Unit 3Life in the future单元感知本单元的中心话题是“未来生活”，教材内容为学生提供了想象的空间，旨在培养学生预测未来的能力，通过对现实生活与未来生活的对比，唤醒学生把握现在，珍惜现在，爱护环境，保护自然的意识。通过学习课文，使学生回顾历史，认识现在，展望未来，激发学生的想象力；提高环境保护，资源保护意识。通过讨论使学生了解中国和其他国家目前存在的社会问题以及科技发展方向，预测世界未来生活、环境的发展趋势。学习导航一、文化背景The skycar is a car which can move quickly in the sky. The efforts to build flying vehicles before have not been very successful. They are costly; take up much space, require drivers to learn and understand the skills of flying like a trained pilot. Anyone who is short of money can’t afford it. This makes the researchers remember that they should develop technology for a new generation skycar. All the problems are likely to be solved. And it will appear in the market in less than 25 years.二、知识目标词汇vehicle carriage mud bathroom temple private settlement impression constantly remind jet previous tablet capsule opening surrounding lack ache mask bend press swiftly master sight flash switch optimistic length extraordinarily helmet assist (in) agency skip require cocoa lemonade herb 短语take up lose sight of catch sight of sweep up speed up remind … of 句型 、Worried about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days. 、Confused by the new surroundings, I was hit by the lack of fresh air. 、The air seemed thin as though its combination of gases had little oxygen left. 语法The Past Participle as the Adverbial and Attribute 过去分词用作状语和定语。用心 爱心 专心功能1. 作出预测（Making predictions） Suppose that --- I wonder if --- Do you suppose that ---? Do you imagine that ---? I imagine that ---? 2. 猜测未来（Makin...
