Imagine the future

Houses will Float in the Air

Part 2

• Practise using the key sentence structure to express

differences in the past and now.
• Talk about one's future plans.
• Discuss what the students think the future will be like.
 Warm up

increasing population

What problems are we facing now?

water pollution

water shortage air pollution

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PM if Ss have difficulty describing the problems.
 Can we fly to space in the future?
太空

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 Words to pictures

earth
underground
solar energy
pollution
gravity
parachute
Tips: T uses simple language and TPR to help Ss guess the words meaning and
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 Pre - Reading

What do you think 2218 will

be like?
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 Reading

These will travel underground, and

First,
will betravelling will be aOh,
more affordable. lot easier.
and it’sThere will be
agoing
new vehicle calledenergy,
to use solar the “bullet”
so nothat travels at
2000km/minute.
more air That means you can get to
pollution.
Beijing from Shanghai in half a minute!

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 But
Second,
don’t worry,
in 2218,
because
there’shouses
probablywillnot
be
able to enough
defy gravity
spaceandonfloat
earth
in for
the air.
everyone to live.
摆脱地心引力

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 How do you get down?
By a parachute of course.

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leadsPM
Ss to think and say how to get down there .
 Lastly, we will never get____
sick
any more!
No more near sight, cold, cough,
stomachache.

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asks PM
Ss do they often get sick and what sickness they know.
 Scientists will find a way to modify our
genes ( 基因 ) at birth, so all of us will be
healthy and strong when we grow up.

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Tips: T10:59 PM the words marked red.
explains
 Do you like my ideas?
Are you looking forward to
them?

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 True or False

( F) 1. People will live on the moon in 2218.

( T) 2. Air pollution will be greatly reduced
in the future.
( F) 3. People are travelling underground now.
( T) 4. People will live in the air.
( F) 5. People won’t get sick because there’s
magic pills.
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 Speaking
Describe the pictures

Now - 2018 Future - 2218

Now, people travel by ..., but in the future,

people will travel by ...

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 Now, the house is ..., but in the
future, the house will...we will use…

Now - 2018 Future - 2218

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 Now, people ..., but in the
future, people will …

Now - 2018 Future - 2218

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 Rearrange the order

be / study / will / internet / the /

everyone / to / on / able

Everyone will be able to study on

the internet.
________________________________

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 be / will / the / classrooms / future /
in / different / ?

Will classrooms be different in

the future?
________________________________

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 anymore / won’t / use / and / students
/ pens / pencils / .

Students won’t use pencils and

pens anymore.
________________________________

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 do / future / what / will / in / the
/ you / ?

What will you do in the future?

________________________________

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 like / will / like / the / be / week /
weather / next / what / ?

What will the weather be like

next week?
________________________________

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 Interaction

What will houses be like in the

future?

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 What will schools be like in the
future?

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 What will phones be like in the
future?

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 Free-talk

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 Homework

Write a short essay about your future

school life.

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