Unit 3 Life in the future教學設計與反思

...show the pictures of life at present.t: good! what about our life at present? what is it like?s: our life at present is convenient. we live in various kinds of buildings, and we have lots of entertainments. we travel by many modern transportations, such as cars, buses, planes and etc. show the pictures of life in the future.t: every day we can come across passages about life in the future in magazines, newspapers and so on. please look at these pictures and try your best to describe what life in the future will be like.s: let me have a try. i think in the future we can travel the whole space in a spaceship freely. and perhaps we can communicate with aliens.s: at that time, i think the earth will have been polluted so heavily that no one can live on it. we perhaps will have to move to other planets to live. ...then set a scene for the ss — a special tour guide.t: now imagine you are working in a tour company which has just promoted a new kind of travel — time travel. your company can transport people in ad to the past, also it can transport people in the past to your cities. you are chosen to be a guide for 5 people who want to go back to the china in ad 1005, and also 4 people in that year want to visit the china in ad . how will you organize your trip? what kind of things will you introduce to those people? give the ss 2 minutes to discuss.t: ok. time’s up. volunteer?s: if i am the tour guide who will take people back to the past, i will introduce them the houses, the way people lived and their clothing. because these are quite different from ours today, i think people will be very interested in them.s: if the company gives me the chance to take people living in the past to our city at present, i will try my best to provide them an impressive trip. i will introduce something which is different from things in the past to them. for example, transportation, tv, computer and business. because these have changed greatly as time goes by. t: ok. you have done a good job. now open your books and turn to page 17. please work in pairs to discuss the items in the chart. when you finished, complete the chart. give the ss ten minutes, and after that, check the answers.step ⅱ pre-readingget the ss to discuss the problems that human beings are facing today (such as pollution, all kinds of shortages). make a prediction about the future: which problems may be solved, and which will still be there. this part will prepare the ss for the text. t: we all know that as our society develops, we have got much benefit. but at the same time, we have to face lots of problems. can you find out what kind of problems human beings are facing?