高二英语life in the future课件人教版.pptVIP

Listening Greetings问候（greet sb with a smile） Pollution keep the planet from dying (prevent, stop) the rest of people 余下的人 keep in touch with （come into contact with sb/ get in touch with sb） It sounds like a beautiful place. (taste like; seem like; look like….) Task 3 True or false Mekanika lives in the year 3044. 58 years ago, the population on the earth was growing too large and there was too much pollution. All the people were sent to Mars. They didn’t keep in touch with the people on earth. She was born on earth. 6. She is writing the letter because her science teacher asked her to send a letter to the past. Listening text 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. A: I think it would be great to have a double because I could use the double to do the things I don’t enjoy, for example, cleaning up my room. B: I think that having a do