福建省高中英语必修二教学课件：Unit4Warm_up.pptVIP

北师大版 高一 ( 2 ) Unit 4;Warm-up;;;In this unit you will… Read about the internet and virtual reality. Listen to a phone conversation, radio programmes and a song. Practise telephoning and making suggestions.; Write an e-mail message and an internet page about your area. Learn how to make predictions about the future; Learn about conditionals.;;;;;;Warm-up;;;;;Global warming causes world flooding;2001 - A.I. is a movie about a boy who doesn’t know that he is really a robot.;;;;1977-2004 - The movies that make up Star Wars are about wars in space. There are many amazing characters in these movies.;;;;;1. Which of the films and books mentioned on this page have you seen or read? ;What other predictions do you know from science fiction books or films that have come true?;Answers:;Tapescript;2. We know that the planet’s climate is changing. The Earth’s atmosphere is gradually getting warmer. There is a real danger that the sea level will go up and there will be flooding in different countries in the world. This is already happening in countries like Bangladesh and some parts of Europe, for example, Britain.;3. Well, it may sound surprising. Imagine the situation of two twins-a brother and sister. The sister goes into space and travels at the speed of light for ten years-when she comes back to Earth she is thirty years older than her twin brother!;4. Unfortunately, this is a very real danger for the planet. A new virus could develop that we have no power to stop. It is something we really should be worried about. ;Have you read some science fiction? Try to write a short summarize about it. Did you like or dislike it?