Unit 20 New Frontiers

Lesson 1 Futurology

Step 1 lead-in

Step 2 fast-reading

T or F1) People who are worried about future are

called futurologists2) The experts attending the seminar will be discussing the influence of future

on the technology. 3)  According to the text, computers will

become more intelligent.4) By the 2030, human-like robots may be

sent around our bodies to carry out repairs and keep us healthy.

5)  We may be able to live in other suitable places in our solar system at the end of the century.

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Read the article and choosethe best title :

a) From the Past to the Future b) The Future Business c) Tomorrow's World d) A Perfect Future?

c) Tomorrow's World

Step 3 second-reading

• Summarize the main idea of each paragraph

Organization of the text • Part 1 about the futurologist

some -----, others -----

• Part 2

place, time, content

• Part 3

six examples

• Part 4

time and place , what to do ,

advice : Join it

about the meeting

about the prediction of the future

the writer’s plan to the meeting

Difficult sentences 1 They plan the future of the world for a

living.

2 The future is now a big business.

= they make a living by planning the future of the world.

= Now, the future has become very important.

3 In the next few years, we will be communicating with our friends around the world using life-sized video screens in our living rooms.

4 if you can’t beat the future, join it.

= In the near future, we can keep in touch with our friends around the world and we can see them the same size as they actually are on the video screen in our living room.

= if you can’t change the world of future, just be a member of it and adapt to it.

What will the tomorrow’s world be like in the future according to predictions of some futurologists?

Find out more details from the text!

Step 4 detail reading

Millions of times smarter, link our brains to , huge database, new species , develop

By the middle of the century

handy, powerful, in term of ,intelligence, amount of information

By 2020

life-sized video screens

in the next few years

Computers

voices give instructions

very soon

Prediction Time Frontiers

discover, other places,ways to go further into space

By the end of the century Space

technology

Live, 150 years, insect-like robots , carry out repairs

By 2030 Biochemistry Medical science

beat, suitable for, carry out, influence, foresee, wonder, life-sized, link to

1. He __________ why people built ugly homes, when they could have beautiful ones.

2. Those who can _________difficulties on their way to success may keep calm when they really appear.

3. Her idea had great ___________on the outcome of the plan

4. I have ______________ my work.5. I went to the library to look for some books

_____________ children6. That problem has _________ me.

wonders

foresee

influence

suitable forbeaten

carried out

Language Points1) useful expressions0. look into 观察1. wonder about... 2.in 10,50 or even1,000 years' time3.click into the websites4.in the next few years5.in terms of...6.carry out repairs7.link ... to ... 8. suitable for...

• 1 一些学生在操场上踢足球，别的学生在教室里学习。（用 some---, others ----)2 我想知道他家乡的天气怎么样？

（用　 what--- is like? )

3 这就是他昨天在会上所讲的内容。　（　用　 what 　引导的表语从句）

Grammar study

1 According to the arrangement of our school, we will be having a English exam this time next Saturday.

2 I will be attending a important meeting at 8

o’clock this evening. Don’t ring me up at that time.

3 She is to going to marry at the age of 26. By the year 2015 she will have already had a child.

4 I will have worked here for two years by the end of this July. I came here on July 1th, 2004.

Patterns

将来进行时

将来完成时

will / shall be + 现在分词

will / shall + have done

(will 用于各种时态， shall 主要用于第一人称）

Try to practice

• Make predictions about yourself in about one years later after graduation from this school. Write down your sentences!

what will you be doing at that time?

what will you have done by that time ?

1. people (use) solar energy every day

2.people(use) up all natural sources of oil

3. people (travel) into space on a regular basis

4. people (eat) only food created by specialists

People will be using solar energy every day

People will have used up all natural sources of oil

People will be travelling into space in a regular basis

People will be eating only food created by specialists.

5. traditional farms(disappear)

6. many new galaxies(discover)

7.Mars and Venus(explore) and(describe)in detail.

8. scientists(study) the chance of people settling in other galaxies.

Traditional farms will have disappeared.

Many new galaxies will have been discovered.

Mars and Venus will have been explored and described...

Scientists will be studying the chance of people settling other galaxies.

1 By this time tomorrow you _______ (arrive) in Shanghai.

2 The teacher ______(have) a meeting at three o’clock tomorrow afternoon.

3 The students ______ (do) listening exercise at seven tomorrow evening.

4 By the middle of the next century , we ______ (build ) space station.

5 When you come back from America, your daughter ________ ( graduate) from a middle school.

A rule to remember • 在 after ， when ， as soon as ， until ，

before 引导的时间状语从句， if 条件状语中，不用 助动词 will ， 只用一般现在时， 表示将来

When you get home on Friday, you’ll receive good news.

如果 在强调一个动作在另一个动作之前时，用现在完成时 , 表示将来某时完成的动作。

After you’ve done the shopping, you’ll have a pleasant surprise.

• If you come this afternoon, we’ll have a meeting.

• When I graduate, I’ll go to countryside.

• I’ll go to your home after I have finished my homework.

• If it has stopped snowing in the morning, we’ll go to the park.

I’ m sure he’ll come to see me before he ___ Shunde.

A. Is about to leave B. has left

C. Will leave D. leaves

• When she graduates from the school next summer, she _____ here for six years.

A. will study B. will be studying

C. will have studied D. studies