1、MODULE 1,Life in the Future,Function,listening & speaking,Function, listening & speaking,1. How to talk about the future. 2. The main meaning of the listening text.,1. Grasp the main meaning of the listening material 2. Increasing the abilities in listening & speaking.,The first sentence talks about
2、 prediction. The sentence use What will the city of the future look like? ( will do ) ,How to talk about futureWhich sentence talks about a certain future?Which sentence talks about prediction?,The second sentence talks about a certain future. The sentence use They are going to ( be going to do ),Fu
3、nction,Match the sentences with the meanings,A. We arrive in Beijing on Tuesday at eight in the evening. B. Were visiting friends tonight C. Look its going to rain!,1. an intention 2. a future which you can see now 3. a timetable 4. an arrangement for the near future 5. A future time reference in a
4、conditional sentence6. a prediction,D. Im going to study engineering at university. E. I wont be here in twenty years. F. These predictions will came true if technology continues to develop.,1. an intention 2. a future which you can see now 3. a timetable 4. an arrangement for the near future 5. A f
5、uture time reference in a conditional sentence6. a prediction,When you ask and answer the questions, you should talk about these things.size and number of roomsfurniture in the roomstechnology,Think about your home then ask & answer questions,Listening & speaking,Listen !,Listen to the tape and answ
6、er the questions about activity 2,Please pay attention to the questions while you are listening, and choose the best answer.,1.a 2.b 3.c 4.b 5.a 6.a 7.c 8.c,Listen to the listening material and ask questions,What will the house look like?How big will your house be? How many rooms will there be in yo
7、ur house?,I think they will look much the same as they do today, at least from the outside. But they will be different inside.,The house will be much bigger or smaller, and there will be more or less rooms in it as we need.,3. In what way will the house be different?,I think the rooms will be more f
8、lexible. I mean we will be able to move the walls to create bigger or smaller rooms when we want to. So the dinning room and living room will disappear in the future. The kitchen will become the most important rooms in the house! The bathrooms will be bigger, so we can spend more time in the bath.,L
9、isten to the listening material & ask questions,4. What about the furniture?,Well, a lot of furniture will be the same. We will still sit in chairs and using cupboards to keep things in, but the technology will be different. I think a single computer will control most of the functions in the house,
10、and it will have a voice recognition system.,5. How will the computer control most of the functions in the house?,Let me tell you about it. If we run out of something, like there is no more milk in the fridge, the computer will tell us. May be a shopping list will appear on a screen on the fridge. A
11、nd the toilet will move higher or lower, depending on who uses it a child or an adult.,What would happen to the dinning room and the living room?2. How to switch on the lights?,The dinning room and living room will disappear.,Listen to the tape again and answer the questions,The computer will do it
12、for us.,Listening & speaking,3. What will the toilet be able to do?4. What will the dishwasher be able to do?,It will move higher or lower depending on who uses it.,It will wash the dishes without water.,Imagine your house in future & think about these things,How big will it be?2. What will it be ma
13、de of?,It will be changeable according to the size we want it.,It will be made of plastic, wood and metal.,Listening & speaking,3. Which rooms will be most important?4. What new technology will it have?,I think the kitchen will be the most important.,The kitchen will supply us with what we want to h
14、ave when we switch on and give it instruction.,We will use machines which use less energy. One of the machines,for example, could be a dishwasher which doesnt need water.,5. How environment-friendly will it be?,What will the future life look like?,What new technology will it have?,Discuss with your partner to talk about the future life that you can imagine.,Homework,Think about the future life,
