1、Unit 3 Life In the Future教材分析I教學內容分析： 本單元的中心話題是“談未來”， 內容主要涉及人類對今后生活環境的想象、猜測和思考。 語言技能和語言知識主要圍繞“未來生活”這一中心話題進行設計的 Warming up 部分通過一個填表活動引導學生去回顧過去、認識現在和展望未來。 Pre-reading部分首先讓學生列舉一些當今世界存在的問題，接著要求學生考慮一下在未來社會里哪些問題會克服、哪些問題將惡化。這樣就為下面閱讀做了鋪墊。 Reading 部分以Li Qiang 發自宇宙空間站的電子郵件的形式向讀者講述了他是如何安全到達“未來世界”以及在“未來世界”的第一印象

2、。教師引導學生把閱讀的重點放在“未來世界”生活與現在生活的不同點上。 Comprehending 設計了五個教學活動來加深學生對“閱讀”(Reading )的理解和復習。活動一設計了5個問題，考查學生對文章主要信息的理解。 活動二要求學生通過閱讀找到“未來世界”在以下幾方面的變化：跨時空旅行、交通、住房、城鎮環境和空氣質量。接著學生應該在思考的基礎上得出自己的結論，即哪些變化好，哪些變化不好，并說出理由。 活動三要求學生通過閱讀來判斷李強對未來的態度是樂觀的還是悲觀的。學生應該在文中找出支持自己觀點的論據或例子，盡可能說服別人?；顒铀淖寣W生概括每一段的大意和具體信息，并復述課文，更深入地理解課

3、文內容?；顒游遄寣W生朗讀課文最后一段，注意語音語調和節奏。Learning about language部分突出了本單元的一些重點語匯和語法，通過語篇來考察學生運用本單元部分詞匯的能力的練習。語法部分要求學生主動找出閱讀語篇中餓重點結構過去分詞用定語和狀語，然后加以應用。教師要提醒學生既要注意語義(meaning )也要注意形式(form). Using Language部分涵蓋了聽、說、讀、寫四項語言基本技能。 summing up部分歸納了本單元的主要學內容并讓學生自我檢測一下效果。Learning tip 部分告訴學生在討論時記筆記的好處和方法。 II教學重點和難點1. 教學的重點(1)

4、 回顧歷史，認識現在，展望未來，激發學生的想象力；(2) 學習使用有關預測和猜測的表達方式；(3) 掌握過去分詞作定語、狀語的用法；(4) 運用所學的英語寫出具有豐富想象力的短文。2. 教學的難點(1) 激發學生的想象力對未來生活進行展望；(2) 掌握過去分詞做定語、狀語的用法；(3) 學習對有關預測和猜測的表達方式。III教學計劃本單元分六課時：第一、二課時：Warming Up, Pre-reading, Reading, Comprehending第三、四課時：Learning about language, Using Language第五課時：Listening and speaki

5、ng (Using Language)IV教學步驟：Period 1 & 2 Warming Up & Pre-reading, Reading Comprehending Teaching Goals: 1. To illustrate Ss imagination of future life.2. To arouse Ss to pay more attention to the problems that probably appeared in the future life.3. To make Ss know the difference of life betw

6、een the past, present and future.Teaching Procedures:Step 1 Leading-inPurpose: To talk about past and future changes of life. 1. Group work Let Ss discuss the questions in groups of four. (1) How do you usually get to school? (2) Where do you live, in a city or in the countryside?(3) Where would you

7、 like to live in the future?(4) Do you live in a flat or a house?(5) Do you have a room of you won? Can you describe the room in the picture?(6) What kind of housing would you like to have in the future?(7) What would you like to have in your room?(8) What can we use to build houses? (brick, stone ,

8、 steel , glass, ice, wood , plastic bamboo, )2. Conclusion This unit introduces what life in the future might be like to Ss. By discussing and answering the questions above can make Ss have a general understanding of the present and future life and can also illustrate Ss imagination about the future

9、 life.Step 2. Warming Up1. Pair work In pairs let Ss list the changes in housing, transport, jobs, families and education will happen in the next century. 2. Individual workAccording to the result of the above Pair work, fill in the chart.表格 1Present timeIn one Thousand Years TimeTransportWorkFinanc

10、e and currencyLanguagesEnvironmentEducationHousesCommunicationSuggested Answers: 表格 2Present time In One Thousand Years TimeTransportAirplanes; cars; bicyclesNo longer by air because of environmental pollution; bicycles and horses will make a comebackWorkOffice; factory; construction; landscape; ser

11、viceAt home using advanced, interactive computers; meetings can be conducted on the computer and people will see each other speak.Finance and currencyBanks; offices; insurance; businessOne global currencymaybe the yuan as China will be the largest global exporterLanguageEnglish; Russian; ChineseOne

12、global language- perhaps Chinese or still EnglishEnvironmentAir: could be improved in citiesVery poor; need to recycle all waste; control on the use of cars; no airplanes; methods to improve poor air quality. Climate of the earth being very hot is making problems over water resourcesEducationNursery

13、; schools; universityLonger than now possibly until 25 years of age so that students can learn all the new technologiesHousesFlats; houses; concrete; woodBuilt into the ground as the surface of the earth is so hot.CommunicationPost office; InternetBy thoughtpad, telephone, computer, mobiles, Morse c

14、ode, etcStep 3. Pre-reading1. Pair work Ask Ss to discuss the following questions in pairs.(1) Make a list of the problems human beings are facing today.(2) What problems do you think people will have overcome in one thousand years? Which ones do you think will still exist in AD 3008? Suggested Answ

15、ers: (1) The seven serious problems facing mankind: The first problem I would like to point out is the decline of morality.(道德淪喪) The second problem is the racial bias problem. (種族歧視) The third problem , which is a most serious problem , is the rapid depletion of resources on the Earth. (資源匱乏) Now I

16、 come to the fourth problem, the problem of the large gap between the poor and the rich . (貧富懸殊) The fifth problem is the pollution problem.(環境惡化) Now I would like to talk about the sixth problem, the expensive arms race problem. (軍備競爭)。 The seventh problem is that the technologies vital to the welf

17、are of human beings are becoming more and more concentrated in the hands of a small group of people. (技術壟斷)(2) Various answers are acceptable.2. Discussion Show Ss the above pictures and ask them what problems each picture shows. This can arouse Ss interest. Ask Ss to have a wide range of discussion

18、 about the present and future life. They can discuss as much as they can.Suggested Answers: Picture one: global warming, Picture two: acid rain, Picture three: growing areas of desert, Picture four: over large world population, Picture five: lack of enough drinking water,Step 4. Reading1. Skimming (

19、1) Pair work: Ask Ss to look the three pictures (P18) and then discuss with their partners and answer the following questions: Picture one:* What can you see in the picture?* What are the people doing?* Where do you think they are doing? Picture two:* How many people can you see in the picture?* Who

20、 are they, do you know?* What else can you see in the picture? * What can you use them for? Picture 3. * What can you see in the picture?* Where is Li Qiang?* What is Li Qiang doing?* What is the table and chairs made of?* What is the wall made of? What function does it have?(2) Discussion: Ask Ss r

21、ead through the text as quickly as possible and talk about Li Qiangs first impressions of AD 3008, and at the same time underline words, phrases, or sentences that are closely related to Li Qiangs first impressions.2. Scanning (1) Team workAsk Ss to discuss how far their ideas of the future are from

22、 those in the story. Let them discuss the following questions. Do you think Li Qiang is impressed by what he finds in the future? Why or why not? What improvements do you think there will be to your home city or home village one thousand years in the future? What problems might there be? What ideas

23、do you think were believable in this story? Why? Which ideas do you think are too unrealistic? Why? (2) Group workThis text is written as if it were a letter from a son to his parents. He is telling them his impressions in an informal way. So the descriptions are mixed with his impressions to give y

24、ou his idea of what the future is like. Now please discuss the style of the text. Do you think Li Qiangs descriptions are fair? Why or why not? What language does he use that gives you that impression? Do you think he feels comfortable in the future? Why or why not? What language does he use that gi

25、ves you that impression?3. ComprehendingAsk Ss to tell the following sentences are True or False (T or F)(1) Li Qiang was worried about the journey, so he was unsettled all the time.(2) Wang Ping is his friend who is also a good guide. (3) His head ached because of lack of oxygen. (4) Li Qiang lost

26、in touch with Wang Ping, but he found him at last. (5) Wang Pings mother was not friendly to him. Suggested Answers: (1) F (2) T (3) F (4) T (5) F 4. ListeningListen to the tape and fill in the chart bellow:Good changes Bad changes Time travel Transport Houses Towns Air qualitySuggested Answers:Good

27、 changes Bad changes Time travel Can travel to different times as you wish After effects of travel Transport Can move swiftly Disorganized, difficult to find way Houses Save living space Short of space Towns Busy, look like markets easy to get lost Air qualityOwn family oxygen supply Poor quality in

28、 public places. 5. Group workDivide the whole class into four groups. Each group is supposed to read through the text and find out the difficult words, expressions and sentences and then discusses them. (1) take up 占領；占據；接受When does the incoming manager take up his job? The copying of these document

29、s took up the whole morning.He has taken up art in college.He decided to take up photography as his career.He is going to take up the story where he left off yesterday.(2) constantly adv 不斷地His report was constantly interrupted by applause.The area was constantly hit by drought.拓展：constant: adj 不斷的(

30、3) remind vt 使想起；提醒常見用法：remind sb. to do sth. / remind sb. of sth./ remind sb. That 提醒某人做某事；使某人想起Please remind me to leave her this noteThe film reminded him of what he had seen in China.Please remind me that I must call her up before nine.(4) previous adj 在前的；早先的He has had no previous experience of

31、 this kind of job.(5) tablet n 藥片He took a sleeping table.(6) opening n 口子; 通路He put a gate across the opening in the fence.(7) surroundings n 環境We must learn to get used to social surroundings.拓展：surrounding adj. 周圍的(8) lack: n 缺乏；沒有The lack of rain aggravated the serious lack of food.拓展：lack: vt&a

32、mp; vi 缺乏Owing to lack of time, we cannot do more than what we have done.Is she lacking in courage?(9) press: vi & vt 按；壓；逼迫He pressed the doorbell.Just press this button, and you'll start the engine.The debts pressed on him.拓展：press: n 壓；推；新聞界； The press have / has been invited to a press c

33、onference to hear the government's statement on the event.(10) swiftly adv. 迅速地；敏捷地He swiftly glanced at the book and answered the question. (11) sight: 視力；視覺常見用法：lose sight of: 不再看見in sight of: 可被.望見in sight: 可見，看得見；out of sight: 看不到，不被看到；at the sight of: 一看見就.at first sight: 一見就.; 初次看見時catch s

34、ight of: 瞥見(12) sweep up 橫掃；打掃Herry was swept up into the center of them and my link with him was broken as I was carried up to the top of a high building nearby. (13) switch n. 開關；閘The switch is broken so you need a new one.拓展：vt 轉換He switched the TV onHe switched the conversation from one subject

35、to another.Step 5. DiscussionWhat three visits would you ask to go on if you were Li Qiang? Make a list of them below. Then compare your list with your partners or classmates.1._ 2. _ 3. _Suggested Answers: 1. A space station 2. Another planet 3. A historical museum.Step 6. Homework1. Read the text

36、again and again and go over the main language points.2. Finish Ex1 and Ex2 in Learning about language.3. Retelling the story, either in writing or in speech, is very useful to learners of a foreign language. It demonstrates his understanding of the story. Next you are going to practise in pairs rete

37、lling Li Qiangs story traveling to the year AD 3008. You may make use of the words and expressions you have just learnt. Period 3 & 4 Learning about Language, Using LanguageTeaching Goals:1. To discover the useful words and expressions in the text.2. To learn and improve the use of useful words

38、and expressions.3. To practise reading skills and learn something more about the future life.Teaching Procedures:Step 1 Learning about Language 1. Discussion As we all know that robots now have become a very important part in humans life. Let Ss discuss the robots advantages and disadvantages.2. Ask

39、 Ss to do Ex2 (P20). In this Exercise, Ss can learn some phrases meaning by learning their forming. That is, a verb can change its meaning slightly when you add a preposition or adverb to it. Now, look at the boxes below. Write the phrases down:search take slide sweep press for up down intoSuggested

40、 Answers: (1) search for (2) take up (3)slide into (4) sweep up (5) press downSearch for/swept up/ pressed down/ sweep up/took up/ slidinto3. Ask Ss to choose the correct phrases to finish each sentences.use up speed up sweep up come up eat up sit up turn up take up(1) When I was young, the teacher

41、always required us to _ straight.(2) In Britain you show your good manners at a meal if you _ all the food.(3)Well make our bathroom more comfortable if we _ the mess every day.(3) Charles bicycle started to _ as it went down the hill.(4) Dont forget that you must _ for the examination.(5) All the p

42、aper was _ before the work was finished.(6) The director showed his interest in your work when he _ to see it.(7) I hope you will _ the new job you have been offered.Suggested Answers: (1) sit up (2) eat up (3) clear up (4) speed up (5) turn up (6) used up (7) came up (8) take upStep 2. Using Langua

43、ge 1.Pair workAsk Ss to read the text again and make a dialogue with their partners to describe the life of one space creature. Ask one or two pairs to read the dialogues to the whole class. And then let Ss discuss them and see which group do a better job.Sample dialogue:S1: Our space creature is ca

44、lled a moddock. It comes from a planet going around a star on the outer part of the Andromeda galaxy. To begin with we thought it would be impossible to talk to this creature. It used to run away and hide whenever we came near. However, my friend thought of a good way to make friends with it. S2: I

45、noticed that it always looked up when oil was near. SO I thought maybe it could smell the oil so I covered myself in oil and went near. The moddock did not run away but came close to sniff me. S1: Once we knew that an oil smell was the way to make friends with it, everything was much easier. S2: It

46、would put one of its six hands over your face and feel the lip movements. Then it remembered them and watched your face. We found it could speak our language very quickly and soon we were having long conversation s. They re marvelous language learners. 2. Writing Ask Ss to draw a picture of their al

47、iens and then write an essay based on their pictures. At last let them read it to their partners.Sample writing:The moddock is an alien from the Andromeda galaxy. It is shy until you get to know it. To make friends you need to cover yourself in oil as that is the thing the moddock likes best. It sho

48、uld be able to help you with your English homework because it is such a marvelous language learner! It stays in one place most of the time as it finds moving so painful. When it has to move, it rolls over and over like a ball. Moddocks live alone and never go to school. They dont need to, as they ar

49、e good observers and quick learners from others. It really likes humans and as we are now friends, it wants to become a human being too.Step 3. Discovering useful structures1. Individual workGive Ss two sentences in which the past participle is used as an adverbial phrase. Eg Worried about the journ

50、ey, I was unsettled for the first few days.Then ask Ss to find other three sentences from the reading passage with the past participle used as the adverbial.(1) Well-known for their expertise, his parents company(2) Confused by the new surroundings, I was hit by the lack(1) Exhausted, I slid into be

51、d Lets Ss discuss the usage of past participle and find some grammar usages.2. Explanation of the grammar.(1) 和現在分詞一樣，過去分詞或過去分詞短語也可以充當副詞，修飾謂語動詞。過去分詞可以表達下列四種意思： 方法或活動方式，如：He walked up and down, lost in thought I sat before the desk until after mid-night, absorbed in writing. Surrounded by a host of f

52、ans, the film star left the airport excitedly . 原因，如：Greatly disappointed, some staff decided to leave the place. Taken by surprise, the enemy surrendered. 時間，如：Born and bred in a turbulent age, the older generation of people experienced all sorts of hardships. Thrown to the floor, the boy regained

53、his footing a few minutes later . 條件，如：Given more time, the slow learners would have done better . Criticized by someone else, Tony would not have fared up like that. (2) 除了直接修飾動詞之外， 過去分詞或短語也可以和連詞組成短語，表示下列四種意思： 由 when ,whenever , while until等連詞引導，表示“時間”，如：When asked about his previous job, Bill said

54、 he had been a motor mechanic. Susan seldom speaks in class until spoken to. 由where , wherever 連詞引導，表示“地點”。Mosquitoes should be completely exterminated where found. Retires in good health should be invited to return to work wherever needed. 由if , unless引導，表示“條件”，如If kept for too long, some medicines

55、 will lose their effectiveness. We have made a point of not attacking unless attacked. 由 though, although , even though 連詞引導，表示“讓步”，如：Though warned of the danger, they still went mountaineering. Even though defeated for a second time, our team did not give up hope for the ultimate victory. IV Studying the past participle as the attribute. (3) 過去分詞做定語, 在語態上表被動，在時間上表示動作已經發生或完成，與它所修飾的名詞有邏輯上的動賓關系。 過去分詞做定語時， 所修飾的名詞在邏輯上相當于被動句中的主語