Life in the future（Period 2 Reading）
7.he found a large bright, clean room with a green wall, which can be moved.in fact there were trees, whose leaves provided the house with much needed oxygen.a table and chairs rose from under the floor as if by magic.spreading some food on the table, wang ping’s mother produced a bed from the floor.fifth reading for further understandingt: “i still cannot believe that i am taking up my prize that was won last year.”what does“taking up”mean in the sentence?s: it means“to start or begin something”.t: right.“taking up”means“getting down to doing something or star to do something.”for example, “she will take up her responsibility next week.”t: what does“hit”mean in the sentence“i was hit by the lack of fresh air.”s: i think it means“suffer”.t: yes, “hit”here means“have a bad or sudden effect on (a person or something), cause to suffer or experience”.t: the reading passage describes some good and bad changes to life in ad 3005.in pairs, discuss which changes are good or bad and give reasons for your choices.then write down your ideas in the chart.there is no right or wrong answer.good changes and reasonsbad changes and reasonstime traveltransporthousestownsair quality(the teacher should give them about five minutes to discuss, and join in the discussion at the same time.after that, the students will be asked to show their opinion to the whole class.)t: have a class discussion and decide whether you think the writer has an optimistic or a pessimistic view of the future.take a few minutes to read through the passage again.make notes to help you remember your reasons.be prepared to join in a class discussion.try to persuade others to agree with you.(there is no fixed answer either.if the students can support their idea with strongly reasonable facts, they should be praised.in order to draw many students to join in the discussion, the teacher had better design a competition between groups.if they volunteer to show their opinion, they will be given a star.if their idea is wonderful, two stars should be given as praise.)sixth imaginationt: now let’s imagine.what would you like to visit if you were li qiang?(one minute later.)s: if i were li qiang, i would visit some schools in the future in ad 3005.s: if i were li qiang, i would visit some other planets.s: if i were li qiang, i would go on visits to some labs to find out what the people in the future are studying.