Module 1

Period 1,Module 1 Life in the Future,Introduction Reading and Vocabulary,Introduction: Word Study,glass,aluminium,wood,brick,rubber,steel,concrete,mud,plastic,Introduction Activity 2 on Page 1,First say things you know about the building material in the word box in Activity 2. Then choose one of the words in the box to complete the sentences in Activity 2. Answers:,Aluminium Steel rubber, wood Plastic,5. Bricks 6. Concrete 7. Mud 8. Stone 9. Glass,Introduction - Activity 3 on Page 1,Work in pairs. Discuss what materials your school is made of / from. Then guess what materials the building in the photo is made of / from.,Reading Pre-reading,A picture drawn by a child, trying to bring out the imaginary house in the future. What is the house of the future in your mind like?,Prediction,Title: The City of the Future What topics do you think will be mentioned in a passage with the title above? (open),shopping environment traffic weather entertainment,alternative energy crime schools public services,What other topics do you think will be mentioned?,Fast-reading,Read the passage for the first time. Check whether your answer in Activity 1 is right.,shopping environment traffic weather entertainment,alternative energy crime schools public services,Word-guessing,Guess the meaning of the following words in the context.,clinic disability mall run out online outdoors recreation net solar surgery urban net,Activity 3 on Page 3,Do Activity 3 on your own. Then check the answers with your partner. Answers:,disability outdoors solar recreation net online,7. clinic 8. urban 9. mall 10. run out 11. surgery,Learning to use the words,Complete the sentences with the words just learnt. Its bad manners to laugh at people with _. You should not work all the time. You need some _ besides work. It seems that more young people are interested in _ life rather than the life in the country. Using _ energy is one of the ways to protect the environment.,disabilities,recreation,urban,solar,Careful Reading Activity 6 on Page 4,Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions about the passage. Answers:,Theyve thought how to run a city in 2025. To the sun. Criminals. Within a citys limits. Online. Their telephone number. Recreation. Theyll be powered by electricity. Surgery. Anywhere in the world.,Organization,Try to find out the main idea of each part.,What will the city of the future look like?,How will the students run a city in the future?,Matching Activity 4 on Page 3,Work in pairs. Try to match the words and phrases in the two boxes. Answers：,arrest criminals carry out operation load huge spaceship,recycle material rely on alternative energy waste natural resource,Activity 5 on Page 3,Find the words or phrases in the text which mean these things. Answers:,a risky business outpatient get rid of senior citizens free of charge landfill,Words and phrases:,Work in pairs. Try to find out the useful phrases in the text.,for sure make prediction risky business run out recycle materials rely on alternative energy in the year 2025 get rid of,loadwith withinlimits place orders at birth all forms of free of charge at the flick of a switch carry out attach to,Post reading,Which prediction in the text is the strangest? is the most useful? will come true first? will come true last? How will you run the city in the future if you have the chance to do so?,Try to retell the passage with the help of the key phrases noted down by you.,Period 2,Module 1 Life in the Future,Listening and Speaking Pronunciation Everyday English,Speaking,Q: If you try to describe your home to your partner, what things will you talk about?,Now try to describe your home, talking about the following things: size and number of rooms furniture technology,Pre-listening,What can you guess about the listening passage from the sentences in Activity 2 on Page?,First Listening Activity 2 on Page 5,Listen to an architect talking about the home of the future and then complete the sentences in Activity 2 on Page 5. Answers:,A B C B A A C c,Activity 4 on Page 6,Try to recall what the architect says about the following: What could happen to the dining room and the living room? How will people switch on the lights? What will the toilet be able to do? What will the dishwasher be able to do?,They will disappear.,The computer will do it.,It will move higher or lower depending on who uses it.,It will wash the dishes without water.,Second Listening,Fill in the missing parts according to what you hear. I: Good afternoon everybody and _the programme this afternoon is an expert on American _, Mr Simon Oppenheim whos going to talk to us about the house in the future. So where _in twenty years time? G: Twenty years _ a long time. We _ underground or in space. We _in houses and flats as we do today. I: What will the houses look like?,on,domestic architecture,s