Life in the future（The First Period）

unit 6  life in the future
i.brief statements based on the unit
the topic of this unit is about the human  being’s 1ife in the future.this unit is made up of warming up，listening，speaking，pre-read-ing，reading，post-reading，language study and integrating skills.these tasks will be finished in five periods.
    in the first period，we’ll do warming up，listening and speaking to improve the student’s listening and speaking abilities.at the same time.arouse the students’interest in the topic of this unit.
    in the second period，we’ll finish the task 0f pre-reading,reading and post-read-ing.in post—reading，let the students give free rein to their imagination by discussing some questions.we’11 read a passage about 1ife in the future.it will tell us what the human being’s life will be like in the future.in the meanwhile we’ll learn some useful words and expressions.
    the third period consists of two parts：word study and grammar-noun clauses.
through word study we’ll revise some words and phrases，which are related to the topic of this unit.as to the grammar：noun clauses,we can master them by doing more practical practice given in the textbook and workbook.
the main purpose of the fourth period is to train the students’reading and writing abilities by reading and writing a short pas-sage about 1ife in the future.
in the last period,we’ll deal with the grammer in this unit-noun c1auses.
in a word,we can train the students’lis-tening,speaking,reading and writing abilities by doing the exercises the textbook and the workbook provide.
ⅱ.teaching goals
    1.talk about life in the future.
    2.practise making predictions.
    3.learn about noun clauses.
    4.write a definition paragraph.
ⅲ.teaching time：five periods：
ⅳ.background information
1.world in the future
    scientists think that wonderful things may come true in the future.future means a time that not yet come.it can be a short time from now or a long time from now.some of the underwater wonders are almost ready to come true now.others won’t come true,we think，until a long time from now.some,of course.may never come true-but
who knows for sure?they may.what are some of the wonders that may come true in the fu-ture?
    let’s go back to dry land and take a fu-ture journey the other way--up instead of down.
    huge rocket liners take you into space to visit the moon camp.you walk around on the moon in s special moon suit.you visit an observatory  where a giant telescope looks far into space--farther than anyone has ever been able to see from earth.you go deep down into one of the moon mines.