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Unit 3 Life in the future Reading First impressions Fast reading 1. Read fast and put the following sentences into right order. A. We were transported into the future by a comfortable time capsule. B. I arrived at Wang Ping’s home and everything in his house made me surprised. C. I won a travel to the year AD 3005. D. I have my first try to master a hovering carriage. 2. True or False? 1. I was very nervous although I have traveled several times. 2. Wang Ping owns a company named “Future Tours”. 3. Before the trip, we had a calming drink which made us sleepy. 4. The air 1000 years later was as thick as today’s. 5. I felt better after I took a rest in a small room. 6. I lost sight of Wang Ping because there were too many too many carriages. Scan for answers 1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3005? 2. What is a “time lag”? 3. How did I feel when I was in the capsule? 4. Who guides my trip? 5. Why did my guide give me some tablets? 6. Who transported us to the future? Environment 1. How did I feel as soon as I was transported to the year AD 2005? 2. How did Wang ping solve this problem? 3. What do you think has caused this kind of problem? Transport 1. How did people travel in the year AD 2005? 2. Who drove the carriages? 3. How can people control the carriage? Daily life 1. What did Wang Ping’s house look like? 2. What was the green wall made of? What’s the purpose of building this kind of green wall? 3. How can you produce a TV set in Wang Ping’s house? Fill the blanks: 1. Visiting Wang Ping’s home That is a large, ____ and ____ room. It had a brown floor, soft lighting and a _____ ____ which is actually trees. The ____ of the trees are used to _____ oxygen. By _____ a _____ on the computer screen, _______ such as tables and chairs ____ from under the floor as if by ______. Wang Ping’s mother told me to ____ _____ ____ some visits in the next day and _____ a bed for me to rest. _______, I ____into the bed and fell ____ _____. 2. Retell Li