Unit7Willpeoplehaverobots?人教版八年级英语上册SectionA(1a-2d)Whatarethey?Theyarerobots.LeadinInthefuturepeoplewillhaverobotsintheirhomes.Yeah!___A___D1.Peoplewillhaverobotsintheirhomes.___A___D2.Peoplewon’tusemoney.Everythingwillbefree.___A___D3.Bookswillonlybeoncomputer,notonpaper.___A___D4.Kidswon’tgotoschool.They’llstudyathomeoncomputers.___A___D5.Therewillbeonlyonecountry.___A___D6.Peoplewilllivetobe200yearsold.Howwilltheworldbedifferent100yearsfromnow?Readthesepredictions.Check(√)AforagreeorDfordisagree.1a___A___D1.Peoplewillhaverobotsintheirhomes.___A___D2.Peoplewon’tusemoney.Everythingwillbefree.___A___D3.Bookswillonlybeoncomputer,notonpaper.___A___D4.Kidswon’tgotoschool.They’llstudyathomeoncomputers.___A___D5.Therewillonlybeonecountry.___A___D6.Peoplewilllivetobe200yearsold.1bListenandcirclethepredictionsyouhearin1a.1cAskandanswerquestionsaboutthepredictionsin1a.A:Willpeopleusemoneyin100years?B:No,theywon't.Everythingwillbefree.Willpeoplelivetobe200yearsold.A:Yes,theywill.1.Therewillbe(more/less/fewer)people.2.Therewillbe(more/less/fewer)freetime.3.Therewillbe(more/less/fewer)cars.4.Therewillbe(more/less/fewer)pollution.5.Therewillbe(more/less/fewer)trees.Listenandcirclethewordsyouhear.2aListenagain.Check(√)thepredictionsyouhear._____1.Therewillbefewerpeople._____2.Therewillbelessfreetime._____3.Peoplewillusethesubwaysless._____4.Therewillbemorepollution._____5.Citieswillbeverybigandcrowded.√√2bMakeconversationsaboutthepredictionsin2aand2b.What’syourpredictionaboutthefuture?Ithinktherewillbemorepollution.2cReally?Idon’tthinkso.ButIthinktherewillbefewertrees.What’syourpredictionaboutthefuture?Ithinkcitieswillbeverybigandcrowed.Sure.Iagreewithyou.AndIthinktherewillbemorepollution.Nick:Whatareyoureading,Jill?Jill:It’sabookaboutthefuture.Nick:Soundscool.Sowhatwillthefuturebelike?Jill:Well,citieswillbemorecrowdedandpolluted.Therewillbefewertreesandtheenvironmentwillbeingreatdanger.2dRole-playtheconversation.Nick:Thatsoundsbad!Willwehavetomovetootherplanets?Jill:Maybe.ButIwanttoliveontheearth.Nick:Me,too.Thenwhatcanwedo?Jill:Wecanuselesswaterandplantmoretrees.Everyoneshouldplayapartinsavingtheearth.1.Doyouthinktherewillberobotsinpeople’shomes?你认为人们家里将来会出现机器人吗？(1)这是一个宾语从句。Doyouthink…是主句部分，therewillbe…是从句部分，从句部分整个句子作为think的宾语。以Ithink…开头的句子，否定形式是在think前变否定，即通常所说的“否定前移”。如：Idon’tthinkhewilldoitlikethis。我认为他不会这样做的。Languagepoints(2)people有两种含义：人，人民，复合名词，通常表示复数概念，不能指单个的人。若要指单个的人，则用person；还可以表示“民族”，可数名词，复数形式为peoples.(3)therebe句型：therebe一般将来时态有两种形式：therewillbe和thereisgoingtobe，否定形式是therewon’tbe或thereisn’tgoingtobe。Therewillbeabasketballgameinourschoolnextweek。我们学校下周将有一场篮球赛。特别注意：这两种形式中的be都是be原型，不能改成其它动词。如：(4)Therebe遵循就近一致的原则，即隔be近的是单数或不可数名词，be就用单数；隔be近的是复数，be就用复数。如：Thereisabookandtwopensontheteacher’sdesk.讲台上有一本书和两支笔。Therearetwopensandabookontheteacher’sdesk.讲台上有两支笔和一本书。2.Therewillbefewertreesandtheenvironmentwillbeingreatdanger.树将会更少，环境将会有很大的危险。（1）environment可指影响人们生活的各种抽象和具体的“状况，环境”。theenvironment特指自然环境，其后的谓语动...
