Unit 3 Life in the future教學設計與反思

is it likely / unlikely that...?do you imagine that...?is it possible that...?do you suppose that...?2. ability goals 能力目標enable the ss to talk about things at present and predict things in the future. enable the ss to describe some imaginary products.3. learning ability goals 學能目標help the ss learn how to talk about things in the future and describe some imaginary products.teaching important ＆ difficult points教學重難點teach the ss to make predictions and express their ideas about future.help the ss make up their personal future plans.teaching methods教學方法pair work and group work; discussion and cooperation.teaching aids教具準備a computer and a projector.teaching procedures ＆ ways教學過程與方式step i talkingset a scene for the ss: a man who is living in ad 2046 comes to visit your city and wants to know something about jobs in your city. ask the ss to work in pairs to make out an introduction plan. make a comparison between jobs at present and jobs in the future, and find out the changes and why these changes take place. t: in the first period of our unit, we discussed the changes between life in the past and life at present, also we make a prediction about our future, right? today let’s still talk about the future. suppose a man of ad 2046 comes to our city, he wants to know something about jobs in our city. how will you introduce the following two kinds of jobs to him? teachers and farmers. give the ss 1-2 minutes to discuss and then ask some of them to represent their opinions.t: ok. who would like to talk about the job as a farmer?s: nowadays farmers are still working very hard. few of them use hi-tech machines, especially in developing countries. they have to work most by hand everyday. sometimes they will use some machines such as trucks, seeding-machines, etc. in developed countries, agriculture has been computerized. farmers in those countries are much easier. t: good. what about teachers?s: nowadays lots of students stay in the classrooms to listen to their teachers. and the teachers have to use chalk, and sometimes they use computers.set another scene.t: so it seems that both these two kinds of jobs are very challenging. will they change in the future? now the man invites you to his city in the year 2046, what changes will you expect to find on these two jobs? s: i think 40 years later, working as a farmer will be much easier than now. farmers won’t have to work by hand, they can set a program in the computer and then the computer will finish all the tasks. it’s fantastic! and the harvest will be much better because of the science.