Life-in-the-future-Reading课件.ppt

1、Yesteyday is a history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift, so we call it present.,What has changed from the past to the present day?,What do you use to light up when you do your lessons in the evening?,We use lights to light up.,Do you know what people used in the ancient time?,They used fire m

2、ade by wood to light up.,What did people use to light up 200 years ago?,They used oil lamps.,fire made by wood (ancient time) oil lamps (200 years ago) lights (now) ? (in the future),carriage,bicycle,motorcycle,train,aeroplane,?,space craft,sedan chair,car,time travel,Means of transportation,Educati

3、on,distance education,Communication,video telephone,The Change of Life,by horse or by simple vehiclevi:kl such as carriage,cars, trains, boats, airplanes, Helicopter helkpt(r),spaceship, time travel,made of wood and mud; no bathroom,many small houses round a temple and a pond池塘,flats in high rise bu

4、ildings kitchens and bathrooms,modern flats, furniture in walls and floor; supply of air,houses along streets with shops; many services offered,many blocks街区 of flats together; floating parks,Changes from ancient times to modern society,Building Clothing Education Eating Communication Transport,装备,水

5、管设施,mknkl,Fast reading:What s the main idea of the passage?,Its mainly about Li Qiangs future journey.,a. We were transported into the future by a comfortable time capsule. b. I arrived at Wang Pings home and everything in his house made me surprised. c. I won a travel to the year AD 3005. d. I have

6、 my first try to master a hovering carriage.,c-a-b-d,Read the text quickly, then put the following sentences into the correct order:,Careful-reading,Para.1-2 Go through the first two paragraphs quickly, then answer the following questions:,1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3005?

7、2. What is a “time lag”? 3. How did I feel when I was in the capsule ?,4. Who guides my trip? 5. Why did my guide give me some tablets? 6. Who transported us to the future?,1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3005? I took up the prize I won the year before. 2. What is a “time lag”?

8、 “Time lag means a person gets flashbacks from his previous(先前的) time period.,3. How did I feel when I was in the capsule ? The seats in the capsule are very comfortable. 4. Who guides my trip? My friend Wang Ping is my guide to the future.,5. Why did my guide give me some tablets? The tablets could

9、 help me feel less nervous and uncertain. 6. Who transported us to the future? Wang Pings parents company transported us to the future.,Para.3 Go through the third paragraph, then try to answer the following questions.,How did I feel as soon as I was transported to the future? How did Wang Ping solv

10、e this problem? 3. What do you think has caused this kind of problem?,1. How did I feel as soon as I was transported to the future? I was hit by the lack of fresh air. 2. How did Wang Ping solve this problem? Wang Ping gave a mask to me and hurried me through to a small room nearby to have a rest.,3

11、. What do you think has caused this kind of problem? Now we are causing more and more pollution to the nature, this will cause serious problems to the life in the future. This may be the cause of the lack of fresh air in the future.,nervous,unsettled,time lag,time capsule,Confused,lack,ached,Para.4R

12、ead fourth paragraph quickly, then answer the following questions:,What was the green wall made of ? Whats the purpose of building this kind of green wall?,showed,green,brown,soft,Exhausted,fell,asleep,1. What was the green wall made of ? Whats the purpose of building this kind of green wall? The gr

13、een wall was made of trees. The leaves of the trees will provide much-needed oxygen to the house.,Whats the writers attitude towards the future, optimistic or pessimistic?How do you know?,Discussion,optimistic,pessimistic,We know that from the following sentences:,1. Worried about the journey, I was

14、 unsettle for the first few days. 2. Confused by the new surroundings, I was hit by the lack of the fresh air. 3. Exhausted, I slid into bed and fell fast asleep.,Pessimistic,Please find three more similar structures in the letter.,1. Well-known for their expertise, his parents company named “Future Tour” (Para. 1) = His parents company was well-known for, his parents company named “ Future Tour”,2. Confused by the surroundings, I was hit (Para. 3) = Wh