UNIT 1 Will people have robots ?

Section B

Pair work

A: Where do you live?B: I live in an apartment.

A: Where will you live?B: I will live in an apartment.

A: Where did you live? B: I lived in an apartment.

Make predictions for friends.

I think …will…

What will our life be like

in the future?

We will …fly

doctorcookreportersalesman bankermanagerfashion designerphotographer

planetrolleybusspaceshipsubwayferryrocket

apartmentthe moonthe Marsoceanbig citiesspace station

Jobs Transportation Places to live

Please make some simple predictions about our lives in 100 years with words and expressions we have gathered.

Example: In ten years, …will take a roket to the moon.

Listening exercises1. I in an apartment.

2. I near here.

3. I a computer programmer.

4. I in a house.

5. I the train to school.

6. I an astronaut.

7. I rokets to the moon.

8. I on a space station.

Listening exercises1. I in an apartment.

2. I near here.

3. I a computer programmer.

4. I in a house.

5. I the train to school.

6. I an astronaut.

7. I rokets to the moon.

8. I on a space station.

live

work

amlived

took

will be

will fly

will live

Make similar dialogues

Live, work, play …

4 PAIRWORK Answer the questions below. Then ask your partner for his or her ideas.

Questions You Your partner

Which country will win the next World Cup?

What will the weather be like tomorrow?

Which movies will win award next year?

What will teenagers do for fun twenty years from now?

哪个

世界杯

D

On your birthday in 100

years what will you get?

pet

parrot

I’ll probably get …

alone lonely

Reading

1. T or F

( ) 1. In ten years, the writer will be a manager.

( ) 2. The writer went to Hong Kong last year.

( ) 3. The writer has some pets now.

( ) 4. She will live with her friends.

( ) 5. She will dress casually during the week.

( ) 6. The writer loves Shanghai.

fall in love with

F

F

F

F

T

T

D

3a Read Ming’s answer to the question “What will your life be like in ten years?” Then fill in the chart.

In ten years, I think I’ll be a reporter. I’ll live

in Shanghai, because I went to Shanghai last

year and fell in love with it. I think it’s really a

beautiful city. As a reporter, I think I will meet

lots of interesting people. I think I’ll live in an

apartment with my best friends, because I don’t

like living alone.

fell---(fall 的过去式 ) 落下；变为

fall in love with sb / sth. 喜爱、爱上某人或某物

I’ll have pets. I can’t have any pets now because

my mother hates them, and our apartment is

too small. So in ten years, I’ll have many

different pets. I might even keep a pet parrot!

I’ll probably go skating and swimming every day.

During the week I’ll look smart, and probably

will wear a suit. At the weekends, I’ll be able to

dress more casually. I think I’ll go to Hong Kong

on vacation, and one day I might even visit

Australia.

宠物

鹦鹉

大概；也许 去滑冰

一套衣服 能够穿衣 随意地

甚至可能 喂养

look + 形容词 看上去怎么样 eg. She looked happy.

Ming in ten years

Job

Pets

Sports

Places

Clothes

Reading

2. Answer the following questions.

1. What will the writer be in ten years?

2. What does the writer think of Shanghai?

3. What will the writer do as a reporter?

4. What will the writer probably do every day?

5. What will the writer look like during the week?

6. What will he wear when he works?

keep: v. 保持；维持；喂养

1. keep + sb. / sth. + 形容词 使某人 / 某物…

The job kept them busy for a year. 这项工作让他们忙碌了一年。

2. keep + 形容词 保持

The man ran up and down to keep warm. 这个人来来回回地跑着取暖。

3. keep + sb. / sth. doing 让某人 / 某物继续做某事

She kept us waiting for her at the station for an hour.她让我们在车站等了一个小时。

4. keep + doing 继续做，坚持做

He kept running after her, trying to catch her. 他不停地在追赶她，试图抓到她。

Self Check

1 Fill in the blanks with the words given.

wear work look fly keep

1. I want to for myself when I’m older.

2. My friends a pet pig in their house.

3. I need to smart for my job interview.

4. We have to a uniform to school.

5. One day people will to the moon for vacations.

我自己

面试；面谈

work

keep

look

wear

fly

2 Read the passage and circle the inventions on the right. Predicting the future can be difficult. There are

many famous predictions that never came true. Before 1929, there was no sound in movies. The head of one of the biggest movie companies in the United States predicted that no one would want to see actors talk. Of course, he was wrong! In 1977, the head of the largest computer company in the United States said, “No one will want to have a computer in his or her home.” He thought that computers would never be used by most people.

predict v. 预言 future n. 将来；未来prediction n. 预言 come true 实现；达到 come---cam

ecompany n. 公司 ( 复数 companies)

think---thoughtsee sb. do sth. 看到某人做某事 (make, let, hear, watch)

3 Find these words from this unit.

1. A place to live in space:

2. Something kids will use to study at home:

3. These will be in every home:

4. Yang Liwei is a famous Chinese .

space station

astronaut

computers

robots

Talk about robots

Discuss “What will robots help you and your family in the future?” and write your ideas.

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