Life in the future(1)The First Period (Warming up)I.教学内容分析:“热身〞部分一开始就提出问题“What will life be like in the future?〞为了启发学生思考教材设计了通讯语言、职业等方面的话题,并设计了四幅关于交通、城市建设、外星人、人类健康的图片,供学生参考讨论,以引起学生对未来人类生活的幻想和想象。
II.教学目标:1.Encourage Ss to use their imagination to talk about life in future.2.Improve Ss’ speaking ability by practising making predictions.III.教学步骤:〔另教师可参看教参书P129内容〕:1.Now let’s first have a discussion about the future of one of the areas. After a while, I’ll ask one of you toreport the results.2.T: Who’d like to tell me how people will municate in the future?S: People will municate with each other with puter, which are set in the watches.T: Where will people work in the future? What kind of jobs will they have?S: People will work at home. The only thing that people do is to control the robots by pressing the buttons on the puter and let them work for us.T: How will people do business in the future? What kind of money will they use?S: By the year 2100, shops will no longer exist. puters will have replaced them, and people will order goods from home. Instead of paper money, they will use credit cards.T: What about languages?S: Instead of any language, people will use code to talk with each other. If they use a language to municate, I think they will speak Chinese. Because our country will be the strongest one.T: What will school be like in the future? What subjects will people study?S: Schools will be set up on the Internet, Ss can stay at home and use puters to study. We can also download some information. We’ll study social sciences, natural sciences and so on. Schooling will be much more interesting and effective.T: In spite of all these changes, man in the future will have a lot in mon with us. They will have thoughts and emotions similar to ours. Anyhow, they will be human beings.IV.随堂练习:Fill in the blanks with the words in the box (will, may, likely, possible, impossible, possibly):1.It is likely that the housing conditions ________ be improved in the next few years.2.If you wear sunglasses, he ______ not recognize you.3.It is ________ that your request will be refused.4.I can’t ________ force them to carry out such a plan.5.I dare say it is ________ to persuade him to merry your niece.6.They are not _________ to give up the chance of taking part in the petition.Key: 1. will 2. may 3. possible 4. possibly 5. impossible 6. likelyThe Second Period (listening and speaking)I.教材内容分析:“听力〞部分是一封3044年生活于火星的一位学生来信,信件分两部分,描述了3044年火星的生活情景,要求学生听录音回答等。