Unit6LifeinthefutureI.BriefStatementsBasedontheUnitThetopicofthisunitisaboutthehumanbeing’s1ifeinthefuture．Thisunitismadeupofwarmingup，listening，speaking，pre-read-ing，reading，post-reading，languagestudyandintegratingskills．Thesetaskswillbefinishedinfiveperiods．Inthefirstperiod，we’lldowarmingup，listeningandspeakingtoimprovethestudent’slisteningandspeakingabilities．Atthesametime．arousethestudents’interestinthetopicofthisunit．Inthesecondperiod，we’llfinishthetask0fpre-reading,readingandpost-read-ing．Inpost—reading，letthestudentsgivefreereintotheirimaginationbydiscussingsomequestions．We’11readapassageabout1ifeinthefuture．Itwilltelluswhatthehumanbeing’slifewillbelikeinthefuture．Inthemeanwhilewe’lllearnsomeusefulwordsandexpressions．Thethirdperiodconsistsoftwoparts：WordstudyandGrammar-NounClauses．Throughwordstudywe’llrevisesomewordsandphrases，whicharerelatedtothetopicofthisunit．Astothegrammar：Nounclauses,wecanmasterthembydoingmorepracticalpracticegiveninthetextbookandworkbook．Themainpurposeofthefourthperiodistotrainthestudents’readingandwritingabilitiesbyreadingandwritingashortpas-sageabout1ifeinthefuture．Inthelastperiod,we’lldealwiththegrammerinthisunit-NounC1auses．Inaword,wecantrainthestudents’lis-tening,speaking,readingandwritingabilitiesbydoingtheexercisesthetextbookandtheworkbookprovide．Ⅱ.TeachingGoals1．Talkaboutlifeinthefuture．2．Practisemakingpredictions．3．LearnaboutNounClauses．4．Writeadefinitionparagraph．Ⅲ．TeachingTime：Fiveperiods：Ⅳ．BackgroundInformation1.WorldintheFutureScientiststhinkthatwonderfulthingsmaycometrueinthefuture．Futuremeansatimethatnotyetcome．Itcanbeashorttimefromnoworalongtimefromnow．Someoftheunderwaterwondersarealmostreadytocometruenow．Otherswon’tcometrue,wethink，untilalongtimefromnow．Some,ofcourse．maynevercometrue-butwhoknowsforsure?Theymay．Whataresomeofthewondersthatmaycometrueinthefu-ture?Let’sgobacktodrylandandtakeafu-turejourneytheotherway--upinsteadofdown．HugerocketlinerstakeyouintospacetovisittheMoonCamp．Youwalk1aroundonthemooninsspecialmoonsuit．Youvisitanobservatorywhereagianttelescopelooksfarintospace--fartherthananyonehaseverbeenabletoseefromEarth．Yougodeepdownintooneofthemoonmines．Afteryouhavevisitedthemoon,youvisittheMarsColonyandtheVenusExplo-rationOutpost．Let’sgobacktoEarth．Inthefar，farfuture，girls—andboys,too--maybeplayingwithdollsthatlooklikethepeopleoftheplanetsvisitedbyourspace-man．Tocontrolorrunallkindsoftoys,boysandgirlsmaylearntousespecialccmput-ers--machinesthatanswerquestionsanddoarithmeticfasterthanyoucanthink．Bicyclesandperhapsskatesmayberunbyjetpower,andanewthingtoridemaybeasmallflyingsaucer．Imaginearacebetweenthem!Theremaybetelepathyhelmetsthatsendthoughtwavesfromyourbraintothatofyourfriendmilesaway．Youjustthinkathoughtandyourfriendknowsit!Youcanhavesecretswitheachotherthatnobodyelsecanturniton!Therewillbeothersurprisesinthefu-ture．Howwouldyouliketohavearobotplaymate?Havingrobotplaymatesmaynotbesomuchfunasitseems．Butmaybeaboywithawrenchandascrewdrivercanfixtherobotsothatitwon’tbetooperfect!Whataboutthefoodofthefuture?Sci-entiststhinkthatmuchofitwillbeartificial-madeinfactoriesfromsuchsurprisingthingsascoal．1imestone。airandwater．Youdon’tthinkthatice-creamorcakeorcandyorevenbreadandpotatoesmadeoutofthesethingswilltasteverygood．Youmaybewrong...
