高二Unit6 warming-up,listening,speaking PPT课件

Life in the future,Unit 6,Life in the future,Yesterday Today Tomorrow,Past Present Future,Questions:,How will people travel in the future? How will people communicate in the future? Where will people work in the future? What kind of jobs will they have ? How will people do business in the future? What kind of money will they use? What languages will people speak in the future? What will the school be like?,LISTENING,Listen to the tape and answer the questions. Part 1. 1. What year is Mekanika living in? 2.Where does she live? 3.What happened to the people on the earth? 4.Why is she writing you the letter?,3044 (or 58 AL),Mekanika lives on Mars,They had to leave because the population was growing too large and their was too much pollution,She is writing the letter because her science teacher asked her to send a letter to the past,One day is divided into eight parts. Two oclock in the morning on the Mars is like six oclock on the earth,Peopple eat pills and drink juice,Therere no schools or classrooms. Students meet their learning guides in different places and solve Problems together.,Mekanika flies to class in the school Spaceship.,One day is 24 hours,We eat meat, fruits and vegetables,We study in schools and Classrooms and we learn from books and teachers.,We go to school on bikes or by bus.,Part 1 Hello!Greetings from the future !My names Mekanika and I live in the year 3044. Well,thats what you would call it. We call it the year 58 AL.AL means .“After Leaving ”.You see ,58 years ago ,people on the earth decided that they had to do something to save the people on the plant .There were so many people on the earth ,and there was so much pollution ,that the only way to keep the planet from dying was to send people into space .My family was one of the chosen ones.About one third of the earths population was left back home ,and the rest of us went into space .Were now living in a new city on the plant Mars .,Life here is very nice,and we are happy in our new home.We still keep in touch with the people on earth and some of us go back for short visits.The earth is better now,and the people back home are doing their best to clean up the plant .I was born here on Mars and Ive never been to earth .My grandparents and parents tell me about the earth and it sounds like a beautiful place.When my science teacher told me that we could use our schools time machine to send messages to the past,I wanted to send one to you and tell you about life here.,Part 2 Every morning,I have to get up at two oclock. Thatprobably sounds very strange to you ,but ,you see ,we have a different time system here.We divide the day into eight parts .Two oclock in the morning here on Mars is almost like six oclock on the earth .I eat breakfast with my family before I go to school.The food here is different from your food:we eat pills and drink juice to stay heathy.My history book says that you ate something called bread and even ate meat from other animals!That sounds very strange to me .We dont eat any animals here and Ive never even seen bread .At three thirty I catch the schools and classrooms.,we meet our learning guides (you called them teachers) in different places and solve problems together.I love school .My friends are wonderful and I like to think about the world in new ways . I also like creating things with my mind box(you called it a computer ).Im very interested in what you call “painting” and “singing”.Can you please tell me more about what they are?Ive read about your life in my history book,but its difficult to understand how you lived such a long time ago.Could you please write to me and tell me about your life?Thank you .I have to get back to work.I have a test in Mars geography next week , so I need to prepare for it.,Speaking Cloning,Useful expressions,Just imagine if. We can only guess. It would be wonderful if. It would be bad for. If . No one can predict what/when. Its possible/impossible to predict.,Homework:,Write an essay about the Clone. Advantages Disadvantages. Good or bad to the human being.,Reading,Life In The Future,Transportation,Business,Health and Medicine,Education and Knowledge,Life In The Future,What life will be like in the future is difficult to _. It is, however, possible to use models to make_ about future development. One way to catch a _of the future is to examine some of the major trends in contemporary society.,Transportation,Current trends indicate that transportation is becoming _,_ and _. Public transportation is already well developed in most _areas of China New technology is being used to make sure that the cars, taxis, buses and trains we use do not _ the air .,A good example of how transportation is changing is the new maglev train, which is _ friendly, energy-saving and travels at an amazing 430 km/h. To_ safety, the train is controlled by an advanced computer _. Scientists are also developing new fuels and