m5u3Reading 1

optimistic
pessimistic
Pessimistic
We know that from the following sentences:
1. Worried about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days. 2. At first my new surroundings were difficult to tolerate. 3. Exhausted, I slid into bed and fell fast asleep.
My impressions of life one thousand years into the future Staying in Wang Ping’s house
My journey to the future
Para.4
How I came to take a time travel journey Divide the passage into 2 parts
a hovering carriage
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At first my new surroundings_____________________. were difficult to tolerate The air as though seemed thin, __________its combination of gases had little oxygen Hit by a lack of fresh air my head ached. Just as I tired to left.______________________, adjustment to make the necessary ____________this new situation, Wang Ping asked me to put on a mask. He handed to me and immediately in no time hurried me through to a room for a rest. I felt better__________. was back on my feet again Soon I _______________________and followed him to collect a hovering carriage__________________. driven by computer Wang Ping showed me how lost sight of to use it. Soon I could fly __________him. However, I ___________ as fast as Wang when we reached what looked like a large market because of too many carriages flying by______________. in all directions He was _________into swept up the centre of them. Just at that moment, I had a “time lag” flashback and saw the area as it had been in the year AD 2008. I realized that I had been transported into the future of what was still my hometown! caught sight of Then I ______________Wang Ping again and flew after him.

Unit 3 Life in the Future (Reading)Step 1 Warming up (Brainstorming)In what aspects will life in the future be different? How are they different?Step 2 Pre-readingRead the first two sentences and the last sentence of the passage and answer the following three questions?Where am I now?Why did I come here?Will I leave this place tomorrow?Step 2 Reading for main ideas.Find out the key words and summarize the main ideas yourselves.Para 1 (first two, last) Key words:Main idea:Para 2 (first, last two) Key words:Main idea:Para 3 (first, last) Key words:Main idea:Para 4 (first, last) Key words:Main idea:Step 4 Reading for detailsBefore the journeyWho: __________; when:____________; why:______________What did I suffer from:______________ how did I feel better:__________Where to go:______________During the journey (inside the capsule)_______________ seats began ________ the journey was ________During the journey (outside the capsule)1.Why did my head ache?2.What was the means of transportation 1000 years later?3.Why did I lose sight of Wang Ping?4.Where had I been transported into?After the journeyArriving home, he showed me into a large, bright, clean room.What did Wang Peng produce from under the floor?Put the statement into correct order:B. I arrived at Wang Ping’s home and everything in his house made me surprised.C. I won a travel to the year AD 3005.A. Because he hadn’t adapted himself to the new environment.B. Because he was affected by the flashbacks from his previous time period.C. Because he was frightened in the new surroundings.D. Because he was in an imaginary world.It seems that _____ from the passage.A. oxygen is no longer needed in the year 3008.B. oxygen is still needed in the year 3008C. it is in the hovering carriage that Li Qiang traveled into the future.D. it was the calming drink that got Li Qiang into the future.A. introduce the future life to usB. imagine a kind of future lifeC. write about an adventurous tourD. tell us an amusing storyStep 5 After readingLi Qiang is now 1._______ the prize he won last year and is travelling into the yearAD 3008 with Wang Ping ’s family. During the journey in time 2.________, he 3._______ from the “time lag ”, and he kept on getting 4._______ from the previoustime period, which resulted in his nervousness and uncertainty at first.On arriving in the year AD 3008, his head ached from the lack of fresh air. It was akind of mask that made him feel better. After a short rest in a small room, herecovered himself, and then he and Wang Ping collected hovering carriages5._______ by computer, and drove them by6._________ or7._________ down onthe driving stick strongly to travel 8._________ around. Soon, because of the peopleflying by in all directions, Li Qiang 9. ________ ________ and couldn ’t get in touchwith Wang Ping. Fortunately, after a while Li Qiang 10. ______ _______ of WangPing and joined him. When they arrived and 12._________ into a bed 13._________from the floor by Wang Ping ’s mother and fell fast asleep.。

Reporter : Well, would you please explain cloning in details to me?
Scientist: Yes. Cloning is producing an exact copy of a plant or an animal using its cells. You are very familiar with the cloned sheep Dolly. In (6)_g_e_n_e_r_a_l , the wonderful scientific (7)_b_r_e_a_k_th_r_o_u_ghwas praised.
Reporter: Is it true that the first human embryo have been (1)_s_u_c_c_e_s_s_f_u_ll_ycloned?
Scientist: It’s true.
Reporter : What do you think of it? Scientist: I think I can produce valuable (2)__ti_s_s_u_es
Reporter : Can you give me more examples about the uses of cloning humans?
Scientist: Well, one woman who can not have a baby is(8)_d_e_s_p_e_ra_t_e to have a child of her own. She doesn’t want to (9)a_d_o_p_t___ one. What can she do? Cloning gives her the possibility.

Para. 4 What’s the problem with the 41-year-old saleswoman Faye Wilson?
She can’t have a baby.
Does she welcome the idea of cloning a baby?
Yes, she does.
1.produce valuable 1.human life becomes tissues and like a crop to be organs that could harvested or a be used to save product for sale human lives
2. help those who
Language points
1. On the other hand, many people, including some scientists, disagree and are afraid that, if mankind toys with nature in this way, we may be on our way to producing a real-life Frankenstein’s monster.
2.
are unable to have children
3. help those who
might produce a real-life Frankstein’s monster
3.would lead to more
want to clone their dead children
diseases in the animal world 4. shows no respect for human life