Life in the future（Period 5 Grammar）
s: the life in the future is quite different from the present life.
s: people in the future will travel by hovering carriage, which will be driven by computer.
s: people will suffer from the lack of fresh air, but they will wear masks to feel much better.
s: in the future, equipment will make life much more convenient than now.
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t: good.now please answer some questions according to the passage: i have seen amazing things.
where did he visit in the first place?what did he find there?
s: his first visit was to a space station considered the most modern in this part of space.it is an enormous round plate, which spins slowly in space to imitate the pull of the earth’s gravity. inside, it is divided into zones with extraordinarily different atmospheres and gravities. there the alien creatures live while they work with human space scientists searching for new worlds.
t: excellent.would you please describe the friendliest creatures he met?
s: the friendliest creatures are the mu-mu, a family from the pleiades group of stars.they can see in the dark so they live in an area without light of any kind.they have assisted in the discovery of planets round the fourth star in the pleiades system.they speak in whispers and eat food that contains carbon.they have six arms and one shell-covered leg.they moved forward by slowly shaking from side to side and they are tall and thin with white and black faces.
t: you did a good job.what about the most interesting creatures?
s: the most interesting creatures are the tiny dimpods from a galaxy near ngc6240.they skip around the pipes and between the wooden walls of the space station.they require the same atmosphere as humans and are great engineers.they will be able to travel many light years away from the earth.they also can produce a special liquid from their bodies.they are not easy to talk to, because you have to use a language-changer to help and they shout loudly in your ear.they are very small with many arms and legs.they are purple or blue and the color changes depending on their mood.
step 3 presentation
t: can you find the following sentence in the reading passage?
worried about the journey, i was unsettled for the first few days.
t: in this sentence the past participle is used as an adverbial phrase.it is a way of joining two clauses together: as i was worried about the journey, i was unsettled for the first few days.now please pick out three more sentences from the reading passages with past participles used as the adverbial.you are allowed to find as many sentences as possible in two minutes.