Life in the future

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Unit 3 Life in the future warming up
w.p.x.
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What did the people use as vehicle in the past ?
sedan chair
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What about now ?
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What kind of vehicle will we use in the future ?
a solar energy car
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What kind of houses did the people live in in the
past ?
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What kind of houses do the people live in now ?
Villa
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What kind of houses will the people live in the
future ?
Space house
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Warm up

• Think about how many changes there have been in
  the last one thousand years.
• Now think about what changes you might expect to
  find in the next one thousand years.
• Fill in the chart.

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AD 1005 China AD 200_ Modern world AD 3005 Your ideas
Transport by horse or by simple vehicle such as a carriage
Houses made of wood and mud no bathrooms
Villages many small houses round a temple and a pond
Towns streets with markets, small shops and private houses
Location of settlement on the earth on land
cars, trains, boats, airplanes, hovercraft,
helicopter
spacecraft, time travel, personal flying cars or
bikes
flats in high rise buildings kitchens and
bathrooms
cosy, modern flats, furniture in walls and floor
supply of oxygen
houses along streets with shops attached many
services (eg haircut ) offered
produce delivered many blocks of flats together
floating parks for children
large modern buildings old historical buildings
blocks of flats
tall modern buildings many parks, everything
built in concrete with green trees in houses
on the earth in space stations under the sea
on the moon
on the earth
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• Discussing Designing a future school

• You are asked to design a future school, which
  will be open to space settlers in AD 30003.
• These expressions may help you
• 1. what name the school should have
• 2. the location of the school
• 3. the school equipment
• 4. the school size
• 5. the school courses
• 6. the teaching methods
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• These expressions may help you
• Suppose that
• Do you imagine that ?
• I wonder if
• Is it possible that ?
• Is it likely /unlikely that ?
• Do you suppose that ?
• Perhaps /Maybe /Possibly /Probably
• Most likely
• Im sure

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• Speaking

• In pairs discuss what life will be like in your
  hometown in 1000 years time. Discuss the future
  of one of the following areas.

• 1. Communication
• 2. Work
• 3. Business and money
• 4. The human body
• 5. The transportation
• 6. Education

• These expressions may help you
• Suppose that
• Do you imagine that ?
• I wonder if
• Is it possible that ?
• Is it likely /unlikely that ?
• Do you suppose that ?
• Perhaps /Maybe /Possibly /Probably
• Most likely
• Im sure

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What will life be like in the future?
Transportation 1.How will people travel in the future? 2.Where will people go and why? Education 1.What will schools be like in the future? 2.What subjects will people study?
Business and money 1.How will people do business in the future? 2.What kind of money will people use? The human body 1.What will humans look like in the future? 2.Will people still get sick
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Languages 1.What language (s) will people speak in the future? 2.Will people still speak Chinese and English? Work 1.Where will people work in the future? 2.What kind of jobs will people have
Houses and buildings 1.Where will people live in the future? 2.What will their cities look like? Communication How will people communicate in the future?
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Transportations As peoples life is improving,
people prefer to travel to different places. Not
only do they enjoy local travel but also they
travel abroad.Some even can afford to travel in
space.
Education Students in the future will be able to
receive far better education with the help of
the Internet and e-schools.And their subjects
will be richer and more personal.
Business and money In the future more companies
and individuals prefer to do business on the
Internet by using various kinds of smart cards.
Even you dont take any cash you can also do
business, go to the concert or travel abroad. In
a word, E-commerce will play a more important
role in our daily life.
The human body Human beings will look healthier
in the future. In spite of this they still get
sick. However, scientists will have a better
understanding of how cancer develops.
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Languages In the future people will speak much
fewer languages. Both English and Chinese have
become world languages.
Work As to where people work in the future, the
answers are divided. Some people will be able to
work at home on the Internet, which we call
SOHO. More people will work in the companies also
related to computers. At that time, there will be
more and more new jobs like database managers,
sales engineers and so on.
Houses and buildings In the future people will
live in different places. As the population is
exploding, more people will prefer to live in
faraway places, under the sea or even on the
moon.
Communication In the future people will
communicate more easily and conveniently. They
can talk on the phone and send e-mails on the
Internet.They can do almost everything on the
Internet, like shopping, reading, borrowing
books, depositing money, order meals and tickets.
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