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课件网) Looking into the future Listening and speaking UNIT 2 master several listening strategies and the pronunciation skills, liaison; Learning Objectives: By the end of this class, I’ll be able to express myself about schools of the future by using expressions of making predictions; gain personal experience of creation through group work; raise awareness of innovation. Activity 1 Warming up a container that holds objects meant for people and then buried, so that it can be dug up and studied much later What do you see What can it be used for What can we usually find inside it What are the speakers talking about A. Predictions about future B. The development of robots C. Flowers on the water Activity 2 Listening for gist Learning Tip 1 The opening speech may help us grasp the main idea. Dr. Han’s prediction Vincent Black’s prediction Structure Computers will be _____than humans. The sea level will ____ by many meters. Robots will be programmed to not think in ways that may _____ humans. Nanobots will be _____ inside our bodies. Cities _____ on water will be built. Our abilities will be _____. People don’t need to _____ away from the sea. Activity 3 Listening for structure Listen, fill in the table and analyze the structure. harm put increased cleverer rise floating move problems solutions results / effects Learning Tip 2 The structure may help us understand the text better. Activity 4 Listening for language Dr.Han: ①I _____ that computers _____ cleverer than us in the future. ②I _____ that people will also _____ computers to think like humans. ③In fact, we’ll also _____ machines to help people internally. Vincent Black: ①I _____ that cities floating on water are part of the world’s future. ②I _____ that people could move into housing in cities that float. Listen again and fill in the blanks. forecast will be think be programming be creating believe think Learning Tip 3 Future tense and signal words, such as “predict”, “forecast”, may help us talk about future accurately(准确地). How to read these sentences 1. Not at all. 2. What might make us want to do that Activity 5 Practicing skills in listening and speaking 3. Could you please tell us about your job Learning Tip 4 Liaison(连读) may make our spoken English more natural and fluent. What will schools look like in the future We think/believe/predict that in the future… Our prediction is that… In the (distant) future there will… We can imagine/forecast… We doubt/don’t think that… We will have the opportunity to… We are going to… Sample: I predict that in the future our desks can be equipped with the HUD. Sentence patterns of making predictions may help us express ourselves better. Activity 5 Practicing skills in listening and speaking Learning Tip 5 Activity 6 Speaking for creative thinking What will No. 18 Middle School be like in 50 years Activity 6 Speaking for creative thinking What will No. 18 Middle School be l ... ...
