Unit 3 Period 1

Teaching Aims:

1. Warm up the students, give them a basic idea about the life in the future.

2. Learn some new words in Reading.

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1 Warming up

1. Let the Ss talk about the following questions:

?How do you go to school every day?

?Do you live in an apartment or a house?

?Where are buildings located?

?Do you think the air is fresher or dirtier than 50 years ago/ in the future?

?Do you do your homework with light or candles?

2. Compare the life in the past and the life at present by showing some pictures.

3. Ask the Ss to imagine: Give some more examples about changes in every field.

4. Ask the Ss to imagine life in the future.

5. Finish the chart on Page 17.

6. Make a list of the problems human are facing today.

7. What problems do you think people in the future will have overcome?

8. Which ones will still be there or even worse in AD 3005?

Step 2 Word Study

1. Read the new words after the tape.

2. Check if the Ss know the following words:

?take up

?remind 卭f?br>?jet lag

?previous

?flash

?lack

?ache

?lose/catch sight of

?optimistic

?swiftly

Step 3 Language points:

?He climbed up the tree to ______ what happened in the future place.

?Sarah is forgetful, so please _____ her ______ what she should have to do when she forgets.

?It is a difficult job, nobody dares to ________ it.

?He spent a whole day in ______ the leaves ______.

?She suffered from _______ after a long flight.

?This is _____ between us, do not tell anybody else. (private; privately)

?He ______ complained about his mother, which made us bored. (constant; constantly)

?Being late for class, she ______ dressed herself, and ran out of the house. (swift; swiftly)

?The car is second-handed, who was the _____ owner? (previous; previously)

?She was not ______ about the result of the experiment, because she had failed for too many times. (optimistic; optimistically)

Homework:

?Page 56 Ex 2; Ex 3; Ex4

?Remember the first ten words, get prepared for the dictation.