高二英语人教版必修五课件：Unit3 Life in the future-Wariming up and Reading.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Finance and currency Banks; offices; insurance; business One global currency – maybe the yuan as China will be the largest global exporter Languages English; Russian; Chinese One global language – perhaps Chinese or still English Environment Air; could be improved in cities Very poor; need to recycle all water; control on the use for cars; no airplanes; methods to improve poor air quality. Climate of the earth being very hot is making problems over water resources. Education Nursery; schools; university Longer than now possibly until 25 years of age so that students can learn all the new technologies Houses Flats; houses; concrete; wood Built into the ground as the surface of the earth is so hot. Communication Post office; Internet By thoughtpad, telephone, computer, mobiles, Morse code, etc. Pre-reading Make a list of the problems human are facing today. Which problems do you think people will have overcome in one thousand years? Which ones do you think will still exist in AD 3008? Give our reasons. Skim the reading passage and see whether your ideas are the same as those in the text. a. We were transported into the future by a comfortable time capsule. b. I arrived at Wang Ping’s home and everything in his house made me surprised. c. I won a travel to the year AD 3008. d. I have my first try to master a hovering carriage. ca d - b Read the text quickly, then put the following sentences into the correct order: Reading 1.In the year AD 3008,the air in private houses was poor quality. 2.Hovering carriages were a fast means of transport , and people could fly in them in every direction. 3.Li Qiang arrived in a busy town where he got lost. 4.This text is an introduction both to the more advanced forms of transport in AD 3008 but also to the advantages and problems of life in the future. F T T T Go through the first two paragraphs quickly, then answer the following questions on page 19: Why did Li