外研版初一下册教材第四模块课文.doc

Module 4 Life in the future Unit 1 Everyone will study at home.Listen and read.Betty: Will there be schools in the future?Daming: No, there won't. I think that everyone will study at home and will use computers. They won't use books. They'll Use the Intemet.Betty: And will they send their homework to the teachers by email?Darning! Yes, they will. And students will talk to their teachers on their computers.Betty: I'm not sure. I think students will use computers, but in school. Everyone will have a computer on their desk. They will read books or use the Intemet. The teachers won't write on a blackboard with chalk. And no one will use paper, pencils and pens!Choose the best answer to each question.I Will students go to school in the future? Yes, they will. / No, they won't.2 Will they study at home? Yes, they will. / No, they won't.3 Will everyone send their homework by email? Yes, they will. / No, they won't.4 Will there be teachers? Yes, there will. / No, there won't.5 Will there be computers in school? Yes, there will. / No, there won't.6 Will we read books in the future? Yes, we will. /No, we won't.7 Will teachers use a blackboard and chalk? Yes, they will. / No, they won't.8 Will students use paper, pencils and pens? Yes, they will. / No, they won't.Learning to learnIn English you stress parts oF long words, such as the underlined parts oF the Following words:dictionary calculator computerUnit 2 Everyone will have a small car.Read the passage and match the pictures with the paragraphs.Life in the futureA Planes will be very large so flying will be very cheap. Fuel will be expensive. Everyone will have a small car.B It will be hot all year so the winter will be very short. It will get warm at the North Pole so the seas will be very rough. The summer will be hot and the winter will be warm. But there will be bad weather in the spring and the autumn. There will be heavy rain and strong winds.C Homes will be warm in winter and cool in summer, so they'll be very comfortable. We'll use the sun to heat our homes. No one will be cold and there'll be lots of hot water.D Computers will be very small so they'll be very light. People will do many things on the Internet.E Machines will do the dull jobs in factories, offices and farms, so no one will do heavy work. People will work three days a week. They'll have long holidays and lots of free time.Learning to learnRemember! You won't understand every word. Try to understand the main idea with the words you know. Circle the words you don't know. Are they important for the main idea? IF so, guess theirmeanings. If not, cross them out. Match the words in. Box 1 with words which mean the opposite in Box 2.Use the passage to help you. 1 cheap comfortable easy good hot interesting large light new rough short strong warmbad cold cool difficult dull expensive heavy long old smallsmooth uncomfortable weakcheap - expensiveWhich words are not in the passage?Answer the questions.autumn fuel heat machine North Pole spring summer winter1 What do cars use? What is expensive?2 It's always very cold there. Where in the world is it?3 In Beijing it's cold in winter. When is it warm / hot / cool?4 No one will be cold at home. What will the sun do to our homes?5 No one will do heavy, work. What will do it?WritingLook at these sentences.Planes will be very large. Flying will be very cheap.Planes will be very large so flying will be very cheap.Now match 1-3 with a~c and join these sentences with so.1 It will probably be hot all year. a No one will be cold and there'll be lots of hot water.2 We'll use the sun to heat our homes. b They'll have long holidays and lots of free time.3 People will work three days a week. c The winter will be very short.Unit 3 Language in useLanguage practiceEveryone Will have a small car.Teachers won't write on a blackboard with chalk.Homes will be cool in summer.There will be heavy rain and strong winds.3 Put the words in brackets in the correct places in the sentences.Our homes will be warm in winter and cool in summer. (comfortable)Our comfortable homes will be warm in winter and cool in summer.1 Cars will be small. (new) 4 There will be winds in spring and autumn.2 Machines will do work in factories. (strong)(heavy) 5 We'll speak English. (good)3 People will have holidays. (long) 6 Flying in planes will be cheap. (large)Put the words and phrases into the correct columns.bad weather cable TV computers dull jobs expensive fuel heavy workhot summer interesting jobs large planes satellite TV small carsstrong winds warm winterClimate Technology Jobs TransportLife in the futureWe will have robots in our homes to do many jobs. Robots will clean the house, cook food, care for children and help old people. People will have a lot of free time.。