Life in the future（Period 1 Welcome to the Unit）
unit 3 life in the future
brief statements based on this unitthe topic of this unit is about life in the future, which is full of imagination.the unit gives us vivid pictures about the first impression in 3005 ad.the four skills of reading, listening, speaking and writing all center on the topic, life in the future.this unit can be divided into six parts—warming up, reading, learning about language, using language, listening and speaking, summing up and learning tip.in warming-up, students are expected to fill in a chart.let the students compare differences in life between in 1005ad and in XXad, and encourage them to imagine what will happen in 3005ad.the purpose of designing this part is to prepare the students for the knowledge of life in the future.in pre-reading, two questions are presented.the first question is to ask the students to list all the problems we are facing.the other one is to get the students to discuss whether the problems will still exist in the future and will get much more serious in the future.in reading, the students are to read a letter named first impressions.in the letter, li qiang told his parents about how he traveled to the living space in 3005ad and what he saw there.in reading, it is necessary for the teacher to get the students aware of the strategies for reading descriptive articles.the purpose of designing this part is to develop the students’ reading ability, to get the students to know more about the future and to encourage them to explore the future.in post-reading, three exercises are followed.the students are asked to discuss which changes are good, while others belong to disadvantages.the next one is to ask the students to infer the author’s attitude towards the future.at the same time, the students are expected to show their own opinions to the whole class and reason them, trying to persuade others to accept them.the third exercise is to ask the students to imagine what they would like to visit if he/she were li qiang.in learning about language, there are two parts.the first is about vocabulary, which is to ask the students to apply the words and phrases freely.the other exercises are about the grammar, that is to say, the past participle used as the adverbial and attribute.in using language reading, speaking and writing, there is a passage titled i have seen amazing things.teaching and learning activities can be focused on reading, speaking and writing with the purpose of developing the students’skills.