外研版必修4Module1學案

module 1 listening
tapescript on page 5
i: good afternoon everybody and on the programme this afternoon is an _____ on american domestic architecture, mr simon oppenheim who’s going to talk to us about the house of the future.
i: so where shall we be living in twenty years’ time?
g: twenty years isn’t a long time. we won’t be living underground or in space. we’ll be living in houses and flats just as we do today.
i: what will the houses look like?
g: i think they’ll look much the same as they do today., at least from the outside. but they will be different inside.
i: in what way?
g: __________, they’ll be more flexible. that means we’ll be able to move the walls to create bigger or smaller rooms when we want to. so the dining room and living room _______________ would disappear.
i: and the kitchen?
g: the kitchen will become the most important room in the house! we’ll still be cooking, and we’ll probably be using the kitchen more as a family room. and bathrooms will be bigger.
i: so we’ll be spending more time in the bath.
g: just as other people have done in the past, like in the days of the ancient romans, when the bath had an important social function.
i: what about furniture?
g: well, a lot of furniture will be the same---- we’ll still be sitting in chairs and using cupboard to keep things in, but the technology will be different. i think a single computer will control most of the functions in the house, and it will have a voice recognition system.
i: so we’ll just have to say switch on the light and the light __________?
g: yes, that’s right. and the technology will be smarter.
i: smarter?
g: yes. for example, if we __________ something, like there’s no more milk left in the fridge, the computer will tell us. maybe a shopping list would appear on a screen on the fridge. and the toilet will move higher or lower, ___________ who uses it-----a child or an adult.
i: will the houses of the future be environment friendly?
g: yes, definitely. we’ll be using machines which use less energy. any example could be a dishwasher which doesn’t need water. i think everyone will be trying hard to take care of the environment.
i: does that mean you’re optimistic about the future?
g: oh yes, very_________.

workbook tapescript on page 71
speaker 1
int = interview, ast= architect
int: what will be the most important advances in your area of science over the next 20 years?
ast: space research will ________ quickly. i think we’ll know _______whether there has ever been life on mars. i hope this will happen in the next ten years while i am still alive. also, we will send people to the moon. i’m sure there will be a station on the moon and people will be living there in 20 years’ time. we will use it as a base for manned trips to mars.