What life will be like in the future?

Pre-reading

1.Make a list of the problems human beings are facing today.

2.What problems do you think people in the future will have overcome? Which ones will still be there or even worse in AD 3005?

Help

Watch the video and find out the topics which are mentioned:

air pollution

war

illness over- population

hunger noise pollution

water pollution

rubbish

forest disappearing

water pollution

air pollution noise pollution

white pollution

soil erosion

species climate

water pollutionpoor sanitationair pollutiondeforestationdesertificationstarvation

poverty

war

violence

Other issuesOther issues

overpopulation

problems the earth is facing:

air pollution water pollutionnoise pollution

soil erosion

white pollution

overpopulationpovertywar &violence

(rubbish)aids

Read the text carefully and answer the following questions.

1.What did Li Qiang suffer from? How was the problem solved?

2.How did they travel to the year AD 3005?

3.What was the air like there? In

what way did people there travel? 4.What were houses like there?

‘• 1.What did Li Qiang suffer from? How was the problem solved?

• 2.How did they travel to the year AD 3005?

He suffered from “ time lag”, which means you keep getting flashbacks from your previous time period;some green tablets solved the problem.

In a time capsule

3.What was the air like there? In whatway did people there travel? The air seemed thin as if it had little oxygen left;people there travelled in a hovering carriage driven by computer.

Bright,clean,green,moving walls,brown floor and soft lighting,trees inside room, movable furniture.

4.What were houses like there?

Judge whether the following statements are true or false

Careful reading

1.In the year AD 3005,the air in private houses was poor quality.

2.Hovering carriages were a fast means of transport,and people could fly in them in every direction.

3.Li Qiang arrived in a busy town where he got lost.

4.This text is an introduction both to the more advanced forms of transport in AD 3005 but also to the advantages and problems of life in the future.

1.Li Qiang got the chance of having this time travel trip because _______. A. He had passed the final term exam with a very good result B. He had written a story about a trip to the year AD 3005C. He had won a prize D. He had given money to the company of “Future Tours”

2. What do you think of Li Qiang’s trip to the year AD 3005?A. Uninteresting. B. Very exciting. C. Very easy. D. Very cheap.

3. What can we infer from the text? A. Li Qiang felt a bit uncomfortable at first. B. While traveling, there was no one else besides Li Qiang and Wang Ping. C. It was the first time travel trip for Li Qiang and Wang Ping. D. Li Qiang regretted having traveled to the year AD 3005.

4. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the text?

A. Wang Ping suffered from “jet lag” when he traveled to the year AD 3005.

B. Wang Ping was Li Qiang’s friend and guide.

C. Li Qiang lost sight of Wang Ping because there were so many carriages around him.

D. Li Mengxi, Wang Ping’s mother, was very hospitable. ( 好客的 )

5. Please choose another title for the text.

A. Visiting Wang Ping’s house.

B. Traveling to the future.

C. Company of “Future Tours”.

D. Feeling in the Time Travel Trip.

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Good changes Bad changes

Time travel

Transport

Houses

Towns

Air quality

can travel to different times as you wish

after-effects of travel

can move swiftlydisorganised;diffi-cult to find way

save living space short of space

busy;look like markets

easy to get lost

own family oxygen supply

poor quality in public places

Did you do anything bad for theenvironment in your daily life?

What should you do to make our world more beautiful ?

Useful expressionsUseful expressions

1.handkerchief 1.handkerchief 手帕手帕2.plastic bag 2.plastic bag 塑料袋塑料袋3.recycle 3.recycle 再利用再利用4.solar energy 4.solar energy 太阳能太阳能5.chewing gum 5.chewing gum 口香糖口香糖6.battery 6.battery 电池电池7.one-off chopsticks 7.one-off chopsticks 方便筷方便筷

1.Using the handkerchief instead of the paper napkin.

2.Using paper bags instead of plastic bags.

3. Don’t use one-off chopsticks.

4. Go to work/school on foot or by bike not by car.

5. Throw cans, bottles, paper and plastic into the dustbin. ……..

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