Module 5 Unit 3 Life in the future

Module 5 Unit 3 Life in the future

Teaching aims:

1. Learn some new words and expressions.

2. Improve the students’ reading skills.

3. Know the more advanced forms of transport in AD 3005 and the advantages and problems of life in the future.（侧重词汇和阅读）Activities before class：

1．教师整理课堂相关文字、图表、影音资料，制成多媒体课件。

2．课前组织学生搜集、阅读有关世界环境问题、当今科学技术发展及对未来生活预测的文章，积累一定的知识储备。

3．课前按教室座位情况将学生分成若干小组，每组6人，并选出组长一人，以小组为单位开展合作学习。

Step 1 Greetings and Lead-in

1．The teacher can start with daily greetings and try to lead in some words in this unit.

Q1: Where do you come from? Do you live in the downtown or in the countryside?

Do you live in a comfortable surrounding?

Is it a suitable location for people to live in?

What is it made of? (brick, stone, steel, glass, wood, plastic, bamboo, mud…).

2．Q2: No matter where you live, I am wondering how do you usually go to school? (by bike, by car, by bus…)

Bikes, cars, buses and so on can be used to carry people or things from one place to another place, and they are called vehicles. What other vehicles do you know?

carriage, ambulance, jeep, airbus, train, truck, motorcycle, fire engine, …

3．Now let's take a look at the screen to learn about the development of all the means of transportation.

sedan chair - carriage - bicycle - motorcycle - car - train - aeroplane - space craft

4．Q3: What will the future means of transportation be like? (Time travel)

Well, today we are going to learn a text about time travel.

Step 2 Skimming