Life in the future（Period 2 Reading）
s: if i were li qiang, i would pay a visit to the history museum to find whether what we own today could be found there.ss: ...step 4 consolidationt: in this period, we have visited the future in ad 3005 with li qiang.what have you learned from the first impressions?can you sum up it in several sentences?i will give you two minutes to prepare for it.(after two minutes.)s: at the beginning of the travel to the future, li qiang felt very nervous.with his friend, wang ping, helped, they arrived safely on the earth but one thousand years in the future by time capsule.on arriving, he was confused by the new surroundings.when he was hit by the lack of fresh air, his friend advised him to wear a mask, which made him feel much better soon.later, they visited some places by hovering carriages driven by computer, which float above the ground.in the end, they arrived at his friend’s home, where almost everything was controlled by computer, so the life there seemed very conveniently. t: excellent.please write a passage about the first impressions of the future if you were li qiang, who were to visit the future.this is your homework.the design of the writing on the blackboard
unit 3 life in the future
period 2 readingstructuredifficult sentencespara.1 he was worried about the journey.para.2 the journey was completed.para.3 he was confused by the new surroundings.para.4 he arrived at his friend’s home in the future.1.i still cannot believe that i am taking up my prize that was won last year.2.confused by the new surroundings, i was hit by the lack of fresh air.
research and activitiesuse your imagination to write a short passage about what maybe happen in the future. imagine if you were to visit the future in one thousand years, how would you go on the journey and what would you pay a visit to?you will describe your experiences and surroundings.you can imitate the structure of the reading passage, but you must make full use of your imagination to write what is different from first impressions.
reference for teaching
first chinese space hero safely return to earthwrapping up a historic day in space, the shenzhou 5 return capsule parachuted to a soft touchdown today, bringing to an end china’s first manned voyage into space and opening the door for a wide variety of future plans in the final frontier.touchdown came at 6: 23 a.m.local time thursday (22: 23 gmt; 6: 23 p.m.edt wednesday), according to the central chinese television network cctv and the xinhua news organization. video from the landing site showed the craft’s single occupant—lt.colonel yang liwei—waving to a crowd assembled around the capsule as it lay on its side minutes after landing.