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1、新目英语UniUnit 7 Will people have robots? Section A Language Goal: Make predictions 1a How will the world be different 100 years from now? Read these predictions. Check() A for agree or D for disagree. A D A D A D A D A D A D 1. People will have robots in their homes. 2. People wont use money. Everythi
2、ng will be free. 3. Books will only be on computers, not on paper. 4. Kids wont go to school. Theyll study at home on computers. 5. There will be only one country. 6. People will live to be 200 years old. 1b Listen and circle the predictions you hear in 1a. Ask and answer questions about the predict
3、ions in 1a. 1c A: Will people use money in 100 years? B: No, they wont. Everything will be free. Will people live to be 200 years old? A: Yes, they will. 49 2a Listen and circle the words you hear. 1. There will be (more/less/ fewer) people. 2. There will be (more/less/fewer) free time. 3. There wil
4、l be (more/less/fewer) cars. 4. There will be (more/less/fewer) pollution. 5. There will be (more/less/fewer) trees. Listen again. Check() the predictions you hear. 2b 1. There will be fewer people. 2. There will be less free time. 3. People will use the subway less. 4. There will be more pollution.
5、 5. Cities will be very big and crowded. 2c Make conversations about the predictions in 2a and 2b. A: Whats your prediction about the future? B: I think there will be more pollution. A: Really? I dont think so. But I think there will be fewer trees. Role-play the conversation. 2d Nick: What are you
6、reading, Jill? Jill: Its a book about the future. Nick: Sounds cool. So what will the future be like? Jill: Well, cities will be more crowded and polluted. There will be more crowed and polluted. There will be fewer trees and the environment will be in great danger. Nick: That sounds bad! Will we ha
7、ve to move to other planets? Jill: Maybe. But I want to live on the earth. Nick: Me, too. Then what can we do? Jill: We can use less water and plant more trees. Everyone should play a part in saving the earth. 50 Grammar Focus What will the future be like? Will people use money in 100 years? Will th
8、ere be world peace? Kids will study at home on computers. Countable nouns There will be more people. There will be fewer trees. Cities will be more polluted. And there will be fewer trees. No, they wont. Everything will be free. Yes, I hope so. They wont go to school. ll= will wont = will not Uncoun
9、table nouns There will be more pollution. There will be less free time. 3a Fill in the blanks with more, less or fewer. 1. In the future, these will be fresh water because there will be pollution in the sea. 2. In 100 years, there will be cars because there will be people in the cities. 3. There wil
10、l be jobs for people because robots will do the same jobs as people. 4. I think there will be cities because people will build buildings in the country. 5. In 50 years, people will have free time because there will be things to do. 3b Complete the predictions with what you think will happen. 1. Kids
11、 study at school now. In 100 years, 2. I sometimes see blue skies in my city, but in the future 3. People now usually live to be about 70-80 years old, but in the future 4. Families usually spend time together on weekends, but maybe in 200 years Draw a picture of what you think a city in the future
12、will be like. 3c Then describe it to the class. I think there will be more tall buildings, and there will be fewer cars and more buses. 51 Section B 1a Write each word in the correct column below. astronaut house apartment train rocket space station computer programmer Jobs Transportation Places to
13、live 1b Think of other words and write them in the chart in 1a. 1c Listen to Alexis and Joe. Number the pictures 1-3. Listen again. Fill in the blanks with the correct verbs in the box. 1d 1. I live in an apartment across the street from here. 2. I near here. 3. I a computer programmer. 4. We in a h
14、ouse in the country. 5. I the train to school. 6. I an astronaut. 7. I rockets to the moon. 8. I on a space station. am live work lived took will be will live will fly 1e Student A is Alexis and Student B is Joe. Talk about Joes life now, 10 years ago and 10 years from now. A: Where do you live? B:
15、I live in an apartment. 52 2a Tell your partner what you know about robots. What do they look like and what can they do? Read the article and match each paragraph with the question it 2b discusses. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Will robots think like humans in the future? What will
16、 robots be like in the future? What can robots do today? What are robots like in movies? Do you Think You Will Have Your Own Robot? 1. When we watch movies about the future, we sometimes see robots. They are usually like human servants. They help with the housework and do jobs like working in dirty
17、ro dangerous places. 2. Today there are already robots working in factories. Some can help to build cars, and they do simple jobs over and over again. Fewer people will do such jobs in the future because they are boring, but robots will never get bored. 3. Scientists are now trying to make robots lo
18、ok like humans and do the same things as we do. Some robots in Japan can walk and dance. They are fun to watch. However, some scientists believe that although we can make robots move like people, it will be difficult to make them really think like a human. For example, scientist James White thinks t
19、hat robots will never be able to wake up and know where they are. But many scientists disagree with Mr. White. They think that robots will even be able to talk like humans in 25 to 50 years. 4. Some scientists believe that there will be more robots in the future. However, they agree it may take hund
20、reds of years. These new robots will have many different shapes. Some will look like humans, and others might look like animals. In India, for example, scientists made robots that look like snakes. If buildings fall down with people inside, these snake robots can help look for people under the build
21、ings. This was not possible 20 years ago, but computers and rockets also seemed impossible 100 years ago. We never know what will happen in the future! 53 2c Read the article again quickly. Complete the sentences about what robots. 1. Robots can build in factories. 2. They can do jobs many times and
22、 never get bored. 3. Some can and . 4. Some can help people under . 2d Fill in the banks in this paragraph with words from the article. Some robots are very human-like. They can walk and like people. Some scientists think that in the future they will robots more like humans. This may not in the near
23、 future, but at some point, robots will even be able to robots will not be able to do the things as we can. For example, he thinks that robots will Be able to wake up know where they are. Which side do you With? What kinds of animals might robots look like in the suture? What do 2e you think these r
24、obots will be able to do? Write your ideas and discuss them with your partner. I think some future robots might look like . They will 54 3a Read Jills answer to the question “What will your life be like in the future?” Fill in the blanks with the words in the box. meet work live look keep wear more
25、less fewer take In 20 years, I think Ill be a newspaper reporter. Ill in Shanghai, because there will be jobs in that city. As a reporter, I think I will lots of interesting people, so Ill have more friends. Ill have pets, though, because Ill have Free time. And my apartment will be no good for pets
26、 because itll be too small. So Ill probably just a bird. During the week, Ill less smart but Ill be more comfortable. In the future, people will more so theyll probably have fewer vacations, but I think Ill a holiday in Hong Kong when possible. One day Ill even go to Australia. 3b Complete the chart
27、 about your life 20 years from now. You can add more items. What will your be like? job home free time activities neighborhood 3c Write about your life 20 years from now. Use 3a and 3b to help you. 55 Discuss how you think a robot will help students with schoolwork in 4 the future. Write down your g
28、roups idea and draw a picture of your robot. 1. I think students wont need dictionaries because a robot will tell them meanings of words. 2. 3. 4. 5. Self Check 1 Put the words in the correct columns in the chart. job people pollution robot fresh water paper planet car clean air city free time build
29、ing money tree more/fewer more/less 2 Fill in the blanks in the conversation. Girl: Mom, what will the future like? Mom: Well, no one knows what the future will be . Girl: But I be beautiful like you? I be a pilot? I want to fly up into the sky. Mom: Youre already beautiful. And you should study hard. Then you be a pilot. Girl: OK, I must study harder then. Mom: But you should also remember that will both good and bad things in life. Girl: Oh, but Im not scared, Mom, because you help me? 56
