Module 1 Life in the Future
本模块授课板块处理思路：
共需要5课时，内容处理如下：
第一课时：预习并记忆单词，进行下列内容：Page 1 Introduction, 布置预习作业：预习
Page 2的文章，完成1、2、3、4、5、6练习题。
第二课时：学习Page 2的文章，订正1、2、3、4、5、6练习题答案。讲解知识点。 第三课时：处理Listening and Speaking
第四课时：处理Grammar, Function, Everyday English
第五课时：处理Writing 和Cultural Corner
A Teaching plan（供第二课时使用）
Teaching aims:
Enabling the students to
1. grasp the main idea of the passage in Reading and Vocabulary.
2. master the usage of some language points
Important & difficult points:
Grasp the main idea of the passage.
Teaching methods:
Listening, practicing.
Teaching steps:
I. Warming-up
Ask the students the following question:
What will the city of the future be like in your view? Ask one or two students to express their ideas. Correct the mistakes if any.
II. Come to the passage on Passage 2.
1. Listen to the tape:
Now we are going to listen to the tape. While listening, try to find the answer to these two questions:
1.) What will we use in the future?
--Lots of recycled materials, such as plastic, aluminium, steel, glass, wood and paper.
2.) What will happen to space travel?
--Travelling in space by ordinary citizens will be common.
After listening, check the answers with the students.
2. Ask the students to read the passage to get more information.
And then check how much the students have learned from the passage by doing the following exercise.
T or F statements:
1) Making predictions is a safe business.
F (a risky business)
2) The cities of the future will get smaller before they get bigger.
F (get bigger before they get smaller)
3) We will rely more on alternative energy, such as solar and wind power.
T
4) A teacher at a university in New York asked the students to think how they would run a city
of 50,000 people in the year 2025.
F (in Texas)
5) Criminals will be arrested by the police by firing nets instead of guns.
T
6) In the future, most shopping will be done online.
F (all shopping)
7) You will enjoy all forms of creation by paying only a small sum of money.
F (free of charge)
8) Doctors will be able to carry out operations from thousands of miles away.
T
3. Check the answers to Activities 1-6 with the students.
Activity 1:
alternative energy/ crime/ shopping/ environment/ entertainment
Activity 3:
disability/ outdoors/ solar/ recreation/ net/ online/ clinic/ urban/ mall/ run out/ surgery
Activity 4:
arrest criminals/ carry out operation/ load huge spaceship/ recycle material/ rely on alternative energy/ waste natural resource/
Activity 5:
outpatient/ get rid of/ senior citizens/ free of charge/ landfill
Activity 6:
1) They’ve thought how to run a city in 2025.
2) To the sun
3) Criminals
4) Within a city’s limits
5) Online
6) Their telephone number
7) Recreation
8) They’ll be powered by electricity.
9) Surgery
10) Anywhere in the world.
III. Deal with the language points in the reading material.
1. for sure
毫无疑问, 肯定地, 有把握地
I don't know for sure. 我不是很确切地知道！
[补充]
for certain 肯定地, 确凿地, 的确
make sure 务必要做到; 一定要做到
sure enough 果真, 的的确确; 一定, 毫无疑问
to be sure 自然, 固然；当然, 的确, 一定；哎呀, 真的! 一点不假!
be sure of 对……有把握，确信
2. in the future/ in future
in the future将来，未来
(= in the time yet to come指的是将来某一时间)
My brother wants to be an actor in the future 我的弟弟将来想当一名演员
in future今后，从此以后
(= from now on 指从说话是开始的全部将来时间)
You had better not go out alone in future. 今后你最好不要单独外出
3. run out 用光；耗尽
run out 后面不能加宾语
sth run out= sb run out of sth = sth be run out of
Can you lend me some paper? Mine has run out. 能借些纸给我吗？我的已经用完了。
4. rely on= depend on 依靠、依赖
A. depend on 通常表示一种客观情况，有时说明一个规律，这种“依靠”的对象往往是主语存在或成功的原因。
Children depend on the parents for food and clothing.孩子们的衣食要靠父母。
rely on 表示主观上的选择和信托，“依靠”的对象往往是主语期待成功的一个因素。 We rely on the strength of the people.
我们依靠人民的力量。
B. depend on/rely on sb.to do sth 指望某人做某事，可以通用，基本没有区别。
You can depend on/rely on her to be late.你可以担保她必定迟到。
C. depend on 还表示“取决于，得看……”
It depends on whether he is interested.取决于他是否感兴趣。
It all depends.一切看情况而定。
D. rely on 还表示“信任”，相当于trust.
You may rely on his honesty.你可以信任他的诚实。
5. 注意下列词组：
look like
make predictions 做预测
lots of recycled materials 大量的可回收材料
such as 例如，诸如
run a city of 50,000 people 管理一座拥有5万人口的城市
in the year 2025 在2025年
get rid of 摆脱、免除、除去
load A with B 用A 装载B
by firing nets 通过射出网状物
within a city’s limits 在城市范围内
place orders 订购
telephones for life 终身电话，电话人生
at birth 出生时
free of charge 免费
at the flick of a switch轻按一下开关
carry out operations 实施手术
with each city having its own telesurgery outpatient clinic 每个城市拥有自己的远程手术门诊部
people with disabilities 残疾人
cameras attached to their head 绑在头上的相机
IV . Ask the students to read the passage again and try to say something about it without refering to their books.
V . Homework:
1. Read the passage and try to write a short passage about a future city in your view.
2. Try to remember the language points learned in this period.
3. Make some sentences with run out/ in the future/ for sure/ rely on.
Module 1 Life in the Future
本模块授课板块处理思路：
共需要5课时，内容处理如下：
第一课时：预习并记忆单词，进行下列内容：Page 1 Introduction, 布置预习作业：预习
Page 2的文章，完成1、2、3、4、5、6练习题。
第二课时：学习Page 2的文章，订正1、2、3、4、5、6练习题答案。讲解知识点。 第三课时：处理Listening and Speaking
第四课时：处理Grammar, Function, Everyday English
第五课时：处理Writing 和Cultural Corner
A Teaching plan（供第二课时使用）
Teaching aims:
Enabling the students to
1. grasp the main idea of the passage in Reading and Vocabulary.
2. master the usage of some language points
Important & difficult points:
Grasp the main idea of the passage.
Teaching methods:
Listening, practicing.
Teaching steps:
I. Warming-up
Ask the students the following question:
What will the city of the future be like in your view? Ask one or two students to express their ideas. Correct the mistakes if any.
II. Come to the passage on Passage 2.
1. Listen to the tape:
Now we are going to listen to the tape. While listening, try to find the answer to these two questions:
1.) What will we use in the future?
--Lots of recycled materials, such as plastic, aluminium, steel, glass, wood and paper.
2.) What will happen to space travel?
--Travelling in space by ordinary citizens will be common.
After listening, check the answers with the students.
2. Ask the students to read the passage to get more information.
And then check how much the students have learned from the passage by doing the following exercise.
T or F statements:
1) Making predictions is a safe business.
F (a risky business)
2) The cities of the future will get smaller before they get bigger.
F (get bigger before they get smaller)
3) We will rely more on alternative energy, such as solar and wind power.
T
4) A teacher at a university in New York asked the students to think how they would run a city
of 50,000 people in the year 2025.
F (in Texas)
5) Criminals will be arrested by the police by firing nets instead of guns.
T
6) In the future, most shopping will be done online.
F (all shopping)
7) You will enjoy all forms of creation by paying only a small sum of money.
F (free of charge)
8) Doctors will be able to carry out operations from thousands of miles away.
T
3. Check the answers to Activities 1-6 with the students.
Activity 1:
alternative energy/ crime/ shopping/ environment/ entertainment
Activity 3:
disability/ outdoors/ solar/ recreation/ net/ online/ clinic/ urban/ mall/ run out/ surgery
Activity 4:
arrest criminals/ carry out operation/ load huge spaceship/ recycle material/ rely on alternative energy/ waste natural resource/
Activity 5:
outpatient/ get rid of/ senior citizens/ free of charge/ landfill
Activity 6:
1) They’ve thought how to run a city in 2025.
2) To the sun
3) Criminals
4) Within a city’s limits
5) Online
6) Their telephone number
7) Recreation
8) They’ll be powered by electricity.
9) Surgery
10) Anywhere in the world.
III. Deal with the language points in the reading material.
1. for sure
毫无疑问, 肯定地, 有把握地
I don't know for sure. 我不是很确切地知道！
[补充]
for certain 肯定地, 确凿地, 的确
make sure 务必要做到; 一定要做到
sure enough 果真, 的的确确; 一定, 毫无疑问
to be sure 自然, 固然；当然, 的确, 一定；哎呀, 真的! 一点不假!
be sure of 对……有把握，确信
2. in the future/ in future
in the future将来，未来
(= in the time yet to come指的是将来某一时间)
My brother wants to be an actor in the future 我的弟弟将来想当一名演员
in future今后，从此以后
(= from now on 指从说话是开始的全部将来时间)
You had better not go out alone in future. 今后你最好不要单独外出
3. run out 用光；耗尽
run out 后面不能加宾语
sth run out= sb run out of sth = sth be run out of
Can you lend me some paper? Mine has run out. 能借些纸给我吗？我的已经用完了。
4. rely on= depend on 依靠、依赖
A. depend on 通常表示一种客观情况，有时说明一个规律，这种“依靠”的对象往往是主语存在或成功的原因。
Children depend on the parents for food and clothing.孩子们的衣食要靠父母。
rely on 表示主观上的选择和信托，“依靠”的对象往往是主语期待成功的一个因素。 We rely on the strength of the people.
我们依靠人民的力量。
B. depend on/rely on sb.to do sth 指望某人做某事，可以通用，基本没有区别。
You can depend on/rely on her to be late.你可以担保她必定迟到。
C. depend on 还表示“取决于，得看……”
It depends on whether he is interested.取决于他是否感兴趣。
It all depends.一切看情况而定。
D. rely on 还表示“信任”，相当于trust.
You may rely on his honesty.你可以信任他的诚实。
5. 注意下列词组：
look like
make predictions 做预测
lots of recycled materials 大量的可回收材料
such as 例如，诸如
run a city of 50,000 people 管理一座拥有5万人口的城市
in the year 2025 在2025年
get rid of 摆脱、免除、除去
load A with B 用A 装载B
by firing nets 通过射出网状物
within a city’s limits 在城市范围内
place orders 订购
telephones for life 终身电话，电话人生
at birth 出生时
free of charge 免费
at the flick of a switch轻按一下开关
carry out operations 实施手术
with each city having its own telesurgery outpatient clinic 每个城市拥有自己的远程手术门诊部
people with disabilities 残疾人
cameras attached to their head 绑在头上的相机
IV . Ask the students to read the passage again and try to say something about it without refering to their books.
V . Homework:
1. Read the passage and try to write a short passage about a future city in your view.
2. Try to remember the language points learned in this period.
3. Make some sentences with run out/ in the future/ for sure/ rely on.