Life In The Future课件6.ppt

1. How many stops did they visit? 2. How many inventions did the guide introduce to us? What are they? Detail Reading Divide the text into four Parts. Modern Inventions of the 31st Century Only to be seen on the Space Station Summary It was my first visit to a space station. Described as an e________ round plate, it spins slowly in space to _______ (模仿) the pull of the earth’s gravity. The g________ showed us three stops. In the first stop, I saw the thoughtpad used for s_______ messages. Next stop, we are in the environment area. There is w_____ machine which can s________ all the waste available. The t_____ stop showed us how the goods are m__________ by r______ Discussion In pairs discuss the advantages and disadvantages of living on a space station. For example: would you like to live and work in one? What would you do with your spare time? Prepare to report to the class. * * Using Language Unit 3 Life in the future Just imagine, several thousand years later, the scientific technology is becoming more modern than it is now. What will happen? Are you me? Clone!! I HAVE SEEN AMAZING THINGS I have seen amazing things. * enormous adj. 巨大的；庞大的 * imitate vt. 模仿；仿照 * up-to-date adj. 现代的，最新的 * moveable adj. 可移动的；活动的 * citizen n. 公民；居民；市民 * thoughtpad n. 思想仪 instant n. 瞬间；片刻 adj. 立即的；立刻的 limitation n. 限制；局限，极限 efficient adj. 有能力的；效率高的 dustbin n. 垃圾箱 ribbon n. 丝带； 带状物 ecology n. 生态；生态学 dispose vt. 布置；安排 * greedy adj. 贪吃的；贪婪的；贪心的 * swallow vt. 吞下；咽下 * recycle vt. 回收利用；再利用 * manufacture vt. （用机器）大量生产； 成批制造 * motivation n. 动机 Fast Reading Three inventions. Thoughtpad, a machine and robots. Three. 1). What is the space station like? It is an enormous round plate. 1. Read the first part 2). Why did the space station spin slowly in space? To imitate the pull of the