高中英语高二英语上册unit 6 warming up and speaking of unit 6.pptVIP

Unit 6 Life in the future Editor Today In the future 1. I have a dream. My dream is to become a cartoonist in the future. Then I can draw fine pictures and make splendid cartoons for children. 2. I dream of becoming a pilot. Then I’ll have more chances to travel everywhere both at home and abroad. 3. My dream is acting as a doctor. Then I can save people’s lives and improve people’s health. I will try to develop a cure for SARS so that all people no longer worry about it. Listening text Part 1 Hello! Greetings from the future! My name’s Mekanika and I live in the 3044. Well, that’s what you would call it. We call it the year 58 AL. AL means “After Leaving”. You see, 58 years ago, people on the earth decided that they had to do something to save the people on the planet. There are so many people on the earth, and there was so much pollution, that the only way to keep the planet from dying was to send people into space. My family was one of the chosen ones. About one third of the earth’s population was left back home, and the rest of us went into space. We’re now living in a new city on the planet Mars. Life here is very nice, and we are happy in our new home. We still keep in touch with the people on earth and some of us go back for short visits. The earth is better now, and the people back home are doing their best to clean up the planet. I was born here on Mars and I’ve never been to earth. My grandparents and parents tell me about the earth and it sounds like a beautiful place. When my science teacher told me that we could use our school’s time machine to send messages to the past, I want to send one to you and tell you about life here. Part 2 Every morning, I have to get up at two o’clock. That probably sounds very strange to you, but, you see, we have a different time system here. We divide the day into eight parts. Two o’clock in the morning here on Mars is almost like six o’clock on earth. I eat