2019届一轮复习人教版必修五Unit3Lifeinthefuture单元教案设计（36页word版） 36页

‎2019届一轮复习人教版必修五Unit3Life in the future单元教案设计 Period1Warming Up & Pre-reading, Reading 课题 Book5 Unit3 Life in the future 课时 ‎8‎ 授课 时间 ‎12中旬 主备人：‎ 教学 目标 知识目标：‎ ‎1.Help the students to talk about life in the past, at present and in the future.‎ ‎2. Enable the students to describe the life in the past, at present and in the future.‎ ‎3. Help Ss know their reading skill by skimming and scanning.‎ ‎4. Master the usage of compound words.‎ 能力目标：‎ 1. Find the key information in limited time. ‎ 2. Make use of the learned knowledge to do some related exercises.‎ 情感态度与价值观：‎ 1. Predict the life in the future 2. Cherish the life at present and protect the environment compared with the life at present and in the future 教学 准备 Collect information.‎ 重点 难点 教学重点：‎ 1. Compare life at present and in the future: What is life in the future like? What changes will take place? 2. Master usage of the past participle used as adverbial and adjective.‎ 教学难点：‎ ‎1. Find the key information in limited time. ‎ ‎2. Compare with the life at present and in the future 教 学 过 程 教师活动 学生活动 个人修改 1. Talk about what life at present is. And what changes we might expect to find in the next one thousand years.‎ 2. Show ss some pictures about the life at present and in the future. ‎ 3. ‎ Read the text for the first time and tell what the text is about?‎ 4. ‎ Look at the following sentence, there are in wrong order, tell the correct order for these sentence ‎ ‎5. Show them more detailed questions to help them have a better understanding of the passage. Ask them to discuss with their partner. ‎ ‎6. Help ss to summarize what they learned in the passage.‎ ‎7. Discuss the writer’s attitude toward the life in the future: Does the writer have an optimistic or a pessimistic view of the future? Give your reasons.‎ ‎8. Give them some tasks to do after class. ‎ Grammar:‎ 1. Underline the words -past participle used as adverbial and adjective in the reading passage. ‎ 2. Show them more examples and explain how to use the past participle used as adverbial and adjective.‎ 3. Guide Ss to distinguish the past 1. Talk about what life at present is. And what changes we might expect to find in the next one thousand years.‎ ‎2.Ss describe some pictures about the life at present and in the future. ‎ ‎3. Read the text for the first time and tell what the text is about?‎ ‎4. Look at the following sentence, there are in wrong order, tell the correct order for these sentence.‎ ‎5. Ss answer more detailed questions to have a better understanding of the passage.‎ ‎6. ss summarize what they learned in the passage.‎ ‎7. Discussion: Does the writer have an optimistic or a pessimistic view of the future? Give your reasons.‎ 1. Underline the words and try to understand the use of the past participle used as adverbial and adjective. ‎ 2. Try to analyze the use of past participle used as adverbial and adjective ‎ 3. Try to distinguish the Imagine the life in the future and describe it briefly. ‎ Find the topic sentence of each paragraph. ‎ Put some sentences into correct order and help them have a better understanding of the ‎ participle and present participle as adverbial.‎ 1. Guide Ss to summarize the usage of the past participle used as adverbial and adjective. ‎ 2. Ask Ss do more exercises.‎ ‎ past participle and present participle as adverbial.‎ 3. Summarize the usage of the past participle used as adverbial and adjective. ‎ Summarize the usage of the past participle used as adverbial and adjective. ‎ ‎7. Do more exercises. ‎ ‎ passage.‎ Translate some sentences using the structure and check it in class. ‎ 课后 反思 1. 学生的想象力非常丰富，从多个方面对未来的生活进行了大胆的想象。但是学生的表达能力有限，应该提供一些相关的词汇以便他们能更好的表达。‎ 2. 在语法的讲解上，需要改变以往的传统模式，老师不能急于得出结论，要引导学生多思考，多总结。要给学生时间和留白。‎ Period2 过去分词作定语和状语 概念引入 ‎ 在前两个单元我们已经学过过去分词作定语和表语，及过去分词作宾语补足语，在本单元中我们先复习一下过去分词作定语，然后学习过去分词作状语。‎ ‎ 看下面句子：‎ ‎ 1. Worried about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days.‎ ‎ 2. Well-known for their expertise, his parents’ company, called “Future Tours”, transported me safely into the future in a time capsule.‎ ‎ 3. Hit by a lack of fresh air, my head ached.‎ ‎ 4. Exhausted, I slid into bed and fell fast asleep.‎ ‎ 5. Described as an enormous round plate, it spins slowly in space to imitate the pull of the earth’s gravity.‎ ‎ 这些句子中斜体词部分都是过去分词，在句中作状语。那么过去分词作状语，有什么需要注意呢？‎ 用法讲解 过去分词作定语：‎ 在第一单元，我们已经学过了过去分词作定语的用法，这里做一简单复习。‎ ‎1. 过去分词作定语与定语从句：‎ 过去分词作定语，具有形容词或副词的作用，该分词及其修饰成分相当于定语从句。如果把分词短语转变成定语从句时，这个定语从句应具备两个特征：‎ ‎1）从句的主语和所修饰的先行词一致；如2）的例句1中定语从句的主语就是所修饰词a teacher。‎ ‎2）从句的谓语动词为被动语态形式。‎ She is a teacher respected by all her students. 她是位受所有学生尊敬的老师。‎ ‎= She is a teacher who is respected by all her students.‎ This is the best novel of its kind ever written. 这是这类小说中写得最好的。‎ ‎= This is the best novel of its kind that has ever been written.‎ ‎2. 作定语的分词的逻辑主语 分词作定语，其逻辑主语是所修饰词，现在分词动作与所修饰词常是主动关系，而过去分词动作与所修饰词常是被动关系。‎ ‎ The broken clock should be repaired as soon as possible. 这个坏了的钟表该尽快修好。‎ ‎ （定语broken与所修饰的词clock是被动的，即被弄坏的表）‎ ‎ The crying baby has been ill for two days. 正在大哭的那个婴儿病了两天了。‎ ‎ （定语crying是所修饰词baby做的，是主动关系）‎ ‎ 注意：不定式和-ing形式的被动式与所修饰词也是被动关系，但在时间上与过去分词不同。‎ ‎3. 作定语的非谓语动词的时间 过去分词作定语，多表示动作已经完成；to be done表示动作将要发生；being done表示动作正在进行。‎ ‎ built last year 去年建的桥 ‎ the bridge being built 正在建的桥 ‎ to be built next year 明年要建的桥 ‎4. 表示情感的动词的分词作定语 ‎ 现在分词表示事物的性质，而过去分词表示内心的感受，尤其注意分词修饰expression，look等词时，一般用过去分词表示内心感受所表现的表情。‎ ‎ The frightened look on her face when seeing the dog surprised her parents. ‎ ‎　 她看到小狗时脸上害怕的表情让她父母很吃惊。（感到害怕的表情）‎ ‎　对比：‎ ‎　The tall man gave me a frightening look. 高个子男人向我做了一个吓人的表情。‎ ‎　（让别人害怕的表情，是性质）‎ 过去分词作状语----入门篇：‎ ‎1. 什么是状语：‎ ‎ 状语是修饰动词、形容词、副词、其他状语或主句的，可以表示时间、地点、方式、比较、程度、原因、目的、结果、条件和让步等。可以充当状语的有副词、介词短语、动词不定式、分词短语、形容词、名词词组和从句等。如：‎ Helpless, we watched our home destroyed before our eyes. ‎ 我们束手无策,只能眼睁睁地看着自己的家园被毁掉。‎ ‎（形容词作伴随状语，说明“看着”时的状态是“无助的”）‎ He wrote with a red pencil．他用红铅笔写的。（介词短语作方式状语）‎ The students went away laughing．学生们笑着走开了。（现在分词作伴随状语）‎ Tom tried hard to improve his English. 汤姆努力尝试来提高英语水平。‎ ‎（hard是副词作状语表示程度，to improve his English是不定式短语作状语表示目的）‎ I’ll write to you as soon as I get there．（从句作时间状语）‎ 我一到那儿就给你写信。‎ ‎2. 过去分词作状语 ‎ 非谓语动词作状语时，做题的窍门是：要看作状语的非谓语动词与主句的主语构成的主被动关系。‎ ‎ 1）Born into a peasant family, he only had two years’ schooling.‎ ‎ 他出生于农民家庭，只受过两年的教育。‎ ‎（某人出生于......要用sb. was born...，因此用born）‎ ‎2）Compared to many women, she was very fortunate. 与许多女子相比，她很幸运。‎ ‎（人compare A to/with B，此句中是When we compare her to many women，即she is compared ...，因此用compared）‎ ‎3）Exhausted by the journey, he soon fell asleep. 由于旅程而精疲力竭，他不久就睡着了。‎ ‎（我们说“I am exhausted (= am tired)，被使筋疲力尽”，有些学生会误写为being exhausted，一定注意这种由过去分词变来的形容词作状语时表示状态，不需加being，即表示感情的过去分词作状语，不需要加being。这是考试时要特别注意的。）‎ ‎4）Although built before the war, the engine is still in perfect ‎ order.‎ ‎ 这个引擎虽然是战前造的，仍然状态良好。‎ ‎ (引擎是被制造的，所以用built。分词作状语时，可以加某些连词，如while doing/ done)‎ ‎5）Unless changed, the law will make the life difficult for farmers.‎ ‎ 如果不做变革，这项法律会使农民的生活困难。‎ ‎ （法律是被变革的，因此用changed，加了连词unless，即unless changed）■‎ 过去分词作状语----用法小结篇 ‎1）作状语的过去分词的逻辑主语是句子的主语。‎ ‎ Written in a hurry, this article was not so good! 因为写得匆忙，这篇文章不是很好。‎ ‎ （过去分词Written作原因状语，逻辑主语是句子的主语this article，是动作的承受者。）‎ ‎ 对比：‎ ‎ Using the book, I find it useful. 在使用的过程中，我发现这本书很有用。‎ ‎（现在分词Using作时间状语，其逻辑主语也是句子的主语I，动作是主语发出的。）‎ 注意：‎ ‎　　 如果过去分词作状语时，主句的主语不是分词的逻辑主语，而是在前面另加了逻辑主语，这种结构叫独立主格结构。 ‎ ‎　　The signal given, the bus started. 信号一发出，汽车就开动了。‎ ‎　　（given 的逻辑主语是the signal，不是主句主语 the bus。） ‎ ‎　　Her head held high, she went by. 她把头昂得高高地走了过去。‎ ‎　　（held high 的逻辑主语是her head，而不是主句主语 she。） ‎ ‎2）过去分词作状语时的特点也是被动、完成。及物动词的过去分词形式语态上表示被动，时间上表示已经完成，有时也表示模糊的时间概念。‎ Used for a long time, the book looks old. 由于用了很长时间，这本书看上去很旧。‎ ‎（used与句子的主语是被动关系----书是被用的；used的动作已经完成）‎ ‎3）如果我们把该分词短语转变为一个状语从句时，该状语从句也应该具备两个特征：‎ w 从句的主语和主句的主语必须一致；‎ w 谓语动词为被动语态形式。‎ Worried about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days. =‎ As I was worried about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days.‎ 因为担心旅程，前几天我感到心绪不宁。‎ Though warned of the storm, the farmers were still working in the fields. =‎ Though they had been warned of the storm, the farmers were still working in the fields.‎ 虽然得到了警告，农民们还是在地里干着活。‎ ‎4）分词作状语时，有时为使分词短语与主句关系更清楚，可在分词前加连词，如when, while, unless, once, though, even if, than等，这时分词的主语和主句的主语必须为同一个。也可以理解为：当这些连词引导的状语从句的主语和主句的主语一致时，从句中的主语和be动词部分可以省略。‎ ‎ When (you are) given a medical examination, you should keep calm. ‎ 做体格检查时要保持镇定。‎ Don’t speak until (you are) spoken to. 别人对你说话时你再说话。 ‎ ‎（注意：主语主句是祈使句，祈使句的主语一般是you）‎ Even if (I’m) invited, I won’t take part in the party. ‎ 即使被邀请，我也不会参加这个聚会。‎ While (he was) waiting there, he saw two pretty girls come out of the building. ‎ 他在那儿等着的时候，看见两个靓妹走出大楼。‎ ‎5）过去分词作状语，可以表示时间、原因、条件、让步、方式和伴随等。‎ ‎ ① 表示时间 ‎ When asked why he was late, he went red. 当问他为什么迟到时，他脸红了。‎ ‎ He didn’t say anything until invited. 直到被邀请，他才说话。‎ ② 表示条件 ‎ United, we stand; divided, we fall. 联合，我们就能站立；分裂，我们必然倒下。‎ ‎ Given more money, we could do it better. 如果多给点钱，我们会做得更好。‎ ③ 表示原因 ‎ Seriously injured, he had to be taken to hospital. ‎ 由于伤得很严重，他不得不被送往医院。‎ Surprised at what happened，Tom didn’t know what to do. ‎ 因为对发生的事感到吃惊，汤姆不知道该做什么了。‎ ④ 表示让步 ‎ Though warned many times, the boy still reads in bed. ‎ 虽然警告了他好多次，那个男孩还是躺在床上读书。‎ Even if given more money, I can’t finish the work only by myself.‎ 即使给再多的钱，我一个人也做不完这个工作。‎ ‎ ⑤ 表示伴随、方式 ‎ The teacher entered the classroom, followed by a group of students.‎ ‎ 老师走进教室，后面跟着一群学生。‎ ‎ He turned away disappointed. 他失望地走开了。‎ ‎ ‎ 分词作状语的区别 ‎1）现在分词作状语，句子的主语是现在分词的动作的执行者，而过去分词作状语，句子的主语是分词的动作承受者。‎ Seeing the new bike, he jumped with joy. 看见了新自行车，他高兴地跳了起来。‎ ‎（he做了see这个动作）‎ Seen from here, the picture appears beautiful indeed. 在这里看，这张画确实很美丽。‎ ‎（画是被看的）‎ ‎ 2）从时间上看。过去分词可以表示完成或模糊的时间概念，而与现在分词的一般式表示与主语动词同时或几乎同时发生，现在分词的完成式表示先于谓语动词发生。‎ ‎ Arriving there, they found the boy ill. 他们到那时发现男孩病了。‎ ‎(arriving与found同时发生)‎ Hearing the noise outside, he rushed out. 听到外面的吵闹声，他冲了出去。‎ ‎（hear和rush几乎同时发生）‎ Having finished his homework, he went out. 做完了作业，他出去了。‎ ‎（finish先于went）‎ Seen from the top of the mountain, the city looks small. 从山顶上看，城市看上去很小。‎ ‎ （seen不表示完成，也不强调正在进行，只表示被动）‎ Explained many times（= Having been explained many times）, he understood what to do in the end. 给他解释了好多次了，他终于知道该做什么了。‎ ‎（Explain与句子的主语是被动的，而且在谓语动作understood之前完成，可以用过去分词表示，相当于现在分词的完成式的被动形式，但是后者Having been explained更强调已经完成。）‎ ‎ 注意：‎ 作方式或伴随状语时常用过去分词，习惯上不用being followed。‎ The hunter, followed by his wolf dog, walked slowly in the forest.‎ 猎人在森林里慢慢地走着，后面跟着一只狼狗。‎ ‎（followed是伴随状语，表示猎人走着时的伴随状况，不表示已经完成；因为作伴随状语，不用being followed）‎ 拓展：不定式作状语 不定式作状语，多表示目的、原因、结果等。‎ None of us would choose to stop to have a rest. 没有人愿意停下来休息。（目的）‎ I’m sorry to have troubled you so much. 麻烦你这么多，真对不起。（原因）‎ ‎（多跟在表示高兴、愉快、生气、荣耀、遗憾等情绪的形容词之后）‎ I opened the box only to find it empty. 我打开盒子，却发现里面什么也没有。（结果）‎ ‎（多是出乎意料的结果，或too...to, enough to结构等）‎ 作插入语的分词：‎ 有些分词作插入语的结构是固定的，其逻辑上的主语并不是句子的主语，它们往往作为独立成分来修饰全句，引出说话人的态度、观点等。这些结构需要记住。‎ generally speaking　一般说来 strictly speaking 严格的说 ‎ roughly speaking 大致来说 judging from 从……判断 ‎ ‎ considering 考虑到 taking all things into consideration　全面看来 ‎ 例如：‎ Judging from his face, he must be ill.　从他的脸色看，他一定是病了。‎ Generally speaking, dogs can run faster than pigs. 总的来说，狗比猪跑得快。‎ ‎（speaking 不是dogs 的动作）‎ Period3Using language Teaching goals 教学目标 ‎1. Target language目标语言 a. 重点词汇和短语 imitate, spin, shuttle-submarine, destination, sensor, be essential for, contact b. 重点句式 The sea bottom is deep and this makes it difficult to.. P58‎ Only the robot cleaner will be able to move objects. P58‎ ‎2. Ability goals能力目标 Enable the Ss to discuss the possibilities and the difficulties of living under the sea. ‎ ‎3. Learning ability goals 学能目标 Help the Ss learn how to talk about the possibilities and the difficulties of living under the sea.‎ Teaching important ＆ difficult points 教学重难点 Talk about the possibilities of living under the sea.‎ Teaching methods 教学方法 Fast and careful reading; asking and answering activity; discussion.‎ Teaching aids 教具准备 A computer and a projector.‎ Teaching procedures ＆ ways 教学过程与方式 Step I Warming up Lead in the topic by discussing the possibilities of living under the sea. Encourage the Ss to use their imaginations.‎ T: Have you ever watched the movie “The Little Mermaid”? Do you like the sea? I myself like the sea very much. I always think that how great it will be if I have the chance to live under the sea! Do you think living under the sea is possible? Why? Now please work in pairs to discuss the three questions on the screen.‎ Show the following questions on the screen and hold a discussion.‎ ‎1. Do you think living under the sea is possible?‎ ‎2. Where are you going to live under the sea?‎ ‎3. In the undersea cities, what equipments do you think are necessary?‎ Ten minutes later, ask some Ss to answer the questions.‎ T: Have you finished? Who would like to tell us your opinion? Volunteer?‎ S: I think it’s possible. Maybe in the future scientists will invent some kind of equipment that makes it possible for human being to live under the sea. ‎ T: If it is possible, where are you going to live under the sea? There is all water and fishes around you.‎ S: Maybe in a special equipment which will provide us much-needed oxygen and can float in the water. In that case we can travel in the sea to enjoy the wonderful view of the sea.‎ T: Good. If you are going to live under the sea, what kind of equipment do you think is necessary for your living?‎ S: Oxygen provision and cleaning machine may be necessary.‎ Step Ⅱ Reading Deal with the passage on page 58.‎ T: OK. From what you said, I know all of you are looking forward to living under the sea. Now a company just provides the very service! Please turn to page 58 and read the passage RISING TO A CHALLENGE. Let’s see what the life will be like in this undersea city. When you finish reading, complete the sentences on the screen.‎ Give the Ss 3 minutes to go through the whole passage. ‎ ‎1. The undersea city is so comfortable that it is described as ___________ .‎ ‎2. The undersea city has the following advantages:‎ a. _____________‎ b. _____________‎ c. _____________‎ d. _____________‎ T: Can you find out some suitable sentences or words to fill in the blanks? What’re the advantages of living under the sea?‎ S: The undersea city is so comfortable that it is described as “a silk adventure”.‎ S: The undersea city has the following advantages: a. easy contact with the land surface; b. more personal space; c. complete personal security; d. no housework worries.‎ T: That’s great. You all have got the general idea of the passage. Now let’s look into some detailed aspects of the undersea city. First let’s look at its contact with the land surface. Who would like to tell me at the very beginning, what kind of problem were they facing? And how was the problem solved?‎ S: The sea bottom is so deep that it’s hard to contact with the land surface. But later they invented the one-person or family shuttle-submarines which ‎ will always be ready to take people to the surface.‎ T: So in that case people who live under the sea can easily contact with the land surface. Then com-paring with living on land, what advantage do you think can attract people to live under the sea?‎ S: We can get twice as much personal space as in flats on land.‎ T: Good! Then what kind of special equipment will be provided so as to realize all the advantages? Please read the text again and finish the following chart. You can work with your partners.‎ Show the chart on the screen and give the Ss 3 minutes to go through the whole text again to scan for the answer. A few minutes later, check the answers.‎ Advantages Special equipments How does it become realized?‎ Easy contact with land ‎ One person or family shuttle-submarines Always ready to take people to the surface, a special small, computerized machine to monitor each person during the trip.‎ More personal space Get twice as much personal space as in flats on land, your house can float in the water.‎ Complete personal security Computer sensor Can feel the space left; only when the robot cleaner touches objects can they be moved.‎ No house- work worries Family used robots Feed your details into the computer hard-drive; answer your commands.‎ T: This undersea city is amazing. But I think designing such kind of undersea city is quite difficult! Do you want to meet its designer? Now the designer of the city William Lee is being interview. Let’s listen to his interview and find out which two problems he came across and how he solved them. Then please finish the exercises on page 59.‎ ‎...‎ Step Ⅲ Follow-up Activity Set a scene for the Ss: The company is going to held a press conference and exhibition. Encourage the Ss to design a poster which will draw visitors’ attention and provide some useful information.‎ T: We know that all new products have to be promoted so that it can be well-known among people. Now a press conference and exhibition is going to be held to make the undersea city known to people. If you work in the company, can you design a special poster to draw visitors’ attention so that they will come to the press conference? Use your imagination and you can discuss with your group members.‎ A Sample poster:‎ Come to this meeting See the value of OUR undersea houses.‎ Saturation City has:‎ ‎● easy contact with the land surface ‎ ‎● more personal space ‎● complete personal security ‎ ‎● no housework worries Cost: 20 dollars Date: May 18th Time: 8:00 am Place: The Science Exhibition Building Step Ⅳ Homework ‎ T: After class, please listen to the tape repeatedly until you can retell it yourselves and pay attention to pronunciation.‎ Period 4　Reading and Writing The General Idea of This Period This period teaching and studying will center on reading and writing.As usual, the teacher can begin the teaching with revision the former knowledge, that is to say, the content of First Impressions.This part can be also regarded as the lead-in, because the passage to be learned is the continued part of First Impression.It will describe amazing things that Li Qiang has seen in the future AD 3005. As to reading training, the purpose of doing it is to help the students to form the good habit of reading with some strategy.The teacher should develop the students’ ability of scanning and skimming, including the implied meaning beyond lines.So at the beginning, get the students to prepare knowledge for reading.In order to reach that purpose, the teacher firstly will ask some questions about what they have learned in the second ‎ period, and then let them talk about what they can see in the picture.‎ Then let the students scan the passage and find what amazing things are mentioned.Later, the teacher will ask the students to skim it and find out the main idea for each paragraph.The purpose of doing these is to help the students to form the good habit of reading.When reading a passage, we had better first read it as whole, that is, understand the structure of the passage and catch the main idea with the help of structure and title. The following step is to read the passage for the details.The teacher can design some teaching activities to help the students to know about more and more information by taking part in the reading activities.As a result, the teacher should be careful, cautious and creative when designing the reading activities.The reading activities had better be various, which can cause more students’ attention.‎ At the end of reading, some activities should be designed to lead the students to understand the implied meaning beyond the passage.At the same time, let the students consider the writing purpose, which serves the purpose of the author writing it. Besides reading, the class is also expected to learn and practise writing skill.By studying the passage, the students should learn the ability of describing the things and what they imagine imitating the passage.The teacher should give the students some advice on how to succeed in describing the things and what they imagine.‎ Teaching Important Points Master the skill of gist reading. Develop the students’ ability of understanding the implied meaning. Improve the students’ writing ability. Teaching Difficulties Develop the students’ ability of understanding the implied meaning. Teaching Aids Multi-media classroom and other normal teaching tools Three Dimensional Teaching Aims Knowledge Aims Get the students to know about what Li Qiang found in the future in AD 3005. Learn the knowledge about how to write a passage about description of the things. Ability Aims Master the skill of gist reading. Develop the students’ ability of understanding the implied meaning. Improve the students’ writing ability. Emotional Aims Reading the passage is to attempt to cultivate students’ spirit of exploring science and future.‎ Teaching Procedure Step 1 Greeting T: Hello, my friends. Ss: Hello, Miss Wang. Step 2 Revision T: Do you still remember what we learned in the second period? S: First Impressions. T: How did Li Qiang travel to the earth in AD 3005? S: With the help of his friend, he traveled by time capsule to the earth but one thousand years in the future. T: How did he feel when he found him in a completely strange world? S: He was confused by the new surroundings. T: Good.Now let’s make some sentences with“Li Qiang”to describe what he saw and experienced. S: Li Qiang suffered from the lack of fresh air on his arrival at the new world in the future.‎ S: Li Qiang felt much better after putting on a special mask, though the air seemed thin there.‎ S: Li Qiang got separated from his friend when they reached what looked like a large market.‎ Ss: ... Step 3 Pre-reading T: You did a good job.Most of you reviewed what we learned.Now let us guess what Li Qiang would go on visiting. S: He was to visit other planets by time capsule. S: I guess he would go to visit some interesting places. S: I think he would pay a visit to a family and a school. Ss: ...‎ T: If you were the author of the passage, what would you like to introduce to readers? S: I might introduce the aliens who he met in the future. S: I think I would describe the way of future life. S: If I were the author, I would prefer to write something about future school. T: Some students seem to have the same opinion as the author, while some might be able to write a new passage for us to enjoy.I am glad to know you all have used your heads to have various answers.Now study the picture on Page 21 to tell me what you can see in the picture. S: I can see a strange thing is working in a special place. S: The strange thing has six hands and one leg, but its head is similar to ours. S: There is another creature, which is very small with many hands,‎ ‎ compared with the big one. Ss: ... Step 4 Fast Reading T: Now let us read the title together. T: Can you predict what the passage may be about? S: It may be about what he had seen, especially about the amazing things in the future. T: You are right.As we all know, the best title is the one which can show the main idea of the reading passage.As a consequence, we should read the title when we begin to read one, which will help us to understand a passage.Now, read the passage quickly to find what amazing things are mentioned in it. ‎(After one minute.) S: a pace station, some alien creatures, mu-mu, dimpods T: Yes.Please look through it again and find out main idea for each paragraph.You’d better finish it in two minutes. ‎(Two minutes later, ask the students to show their opinion to the whole class.Then discuss it and decide the best answer.The teacher should tell them the answer in the end.) Suggested answers: ‎ Para.1 a space station considered the most modern in this part of space Pare.2 the friendliest creatures, mu-mu Para.3 the most interesting creatures, dimpods Para.4 the differences and similarities between them Step 5 Careful Reading T: Please read Para.one and answer the questions: Where did he first visit?Describe the place.‎ ‎(After one minute.) S: His first visit was to a space station considered the most modern in this part of space.It is an enormous round plate, and it spins slowly in space to imitate the pull of the earth’s gravity.Inside of it, it is divided into zones with extraordinarily differ atmospheres and gravities. T: Right.What other strange things can be found? S: There live the alien creatures while they work with human space scientists searching for new worlds. T: Now please read the next two paragraphs to tell the following sentences true or false. ‎1.The friendliest creatures are the tiny dimpods, while the most interesting creatures are the mu-mu.‎ ‎2.The mu-mu must wear red nightlights on the helmets so that they can see in the dark. ‎3.The World Space Agency will send a spaceship to examine the fourth star in the Pleiades system next year. ‎4.The mu-mu can skip around the pipes and between the wooden walls ‎ of the space station.‎ ‎5.The tiny dimpods are great engineers, which require the same the same atmospheres as humans. ‎6.The tiny dimpods van produce a liquid from their bodies, which melts metal and very useful for the outside for spaceships. ‎(Give students four minutes to read and consider the statements.) T: Let’s check the answers.If it is wrong, please correct it. S: 1.I think the first sentence is wrong.The two objects should be exchanged.That is to say, the friendliest creatures are the mu-mu, while the most interesting creatures are the tiny dimpods.‎ T: Right.What about the next? S: 2.It is false.Human beings must wear red nightlights on the helmets so that they can see in the dark.But the mu-mus don’t need it because they can see in the dark. T: Good.Is the third one wrong? S: 3.I think it is right. T: Right.What about the next one? S: 4.It is wrong.The tiny dimpods can skip round the pipes and between the wooden walls of the space station. T: I agree with you. S: 5.The fifth and the sixth are right. T: Excellent.Now, let’s read the last paragraph and combine what we ‎ just read to finish the following chart.‎ Name of creature Mu-mu Dimpods Size Big Tiny Appearance They are tall and thin with shell-covered“leg”.‎ They are small, just the size of a little cat.‎ Color They have black and white faces.‎ They are purple or blue and the color changes depending on their mood.‎ Personality ‎1.They see in the dark so they live in an area without light of any kind. ‎2.They are clever so that they have assisted in the scientific discovery. ‎3.They are not easy to talk to so that you have to use a language-changer to help.The mu-mus only speak in whispers.‎ ‎4.They eat food that contains carbon and drink a ‎1.They require the same atmosphere as humans.‎ ‎2.They are great engineers and very clever.‎ ‎3.They are able to travel many light years away from the earth, which can produce a strange liquid from their bodies. ‎4.They are difficult to talk to so that you have to use a language-changer to help.The dimpods shout ‎ strange mixture of carrot juice and cocoa.‎ ‎ loudly in your ear. ‎5.They eat food that contains carbon, which drink lemonade mixed with herbs.‎ Number of arms Six arms Many arms Number of legs A shell-covered leg Many legs How it moves They move forward by slowly shaking from side to side on a shell-covered leg.‎ They skip around the pipes and between the wooden walls of the space station.‎ Step 6 Post-reading　‎ T: What’s the main idea? S: The passage mainly tells us the strange things that he saw in the future. T: Right.What is the purpose of writing the passage? S: Writing the passage is to let us know what will happen in advance. S: I think the author attempted to encourage us to be brave enough to search for the future to speed up the development of science. T: What a clever head!We should have a creative spirit to explore the development of the future to build up our society.We should work hard to make contributions to our country, trying to make our homeland highly developed. T: Now let’s imagine to add two extra characteristics of the creatures.Discuss what an alien creature of your own might be like with your partners. ‎(About three minutes, ask some students to describe what an alien creature might be like in their minds.)‎ Step 7 Writing T: Just now you discuss what an alien creature of your own might be like.Now please draw a picture of your alien.Then write a description based on your drawing and the notes in the chart.Show your drawing to your classmates and read your description to them.‎ ‎(Give them ten minutes to do it.First, let them do it by themselves.Later get them to exchange with their deskmates.Finally ask some students to show their work to the whole class.During doing it, the teacher can design a competition to arouse their interest.If possible, get some excellent works shown to the whole school to encourage students to have a creative spirit.) Step 8 Consolidation T: In this period, we mainly focus on reading the passage: I Have Seen Amazing Things.Would you please make a sentence with“What I have seen...”?‎ ‎(In order to get more students to take part in this activity, the teacher can let them have a competition between groups.) Step 9 Homework T: After class write a passage titled An Alien in My Mind, imitating the passage.In your description there will be name of creature, size, appearance, color, how to move, personality and so on. The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard Unit 3　Life in the future Period 4　Reading and Writing Structure Comparison Para 1 a space station considered the most modern in this part of space Pare 2 the friendliest creatures, mu-mu Para 3 the most interesting creatures, dimpods Para 4 the differences and similarities between them Mu-mu Dimpods Size Appearance Color Personality Number of arms Number of legs How it moves Research and Activities Get the students to participate in a competition about designing the future.The theme of the competition is robots in the future home.The students are asked to work in groups of four to design the robots in their minds.They will draw the pictures of the robots and also describe the size,‎ ‎ appearance, personality and how to work.In order to attract more attention, the designers should give a vivid description about its outstanding advantages and function.In addition to beautiful appearance and extraordinary function, the designing should also be full of imagination. The group whose description is wonderful, together with imaginative, beautiful and functional design, will be the winner.‎ Reference for Teaching Space program in the future The risk takers and visionaries of this agency have expanded human knowledge, have revolutionized our understanding of the universe, and produced technological advances that have benefited all of humanity.‎ Inspired by all that has come before, and guided by clear objectives, today they set a new course for America’s space program.They will give NASA a new focus and vision for future exploration.They will build new ships to carry man forward into the universe, to gain a new foothold on the moon, and to prepare for new journeys to worlds beyond their own.‎ Their current programs and vehicles for exploring space have brought them far.The Space Shuttle has flown more than a hundred missions.It has been used to conduct important research and to increase the sum of human ‎ knowledge.Shuttle crews, and the scientists and engineers who support them, have helped to build the International Space Station. Telescopes—including those in space—have revealed more than 100 planets in the last decade alone.Probes have shown them stunning images of the rings of Saturn and the outer planets of our solar system.Robotic explorers have found evidence of water—a key ingredient for life—on Mars and on the moons of Jupiter.At this very hour, the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is searching for evidence of life beyond the Earth. It is time for America to take the next steps.Their first goal is to complete the International Space Station by 2010.They will focus their future research aboard the station on the long-term effects of space travel on human biology.The environment of space is hostile to human beings.Radiation and weightlessness pose dangers to human health, and we have much to learn about their long-term effects before human crews can venture through the vast voids of space for months at a time.Research on board the station and here on Earth will help us better understand and overcome the obstacles that limit exploration.Through these efforts we will develop the skills and techniques necessary to sustain further space exploration.‎ The second goal is to develop and test a new spacecraft, the Crew Exploration Vehicle, by 2008, and to conduct the first manned mission no later than 2014.The Crew Exploration Vehicle will be capable of ferrying ‎ astronauts and scientists to the Space Station after the shuttle is retired.But the main purpose of this spacecraft will be to carry astronauts beyond our orbit to other worlds.This will be the first spacecraft of its kind since the Apollo Command Module.‎ The third goal is to return to the moon by 2020, as the launching point for missions beyond. Beginning no later than 2008, they will send a series of robotic missions to the lunar surface to research and prepare for future human exploration.Using the Crew Exploration Vehicle, they will undertake extended human missions to the moon as early as 2015, with the goal of living and working there for increasingly extended periods.‎ With the experience and knowledge gained on the moon, man will then be ready to take the next steps of space exploration: human missions to Mars and to worlds beyond.Yet the human thirst for knowledge ultimately cannot be satisfied by even the most vivid pictures, or the most detailed measurements. And only human beings are capable of adapting to the inevitable uncertainties posed by space travel.‎ Galaxy Any of the systems of stars and interstellar matter makes up the Cosmos.Many such assemblages are so enormous that they contain hundreds of billions of stars.‎ Nature has provided an immensely varied array of galaxies, ranging from faint, diffuse dwarf objects to brilliant, spiral-shaped ‎ giants.Virtually all galaxies appear to have been formed soon after the universe began, and they pervade space, even into the depths of the farthest reaches penetrated by powerful modern telescopes.Galaxies usually exist in clusters, some of which in turn are grouped into larger clusters measuring hundreds of millions of light-years across.(A light-year is the distance traversed by light in one year, traveling at a velocity of 300 000 kilometers per second, or 650 000 000 miles per hour.) These so-called super clusters are separated by nearly empty voids, causing the gross structure of the universe to look somewhat like a network of sheets and chains of galaxies.‎ Galaxies differ from one another in shape, with variations resulting from the way in which the systems were formed.Depending on the initial conditions in the pregalactic gas some 15 000 000 000 years ago, galaxies formed either as slowly turning, smoothly structured, round systems of stars and gas or as rapidly rotating pinwheels of such entities.Other differences between galaxies have been observed and are thought to reflect evolutionary changes.Some galaxies are rife with activity: they are the ‎ sites of star formation with its attendant glowing gas and clouds of dust and molecular complexes.Others, by contrast, are quiescent, having long ago ceased to form new stars.Perhaps the most conspicuous evolutionary changes in galaxies occur in their nuclei, where evidence suggests that in many cases super massive objects—probably black holes—formed when the galaxies were young.Such phenomena occurred several billion years ago and are now observed as brilliant objects called quasars.‎ The existence of galaxies was not recognized until the early 20th century.Since then, however, galaxies have become one of the focal points of astronomical investigation.The notable developments and achievements in the study of galaxies are surveyed here.Included in the discussion are the external galaxies (i.e., those lying outside the Milky Way Galaxy, the local galaxy to which the Sun and Earth belong), their distribution in clusters and super clusters, and the evolution of galaxies and quasars.For further details on the Milky Way Galaxy, see Milky Way Galaxy.For specifics about the components of galaxies, see star, nebula, and Cosmos. A future vehicle While many technological advances occur in an evolutionary manner, occasionally a revolutionary technological appears on the horizon that creates startling new conditions and profound changes.Such is the case with the privately developed Moller Skycar, which is named after its ‎ inventor. The LAMV is a vertical take-off and landing aircraft that can fly in a quick, quiet, and agile manner.It is a new type of vehicle that combines the speed of an airplane and the vertical take-off capability of a helicopter with some characteristics of a ground vehicle, but without the limitations of any of those existing modes of transportation. The LAMV is not operated like traditional fixed—or rotary-wing aircraft.It has only two hand-operator uses to direct the redundant computer control twists to select the desired operating altitude and moves fore and aft to select the rate of climb.The right-hand control twists to select the vehicle’s direction and moves side-to-side to provide transverse (crosswise) movement during the hover and early-transition-to-flight phases of operation; it also moves fore and aft to control speed and braking.Simply put, the LAMV is user friendly. The LAMV of the future will be 18 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 6 feet high and weight 2200 pounds.It will hold four passengers and a payload of 875 pounds (including fuel).The vehicle will have a maximum rate of climb of 6400 feet per minute and an operational ceiling of 30 000 feet.It will attain a top speed of 390 miles per hour at an altitude of 6000 feet and a cruising speed of 350 miles per hour at 25 000 feet, and it will have a maximum range of 900 miles at 80 passenger miles per gallon.The LAMV also will be quiet enough to function as an acoustic“stealth”plane ‎ at 500 feet.It will have a vertical take-off and landing capability and emergency airframe parachutes, and it will be capable of using various fuels. The potential economic advantages of the LAMV are worth mentioning.Its fuel-efficient engines and ability to operate on various fuels will low fuel costs.The LAMV uses one-fourth of the fuel per passenger mile used by the tilt-rotor V-22 Osprey or high performance helicopters.The LAMV’s potential military uses will be numerous. However, once the LAMV technology matures, its military possibilities are startling.We in the Army combat service support“futures”arena are encouraged by the developments so far and hope that the LAMV will be ready for Army fielding around 2010.The LAMV can become a reality in our Army and possibility in the other armed services as well.Without any doubt, this technological innovation will succeed internationally inn the private, commercial, and military sectors.I hope that the US Army will be the first army in the world to embrace and exploit this technology.But sooner rather than later, this aerial vehicle technology will affect all of our lives.It is just over the horizon.‎ ‎ ‎