Life in the Future

book 4     module 1  life in the future
learning paper 3  extensive reading
learning aims :  1.to practice reading skill
2.to revise some words and expressions
activity1  read the passage on page 9 and do the following exercises
i .match the people or magazines with their predictions .
1.the micro millennium         men on the moon
2.orville wright                robots in the house
3.thomas watson               clothes
4.aronld b.barach              airplanes
5.changing times magazine       computers
6.new york times               the beatles
7.decca recording co            keys
ii.try to translate and recite these sentences.
1. not all predictions come true.

2.we don’t like their sound ,and guitar music is on the way out .

2. thirty years from now people will be wearing clothes made of paper which they will be able to throw away after wearing them two or three times.

activity 2   read the passage on page 69 and do the following exercises .
i.read the article and match the headings in activity 8 with the paragraphs .
1.jobs______    2.informations ______     3.houses______
4.the distant future______   5.vacations_______
ii.decide if these statements are t or f.
1) we will be living in houses and flats just as we do today.  (  )
2) it will be difficult to find similar homes in the future.     (  )
3)teachers will not exist in the future .      (   )
4)space holidays will be possible for everyone.      (   )
5)e-paper will be used over and over again.  (   )
6) we will have to explore the universe and find another home. (   )
iii. do the exercise on page 70.
iv discussion
1) do you like tomorrow’s world?  try to design a house for yourself.

2)try to imagine what the life will be like when you are 30 years old.

參考譯文：
未來的城市
 未來的社會將會是什么樣子的呢？沒有人確切的了解，進(jìn)行預(yù)測是一件很冒險的事。但有一件事是可以肯定的——它們變小之前將會變的更大。將來，愛護(hù)環(huán)境將會很重要因為地球的資源瀕臨枯竭。我們將會使用大量的可回收材料，例如塑料，鋁 ，鋼鐵，玻璃，木頭和紙。我們浪費自然資源的程度將會有所減弱。我們也將不得不更多地依賴其他能源。例如，太陽能和風(fēng)能。所有的這些似乎是肯定的，但是還有許多關(guān)于城市生活的事情仍是未知的。