高二英语(师大版)-选修七 Unit 20 New Frontiers(1)-3学习任务单.docxVIP

Unit 20 New Frontiers (1) –Lesson 1 Futurology Reading Students’ Worksheet 【Objectives】 By the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to: 1. get information about futurology, futurologists and future predictions; 2. evaluate the possibility of those predictions; 3. make your own predictions of the 21st century; 4. recognize the importance of futurology. 【Tasks】 = 1 \* ROMAN I. Read the text, choose the best title and work out the text structure. 1. Which is the best title for the text? A. From the Past to the Future B. The Future Business C. Tomorrow’s World D. A Perfect Future 2. Divide the passage into four parts and work out the headings for each part. Part 1 (Para. ____) ____________________ Part 2 (Para. ____) ____________________ Part 3 (Para. ____) ____________________ Part 4 (Para. ____) ____________________ = 2 \* ROMAN II. Read for details. 1. Read para.1 and answer the following questions. (1) How have people wondered about the future over the centuries? (2) Who are called futurologists? (3) How does the author lead in the topic? What is the function of para.1? 2. Read para. 2 and extract key details about the seminar. When: _______________ Where: _______________ The seminar Who and what: ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 3. Read from para.3 to para.8 for details. (1) What predictions did the writer find? Read the text and complete the table below. When What field What predictions 1.In the next few years computers (2) Think about which of the predictions expressed in the text a. has happened? b. happen (we can see evidence now)? c. probably happen (this is your opinion)? d. happen in your lifetime (there is a chance they will happen)? e. happen in your life time (there is a small chance that they will happen)? (3) Which of the predictions would you like or not like to come true? Why? 4. Read Para