Tell something about the future with

more, less or fewer.

There will be less fresh water because

there will be more pollution in the sea.

There will be more cars because there will be more people.

There will be fewer jobs for people because more robots will do the same jobs as people.

There will be more cities because people will build more buildings in the country.

People will have more free time because there will be less things to do.

I will live in a high building.

I will be a pilot.

What do you want to be in the future?

Where will you live?

How will you go to work?

I will be an astronaut. I will live in other planet. I will go to work by spaceship.

I will go to work by e-bike.

rockets

e.g. An astronaut takes the rockets to the space station. 宇航员乘火箭去空间站。

astronaut space station

e.g. Man is weightless in space.

人在太空中会失重。

1. space n. 太空；空间

e.g. Do you live in a house or an

apartment?

你住在房子里还是公寓里？

2. apartment n. 公寓；套房

Write each word in the correct column below.

1a

Jobs Transportation Places to live

astronaut house apartment train rocket space station computer programmer

astronaut house

apartmenttrain

rocketspace station

computer programmer

An astronaut lives in a space station. He goes to work by rockets.

A programmer lives in an apartment. He goes to work by subway.

A farmer lives in a house. He walks to the farm.

An engineer lives in an apartment. He goes to work by car.

Listen to Alexis and Joe. Number the pictures [1-3].

1c

2 3 1

1d Listen again. Fill in the blanks with the correct verbs in the box.

1. I _____ in an apartment across the

street from here.

2. I _____ near here.

3. I ____ a computer programmer.

4. We _______ in a house in the country.

live

lived

am

work

am, live, work, lived, took,

will be, will live, will fly

5. I _____ the train to school.

6. I ______ an astronaut.

7. I _______ rockets to the moon.

8. I ________ on a space station.

took

will be

will live

will fly

am, live, work, lived, took,

will be, will live, will fly

Student A is Alexis and Student B is Joe. Talk about Joe’s life now, 10 years ago and 10 years from now.

1e

I live in an apartment.

Where do you live?

I lived in a house in the country.

Where did you live ten years ago?

I will live in the space station.

Where will you live in ten years?

Tell your partner what you know about robots. What do they look like and what can they do?

2a

I think there will be more robots in the future.

Really? What do they look like?

I think they look like humans. They can do anything men can do.

Sounds interesting.

e.g. The little girl can even recite the

article.

小女孩甚至还能背诵这篇文章。

1. even adv. 甚至；连；愈加

2. human adj. 人的 n. 人e.g. A human can think and talk, but

an animal can’t.

人能思考、说话，但动物不 能。

e.g. My aunt is already fifty, but she

looks very young.

我姑姑早已五十岁了，但她看起 很年轻。

3. already adv. 已经；早已

4. dangerous adj. 有危险的；不安全的

e.g. Some animals are in great danger.

一些动物处于极大的危险中。

名词 danger +后缀 ous →

dangerous

Lions are dangerous animals.

狮子是危险的动物。

fall down 突然倒下；跌倒；倒塌

5. factory n. 工厂e.g. There will be more factories

in the future.

将来会有更多的工厂。

e.g. The house might fall down in a few

months. 几个月内这所房屋也许就会倒塌。

6. fall v. (fell/ fel/) 倒塌；跌倒；掉落

前缀 (dis) + agree (同意 )→disagree

7. disagree v. 不同意；持不同意见； 有分歧

e.g. My father agrees, but my

mother disagrees.

我爸爸同意，但我妈妈不同意。

believe sb. 相信某人说的话believe + that 从句

8. believe v. 相信；认为有可能

e.g. I believe that you can finish the

work on time.

我相信你会按时完成工作。

e.g. What is the shape of your

kite?

你的风筝是什么形状的？

9. shape n. 形状

10. hundreds of 许多；大量 = lots of

【辨析】具体数字 + hundred 如： three hundred 三百

e.g. There are hundreds of flags in

front of the building.

在那个高楼前有很多旗帜。

11. over and over again 反复地；多次 还可以说 over and over

e.g. They sang the song over and

over.

他们反复地唱那首歌。 He called over and over again

but nobody answered.

他多次打电话但没有人接。

12. possible adj. 可能的；可能存在或发生( 前缀 )im+ possible →impossible 不可能的e.g. Do you think it’s possible to beat

them?

你认为战胜他们有可能吗 ?

To cross this river seems

impossible.

穿过这条河中似乎不可能。

What can robots do?What can robots do?

What do the robots look like?What do the robots look like?

Para.1 Will robots think like humans in

the future?

Para.2 What will robots be like in the

future?

Para.3 What can robots do today?

Para.4 What are robots like in movies?

2b

Read the article and match each paragraph with the question it discusses.

1. Robots can build ____ in factories.

2. They can do _______ jobs many times

and never get bored.

3. Some can _________ and

_____________.

4. Some can help _______ people under

___________.

cars

simple

look for

the buildings

walk

dance

Read the article again quickly. Complete the sentences about what robots can do now.

2c

Fill in the blanks in this paragraph

with words from the article.

指导： 此类短文填空题，考查同学们全面掌握

短文内容，以及综合运用语言的能力。 首先，应将通读本段文字，掌握大意。

可知在短文中列举了科学家们的两种观点。

然后，根据 2b 中短文的内容填空。

2d

Some robots are very human-like. They

can walk and ______ like people. Some

scientists think that in the future they

will _______ robots more like humans.

This may not _________ in the near

future, but at some point, robots will

even be able to ______ like people.

However, some scientists _________.

dance

make

come true

talkdisagree

James White believes that robots will

not be able to do the ________ things

as we can. For example, he thinks

that robots will ______ be able to

wake up and know where they are.

Which side do you ________ with?

same

not

agree

What kind of animals might robots

look like in the future? What do

you think these robots will be able

to do? Write your ideas and

discuss them with your partner.

2e

I think some future robots might look like

spiders. They will be able to help us clean

the window, sweep the floor.

Some robots might look like snakes. They

will be able to help look for people under

the buildings. If buildings fall down with

people inside.

They will also be able to sever us. They can

make dinner, do the dishes and cook coffee

for us.

Some robots will be look like people. They

will be able to sing, dance and talk with us.

Some robots might look like big arms.

They will be able to work in factories. They

can help make cars and do simple jobs

over and over again.

Today there are already robots working in

factories. 现在已经有机器人在工厂里干活了。此句中的 working in factories的逻辑主语是robots，但是在这个 there be句型中，谓语动词已经有了 are，所以 work就不能再作本句的谓语动词，而应用 -ing形式。这一点在学习和使用 there be句型时需要特别注意。

1. Read the passage after class.

2. Write your own sentences with the

phrases below.

1. over and over again 2. get bored

3. wake up 4. hundreds of 5. be able to

6. fall down 7. look for

8. seem (im)possible