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课件网) Vocabulary & Starting out Unit 4 A glimpse of the future By the end of this period, students will be able to: 1. review the new words of Unit 4； 2.try to think and talk about the future using the information and knowledge we’ve gained in this class. 1．artificial 2．assistant 3．victim 4．potentially 5．capacity 6．analyse 7．illegal 8．immoral 9．client adj.人造的，人工的 n.助手，助理 n.受害者 adv.潜在地 n.能力，才能 v.分析 adj.非法的，违法的 adj.不道德的，道德败坏的 n.客户，客人，顾客 Translate the words and then read them together loudly. 10．cite 11．assess 12．cell 13．bound 14．cycle 15．demand 16．mechanical 17．tightly 18．desperate 19．clue 20．faulty 21．consistent v.引用，引述 v.评价，评定 n.细胞 adj.可能的 n.自行车 n.需要，需求 adj.机械的 adv.紧紧地 adj.拼命的，绝望的 n.线索，提示 adj.有故障的，有缺陷的 adj.一贯的，一致的 Future or Fantasy What do you think the world will be in the future a voyage to the moon move to other planets robot waiter pilotless automobile Before you watch While you watch Task 1 Watch and Answer What predictions about the future were made Were they correct Correct predictions: flying machines, organ transplantation, “perpetual light” , the atom bomb, space stations would broadcast television signals all over the globe Incorrect predictions: a world market for maybe five computers, nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners What predictions about the future were made Were they correct Check your answers. Flying machines Perpetual light Organ transplantation The atom bomb Space stations broadcasting television signals A world market for maybe five computers Nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners Not all predictions have turned out to be quite so accurate. These two haven’t come true. Task 2 Watch and Think What is your understanding of “the future has unlimited possibilities” Something unimaginable will happen in the future. Answers may vary. Task 1 Read the passage carefully. Future or Fantasy Not so very long ago, the idea of flying across the Atlantic Ocean in just a few hours would have been pure fantasy. The American aviator Orville Wright even declared in 1908 that “No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris...”Yet，today, we think little of hopping on a plane to take such a journey. Looking back at some of the predictions throughout history, what is perhaps most remarkable is that they were made decades or even centuries before becoming reality. After you watch More than 300 years ago, the world’s first scientific body, the Royal Society, was founded in London. Its motto Nullius in verba, meaning “take nobody’s word for it”， reflected its founders’ spirit of investigation—a spirit that led them to predict flying machines, organ transplantation and “perpetual light” with extraordinary accuracy. But it’s not only scientists who have looked into the future. Predictions have also been made ... ...
