Unit 3 Life in the future教學設計與反思

2. how did wang ping solve this problem?3. what do you think has caused this kind of problem? give the ss 1 or 2 minutes to think and they can discuss with their partners. then check the answers.sample answers:1. after the writer was transported to the future, he was hit by the lack of fresh air.2. wang ping gave a mask to the writer and hurried him through to a small room nearby to have a rest.3. now we are causing more and more pollution to the nature, this will cause serious problems to life in the future. this may be the cause of the lack of fresh air in the future.t: what will transportation in the future be like? are there any differences between transportation in the future and that at present? now please read the fourth and fifth paragraphs and find out something about both transportation and daily life in the future. after the ss read the paragraphs, ask them the following questions.1. what did wang ping’s house look like?2. what was the green wall made of? what’s the purpose of building this kind of green wall?3. how can you produce a tv set in wang ping’s house?sample answers:1. his house is a large bright, clean room. it had a green wall, a brown floor and soft lighting. 2. the green wall was made of trees. the leaves of the trees will provide much-needed oxygen to the house.3. you can just flash a switch on the computer screen and a tv set will rise from the floor.t: so we can see life in the future is much more convenient and much easier than our present life. step ⅳ follow-up activityget the ss to compare life at present and in the future. find out the changes on several items. try to distinguish which changes are good and which are not good and give reasons.t: now let’s make a prediction about future and see what will be changed in the future. i will give you 3 minutes to discuss in pairs, and after your discussion please finish the following chart.sample answers:itemslife at presentlife in the future(changes) good or bad? reasons?environmentair pollution and water pollution; resource shortagethe situation will get worse and worsethe development of our society will cause human being to develop more and more resources; and the development of industry will cause worse pollution to our environmenttransportairplane, car, train, boat and helicopterspacecraft, time travel, personal flying car or bikemore convenienteducationpeople receive education in schoolpeople receive education on the internet; can choose the subjects and the teachers they likehave more chances to receive different knowledge