Unit 7

Will people have robots?

Do you think there will be robots in

people’s homes ？(宾语从句 )

1 、有某地有某物 (表存在 ) There be

某人有某物 (表拥有 ) Have / has

3 、 there be 句型的时态变化

2 、 there be 接词要运用就近 ( 临近 )原则There is a book and two bags.

There are two bags and a book.

一般现在时一般过去时一般将来时

There is / are

There was / were

There will be

Do you think you will have your own robots?

Let’s predict our future!

robot

In 100 years, people will have robots in their homes.

In 100 years, there will be robots in our homes.

• We won’t use

• any paper money

• There won’t be any paper money.

Books will only be on computers, not on paper.

There will only be books on computers, not on paper.

A B. C default.12 + =？？。。。

Kids won’t go to school. They’ll study at home on computers.

There won’t be a school.

We won’t have a school.

You won’t carry a backpack. It will carry you.

There will only be one country.

We will have only one country.

People will live to be 200 years old.

“There be” 句型的一般将来时

肯定句： There will be + 名词 + 其他成份

[ 注意 ] ：无论后面加单数名词或复数形式， be 都必须用原形。

There will be only one country.

否定句：在 will 后面加 not.

There won’t be only one country.

一般疑问句：• 把 will 提到 there 之前。• Will there be only one

country?

• Yes, there will.

• No, there won’t.

• Will there be less pollution?

• No, there won’t.

• There will be more pollution.

• Will there be fewer trees? Yes, there will.

Language Goal:

Make predictions

In 100 years

A: Will people use the subways less?B: Yes,they will. / No,they won’t.

People will use the subways less.

A: ___________________________________?

In 100 years

A: Will there be more people in…B: Yes,there will. A: Will there be fewer people in…?B: No,there won’t.

B: ________________

There will be more people.

In 100 years

A: ___________________________________?B: ________________.

Will there be more cars in… Yes,there will / No,there won’t.

In 100 years

A: ________________________________?B: ________________.

In 100 years

Will there be more trees in… Yes,there willNo,there won’t.

In 100 years

2a Listen and circle the words you hear.

1.There will be （ more / less / fewer ） people.

2.There will be (more / less / fewer) free time.

3.There will be (more / less / fewer) cars.

4.There will be (more / less / fewer) pollution.

5.There will be (more / less / fewer) trees.

fewer less more

fewer 更少的 , 修饰可数名词

less 更少的 , 修饰不可数名词

more 更多的 , 可以修饰可数和不可数名词

Remember:

many—more—most much—more—most

few—fewer—fewest little—less—least

修饰可数名词 修饰不可数名词

意思 用法 比较级 最高级few 一些（否

定）修饰可数名词

fewer fewest

little 一些（否定）

修饰不可数名词

less least

many 许多 修饰可数名词

more most

much 许多 修饰不可数名词

more most

词语对对碰fewer vs less相同点 : 这两个词后都是比较级 , 均可表示“较少的”。不同点 : 1. fewer 是 few 的比较级 , 只能修饰可数名词的复数 . 2. less 是 little 的比较级 , 只能修饰不可数名词的复数 .试做以下试题 :①I earn ______ money than my sister.②There are ______ cars parked outside than yesterday.③We have ______ students this year than last year.④You ought to smoke ______ cigarettes and drink _____ beer.

fewer

fewer

fewer

less

less

2b Listen again. Check ( √) the predictions you hear.

1.There will be fewer people. _______

2.There will be less free time. ______

3. People will use the subways less. ______

4.There will be more pollution. ______

5.Cities will be very big and crowded. ____

√

√

√

W: OK, now I want to hear everyone’s

predictions about the future.

G1:Well, I think there will be more

people. W: More people? OK. What else?

B1: I predict there will be less free time.

W: I hope not.

G2: Well, I think there will be fewer cars.

W: You do?

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G2: Yes, people will use the subways more.

W: That’s a great idea. Let’s hear another

prediction.

B2:There will be less pollution.

W: That will be good for the earth!

G1:I think there will be less trees. I think

cities will be really big and crowded

because there will be a lot more people.

2c Make conversations about the predictions in 2a and 2b.

A: What’s your prediction about the future?

B: I think there will be more pollution.

A: Really? I don’t think so. But I think there

will be fewer trees.

4. What’s your prediction about the future?

你对未来有什么预测？

prediction 是 predict 的名词形式。有“预言、 预料、预测 之意。例如： Sales were five percent flowerer than predicted.

销售额比预计的低 5%。 Newspapers predicted that Davis would be

re-elected. 报纸预测戴维斯将再次当选。

拓展：

Predictable adj 可预测的Predictably adv 可预言地Predictability n 可预言

用 more, less, fewer 填空 1. We plant trees every year,

there will be _____ trees in the future.

2. If we waste water, there will be ____ water.

3. If every family has a baby, there will be _____ people.

more

less

fewer

Exercises I

4. I think English is _________ popular than Chinese.

5. There will be _____ robots everywhere, and humans will have ___ work to do.

6. There will be _____ free time when people retire.

less/ more

more

less

more

1. 人们将在家里有机器人 .

2. 琳达认为 20 年后人们将会很忙 .

3. 你认为孩子们将会去上学吗 ?

4. 十年后我们的城市将会很拥挤吗 ? 是的 .

5. 我认为人们不会使用钱 .

People will have robots in their homes.Linda thinks people will be busy in 20 years.

Do you think kids will go to school?

Will our city be very crowded in 10 years?

I don’t think people will use money.

6. 将来孩子们将会很高 .

7.50 年后 , 学校将会越来越大

8. 未来的人们将不会活到 200 岁 .

9. 将就要越来越多的纸袋．

Kids will be very tall in the future.

Schools will be bigger and bigger in 50years.People won’t live to be 200 years old.

There will be more and more paper bags.There are going to be more and more paper bags.

•There will be ___________ trees.•There will be ___________ pollution.•There will be ___________ water.•There will be ___________ cookies.•There will be ___________ meat.•There will be ___________ orange juice.

fewerless

lessfewerlessless

Fewer or less?

每日一语 :

If you laugh once, you

will be ten years younger.

笑一笑 , 十年少 .

Homework My future is not just a dream !

What will you be ?will you be pretty ?will you be a teacher /doctor or whatever ?write a conversation to talk about your dream .