Life in the future（The Fourth Period）

1.whose  2.why  3.who  4.what  5.that  6.whether  7.how  8.that  9.when/where  lo.why
t：in this unit，we’ve also learned some useful expressions.do you remember them?now let’s do an exercise to re-vise them.please look at the screen.
(show the following on the screen.)
complete the sentences，using the ex-pressions learnt in this unit.
1._______his work has been good，but this essay is terrible.
2.you should________your friend by let-ter.
3.please_________what i am saying.
4.he always keeps several baskets of apples________.
5.the misprint________great confusion.
6.he_______her before she vanished(消失)into the crowd.
7.his dream of being a famous singer________at last.
suggested answers：
1.in general            2.keep in touch with
3.pay attention to      4.in store
5.led to                6.caught a glimpse of
7.came true
t：in this unit，we’ve also read a passage about life in the future.now please
think out some words you can use to describe life in the future.
(after a while，ask some students to say out the words.)
step ⅲ reading and writing
t：ok.as we know，people’s life has
been changing.it’s getting better and better.what do you think life in the 3lst
century will be like?will it be the same as that today?
ss：no.we think life in the 3lst century will be very different from that in this century.we’ll live more easily than today.we’ll have a machine do what we want them to.the only thing we need to do is to press the buttons on the computer.
t：ok.thank you.today we’re going to read a letter about the way people will
live more than one thousand years lat-er and we can know what the life in the 3lst century will be like.first let me explain some phrases to you：keep sb.company,a bit and clear up.
(show the following on the screen.)
1.keep sb.company：remain with sb.so that he is not alone.
 e.g.he stayed at home to keep his wife company.
  i’ll stay here and keep you company.
2.a bit：rather
e.g.he is feeling a bit tired.
  the book costs a bit much.
3.clear up：put in order/make sth.tidy
 e.g.clear up your desk before you leave the classroom.
would you please clear up the cup-board?
(bb：keep sb.company,a bit，clear up)
t：now open your books at page 47.look at reading and writing.here is a letter from mekanika.now you’re given four minutes to read it.then answer some questions under the letter.