Unit 3 Life in the future 聽說課
第一課時 聽說課（一）
第一步 引入話題
lead in the new lesson by presenting some pictures, including some aliens, a horse, a carriage, a bus, a plane, a spaceship, the sun, the moon, the mars, a thatched cottage, a skyscraper, etc. to increase the students' interest. at the same time, ask some questions.
1. how did people travel 1000 years ago?
2. how do you usually go to school?
3. how would you like to go to school in the future?
4. where do you live now?
5. where would you like to live in the future? would you like to live on the moon?
6. can you imagine what life will be like in the future?
第二步 組織討論
present the form (warming up), and ask a question:
can you imagine what life will be like in the future?
direct the students to have a discussion in groups of 4-6, ask the leader of each group to make a note, and report it to the whole class.
第三步 教師總結
1. evaluate the students' work according to their discussion and report, give them some advice, and then add the teacher’s point of view.
2.direct the students to fill in the form.
3.ask a question to lead in listening（p55）:
what kind of quilts will we use in the future?
第四步 聽力訓練
before listening, ask the students to skim through the questions to be aware of the aim of listening and ask them to make a note while listening.
1.ask the students to pronounce the following words and phrases.
2.ask the students to listen to the tape for the first time, get the general idea of the listening material and tick the things they hear.
ask the students to listen to the tape again, fill in the blanks.
then ask them to have a discussion about “possible areas to sell the quilts” in pairs, and require them to give their reasons.
ask the students to listen to the tape for the third time, fill in the form in groups.
then ask a question to lead in talking（p55）.
question: if you were xiao feng，what would you invent? 從而過渡到口語訓練。
第五步 口語訓練
work in pairs. imagine you are two inventors and you have designed a new product, which you want to sell.
the purpose of this oral practice is to train the students to make a clear and accurate description of some imaginary products, encourage them to give rein to their imagination to design a useful product which can save time, make work easier or help in communication.
第六步 作業布置
1.preview the text first impressions（p17）and the new words and expressions of this unit.
2.（group work）do some research on the changes of life in the future, you can either refer to books or search the internet, and give your point of view on the information that you have got to see which changes are good or bad and give the reasons.（wb project）