Reading第三单元.pptVIP

Warming Up A space travel is a travel where you visit some other planets, the Mars, for example. A time travel is a travel where you stay where you are but go to the future or the past. What change do you expect to see in your life in one thousand years’ time? Choose two of them to have a discussion and then finish the chart below. Reading 1. Skim over the passage and find the main idea of the passage. It’s about Li Qiang’s journey to the future and his first impression of the life in the future. Task 2: Scanning Read the passage more carefully and answer the following questions. 1. Why did Li Qiang have the chance to travel to the year AD 3008? He is taking up his prize that was won last year. Detailed reading 1. Read the passage carefully and guess the meaning of the underlined words according to the context. 1) Well-known for their expertise, his parents company, called “Future Tours”, transported me safely into the future in a time capsule. expertise A. possibility B. experience C. efficiency D. special skills and knowledge 2) I Still cannot believe that I am taking up this prize that I won last year. A. occupying B. accepting C. picking up D. going on 3) Hit by a lack of fresh air, my head ached. A. occurred to B. puzzled C. struck D. stuck 3. Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks.? In the hovering carriage: ◆It is driven by computer. ◆By bending and ________ down in our seat, you can move swiftly. ◆I lost sight of Wang Ping when we reached what looked like a large market because of too many carriages flying by ______________. At home: ◆It is a large bright clean room. ◆It had a _____ wall, a brown floor and soft lighting. ◆The wall was made of _____! ◆ The house was controlled by a computer. Task 4 At the end of the passage, Li Qiang promised to give his parents more news in the next letter. Guess what Li Qiang would tell them? (open) The reading passage describes some good and bad changes to life in AD 300