Life in the future（The First Period）

  go and why?
 (one student puts up his hand.)
t：oh，li jun，you have a try.
s：i think people will travel by using pub-lic transport.electric cars will be trav-elling through the streets day and night.anybody will be able to stop one and take it.they can go wherever they want.
s：i think people will travel by car，which doesn't burn gas，but solar energy.in-
  stead of wheels，the car needs a cushion of air.thus。it can float in the air.you
  can go wherever you want as long as you press a button on the computer in the
car.what's more，it won't cause any pollution.
  (and then ask some students to re-port.)
how wi1l people communicate in the future?
s: people will communicate with each other with computers, which are set in the watches.
where will people work in the future?
what kind of jobs will they have?
s：people wil1 work at home.the only thing that people do is to control the robots by pressing the buttons on t11e computer and let them work for us.
how will people do business in the fu-true?
what kind of money will they use?
s：by the year 2l00，shops will no longer exist.computers will have replaced them，and people will order goods from home.instead of paper money，they will use credit cards.
what languages will people speak in the future?
will people still speak chinese and eng-1ish?
s：instead of any language，people will use code to talk with each other.if they use a language to communicate，i think t11ey will speak chinese.because our country will be the strongest one.
what will schools be like in the future?
what subjects will people study?
s：schools will be set up on the internet.students can stay at home and use computers to study.we can also down-load some information.we'll study so-cial sciences，natural sciences and so on.schooling wi11 be much more inter-esting and effective.
(after discussing all the questions，the teacher says the following.)
t：in spite of all these changes，man in the future will still have a lot in common with us.they wi1l have thoughts and emotions similar to ours.anyhow，they will be human beings.
step ⅲ listening
t：now open your books at page 42.let's do some listening.first part 1.you're   going to listen to a letter about mekanika's life.listen carefully and pay
attention to the year when she is living，the place where she 1ives,the things that happened to the people on the earth and the reason why she is writing you this letter.write down what you hear.at last i'll check the answers with you.is that clear?