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Check your homework
(USING STRUCTURES, page 57)

• Answer key for exercise 2
• called
• Endangered
• pointed
• known
• fallen
• supported
• Terrified

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Period4-Using Language Reading and discussing
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Life in the future
I Have Seen Amazing Things!
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What can you see in the picture? How do you feel
at first sight of it?
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Free talk before reading

• 1. Do you think its possible for human being to
  have a time travel?
• 2. If you have the chance the take a time travel
  to the year AD 3008 as Li Qiang did, what places
  will you go to visit?

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Reading
Read the text and find out the information
below.
Modern Inventions of the 31st Century only to be seen on the Space Station Modern Inventions of the 31st Century only to be seen on the Space Station Modern Inventions of the 31st Century only to be seen on the Space Station Modern Inventions of the 31st Century only to be seen on the Space Station
Communication Waste Disposal Manufacturing
invention Thought pad Manufacturing robots
advantages
disadvantages None
Come and see how they work today! Come and see how they work today! Come and see how they work today! Come and see how they work today!
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Use the information from the reading passage to
fill in this poster for the Space Station.

• Modern Inventions of the 31st Century
• Only to be seen on the Space Station

communication Waste Disposal Manufacturing
invention thoughtpad manufacturing robots
a waste machine
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advantages 1
advantages 2
disadvantages None
efficient
1 no waste 2 no pollution 3 no environ mental
damage
1 disposes of all waste 2 turns them into three
grades of useful material
Environmentally friendly
Thoughts must be clear or
messages may be mixed up
People must live on a space station to monitor
the robots
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Discussion

• In pairs discuss the advantages and disadvantages
  of living on a space station. For example would
  you like to live and work in one? What would you
  do with your spare time? Prepare to report to the
  class.

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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
• 7. Houses and buildings
• 8. Languages

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.
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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.
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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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• Writing
• Write about what life may be like on the earth in
  1000 years time. Follow these steps.
• In pairs prepare 4 to 5 questions about the
  future.
• Ask and answer questions using the following
  expressions.

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Suppose that I wonder if I imagine that Im
sure
Do you imagine that ? Is it likely/unlikely
that? Is it possible that? Do you suppose that
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Perhaps/Maybe/Possibly
Most likely
Probably
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Homework

1. Review using language parts and read the
   passage on page 58.
2. Finish your writing passage and read it to the
   class in next period.