新编人教版八年级英语上册第七单元2d.pptVIP

Unit 7 Will people have robots?;2d Role-play the conversation. Nick: What are you reading, Jill? Jill: It’s a book about the future. Nick: Sounds cool. So what will the future be like? Jill: Well, cities will be more crowded and polluted. There will be fewer trees and the environment will be in great danger.;Nick: That sounds bad! Will we have to move to other planets? Jill: Maybe. But I want to live on the earth. Nick: Me, too. Then what can we do? Jill: We can use less water and plant more trees. Everyone should play a part in saving the earth.;1. environment n. 环境;3. plant v. 种植；n. 植物;4. play a part in… 是一个固定短语，表示“参与……；在……中尽自己的一份力量”;1. What will the future be like in the book? ;2. What can people do? ;1. Will people use money in 100 years? 一百年后人们还会使用钱吗？ 这里的 in 100 years “在...期间;在...以后”后 接一段时间表示在将来某段时间之后。 e.g. Hell come back in a week. 他将于一周之后回来。 I’ll call you in two hours. 我两个小时后给你打电话。 ;2. Everything will be free. 任何东西都是免费的。 be free 在这里表示“免费的”。另外“ be free” 还有“ 空闲的” 意思。 e.g. Admission is free for children under 9. 九岁以下儿童免费入场。 I’ll be free next week. 我下周有空。;3. What’s your prediction about the future? 你对未来有什么预测？ prediction 是predict 的名词形式。有“预言、 预料、预测之意。 例如： Sales were five percent flowerer than predicted. 销售额比预计的低5%。 Newspapers predicted that Davis would be re-elected. 报纸预测戴维斯将再次当选。 ;4.So what will the future be like?;5.the environment will be in great danger.;6.But I want to live on the earth.;7. Everyone should play a part in saving the earth. 每个人都应当尽一份力来拯救地球。 play a part in… 是一个固定结构，表示“ 参与……; 在…… 中尽自己一份力量” 例如： She plays an active part in teaching these poor children. 她积极参加对这些贫穷孩子的教学工作。 He didn’t play a part in making this decision. 他并没有参与做出此决定。;What are you reading, Jill?