人教 模块5 Unit 3 Using Language (共32张PPT).ppt

Skimming Task 1: Skim the passage and find out the main idea: The passage is mainly about the writer’s first visit to a space station in the 31st century and the inventions of the 31st century on the space station. Scanning Task 2: Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions: What is the space station like? 2. Why did the space station spin slowly in space? How many inventions did the guide introduce us? What are they? 4. How are the messages sent in the 31st century? How was the rubbish dealt with in the space station? 6. How does the waste machine work? Scanning What is the space station like? Why did the space station spin slowly in space? How many inventions did the guide introduce us? What are they? It is an enormous round plate. To imitate the pull of the earth’s gravity. Three inventions. They are thought pad, waste machine and manufacturing robots. Scanning How are the messages sent in the 31st century? How was the rubbish dealt with in the space station? How does the waste machine work? Place the metal band over one’s head, clear one’s mind, press the sending button and the next instant it’s sent. There’s a system where the waste is disposed of using the principles of ecology. The giant machine swallows all the waste available and the rubbish is turned into several grades of useful material, such as “fertilizer” for the fields and “soil” for deserts. Space Station of the 31st century Modern Inventions of the 31st Century Only to be seen on the Space Station Communication Waste Disposal Manufacturing invention Thought pad Manufacturing robots advantages disadvantages 1. In pairs use the information from the reading passage to fill in this poster for the Space Station. Modern Inventions of the 31st Century Only to be seen on the Space Station Communication invention Thought pad Disadvantages 1. efficient 2.