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1Unit3LifeinthefutureBriefStatementsBasedonThisUnitThetopicofthisunitisaboutlifeinthefuture,whichisfullofimagination.Theunitgivesusvividpicturesaboutthefirstimpressionin3005AD.Thefourskillsofreading,listening,speakingandwritingallcenteronthetopic,lifeinthefuture.Thisunitcanbedividedintosixparts—warmingup,reading,learningaboutlanguage,usinglanguage,listeningandspeaking,summingupandlearningtip.InWarming-up,studentsareexpectedtofillinachart.Letthestudentscomparedifferencesinlifebetweenin1005ADandin2005AD,andencouragethemtoimaginewhatwillhappenin3005AD.Thepurposeofdesigningthispartistopreparethestudentsfortheknowledgeoflifeinthefuture.InPre-reading,twoquestionsarepresented.Thefirstquestionistoaskthestudentstolistalltheproblemswearefacing.Theotheroneistogetthestudentstodiscusswhethertheproblemswillstillexistinthefutureandwillgetmuchmoreseriousinthefuture.InReading,thestudentsaretoreadaletternamedFirstImpressions.Intheletter,LiQiangtoldhisparentsabouthowhetraveledtothelivingspacein3005ADandwhathesawthere.Inreading,itisnecessaryfortheteachertogetthestudentsawareofthestrategiesforreadingdescriptivearticles.Thepurposeofdesigningthispartistodevelopthestudents’readingability,toInPost-reading,threeexercisesarefollowed.Thestudentsareaskedtodiscusswhichchangesaregood,whileothersbelongtodisadvantages.Thenextoneistoaskthestudentstoinfertheauthor’sattitudetowardsthefuture.Atthesametime,thestudentsareexpectedtoshowtheirownopinionstothewholeclassandreasonthem,tryingtopersuadeothersInLearningaboutlanguage,therearetwoparts.Thefirstisaboutvocabulary,whichistoaskthestudentstoapplythewordsandphrasesfreely.Theotherexercisesareaboutthegrammar,thatInUsinglanguagereading,speakingandwriting,thereisapassagetitledIhaveseenamazingthings.Teachingandlearningactivitiescanbefocusedonreading,speakingandwritingInlistening,thelisteningmaterialisalsoaboutlifeinthefuture,whichisaboutlivinginWonderworld.Bylisteningtoit,arousethestudentstoimaginewhethersuchaworldisfitforlivingin.InSpeaking,theteachermainlyoffersthestudentsthechancetotalkaboutthefutureandInWriting,thestudentsareexpectedtolearntodescribeapersonintheirimaginationtogetthestudentsnotonlytobefamiliarwithdescriptionbutalsotoformthegoodhabitofimagining.InSummingupandLearningtips,letthestudentslearntosumupwhattheyhavemasteredinthisunit,includingwords,expressions,grammarandwhattoknowaboutthefuture.Thepurposeofthisistogetthestudentstoknowwhattheyhavelearnedandwhatneedtobelearnedinthefuture.Besidesthat,someadviceisalsogiventothestudentsonhowtowritedownThenewwordsandexpressionstobelearnedinthisunitare:vehicle,carriage,private,settlement,impression,constant,constantly,previous,tablet,capsule,opening,surrounding,lack,2ache,mask,bend,press,swift,master,sight,flash,optimistic,length,extraordinary,helmet,assist,agency,skip,require.takeup,remind...of,losesightof,catchsightof,speedup,assistin,spaceagency,asaresult,sufferfrom,besimilarto,bewell-knownfor,asthough,innotime,provide...with,fallfastasleep,searchfor,gosoft,speakinwhispers,mixwith,waveabout,shakefromsidetoside,dependon,puton,getlost,asifbymagic,plentyof,inalldirections.1.IttookmeonlyafewminutestomastertheideaandsoonIcouldflyasfastasWangPing.2.Igotlostwhenwereachedwhatlookedlikealargemarketbecauseofthepeopleflyingbyinalldirections.4.WangPing’smotherappeared,flashedaswitchonacomputerscreen,andatableand5.Worriedaboutthejourney,IwasunsettledfExhausted,IslidinPeriod1Period2Period3Period4Period5GrammarPeriod6LanguageFocusingPeriod7AssessmentPeriod1WelcometotheUnitTheGeneralIdeaofThisPeriodThisisthefirstperiodofthisunit.Atthebeginningofthisperiod,theteachercanspendsometimetrainingthestudentstoreadnewwordsandexpressions.Thepurposeofthisistooffersomenewexpressionstothestudents,whicharehelpfulforthestudentstotalkaboutthetopic“lifeinthefuture”andtohelpthestudentspronouncethemcorrectly.Thisunitisaboutlifeinthefuture,sotheteachercanletthestudentsbrainstormthewordsorphrasesaboutfuture.Intheirminds,whatwilllifeinthefuturebelike?Thestudentsarefreetosayanythingthattheycanimagine.Theyshouldbeencouragedtobebraveenoughtospeakoutwhattheydream.ThisactivitygivesSsachancetoexpresstheirimagination.Atthesametime,thisLaterSsarerequiredtotalkingroupsoffouraboutthefollowingtopic:Thinkabouthowmanychangestherehavebeeninthelastonethousandyears.Nowthinkaboutwhatchangesyoumightexpecttofindinthenextonethousandyearsinthefollowingaspects:transport,houses,villages,towns,Thenaskstudentstodrawapictureaboutthetopic“myfuturefamily”.Afterthat,letsomeofthemshowwhattheyhavedesignedinthepicture.What’smore,theteachercanaskthemwhytheydesignitinthiswayandwhetheritispossibletorealizetheirdreaminthefuture.Iftheywantsuchdreamstocometrue,whatshouldtheyd3Apartfromtheabove,theteachercandesignacompetition.Dividetheclassintofourgroups.Eachgroupshouldworktogethertolisttheproblemshumanbeingsarefacingt.Thegroup,whichhaslistedthemostproblems,willbethebest.Followingthatcompetition,theteacherwillaskthestudentstoconsiderwhatproblemspeopleinthefuturewillhavetoovercomeandwhichoneswillstillexistthereormightbe