Unit 1 Will people have robots?

Section A

一、 主要詞匯：robot, credit card, pollution

二、語言目標(biāo)：

1. ---Do you think there will be robots in people’s homes?

---Yes, there will.

2. I think every home will have a robot.

3. Kids won’t go to school.

4. ---Will there be any paper money in 100 years?

---No, there won’t.

5. There will be more people.

6. ---What do you think Sally will be in five years?

---I think she’ll be a doctor.

7. ---What sport will she play?

---She’ll play volleyball.

三、語言結(jié)構(gòu)：

1. will+動詞原形（be, do）表示將來發(fā)生的事；

2. I think句型

3. there be 句型的一般將來時(shí)

4. more, less, fewer的用法

四、學(xué)法向?qū)В?/p>

1．會運(yùn)用本單元的英語暢想“我的未來不是夢”；

2．會用英語和他人進(jìn)行“未來宇宙”的話題交談；

3．繪出一幅“未來藍(lán)圖”并用英語進(jìn)行圖解；

4．會用英語進(jìn)行采訪：十年后的你。

五、教學(xué)過程

I 放完第一段視頻后，

① 請本地教師組織教學(xué)，學(xué)生小組活動

1a

（教師）1. Point to the columns of As and Ds and say, A means agree, D means disagree. Circle D if you think the sentence will not be true. Circle A if you think the sentence will be true.

（教師）2. As students work, move around the room answering any questions students may have.

（教師）3. Talk about the answers with the class. All students will probably not have the same answers. Point out the example in the speech bubbles and ask two students to read it to the class. Help students make their own statements using language from the example.

1b

（教師）1. Read the six predictions to the class or have a student do it.

（教師）2. Read the instructions to students. Say, As you listen, circle the things you hear on the recording.

（教師）3. Play the recording the first time. Students only listen.

（教師）4. Play the recording the second time. This time say, Now listen to the conversation again. The people are making predictions about the future. Circle the predictions they talk about on the recording.

（答案）Students circle 1, 2, 4, 5

（聽力材料原文答案）Tapescript

Boy 1: Do you think people will have robots in their homes in 100 years?

Boy 2: Yes, I do. I saw a robot on TV, and it cleaned the kitchen.

Boy 1: Well, I don’t think there will be any paper money.

Boy 2: Do you think everyone will have a credit card?

Boy 1: Yeah, probably.

Boy 2: I think there will be only one country.

Boy 1: Only one country in the whole world? Will there be world peace?

Boy 2: I hope so.

Boy 1: I bet kids won’t go to school. They’ll study at home on computers.

Boy 2: Oh, I disagree.

Boy 1: You do?

Boy 2: Yeah, there will always be schools.

1c

（教師）1. Read the instructions.

（教師）2. Ask two students to read the example in the sample dialogue.

（教師）3. Help other students make one or two other predictions using statements like those in the sample dialogue. Point to an item in activity 1a and read it to the class. For example, Books will only be on computers. Help the student from the question, Will there be books in 100 years? Then help another student give the answer. He or she can say either, Yes, there will or No, there won’t. Books will only be on computers.

② 全班討論

Ask students to predict what will happen at an upcoming school event such as a soccer game or a school party. They can make statements and agree or disagree with each other. For example, Our team will win the game. We’ll get ten points. The other team won’t score any points. Write some of the predictions on the board.

II 放完第二段視頻后，

① 請本地教師組織教學(xué)，學(xué)生小組活動

2a

（教師）1. Play the recording the first time. Students look at the list of words and listen to the recording.

（教師）2. Play the recording a second time. This time students circle the words they hear on the recording.

（答案）cars leisure time trees pollution people

（聽力材料原文答案）Tapescipt

Woman: Ok, now I want to hear everyone’s predictions about the future.

Girl 1: Well, I think there will be more people.

Woman: More people? OK. What else?

Boy 1: I predict that there will be less leisure time.

Woman: I hope not!

Girl 2: Well, I think there will be fewer cars.

Woman: You do?

Girl 2: Yes, people will use the subways more.

Woman: That’s a good idea. Let’s hear another prediction.

Boy 2: There will be less pollution.

Woman: That will be good for the earth!

Girl 1: I think there will be fewer trees. I think cities will be really big and crowded because there will be a lot more people.

2b

（教師）1. Point out the list of predictions and ask different students to read the predictions to the class.

（教師）2. Read the instructions and point out the sample answer.

（教師）3. Play the recording. This time students circle the word they hear on the recording in each sentence: more less or fewer.

（答案）1. more 2. fewer 3. fewer 4. less 5. less

2c

（教師）1. Read the instructions.

（教師）2. Point to the example in the sample dialogue. Ask two students to read the conversation to the class.

（教師）3. Point out the sentences in activity 2b. Read the dialogue again and ask students to point to the sentences that the two students are talking about.

（教師）4. Then have students work in groups of four. They take turns making predictions about the future and agreeing or disagreeing with each other. As they ask and answer the questions, move around the room checking their work.

（教師）5. Check the answers by calling on different groups to say a conversation to the class.

② 全班做游戲

Play a game with countable and uncountable nouns. Divide the class into two teams. Make statements using the word more plus an countable noun or an uncountable noun. For example, You need more water or You need more eggs. First one team say the statement, then the other changes their statements into another statement that uses a specific quantity. For example, You need more salt might become You need a teaspoon of salt. You need more eggs might become You need three eggs. Each correct answer is worth one point.

III 放完第三段視頻后，

請本地教師組織教學(xué)，學(xué)生小組活動

（教師）1. Point to the three pictures and say, This is Sally. This is Sally five years ago, this is Sally now, and this is Sally, five years in the future.

（教師）2. Read the instructions. Point out the sample answer and ask a student to read it to the class.

（教師）3. Ask students to complete the work on their own.

（答案）1. in high school 2. soccer 3. a cat 4. in college 5. the guitar 6. a dog 7. a doctor 8. tennis 9. a sports car (a child)

3b

（教師）1. Read the instructions.

（教師）2. Point to the example in the sample dialogue. Ask two students to read the dialogue to the class.

（教師）3. Point out the pictures in activity 3a. Read the dialogue again and ask students to point to the picture they are talking about.

（教師）4. Then have students work in pairs. As they make their predictions, move around the room checking their work.

（教師）5. Check the answers by calling on different students to make predictions about Sally.

3c

（教師）1. Read the instructions.

（教師）2. Give an example from your own experience. You may ask a good student to do this instead if you would prefer.

（教師）3. Ask a few students to give examples. Correct any grammatical errors to make sure the students are providing a good model for the rest of the class.

（教師）4. Ask students to complete the work on their own.

（教師）5. Review the task. Ask a few more students for answers.

4

（教師）1. Read the instructions. Say, This activity has two parts --- drawing a picture and talking about it.

（教師）2. Ask students to draw pictures on their own. Move around the room helping students get ideas if they are having trouble. For example, you can say, How about some parks, lots of green parks? You could draw some bicycles or special roads for bicycles.

（教師）3. Ask students to show their pictures to other students and describe what they drew.

注：黑色的斜體字是老師在課上組織教學(xué)時(shí)所用到的語言。