Life in the future（Period 2 Reading）
third presentationt: i enjoy your imagination about future.some people are looking forward to the wonderful future, while some are not optimistic about what will happen in the future.no one knows what will really happen tomorrow.time will tell us all.seeing is believing.now, let’s read a new passage, in which there is a boy who has gone to the future in ad3005 in advance.he will tell us the first impressions what he has found in the future.fourth talking about picturest: first, let’s enjoy some pictures on page 18.can you describe what the pictures say?prepare for it in two minutes, and then exchange your idea with your partner.finally you will show your opinion in the whole class.(the teacher is to join in talking with students.later, ask some to report what the pictures are about.)t: now, would you please predict what the passage might be mainly about according to pictures?s: i think it may tell us the trip to the future in ad 3005 depending on picture one.s: according to the second picture, the author will show us around the future.s: in the picture three, i can see some equipment in the future home, so i think it will introduce some advanced home in the future.t: excellent.now, let’s read to see whether what you predict is right.step 3 readingfirst scanning to find out main characterst: scan the passage and find out who are mentioned in the passage.what is the relationship between them?i will give you one minute.s: li qiang, wang ping, li mengxi (wang ping’s mother).wang ping is li qiang’s friend and guide.t: the passage is an e-mail in fact.who wrote this e-mail?and who is the e-mail for?what is his e-mail?s: li qiang wrote to his parents.his e-mail is liqiang299a@ great adventure space- .second skimming to find out main idea for each paragrapht: skim each paragraph and find out main idea for each one.when you want to find main idea of each paragraph, you especially pay attention to the first sentence and the last one, which may help you find the main idea quickly.i will give you three minutes to do it.(the teacher offers three minutes to the students to do it.later ask some students to answer.)suggested answers: para 1 he was worried about the journey.para 2 the journey was completed.para 3 he was confused by the new surroundings.para 4 he arrived at his friend’s home in the future.third listening to the tape to tell the following statements true or falset: listen to the tape to catch some important information about the passage.then you will be asked to tell the following statements on the screen true or false.if it is wrong, would you please correct them?
