Unit 3 life in the future

Warming up & speaking

Yesterday is history,tommorrow is mystery,and today is a gift, that's why we call it "present”

carriage

bicycle

motorcycle

trainaeroplane

?space craft

sedan chair

car

time travel

Means of transportation:

How do you usually go to school ?

Free talk :Tell the truth What do you think of your present life? Are you satisfied with your life today ?(using at least three adjs)

My feeling of life today I live a __________life today .

Because I…

And I am very…

But …

happy

have enough food to eat, warm clothes to wear, comfortable room to live in

lucky to have a meaningful and satisfying job and acaring family .

Discussion : Some Problems

• Global warming (greenhouse effect)• Pollution • Population• Housing • Traffic• Hunger• ……Tell me

why

What problem is mentioned in the song?

War

Compared with the problems we have talked about ,which problems can be solved in the future?

My opinion !!!

• In my personal opinion …•Being optimistic, I believe

that ….•Being pessimistic, I hold

the view that …

look into the future

A designing match

• You are asked to design a future school ,which will be open to your great, great, great … great-grandsons and great-granddaughters, what will the future school be like ？

Designing a future school in AD 3009!

?A designing match

We will vote which school we would like to send our children to , and the group with most of the votes is the winner

Match Rule ：

My design•

我有想象力吧？

Name of the school :Location of the school :(A list of) equipment:Ideal school size :Teachers:Courses:Teaching method:Characteristics ：…

Location of a future school

Homework • Write an introduction to a future

school ---A future school in AD3009• Oral practice :Give suggestions to

solve one of the problems we have talked about in class