What changes do you expect to see in your life in one thousand years time? What about the life of the people in the future? What kind of houses will the people live in the future ? in the future ? Space house floating on the earth in space stations; under the sea; on other planets What kind of place will we settle in? What kind of vehicle will we use in the future? a solar energy car People can use flying vehicles! videophone The internet Or How will we communicate? The school of the future distance education e-schools On-line shopping How we will go shopping? Read the text quickly, then put the following sentences into the right order a. We were transported into the future by a comfortable time capsule. b. I arrived at Wang Pings home and everything in his house made me surprised. c. I won a travel to the year AD d. I have my first try to master a hovering carriage. c---a---b---d Scan the text to find out in which paragraph you can find answers to the questions. 1. Who transported him into the future? 1. Who transported him into the future? 2. What will home be like in the future? 2. What will home be like in the future? 3. Why did Li Qiangs head ache? 3. Why did Li Qiangs head ache? Para 1 The last Para Para 3 1.Why did Li Qiang go into the future? 2. How did he feel when he left his own time? 3. How did he get to the year 3008? 4. What did he notice first when he arrived in AD 3008? 5. What else did he find that was different? 1.Why did Li Qiang go into the future? Because he had won a prize that gave him a tour. 2. How did he feel when he left his own time? He felt rather anxious when he left his own time but soon got it over. 3. How did he get to the year 3008? He went by time capsule 4. What did he notice first when he arrived in AD 3008? The first thing he noticed was the poor quality of the air and it gave him a headache. 5. What else did he find that was different? He found several things that were different: (1) a mask to give him enough oxygen (2) a hovering carriage (3) having a time lag experience (4) a strange-looking house that belonged to Wang Pings parents Wang Pings parents (5) trees that acted as walls and provided oxygen for the room oxygen for the room (6) tables, chairs and a bed that were stored under the floor under the floor Go through the first two paragraphs quickly, then answer the following questions: 1. What is a time lag? 2. How did I feel when I was in the capsule ? 3. Who guides my trip? 4. Why did my guide give me some tablets? 5. Who transported us to the future? Time lag means a person gets flashbacks from his previous( ) time period. The seats in the capsule are very comfortable. My friend Wang Ping. The tablets could help me feel less nervous and uncertain. Wang Pings parents company. Please go through the third paragraph, then try to answer the following questions. 1. How did I feel as soon as I was transported to the future? 2. How did Wang Ping solve this problem? 3. What do you think has caused this kind of problem? I was hit by the lack of fresh air. Wang Ping gave a mask to me and hurried me through to a small room nearby to have a rest. Now we are causing more and more pollution to the nature, this will cause serious problems to the life in the future. This may be the cause of the lack of fresh air in the future. Read the fourth paragraph quickly, then answer the following questions: 1. What did Wang Pings house look like? 2. What was the green wall made of ? Whats the pur- pose of building this kind of green wall? His house is a large bright, clean room. It had a green wall, a brown floor and soft lighting. The green wall was made of trees. The leaves of the trees will provide much-needed oxygen to the house. some good and bad changes of life in AD Good changes Bad changes Time travel Transport Houses Towns Air quality Good changes Bad changes Time travel Transport can travel to different times as you wish can move swiftly after-effects of travel disorganized; difficult to find way Good changes Bad changes Houses Towns Air quality save living space busy; look like markets own family oxygen supply short of space easy to get lost poor quality in public places Write down the main idea for each paragraph. Paragraph 1- main idea: details: Paragraph 2 - main idea: details: Paragraph 3:- main idea: details: Paragraph 4:- main idea: details: Paragraph 1- main idea: details: Paragraph 2 - main idea: details: How I came to take a time travel journey. my prize; my excitement The journey. how I felt; the spaceship; the journey Paragraph 3:- main idea: details: My impressions of life one thousand years into the future. little oxygen; masks to provide oxygen; hovering carriage; how to drive them; a time lag moment Paragraph 4:- main idea: details: Staying in Wang Pings home appearance of house; trees as walls; where furniture stored; ate meal; prepared for sleep Language Points 1. First impressions. impression : n. [c] impress vt. I had a very good impression on him. give sb. a good impression make/have an impression on sb. The speech made a strong impression on us. The teacher impressed us with his sense of humour. 2. I still cannot believe that I am taking up this prize that I won last year. take up (1) ( ) He took up challenge with courage. (2) (3) , (4) , Tom has taken up pottery ( ). He decided to take up photograph as his career. Im going to take this matter up with my lawyer. (5) ( ) Writing the paper took up most of the weekend. (6) He took up his book and hurried out. take off take over take down take in Take it easy! take advantage of take pride in , , , , , , , ; , ; 3. remind vt. , ; ; remind sb. of sb./sth. remind sb. to do sth. remind sb. that / Please remind him to take this medicine later. The film reminded him of what he had seen in China. 4. As a result, I suffered from time lag. (1)as a result , as a result of result from result in (=lead to) It snowed, as a result, she was late. (2) suffer from ( ) She suffers from headache. She suffers from poverty. 5. At first my new surroundings were difficult to toler- ate. surrounding adj. surroundings n. surroundings Environment The boy grew up in beautiful surroundings but not in a happy home environment. 6. The air seemed thin, as though its combination of gases had little oxygen left. as though We felt as though we had witnessed the whole thing. : (1) (2) (3) as if/though to do The old machine operates as if it were a new one. It looks as if it is going to rain. He raised his hand as though to say something. Allen remembers everything exactly as if it _____ yesterday. A. was happening B. happens C. has happened D. happened D. happened as if, as though He treats me as though I were a stranger. 7. I felt better in no time. in no time at no time =at once =not at all They will be back in no time. all the time at times for a time at one time 8. I lost sight of Wangping when we reached what looked like a large market because of too many carriages flying by in all directions. lose sight of: , , I have lost sight of him entirely. at first sight at the sight of catch sight of , in sight out of sight set ones sight take sight within sight of , I caught sight of her getting on the bus when I came out of the bookstore. Learning about Language Combine a verb from the left box with a word from the right box. Write down the verb phrases in the blanks. Then use them to complete the sentences. search take slide sweep press for up down into search for take up sweep up press down slide into , 1)Where on earth did I put my belt? I am constantly losing it and having to __________ it! 2 ) When we flew in the space capsule we were ________ into the sky so quickly that I did not even have time to fasten my safety belt. search for 3 ) When we wanted the hovering carriage to speed up. We _____________ hard on the driving pedal and bent over in the direction we wanted to go. pleasant surroundings to eat in. swept up pressed down 4 ) After having your dinner, you must _________ all the rubbish on the floor, Let the next group of people have pleasant surroundings to eat in. 5 ) After he won the competition, Li Qiang ________ his prize and went on a time tour with his friend and guide Wang Ping. 6 ) The steward opened the door of the spaceship and Li Qiang ___ sideways ____ his seat. sweep up took up slid into Complete this advertisement choosing words or phrases in their proper forms. take up, constant, tolerate, previous, lose sight of, link, adjustment, stewardess, opportunity, bend Many people need to be reminded of the job ____________ in space stations, which _________ need space cooks, cleaners, teachers, stewards and _____________. You can be swiftly trained for your new job from using ________ skills. At first people may find the __________ to space life difficult to ________. opportunities constantly previous adjustment tolerate stewardesses However, they will be able to overcome the difficulties if their families encourage them to _______ the job. That is why we persuade families not to ___________ the advantages that come from a period of time in space. For health reasons only one stay of three years is allowed. People often want to stay longer, but the _____ between illness and length of stay is strong. It is sad, but the rules cannot be _____ for anyone. take up lost sight of link bent