horse or simple vehicle such as a carriage cars, trains, airplanes, spaceship, personal flying cars
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horse or simple
vehicle such as a carria
ge
cars, trains, airplanes,
spaceship,
personal flying cars
It can bring you to any age you want to go.
If you have such a kind of machine, what age do you want to go most? Why?
made of mud
small houses skyscrapers along the street
with many shopsmodern, floating flats
on the earth; on land
on the earth in space stations; under the sea; on other planets
videophone
—remote education
The school of the future
The school of the future
e-schools
First Impressions
First impressions
First impressions
What can we predict from the title and the pictures?
• What were they doing?• What impressions? --- how did he feel? • How is the text organized? --- in what order?
time order
before --- during --- after
Writing style:
From _________to his _________
About:
A Space-mail
Li Qiang parents
First impressions
First impressions
how Li Qiang got to the future and his first impressions of it
Thejourney
2. When 1. Who took the journey?
4. What happened?
3. Why could they?
5. What helped a lot?
6. How did they travel?
Li Qiang & Wang Ping
AD 2008 — AD 3008
green tablets
won the prize last
year
suffered from “time lag”
in a time capsule
Before the journey
During the journey
1. Inside the capsule:
through a small
opening
comfortable seats
a calming drink
lay relaxed and
dreaming
began swinging
gently sideways
the journey was
completed
1000 years later
? outside the capsule
During the journey2. Outside the capsule:
1) Hovering carriages:
2) My hometown in the future: like a large market:
Float above the ground
By bending or pressing down
What I saw Carriages flying by in all directions
Lost sight of…had a “time lag” flashback…caught sight of
Put on a mask and hurried into a room for a rest
New surroundings difficult to tolerate
Why The air seemed thin.
What happened Hit by a lack of fresh air
How
Driven by computer
How to drive
What happened
Exhausted, I __________ and ____________.
After the journeyArriving at a ____________
house, he showed me into a ______________ room.
I had _________ and _________.
Description of the house
a green wall: made of trees
a brown floor soft lighting
a bed from the floor
a switch on
computer screen
a table & chairs from under the
floor
large, bright clean
strange-looking
a brief meal a hot bath
slid into bed fell fast asleep
Fill in the blanks: try to find out what happened to Li Qiang before, during and after the journey
Before the journey
Li felt ________ and _________ at first; as a result he suffered from ________.
During the journey
Li was transported safely into the future in a ____________.
The new surroundings were difficult to _______. Li was hit by the _____ of fresh air and his head ______.
After the journey
Arriving at a house, Wang Ping _______ Li into a room.
__________, Li slid into bed and ____ fast ________.
worried unsettledtime lag
time capsule
tolerate lackached
showedExhausted fell
asleep
• Use your imagination to discuss and think of a creative invention.
•Tips:• What will it look like?• What will it be used for?• Who will benefit from it most?
• Para. 1: General information about my visit
• My first visit: _____________, the most _______ in space, described as _____________________
• Why does the space station spin slowly?
• To imitate the pull of the earth’s gravity.
• What was inside the space station?
• An exhibition of the most up-to-date / modern inventions of the 31st century.
a space stationmodern
an enormous round plate
P22
• Para. 2: About a “thoughtpad”
Modern inventions of the 31st century
only to be seen on the Space Station
Communication
invention thoughtpad
advantages
disadvantages
quick; efficient; environmentally friendly
Thoughts must be clear or messages may be mixed up.
• Para. 3: About a “waste machine”
Modern inventions of the 31st century
only to be seen on the Space Station
Waste Disposal
invention
advantages
disadvantages
None.
disposes of all waste; turns the rubbish into several grades of useful material (e.g. “fertilizer” and “soil”)
a waste machine
• Para. 4: About “manufacturing robots”
Modern inventions of the 31st century
only to be seen on the Space Station
Manufacturing
invention manufacturing robots
advantages
disadvantages
no waste; no pollution;
no environmental damagePeople must live on a space station to monitor the robots.