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.Teachingandlearning...
