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Module1 Life in the Future All kinds of materials Questions What is it ? Where do you think it is? Would you like to live in it? why or why not? What mareials do we need to build such a house ? Choose the building material to complete the sentences. Aluminium is a very light metal. Steel is a very strong metal. Both rubber and wood come from trees. Plastic is light,strong, very popular, and man-made. Bricks are often used to build walls. Concrete is very strong and is used in many modern buildings. Mud is wet earth. Stone is a natural hard material. Glass is used to make windows. Discusssion Work in pairs and use the words about materials we just learnt to discuss the follwing questions. What materials is your classroom made of/from? Careful reading Language Points 1.No one knows for sure,and making predications is a risky business. 2.In the future, care for the environment will become very important as earths natural resources run out. 3.We will also have to rely more on alternative enrgy, such as solar and wind power. 4.All this seems certain, but there are plenty of things about city life in the future which are not certain. Test your memory: Lily is an Australian high school student. She gets up at 7:00. Then after 15 minutes she has her breakfast. She goes to school every workday. She leaves home at 8 o’clock to take the school bus. She arrives at school at about 9. She starts to study at once and continues until 12:00 when she has lunch at school. Usually the lunch takes about half an hour. She starts to study again at 1:00 and goes home at 3:30. Choose the correct sentences according to the passage you just read. 1) At 7:25 A. She’ll be leaving the house. B. She’ll have left the house. C. She’ll be at home. D. She’ll be having breakfast. 2) From 9 to 12 A. She’ll be studying. B. She’ll be having classes. C. She’ll be doing exercise. D. She’ll be doing heavy work with workers. The di