Lesson 1 Tomorrow’s World

it sounds as if she’s been really ill.
聽上去好像她真的病了。
5. we have to take immediate action.
我們得馬上采取行動。
take action    采取行動。
we must take actions to prevent the spread of disease.              
我們必須采取行動防止疾病的傳播。
language study
predictions will and be going to
read the following sentences from the text. in pairs, decide which
a) talks about a future event we can predict from a present situation?
b) expresses our opinions and beliefs about the future?
1. …, ‘ it is clear that we are going to see an explosion of shopping on the internet.’
2. she also believes that, in the future, we will get entertainment from the internet and that television will probably disappear.
3. ‘personally, i think virtual reality will become part of modern life,’ …
keys: 1. a   2. b   3. b
grammar summary 1, on p92.
1. you’re planning to buy a computer.
    a) i hope it will be cheap.
    b) it is going to be cheap.
2. it’s the last ten minutes of a basketball match between russia and the usa. the score is 102:56 to russia.
    a) the usa will lose.
    b) the usa is going to lose.
keys: 1. a   2. b
complete the text with going to or will
earth report!
dr carl wight is an expert on the environment. he speaks to our reporter, “it is clear that in the next few years the earth’s climate(1)_________ change . i’m afraid that this probably means that many kinds of animals, such as the south china tiger, (2)___________ disappear soon, changes in climate(3)____________
certainly affect people’s lives too. because of global warming, the sea has already destroyed parts of britain. it is obvious that this destruction (4)_______become more dangerous in the future. we have to take immediate action, or i fear that life on earth (5)______get worse.”
keys: 1. is going to   2. are going to  3. are going to   4. will   5. will
1. the cars are going to crash.
2.  she’s going to have a baby.
3.  he’s going to walk into the bus stop.
4.  the house is going to fall into the sea.
language in use
work in pairs. student a is a pessimist and student b is an optimist. make predictions about life by the year 2050.
homework:
page 55 exercise 4, 5 and 6