Module 1 Life in the Future
Ｉ．模块教学目标 技能目标Skill Goals Imagine the life in the future Practise listening and talking about the future Learn to use the Future Continuous Write about an ideal house for the future Ⅱ. 目标语言Target Language 功 能 句 式 Ways of talking about the future What will the city of the future look like? They’re going to get bigger before they get smaller. Where will we be living in twenty years’ time? We won’t be living underground or in space. What will it be made of/from? 1. Words to learn brick, concrete, mud, alternative, crime, prediction, risky, resource, material, rely, solar, urban, load, landfill, arrest, criminal, fire, limit, outdoors, online, catalogue, command, recreation, bowling, softball, charge, power, flick, switch, surgery, telesurgery, outpatient, clinic, disability, attach, spaceport, optimistic, dishwasher, definitety, eventually, colony, predict, shape, pad, doormat 2. Words to revise 词 clinic, energy, entertainment, glass, huge, natural, plastic, recycle, shopping, stone, 汇 spaceship, wood 3. Phrases carry out, for sure, run out, place order, rely on, use up, look out 4. Everyday English get rid of, free of charge, for a start, run out of, on the way out 5. Important words alternative, load, limit, charge, power, disability, attach, shape, optimistic, switch Grammar focus 语The future continuous 法 1. Where will we be living in twenty years’ time? 2. We won’t be living underground or in space. 1. No one knows for sure, and making predictions is a risky business. 2. In the future, care for the environment will become very important as earth’s natural resources run out. 3. To get rid of garbage problems, the city will load huge spaceships with waste materials and send them towards the sun. 4. No smoking will be allowed within a future city’s limits. 5. All cars will be powered by electricity, solar or wind, and it will be possible to change the color of cars at the flick of a switch. 重 点 句 子 6. Distance surgery will become common as doctors carry out operations from thousands of miles away, with each city having its own telesurgery outpatient clinic. 7. Senior citizens and people with disabilities will be able to go anywhere in the world using high-tech cameras attached to their head. 8. I’ll be saving lives and that is definitely a very useful and interesting career. 9. With the first moon colonies predicted for the 1970’s, work is now in progress on the types of building required for men to stay in when they’re on the moon. 10. By the year 2000, housewives will probably have a robot shaped like a box with one large eye on the top, several arms and hands ... III. 教材分析与教材重组 1. 教材分析 本模块以 Life in the Future为话题，通过对本模块的学习，使学生了解科技进步在未来生活中的巨大推动作用。功能项目是“让学生谈论未来生活“和”做出预测判断”， 语法项目主要是将来进行时，写作是让学生描写十年后他们在干的事情。教师应借助听、说、读、写和讨论等一系列扎实有效的教学活动， 进一步拓展学生的思维空间，激发他们的想象力，提高其语言运用能力，并使他们认识到只有靠自己的勤奋和努力，才能改造社会，为美好的未来做好充分的准备。 1.1 INTRODUCTION以一幅图片切入话题，激发学生的想象力，让他们讨论未来的房子，同时来巩固并学习有关建筑材料的词汇，让学生分组讨论，使他们有话可说，为后面的阅读做好铺垫。 1.2 READING AND VOCABULARY课文以“The City of the Future”为话题，简单构思了未来的城市的发展趋势，介绍了原因，并以美国得克萨斯州一所大学 的学生对未来的城市的预测为例，从垃圾处理，警察对罪犯的处理方式，购物，电话，休闲，交通，远程手术，度假，太空旅行等方面对未来的城市进行预测和想象。这是一篇题材很新颖的文章，文章思路清晰，句子优美流畅。读后使人产生共鸣，并进一步激发人们丰富的想象力，设想美好的未来，使人意识到保护环境和充分利用自然资源的重要性，同时要靠自己的双手去努力创造美好的未来。 与课文相关的练习：Task 1 and Task 2 要求学生采用快速浏览的方法确定相关的主题，潜移默化中培养学生skimming 这一重要阅读技巧；Task 3-Task 5 要求学生掌握与课文相关的语言知识；Task 6-7 要求学生进一步理解课文并在此基础上进行讨论。 1.3 FUNCTION （Talking about the future） 对将来时的六种用法与具体的语境相结合，并通过相应的练习使学生对将来时的用法有一个总体认识并对其用法进行区别、归纳和总结。 1.4 LISTENING AND SPEAKING 该部分有两项任务，一是听录音，然后完成与录音内容相关的练习，二是分组讨论，记住该建筑师所说的内容，并对预言发生的可能性进行判断，然后设想未来的房子并进行描述。 1.5 GRAMMAR (The future continuous) 通过一系列语法练习，旨在使学生掌握将来进行时的用法。 1.6 PRONUNCIATION 主要通过重读词汇的练习，让学生注意实词重读而虚词不重读。 1.7 WRITING 阅读四个学生对未来的预测，让学生展开想象，设想自己美好的未来，然后根据自己想象的十年后的情景， 用本单元所学的语言知识写一篇一百字左右的短文。 1.8 EVERYDAY ENGLISH 主要练习了本单元五个重要短语。
1.9 CULTURAL CORNER 让学生阅读一些二十世纪人们预测的部分没有实现的预言，要求学生写5-7个句子，设想中国未来的情形。 1.10 TASK 让他们发挥想象力，设计未来理想的房子，目的是激发他们的想象力，同时也让他们意识到只有靠自己的勤奋努力才能创造美好的未来。 1.11 MODULE FILE 部分简要总结了本模块重点词汇、语法、重点句型、短语及句子中重读的词汇。 2. 教材重组 2.1 阅读 Introduction 与Reading and Vocabulary两部分可以整合为一体，设计成一节“阅读课”。 2.2 语法 Function与Grammar及Workbook中Grammar 与Vocabulary同属与语言知识相关的内容，可放在一起上一节“语法课”。 2.3 听说 把Listening and Speaking, Pronunciation 部分与Workbook 中Listening and Speaking 结合在一起，形成一节“听说课”。 2.4 泛读 将 Cultural corner与Workbook中Reading 部分放在一起，上一节“泛读课”。 2.5 写作 把 Writing, Task 与Workbook 中Speaking and Writing 放在一起，上一节“写作课”。 3. 课型设计与课时分配（经教材分析，根据学情，本模块可以用五课时教完。） 1st period Reading 2nd period Grammar 3rd period Listening and Speaking 4th period Extensive Reading 5th period Writing
（以上课时分配与教材重组，仅供参考，教师可因时因地因人而异，不必拘泥于此。）
IV. 分课时教案
The First Period Reading
Teaching goals 教学目标 1. Target language 目标语言 a. 重点词汇及短语
concrete, alternative, for sure, risky, prediction, resource, run out, material, rely on, get rid of, load, arrest, criminal, limit, command, place order, charge, free of charge, power, switch, telesurgery, outpatient, disability, attach, use up b. 重点句型
1. To get rid of garbage problems, the city will load huge spaceships with waste materials and send them towards the sun, preventing landfill and environmental problems. 2. No smoking will be allowed within a future city’s limits.
3. Distance surgery will become common as doctors carry out operations from thousands of miles away, with each city having its own telesurgery outpatient clinic.
4. Senior citizens and people with disabilities will be able to go anywhere in the world using
high-tech cameras attached to their head. 2. Ability goals能力目标
Enable Ss to describe the city of the future. 3. Learning ability goals 学能目标
Help Ss learn how to describe the city of the future. Teaching important points教学重点
a. Help the students to discuss the predictions in pairs, and make sure they realize that only by hard work can they build a beautiful future. Through the activities students should learn to be involved, co-operate and solve the problems. b. Stimulate the students’ imagination. Teaching difficult points 教学难点
a. Make sure the students really understand the passage by skimming and careful reading. b. Express the students themselves by discussing the predictions. Teaching aids 教具准备
a. A multiple-media computer. b. A recorder.
Teaching procedures and ways 教学过程与方式
Step ⅠRevision 1. Greetings.
2. Learn the new words of this part.
Step Ⅱ Introduction 1. Lead-in
T: Today we are going to learn Module 1. In this module we’ll learn about life in the future. Have you ever imagined what life in the future will be like?
S1: I think the environment in the future will be much cleaner.
S2: I think we will lead a more comfortable life with the robots to help us a lot. S3: I think we may go on space travels in the future.
T: Good. Let’s look at the picture on Page 1. What can you see in the picture? I’d like you to look at the picture and discuss the questions. Give them enough time for the discussion. 2. Answer the questions
T: Are you ready for the questions? Ss: Yes.
T: What is it?
S1: It is a very beautiful house. T: Where do you think it is?
S2: I think it is located in green surroundings.
S3: I think it is in Europe, because its style is similar to the castles in England, Italy, France and so on.
T: Good. Let’s go on with next question. Would you like to live in it? Ss: Of course! We all think it is comfortable to live in this house. T: What do you think it is made of / from?
S4: I think it is made of wood and rubber. S5: I think it is made of rubber and plastic.
S6: Well, I think it is made of steel, glass, aluminum and bricks. 3. Do Exercise 2
T: Good! Now, Let’s go over the words we have learned about the building materials. Do Exercise 2 on Page 1. I’d like you to finish this exercise in about two minutes. After about two minutes. T: Have you finished this exercise? Let’s check the answers. Then show the answers on the screen. Suggested answers:
1. Aluminum 2. Steel 3. Wood, Rubber 4. Plastic, 5.Bricks 6. Concrete 7. Mud 8. Stone 9. Glass
4. Discuss in pairs
T: I’d like you to discuss in pairs what our school is made of or from. Now discuss please. S1: Our school is made of concrete and bricks.
S2: I think our school is made of wood, steel and glass.
Step Ⅲ Reading Task 1 Fast reading
This task is designed to train the students to skim in order to get the general idea, and make them develop a good habit of reading.
T: Have you ever imagined what the city in the future will be like? Let’s read an article describing the city of the future. First look at the title of the passage and tick the topics you think it will mention. Help
1. Each student tries to guess.
2. Check the answers with their partners. 3. Collect the answers from the class.
4. Read the passage and check the answers.
After a few minutes the students have checked the answers with their partners. T: Now I think you have finished reading, let’s check the answers. Any volunteers?
S1: I think the topics mentioned in the passage are as follows: alternative energy, crime, environment, traffic, entertainment. T: Good! Any other topics to be added?
S2: Yes. Smoking, telephones, telesurgery, holidays at home, space travel. Suggested answers:
1. alternative energy 2. crime 3. shopping 4. environment 5. traffic 6. entertainment Topics to be added:
1. smoking 2. telephones for life 3. telesurgery 4. holidays at home 5. space travel Task 2 Detail reading
This step is designed to help the students to understand the passage further. Teachers should ask the students to read the passage carefully, and then ask and answer the questions in pairs. Show the slide on the screen. 1. What have students in a Texas university done? 2. Where will garbage ships go?