Unit17Lifeinthefuture一、教学目标与要求通过本单元教学，学生了解在未来生活中电脑所起的巨大作用，丰富学生的想象力，提高学生用英语描述未来生活的能力。通过对第67课的学习，学生了解在当今世界上发展中国家与发达国家之间的巨大贫富差距。学生不仅能用英语描述这种差距，还应能发表自己的看法；通过对话课的学习与操练，学习表示预测和推测的日常交际用语；学习并初步掌握同位语从句的用法；正确完成练习册安排的练习。二、教学重点与难点1．重点词汇simply；majority；industry；throughout；possibility；store；belief；possession；satisfy；practical；passage；meanwhile；talkof；outofwork；keepfit2．重要句型Theyarealreadybeingusedinagricultureandindustry．3．语法同位语从句（NounClausesastheAppositive）1）Theideathatcomputerswillrecognizehumanvoicessurprisesmanypeople．2）Thepossibilitythatthemajorityofthelaborforcewillworkathomeisoftendiscussed．4．日常交际用语预测和推测（Prediction，conjectureandbelief）1）Doyouthinkourmanagerisgoingtohaveanewfactorybuilt？2）Isimplydon’tknow．3）Doyouthinkit’spossiblethatitwillhappen？4）Icanseetheproblem．Whatdoyouthinkislikelytohap-pen？5）Itisnotlikelythatthemanagerwillemploymorepeople．三、课型（一）对话课Ⅰ．教具录音机、投影仪。Ⅱ．课堂教学设计用心爱心专心1．教师通过向学生提出下列问题导入本课：1）Canyouimaginewhatlifewillbeinthefuture？2）Let’sthinkaboutwhatkindofmodernlifewewillliveinthefuture．为使学生能展开讨论，教师可以提出某些领域，使学生发挥想象力：1）Foodpeopleeat；2）Clothesthatpeoplewear；3）Transportation；4）Medicalcare；5）Schoollife；6）Housepeoplelivein鼓励学生用英语表达其大胆设想。2．准备放对话录音。借助投影片打出以下听前提问：1）WhatareJennyandMeiGetalk-ingabout？2）Whenwillthedecisionbemade？放录音一至两遍，请学生回答上述问题，教师予以必要订正。Key：1）JennyandMeiGearetalkingaboutfutureplans．2）AccordingtoMeiGe，itisquitelikelythatthedecisionwillbemadebeforetheendoftheyear．3．再次放对话录音，学生跟读。根据本课对话内容，教师再提出一些问题，检查学生的理解程度。1）AccordingtoMeiGe，whyisthemanagergoingtohaveanewfactorybuilt？2）What’stheproblemwithbuildingthenewfactory？3）What’sthedisagreementamongthepeopleinthetown？4）Doyouthinkthefactorywillbebuiltquitesoon？Pleaseexplain．Key：1）Becauserightnowtheycan’tproducegoodsquicklyenoughforalltheircus-tomers．Manyofthecustomershavetowaitsixmonthsfortheirgoods．2）Theproblemisfindinglandforthenewfactory．3）Thedisagreementisthatmostofthepeopleinthetownwanttoencouragenewindustryinthearea．Butsomepeopledon’twantgoodfarmlandtobebuilton．4）Letthestudentsdiscussthequestion．AnyonewhocangivegoodexplanationsinEnglishwillbecorrect．4．将学生分为两人一组练习对话。数分钟后，请两三组同学到前面表演，教师予以讲评。教师指导学生归纳本课中有关预测和推测（Prediction，conjectureandbelief）的常用语句（见日常交际用语部分）。5．要求学生将本课对话改写为一篇短文，描述经理要修建一座新工厂的打算和所遇到的问题，教师给予必要的提示。用心爱心专心提示语：1）haveanewfactorybuilt2）thereasonforbuildingthenewfactory3）theproblemwithbuildingthenewfactory4）whatwillthemanagerdo将首句给出：Themanagerisgoingtohaveanewfactorybuiltbecause…要求学生根据对话，参照老师所给提示及首句，编写短文。Model：Themanagerisgoingtohaveanewfactorybuiltbecauserightnowtheycan’tproducegoodsquicklyenoughforalltheircustomers．Manyofthecustomershavetowaitsixmonthsfortheirgoods．Buttheproblemwithbuildingthenewfactoryiswheretofindlandforit．Mostofthepeopl...
