Unit3LifeinthefutureBriefStatementsBasedonThisUnitThetopicofthisunitisaboutlifeinthefuture,whichisfullofimagination.Theunitgivesusvividpicturesaboutthefirstimpressionin3005AD.Thefourskillsofreading,listening,speakingandwritingallcenteronthetopic,lifeinthefuture.Thisunitcanbedividedintosixparts—warmingup,reading,learningaboutlanguage,usinglanguage,listeningandspeaking,summingupandlearningtip.InWarming-up,studentsareexpectedtofillinachart.Letthestudentscomparedifferencesinlifebetweenin1005ADandin2005AD,andencouragethemtoimaginewhatwillhappenin3005AD.Thepurposeofdesigningthispartistopreparethestudentsfortheknowledgeoflifeinthefuture.InPre-reading,twoquestionsarepresented.Thefirstquestionistoaskthestudentstolistalltheproblemswearefacing.Theotheroneistogetthestudentstodiscusswhethertheproblemswillstillexistinthefutureandwillgetmuchmoreseriousinthefuture.InReading,thestudentsaretoreadaletternamedFirstImpressions.Intheletter,LiQiangtoldhisparentsabouthowhetraveledtothelivingspacein3005ADandwhathesawthere.Inreading,itisnecessaryfortheteachertogetthestudentsawareofthestrategiesforreadingdescriptivearticles.Thepurposeofdesigningthispartistodevelopthestudents’readingability,togetthestudentstoknowmoreaboutthefutureandtoencouragethemtoexplorethefuture.InPost-reading,threeexercisesarefollowed.Thestudentsareaskedtodiscusswhichchangesaregood,whileothersbelongtodisadvantages.Thenextoneistoaskthestudentstoinfertheauthor’sattitudetowardsthefuture.Atthesametime,thestudentsareexpectedtoshowtheirownopinionstothewholeclassandreasonthem,tryingtopersuadeotherstoacceptthem.Thethirdexerciseistoaskthestudentstoimaginewhattheywouldliketovisitifhe/shewereLiQiang.InLearningaboutlanguage,therearetwoparts.Thefirstisaboutvocabulary,whichistoaskthestudentstoapplythewordsandphrasesfreely.Theotherexercisesareaboutthegrammar,thatistosay,thepastparticipleusedastheadverbialandattribute.InUsinglanguagereading,speakingandwriting,thereisapassagetitledIhaveseenamazingthings.Teachingandlearningactivitiescanbefocusedonreading,speakingandwritingwiththepurposeofdevelopingthestudents’skills.Inlistening,thelisteningmaterialisalsoaboutlifeinthefuture,whichisaboutlivinginWonderworld.Bylisteningtoit,arousethestudentstoimaginewhethersuchaworldisfitforlivingin.InSpeaking,theteachermainlyoffersthestudentsthechancetotalkaboutthefutureandlearntohowtoexpressprediction.InWriting,thestudentsareexpectedtolearntodescribeapersonintheirimaginationtogetthestudentsnotonlytobefamiliarwithdescriptionbutalsotoformthegoodhabitofimagining.InSummingupandLearningtips,letthestudentslearntosumupwhattheyhavemasteredinthisunit,includingwords,expressions,grammarandwhattoknowaboutthefuture.Thepurposeofthisistogetthestudentstoknowwhattheyhavelearnedandwhatneedtobelearnedinthefuture.Besidesthat,someadviceisalsogiventothestudentsonhowtowritedownnotes.Thenewwordsandexpressionstobelearnedinthisunitare:vehicle,carriage,private,settlement,impression,constant,constantly,previous,tablet,capsule,opening,surrounding,lack,ache,mask,bend,press,swift,master,sight,flash,optimistic,length,extraordinary,helmet,assist,agency,skip,require.takeup,remind...of,losesightof,catchsightof,speedup,assistin,spaceagency,asaresult,sufferfrom,besimilarto,bewell-knownfor,asthough,innotime,provide...with,fallfastasleep,searchfor,gosoft,speakinwhispers,mixwith,w...
