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Unit 10The Next 30 Years
I.Teaching Objectives
1.Understand the audio materials of this unit.2.Grasp the key words , phrases and structure.3.Master the skills of writing and reading in this unit.1)Developing prediction+illustrations paages
2)Scanning for organization in reading materials.II.Teaching Content
1.Lead-in Activities
2.Text Organization
3.Skill Learning in Writing and Reading.Language Points(key words, phrases and difficult sentences)
5.Grammar Focus(“As” used as a conjunction to mean “and so too”).Guided Practice(exercises, oral practice and group work)
III.Teaching Proce
1.Warm-up Questions/Activity
1)Group Writing
looking for one aspect about the future development or problems and focusing on it and working together with the group members to write up a whole paragraph:
What will happen and what will the future be like in the next 30 years?
2)General introduction : This article looks to the future in the next 30 years.It predicts about living standards,life expectancy, lifestyle and risks and problems.The author describes a beautiful blue print paionately and imaginatively.We are lucky and happpy to enter another hitech era and enjoy the advance of technology but we also must hold a caucious attitude toward the future dangers and problems.2.Text Organization
The text can be divided into four parts:
Part I(para1-2)General introduction: Influenced by years of reading articles and books about the future, the author offers his predictions in the next 30 years.Part II(para4-14)There will be great new achievements in the next 30 years: rising living standards, increased life expectancy and better lifestyle.Part III(para16-18)Humans will also face some dangers and problems in the next 30 years: violence and environmental devastation.Part IV(para19)A conclusion—Despite the above-mentioned problems, human civilization is still making genuine progre.3.Skill Learning in Writing and Reading
1)Writing Skill: Developing prediction+illustrations paages
This kind of paage begins with general prediction, and then is supported by illustrations.Example:
The trends indicate that next semester, teachers will be better off than ever before.All of
them will receive salaries much higher than their parents and grandparents ever dreamed of.At the same time, treated with greater respect by their students, teachers around the globe will enjoy their work much more.As a result, their mental and physical health will improve.Happy and satisfied teachers will become commonplaces.2)Reading Skill: Scanning for organization in reading materials.When you’re reading a text in order to find specific information, scanning it first to get an idea of the way the text is organized can be a big help.Visual clues—things like numbers and dates;lists, sections and subtitles(小标题);dialogs, quotations and recurring phrases—are easy to see in a text, and can often give us a good picture of its organization and content before we start reading.When we read in our own language, we usually notice the visual clues automatically, without thinking about them.When you’re reading in English, paying conscious attention to visual clues before you read can improve your comprehension and make your reading more efficient.4.Language Points
1)In le than 3 years the world will reach the outstanding year 2000, and in le
than four----on January 1, 2001, to be precise-----a new millennium will begin.(para1)
outstanding: adj.striking, great
precise: adj.a)exact in form, detail, measurements, time, etc.精确的b)particular;exact;very 恰好的c)sharply clear极清楚的Example:
Now the time is about four o'clock, or to be precise, it is one minute past four.2)I am encouraged to offer my personal view of what is likely to happen in the next 30 years—a view that is heavily influenced by years of reading articles and books about the future.(para1)a view:an idea/a notion/an attitude
3)The problems and dangers now facing the world are, in my judgement, for outweighed by solutions and opportunities.(para2)
Paraphrase----In my opinion, though the world is faced with problems and dangers , what is much more important is that there are solutions to these problems and dangers as well as opportunities for solving them.In one’s judgement: in one’s opinion
Examples:
In my judgement, we should do it.In the parents’ judgement, children should be more independent.outweigh: vtbe more important than
4)It is true enough that humans have an extraordinary genius for making mistakes, but it is balanced by our strong tendency to notice and correct them.(para2)
Paraphrase----It is true , indeed, that humans are especially capable of making mistakes, but it is also true that they always tend to see the mistakes and correct them.Genius: n.special quality
Examples:
Its simplicity is the genius of the plan.Competition is the genius of market-oriented economy.balance: vt cause to be equal in importance, amount, weight, etc.;offset
tendency:n inclination;way a person or thing tends to be or behave
Examples:
He has a tendency to talk too much.Prices are showing an upward tendency.5)The trends indicate that humans will be better off economically 30 years from now than they
are today.(para4)
be better off: be in comfortable economic ciecumstance;have more money than beforeExamples:
She was much better off after she got a second job.Most people believe that people will be off in the future.6)Expertise will flow easily and cheaply to places where it is needed.Paraphrase----Special skill and knowledge will be available conveniently and at low cost to
people in different places who need it.(para4)
7)New materials will permit improvements in products ranging from refrigerators to
automobiles;…(para5)
Paraphrase----New materials will make it poible to affect improvements in a large variety
of products including refrigerators and automobiles.range from…to…: vary from…to…
8)…stocking and underwear may not wear out during the owner’s lifetime.(para5)
Paraphrase----stocking and underwear may last as long as the wearer’s life.9)Life expectancy will rise around the world,…(para7)
life expectancy: the length of time a person, animal, or plant is expected to live
Examples:
Women usually have a longer life expectancy than men.Bats have a life expectancy of around twenty years.10)Happily, increasingly sophisticated medicines and devices to aist the ill and disabled will
become available in the coming decades.(para8)
Paraphrase----Luckily, more and more advanced medicines and devices which provide
help for the ill and disabled people will be invented in the next few decades.11)…beyond the typical retirement age of 65.(para8)
Paraphrase----after they retire normally at the age of 65.the typical retirement age: the age at which most people retire
something that is typical is the most usually, or the most characteristic.Examples:
typical tropical weather
a typical mistake of Chinese students of English
12)A global culture will develop rapidly and take its pick of clothing styles, foods, drinks,games, sports and customs from countries everywhere.(para10)
take one’s pick(of): choose as one wants
Examples:
Take your pick.Choose whichever one of three styles you like.With so many houses for sale, a buyer with money can take his/her pick.13)Space-planes should be in service within the next 20 years,….(para11)
be in service: be in use;be in operation
Examples:
We need to replace the airplanes now in service with new ones.The ferryboat has been in service here for about ten years.14)We will push the frontiers of human settlement in all directions.(para13)
Paraphrase----We will expand the areas for human existence wherever poible.15)The Moon will acquire its first permanent base,…(para13)
Paraphrase----The first permanent base(for human settlement)will be set up on the Moon.16)The pace of ocean development will speed up as the seaside nations increasingly aert
their ownership of the resources off their shores.(para14)
Paraphrase----Ocean development will be quickened as the coastal nations more and
more claim their rights to the resources in waters off their coasts.speed up:(cause to)move or happen at a faster rate.Examples:
Warmth speeds up chemical reactions.Bad housing and poverty sped up the breakdown of their marriage.17)The biggest single cloud hanging over the next 30 years…(para16)
Paraphrase----The one biggest serious problen facing us over the next 30 years….18)…thousands upon thousands of others will almost certainly perish during the next 50 years
as their habitats shrink.(para18)
Paraphrase----…lots and lots of other species of animals will inevitably become extinct
during the next 50 years when their natural homes become smaller and smaller.shrink: vi.＆vt.(cause to 0)become smaller
Examples:
The world’s forests are shrinking at an alarming rate.The hot water shrink my woolen sweater.5.Grammar Focus
“As” used as a conjunction to mean “and so too”
Procedures:
1)Explains to Ss that the conjunction as ,which means “ and so too”, can be used to refer back to what has just been said in order to say that it also applies to someone or something else that follows.Examples:
The 21st century will be a century of fantastic achievements, but it may be accompanied
by horrors on an unheard-of scale, as was the 20th century with its world wars and atomic bombs.David works hard , as do my brothers.2)Put the following sentences on board;
3)Have Ss translate the Chinese into English in pairs
Peter is a high school teacher,___________（他父亲退休前也是中学老师）.(as was his
father before he retired)
John likes claical music,_____________（他女朋友也喜欢古典音乐）.(as does his girl friend)
He believed ,___________（和全家一样），that the King was their supreme lord.(as didi
the family)
She traveled a great deal, ____________（她的大多数朋友也是这样）.(as did most of her
friends)
6.Guided Practice(exercises, oral practice and group work)
1)Summary
A)Ask several students to retell the text by using their own words.B)Talk about the main idea or theme of the text.2)Exercises
EX.II , p282(Comprehension of the Text)
EX.III, IV, p283-284(Vocabulary Revision)
EX.V,VI, p284-285(Word Building: the prefix en–, out-)
EX.XII, p285-286(Structure: “It is true that…”.)
EX.VIII, p286(Structure : “as be/will…”)
7.After-cla Aignments
1)EX.IX, p286-287(Cloze)
2)EX.X, P287-288(Translation)
3)EX.XIII, Writing(Write paragraphs beginning with general predictions and supported with illustrations P290)
4)Preview text B ,(Do exercise XIV.before reading text B)
Text B Our Forecasts 30 Years Later
Language points:
1.It was packed with ideas about …(para1)
Paraphrase----It contained a lot of ideas about…
2.when it comes to foreseeing what lies ahead?(para1)
Paraphrase----speaking of predicting what will hjappen in the years to come.when it comes to(sth.): on the subject of;concerning
Example:
Joe is not good at sports, but when it comes to arithmetic he is the best in the cla.3.…, I decided to evaluate the forecasts made in the February 1967 iue of The Futurist(para2)Paraphrase----I decided to find out whether the forecasts made in the February 1967 iue of The Futurist had turned out right or wrong.4.Transplants are now a standard part of medical practice and would be even more common except for the shortage of usable organs.(para10)
a standard part of medical practice:a very usual part of the busine of a doctorpractice : n.busine of a doctor;medical profeion
5.… are used as temporary substitutes for failing natural hearts…((para10)
Paraphrase---…are used to replace human hearts that do not function properly on a short-time basis…
failing: a.weak;not effective;likely to become usele
6.The notion that cities would push higher and higher into the sky as people crowded ever more
tightly together proved quite wrong.(para14)
Paraphrase---The forecast that cities would build higher and higher buildings as more and more people poured into cities and made them more densely populated than ever before turned out to be quite wrong.7.Laws rarely barred cars from city cores, but traffic jam and high parking charges made the centers so unattractive to drivers that legal restrictions were unneceary.(para14)
Paraphrase---Laws usually do not prohibit cars from entering city centers, but because of the slow-moving traffic and high parking fees, drivers would rather avoid entering city centers, which makes it unneceary to enforce such lawa on them.8.Credit cards will virtually eliminate currency by 1986.(para17)
Paraphrase---Credit cards will almost replace all cash by 1986.…hunger persists in some areas(para18)
Paraphrase---people in some areas are still going hungry
10.…in terms of the large sums, cash has been losing out fast to checks and credit cards.(para18)Paraphrase---with regard to large sums of money, cash is being fast replaced by checks and credit cards.11.What once was an exotic and mysterious force…(para22)
Paraphrase---a force which was once considered fascinating and mysterious(referring to laser in the context)
12….they sometimes know what they’re talking about.(para22)
Paraphrase---They(weather forecasters)have the expertise to give fairly accurate forecasts on many occasions
know what they’re talking about: understand a subject because of one’s experience
13….the term itself was offensive to teachers and is now obsolete.(para28)
Paraphrase---the exoreion “teaching machines” was displeasing to teachers and is no longer in use now
14.…the forecasters seem to have given a fairly good account of themselves.((para34)Paraphrase---The forecasters seem to have made fairly accurate predictions.15.…curing ancient ills.(para34)
Paraphrase---…solving age-old problems
