英语：选修7unit20-new-frontiers-lesson1-futurology课件(北师大版).pptVIP

Unit 20 New Frontier Lesson 1 Futurology Step1 Let’s look into our future Have you ever thought about your future? What will you become and what will our life be like in the future? Energy-saving car When the area is flooded, the house can float on the water! You may wash your clothes without water, but with air. And the clothes can be put on just after washed!! Half-human half-robot Human with modified genes Would you like to have a memory chip put into your brain? Step 2 Fast- reading Now let’s read a passage and see how futurologists think about the future. Read the article and choose the best title for it. From the Past to the Future The Future Business Tomorrow’s world A Perfect Future Step 3 Read to learn How many predictions did the writer find? Read the text and complete the table. When? What are predicted? 1.very soon 3.by the year 2020 longer life When? What are the predicted? 1.very soon 3.by the year 2020 longer life 2. in the next few years 4. by the year 2030 6.by the end of the century life-size video screens computer instructions 5.by the middle of the century powerful computers new species new home in space Step 4 Language study Part A. Scan the text , find the time phrases and pay attention to the tenses of the sentences. over the centuries; in 10,50,even,1000 years’ time; this weekend; in the next few years; by the year 2020/ 2030; by the middle/ end of the century; at nine o’clock on Saturday morning. Read and find a mistake in each sentence. 1. What will the world be like in ten year’s time? 2. In the next 4 years’ , I will be studying in the university. 3. In this weekend, we will have a party. 4. Since the years, scientists have studied different meanings of gestures in different cultures. 5. We will be having a meeting at 7o’clock in Wednesday morning. 6. We will have finished learning Lesson 20 at the end of the week. years’ years on by Over Part B. Match the words with the meanings