(山东)山东省威海二中高中英语 Book IV Module1 Life in the Future学案 外研版必修4.docVIP

Book IV Module1 Life in the Future “We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of past experience.” ---Abraham Lincoln 除了凭着对过去的经验加以类推之外，我们对今后的事一无所知。 Dear students，with the rapid development of science and technology, what the life will look like in the future is difficult to predict, but one thing is certain, that is, our aim is to live in a cleaner, safer, healthier and more comfortable world. This module we will talk about the life in future. How the World Will Look Like in the Next 50 Years People have always been intrigued(V.引起好奇心) of what the future will look like. The answers are quite simple and here you have tem for the next 50 years. 1. _____________ Predicting the future is important for two reasons. Firstly, we need to start to think about what kind of future we would like for ourselves and to pass on to the next generation. Secondly, we need to know what decisions we need to make today that will give the best result in the future. 2._____________ It is a great and exciting idea. To start with we must find out if there’s a basic need for it. Then we have to think about the system we have today—cars going on the ground, and the transition(n.转变) to a new system. To make it work in this example we need two parallel systems. Even if the flying cars are improved to be suitable for city traffic, the investments will be huge for a city to do this. So I’m sorry, there will be no road network for flying cars in the next 50 years. 3._____________ It is most likely that there is other life in the universe since there are billions of solar systems. In the aspect that our solar system is about 4.6 billion years, other civilizations(文明n.) could be 10 million or even 1 billion years ahead of us. With these numbers in mind there is no greater chance that it will make contact with us within the next 50 years than in 100,000 years. 4._____________ What we will see in the next 50 years is the transition from a