen to the tape of Part 2 and fill in the forms;
4. Listen to this part again and ask one student to describe what Mekanika
wants to know.
Step 2 Speaking
1. Divide the students into four groups to talk about the pictures on
page 42 and then ask one of them to report their ideas to the whole class.
2. Ask the students to list the advantages and disadvantages of
having a double. Then let them give some ideas whether a new technology
should be used.
Step 3 Homework
Ask the students to try to predict a new technology in the future and
discuss the change it brings to the life.

Period 3 Reading comprehension
Life in the future

Goals:
1. Make the students get more information about the change of life in
the future.
2. Improve the student’s ability of getting the main idea of each
reading subject.
3. Help the students to grasp some useful words and expressions by
using them.

Procedures:
Step 1 Leading in
We all know that many things are affecting the quality of our life. What
are they? Would like to list them? The following things are suggested for
considerations: clothes, food, house, transportation, health, education,
cultures, arts, sports, amusement, etc.

Step 2 Pre-reading
Scan the text to find out in which paragraph you can find the answers to
the pre-reading questions.
1. How will people shop in the future?
2. How will people travel in the future?
3. What will schools be like in the future?
4. What will the future be like in general?

Step 3 Reading
1. Skimming
Ask the students to read the whole text quickly and try to grasp the
general idea. Do the following multiple-choice questions.
(1) What can we infer from the first paragraph?
A. It is impossible for people to predict the future life.
B. It is quite easy to know what life will be like in the future.
C. People can know exactly what future life will be like through
examining the contemporary society.
D. It is possible to forecast about future life by examining some of
the major trends of the contemporary society.
(2) Which statement about the current life is true according to the
text?
A. People pay much attention to a healthy diet instead of regular
exercise.
B. Public transportation is well developed in all areas of China.
C. E-business is so popular that people are doing more and more online
shop
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