黑龙江省讷河市第二中学高一英语外研版必修4：Module1SectionⅠIntroductionReadingPreshyreading.ppt

Module 1;学科网 ;1．Have you ever imagined what life will be like in the future? 2．Do you want to know what it may be like to live in the year 2500? ; Take a trip through time. Experience what it will be like to live in the year 2500. This journey I will take you on is full of my thoughts for the year 2500. So, lets go. Imagine when you see this new world what feelings you might have. Just like Christopher Columbus, or some other famous explorers you look at the environment, transportation, education, and houses. Just as you are taking it all in, new surprises come your way.; For transportation, you think you see what look like normal cars. You see someone pull into a gas station. You think they are getting gas but they are not. They are getting two jugs (罐) of milk and filling their car with it. Next, you will see a normal-looking car stop in a driveway. You will see people get out of the whole side of the car instead of getting out of their car through a door. Then, you turn around and see a school. You decide to go in. It looks normal, but it is not. It is more advanced (高级的). The kids are not acting up (调皮). They will be just sitting there listening to the teacher. Every once in a while you see them laugh. Instead of normal textbook work you are used to, you see just games in the books. They will be learning games though.; The houses look normal, but they are not. Parts of the roof can come down with a push of a button. There are elevators in some instead of stairs. The lights go on and off when you clap. The pictures on the wallpaper can move. Finally, you notice that the environment has changed a little. You see solar-powered devices everywhere and people are not littering. You also see that there are no hunters around either. You like this time and want to stay. You take one step toward the new world and, all of a sudden, you are travelling in time again. Next, you will see an even better wor