Life in the future（Period 1 Welcome to the Unit）
in listening, the listening material is also about life in the future, which is about living in wonder world.by listening to it, arouse the students to imagine whether such a world is fit for living in.in speaking, the teacher mainly offers the students the chance to talk about the future and learn to how to express prediction.in writing, the students are expected to learn to describe a person in their imagination to get the students not only to be familiar with description but also to form the good habit of imagining.in summing up and learning tips, let the students learn to sum up what they have mastered in this unit, including words, expressions, grammar and what to know about the future.the purpose of this is to get the students to know what they have learned and what need to be learned in the future.besides that, some advice is also given to the students on how to write down notes.the new words and expressions to be learned in this unit are: vehicle, carriage, private, settlement, impression, constant, constantly, previous, tablet, capsule, opening, surrounding, lack, ache, mask, bend, press, swift, master, sight, flash, optimistic, length, extraordinary, helmet, assist, agency, skip, require.take up, remind...of, lose sight of, catch sight of, speed up, assist in, space agency, as a result, suffer from, be similar to, be well-known for, as though, in no time, provide...with, fall fast asleep, search for, go soft, speak in whispers, mix with, wave about, shake from side to side, depend on, put on, get lost, as if by magic, plenty of, in all directions.the following sentences to be learned in this unit are: 1.it took me only a few minutes to master the idea and soon i could fly as fast as wang ping.2.i got lost when we reached what looked like a large market because of the people flying by in all directions.3.there were so many carriages that i lost sight of wang ping.4.wang ping’s mother appeared, flashed a switch on a computer screen, and a table and chairs rose from under the floor as if by magic.5.worried about the journey, i was unsettled for the first few days.6.this is similar to the “jet lag” you get when flying, but instead it means you keep getting flashbacks from your previous time period.7.confused by the new surroundings, i was hit by the lack of fresh air.exhausted, i slid into bed and fell fast asleep.this unit can be divided into seven periods, which are as follows: period 1 welcome to the unitperiod 2 reading