1、2021/8/141Will people have robots?robot n. 機(jī)器人機(jī)器人Language Goal: Make predictions作出預(yù)測2021/8/142 例A：I shall not come if it rains tomorrow. （如明天下雨我就不來。）例B：My brother will leave for the United States next week.（我的哥哥下星期要到美國去。）2021/8/143 一般將來時除了使用“shallwill + V”以外，也可以使用下列的幾種句式來表達(dá)。 1be going to + V （即將會；打算

2、將） 2be about to + V （即將，指緊接著要發(fā)生的動作。） 3be + V-ing （定于，指接近的將來動作。） 4be + to V （定于，指預(yù)定的將來動作。）.常用于修飾一般將來時的時間副詞有：tomorrow, tomorrow morning （afternoon, evening）, next + 時間 （next night, next Monday , next week, month, next summer, next year）, in （the） future （將來），soon ，in +時間2021/8/144 1a How will the worl

3、d be different in the future, 100 years from now? Read these predictions. Check () A (for agree) or D (for disagree). prediction :預(yù)言；預(yù)測；預(yù)示預(yù)言；預(yù)測；預(yù)示 A D 1. People will have robots in their homes. A D 2. People wont use money. Everything will be free. A D 3. Books will only be on computers, not on pape

4、r. A D 4. Kids wont go to school. Theyll study at home on computers. A D 5. There will only be one country. A D 6. People will live to be 200 years old.wont=will not Use:使用使用Paper；紙紙Theyll=They willlive to be 200 years old:活到活到200歲歲2021/8/1451b Listen and circle the predictions you hear in activity

5、1a. 1. People will have robots in their homes. 2. People wont use money. Everything will be free. 3. Books will only be on computers, not on paper. 4. Kids wont go to school. Theyll study at home on computers. 5. There will only be one country. 6. People will live to be 200 years old.1245circle2021/

6、8/1461c PAIRWORK Ask and answer questions about the predictions in activity 1a.A: Will people use money in 100 years?B: No, they wont. Everything will be free. Will people live to be 200 years old?A: Yes, they will.一百年后一百年后活到活到200歲歲“in與與after+時間時間” 都可表示都可表示“在在之后之后”。它們用于一般將來時態(tài)時，它們用于一般將來時態(tài)時，in后接后接“時間時

7、間段段”，after后接后接“時間點(diǎn)時間點(diǎn)”。而而after+時時間段用于一般過去時間段用于一般過去時2021/8/1472a Listen and circle the words you hear.1. There will be more / less / fewer people.2. There will be more / less / fewer free time.3. There will be more / less / fewer cars.4. There will be more / less / fewer pollution.5. There will be mo

8、re / less / fewer trees.circlemorelessfewerlessfewermore fewer 修飾可數(shù)名詞修飾可數(shù)名詞 less 修飾不可數(shù)名詞修飾不可數(shù)名詞2021/8/1482b Listen again. Check () the predictions you hear. 1. There will be fewer people. 2. There will be less free time. 3. People will use less subways less. 4. There will be more pollution. 5. Citie

9、s will be very big and crowded.2c GROUPWORK Look at activity 2b. Make conversations about the predictions. A: I think there will be more pollution. B: Well, I dont agree. But I think there will be fewer trees. A: I agree.2021/8/149Look!fewer Use fewer to talk about countable nouns. eg. There will be

10、 fewer trees. There will be fewer people.less Use less to talk about uncountable nouns. eg. There will be less pollution. There will be less free time.Will there be less pollution? No, there wont. There will be more pollution.Will there be fewer trees? Yes, there will.Kids wont go to school.Kids wil

11、l study at home on computers. Grammar Focus2021/8/1410 3a Look at the pictures of Sally. Then fill in the blanks in the sentences.1. Five years ago, Sally was .2. She played .3. She had .4. Today Sally is . 5. She plays . 6. She has .7. In five years, Sally will be . 8. She will play . 9. She will h

12、ave .in high schoolfootballa catin collegethe guitara pet dogmarriedtennisa baby3b PAIRWORK Look at activity 3a. Make predictions about Sally.A: What do you think Sally will be in five years?B: I think shell be a doctor.A: What sport will she play?B: Shell play2021/8/14113c Now write about yourself.

13、Five years ago, I was . I played . I had .Today, I am . I play . I have .In five years, I will be . I will play . I will have .4 GROUPWORK Draw a picture of the city of tomorrow. Then describe it to your class.A: I think there will be more tall buildings. And there will be fewer cars and more buses.

14、建筑物建筑物;房屋房屋2021/8/14121a Write each word in the correct column below.astronaut house apartment computer programmertrain rocket space station宇航員宇航員房子房子公寓公寓電腦程序師電腦程序師火車火車火箭火箭太空站太空站 Jobs TransportationPlaces to liveastronautcomputer programmertrainrocketspace stationhouseapartment1b PAIRWORK Think of o

15、ther words and write them in the chart.2021/8/14132a Listen to Alexis and Joe. Number the pictures1-3.2b Listen again. Fill in the blanks with the correct verbs from the box.132ll live am ll fly took work ll be lived live1. I in an apartment.2. I near here.3. I a computer programmer.4. We in a house

16、.5. I the train to school.6. I an astronaut.7. I rockets to the moon.8. I on a space station.liveworkamlivedtookll bell flyll live2021/8/14142c PAIRWORK Role play the conversation between Alexis and Joe. Talk about Joes life now, ten years ago, and ten years from now.3a Read Mings answer to the ques

17、tion “What will your life be like in ten years?” Then fill in the chart.A: Where do you live?B: I live in an apartment.2021/8/1415 In ten years, I think In ten years, I think IllIll be a reporter. Ill live be a reporter. Ill livein Shanghai, because I went to Shanghai last in Shanghai, because I wen

18、t to Shanghai last year and year and fellfell in love within love with it. I think its really a it. I think its really a beautiful city. As a reporter, I think I will meet beautiful city. As a reporter, I think I will meet lots of interesting people. I think Ill live in an lots of interesting people

19、. I think Ill live in an apartment with my best friends, because I dont apartment with my best friends, because I dont like living like living alonealone. Ill have . Ill have petpets. I cant have any petss. I cant have any pets now because my mother hates them, and our apartment is now because my mo

20、ther hates them, and our apartment is too small. So in ten years, Ill have many too small. So in ten years, Ill have many different pets. I different pets. I mightmight eveneven keepkeep a pet a pet parrotparrot! ! =I willfall in love with sb / sth.fall in love with sb / sth.喜愛、愛上某人或某物喜愛、愛上某人或某物單獨(dú)地；

21、孤獨(dú)地單獨(dú)地；孤獨(dú)地寵物寵物可能可能甚至甚至喂養(yǎng)喂養(yǎng)鸚鵡鸚鵡2021/8/1416Ill probably go skating and swimming every day.During the week Ill look smart, and probably will wear a suit. At the weekends, Ill be able to dress more casually. I think Ill go to Hong Kong on vacation, and one day I might even visit Australia.大概；也許大概；也許去滑冰去

22、滑冰look + 形容詞形容詞 看上去怎么樣看上去怎么樣一套衣服一套衣服能夠能夠穿衣穿衣隨意地隨意地JobPetsSportsPlacesClothesMing in ten yearsreportparrotGo skatingShanghaiAustralia Hong Kongdresssuit2021/8/14173b On a piece of paper, write about your life in ten years. Dont write your name on the paper. Put all the students papers together. Take

23、turns reading the papers. Then guess who wrote them.A: This paper says “Ill be an engineer in ten years.”B: I think Lin Wei wrote that.C: Yes, I wrote it.2021/8/14184 PAIRWORK Answer the questions below. Then ask your partner for his or her ideas.QuestionsYouYour partnerWhich country will win the ne

24、xt World Cup?What will the weather be like tomorrow?Which movies will win award next year?What will teenagers do for fun twenty years from now?2021/8/14191 Fill in the blanks with the words given. 1. I want to for myself when Im older.2. My friends a pet pig in their house.3. I need to smart for my

25、job interview.4. We have to a uniform to school.5. One day people will to the moon for vacations.Self Checkwear work look fly keep我自己我自己面試；面談面試；面談workkeeplookwearfly2021/8/1420 Predicting the future can be difficult. There are many famous predictions that never came true. Before 1929, there was no s

26、ound in movies. The head of one of the biggest movie companies in the United States predicted that no one would want to see actors talk. Of course, he was wrong! In 1977, the head of the largest computer company in the United States said, “No one will want to have a computer in his or her home.” He

27、thought that computers would never be used by most people.2 Read the passage and circle the inventions on the rightv. 預(yù)言預(yù)言n.將來；未來將來；未來n.預(yù)言實(shí)現(xiàn)；達(dá)到 come-camen.公司 (復(fù)數(shù)companies)看到某人做某事2021/8/14211. A place to live in space:2. Something kids will use to study at home:3. These will be in every home: 4. Yang

28、 Liwei is a famous Chinese .3 Find these words from this unit.space stationcomputersrobotsastronaut2021/8/1422Section 1 Before You ReadPAIRWORK1a Tell your partner what you know about robots. Describe your idea of a robot. Say what it looks like and what it can do.1b Read the title of the text. Then

29、 circle the words and phrases you think you will read in the passage. Compare your predictions with your partner.housework cars years agobored will was koalas buildings less work swimming possible America doctor piano backpack2021/8/1423Do you think you will have your own robot? In some science fict

30、ion movies, people in the future have their own robots. These robots are just like humans. They help with the housework, and do the most unpleasant jobs. Some scientists believe that there will be such robots in the future. However, they agree it may take hundreds of years. Scientists are now trying

31、 to make robots look like people, and do the same things as us. Japanese companies have already made robots walk and dance. This kind of robot will also be fun to watch. 科幻電影未來；將來help sb. with sth. / help sb. (to) do sth. 幫助某人做某事使人不愉快的科學(xué)家可是；然而好幾百try to do sth. 盡力去做某事 try doing sth. 嘗試做某事早已；先前make ro

32、bots look like使機(jī)器人看起來像一樣2021/8/1424 But robot scientist James White disagrees.He thinks that it will be difficult for a robot to do the same things as a person. For example, its easy for a child to wake up and know where they are. Mr White thinks that robots wont be able to do this. But other scient

33、ists disagree. They think that robots will be able to talk to people in 25 to 50 years.Robot scientists are not just trying to make robots look like people. For example, there are already robots working in factories. These robots look more like huge arms. They do simple jobs over and over again. it + be +形容詞+ (for sb.) + to do sth. (某人)做某事怎么樣the sameas 同一樣的factory-factories 工廠簡單的；簡易的一遍又一遍地2021/8/1425 In the future, there will be more robots everywhere, and humans will have less work to do. New robots will have many different shapes. Some will look like humans, and others might l