外研版高中英语必修4全册教案

外研版高中英语必修4 全册教学设计教案

目录

Module1 Period1 Introduction Reading and Vocabulary

Module1 Period2 Function Listening and Speaking

Module1 Period3 Grammar Pronunciation

Module1 Period4 Writing Everyday English

Module2 Period1 Introduction;Reading and Vocabulary

Module2 Period2 Function;Listening and Speaking

Module2 Period3 using language

Module2 Period4 Speaking;Writing;Everyday English

Module2 Period5 Cultural Corner;Task;Module File

Module3 Period1 Introduction

Module3 Period2

Module3 Period3

Module3 Period4

Module3 Period5

Module4 Period1 Introduction and writing

Module4 Period2 Vocabulary and Reading

Module4 Period3 Function;Grammar 1，2

Module4 Period4 Listening;Pronunciation；Speaking

Module5 Period1 introduction; Vocabulary and Reading

Module5 Period2 Grammar;Function;Pronunciation

Module5 Period3 Listening;Speaking;Task

Module5 Period4 Vocabulary;Writing;Everyday English

Module5 Period5 Cultural Corner；Module File

Module6 Period1 introduction

Module6 Period2 Vocabulary;Writing

Module6 Period3 Reading and Speaking

Module 1Life in the Future

Brief Statements Based on This Module

The Analysis of Teaching Contents in This Module

Introduction

The topic in this module is “Life in the Future”.Before the class,the teacher may encourage the students to find some pictures of some buildings and bring the pictures to the classroom for use.They may also surf the Internet to find some vocabulary used to describe environment and building materials.To begin this part the teacher may show the students the pictures in the book and carry out an activity of asking and answering questions using the questions the book provides.The teacher may also have a brainstorm in the class with the help of the questions given.In Activity 2 the teacher may show the students such words as “brick”“concrete”“mud” and so on.Explain some if necessary.After that the teacher may encourage the students to talk about the pictures they bring to the class in groups using the words they learned in this part.At the end of this lesson the representatives will be asked to act out their dialogue.

Reading and Vocabulary

The teacher may list the new words or ask the students to find the new words in the course of previewing the text.By guessing from the whole context they will have a good sense of enlarging their vocabulary and this is very important in learning a language.The main idea of this passage is about the City of the Future.While reading this passage,some reading strategies are necessary:skimming—fast reading to find out the general idea of the passage as well as the answers to one or two questions;scanning—careful reading to look for important facts;guessing—try to guess unknown words from the context,understand the author?s attitude and ideas from the context and understand the intention.

In the teaching of the reading,the teacher can organize different reading activities according to the content of the text on purpose to train the above reading strategies and help them develop good reading habits from the very beginning.

Function

The function of this module is “talking about the future”.Through the reading of the extracts from the City of the Future the students may have a better understanding of when to use with countable nouns and when to use with uncountable nouns.Some explanation from the teacher may be involved if necessary.And Activity 2 can act as a kind of consolidation.

Listening and Speaking

In this part the students?listening and speaking abilities are trained.First the students are encouraged to use their imagination to a full extent and draw a picture of their future home and then have a discussion.Thus speaking can serve as the warming up of listening.Through listening the students may have a better understanding of the future home.

Grammar

The grammar in this module is the future continuous.The future continuous is formed with will be and the -ing form of the verb.Its function is to make predictions,i.e.it describe a situation which will be in progress at a given moment in the future.To make the students clear,the teacher had better give students some exercises for consolidation.

Pronunciation

The pronunciation in this module is stress.The teacher may choose a short paragraph from the

passage and then ask them to find the stressed words themselves.After that you may play the tape for the students to listen and check their answers.

Writing

Activity 1 is a preparation of writing.The students may be encouraged to read the passage to learn about how to make predictions.Through this activity the students can master some ways to tell about the future things and some words as well.In writing what they will be doing in ten years,the teacher may teach them the steps:first make an outline and write down some key words;the next step is to exchange their works with their deskmates for suggestions;the last step is correction.

Everyday English

First encourage the students to do this activity individually and then check with a partner.To consolidate it,the teacher may ask the students to make up a dialogue using the phrases in this part.

Cultural Corner

This part introduces to us people?s predictions about the future.These predictions has turned out to be absurd,so it is very interesting to read and thus attract the students.However,it can also make the students think about this question:How do we treat the development of the world?In dealing with this part the teacher may decide the Teaching Methods.If time permits,intensive reading is necessary;but if not,extensive reading,fast reading or skimming is also OK.

Task

The task of this module is to describe one?s ideal house for the future.You may first ask the students to draw a picture of the house and a plan of the rooms inside.And then the students are encouraged to say what each room in the house is and any interesting features it will have.The better ones may demonstrate their works to the whole class.

Module File

This part is a summary of this module.It may help the students to know whether they have mastered the main points or not.If time permits,the teacher may have a revision of this module by analyzing this part and consolidate it with some exercises.

Five Periods for Teaching

Period 1:Introduction;Reading and V ocabulary

Period 2:Function;Listening and Speaking

Period 3:Grammar;Pronunciation

Period 4:Writing;Everyday English

Period 5:Cultural Corner;Task;Module File

Period 1Introduction;Reading and Vocabulary

The General Idea of This Period

Before this period the teacher may ask the students to prepare some pictures of different kinds of buildings and look up some words describing building materials in the dictionary for future use.After that we will learn some new words that can be used to describe the building materials.In dealing with Activity 2 the teacher may have a brainstorm among the students and make them speak out the names of different building materials in English.Multimedia is of great help in leading in this part.The task of Activity 3 is to discuss what their school is made of.The teacher may encourage to talk about the pictures they bring to the class in groups using the words they learned in this part.At the end of this lesson a representative will be asked to act out their dialogue.As for Reading and V ocabulary,first the teacher may list the new words or ask the

students to find the new words in the course of previewing the text.By guessing from the whole context they will have a good sense of enlarging their vocabulary and this is very important in learning a language.The main idea of this passage is about the City of the Future.Through this article not only will the students predict the prospect of our world but also they will fully develop their imagination.

Teaching Important Points

Encourage the students to talk about building materials.

Teaching Difficult Points

Lead the students to speak out the English names of some building materials.

Teaching Methods

Individual work,pair work to get every student to participate in class.

Teaching Aids

Some pictures,multimedia & a blackboard.

Three Dimensional Teaching Aims

Knowledge and Skills

Make the students master some new words.

Encourage the students to know how to describe a building.

Make sure the students use simple English to have a discussion.

Process and Strategies

Train the students speaking ability through individual and pair work.

Feelings and Values

Through the study of this module the students will surely have a better understanding of the trends of the development of the world.Meanwhile,they can know about the necessity of sustainable development.

Teaching Procedures

Step 1 Lead-in

T:Good morning,boys and girls!

Ss:Good morning,Sir!

T:Now I?m very glad to see you here—in my class.I hope we will enjoy staying with each other.Let?s start our cooperation with Module 1 Life in the Future.Please look at the picture in our textbook.What is it?

S:I think it is a building.

T:Then where do you think it is?

S:Perhaps it is in a big farm.

T:Good!And would you like to live in it?

S:I imagine a lot of fun living in it.

T:Do you know what kind of building materials the building is made of?

S:Yes.Judging by the color of the building,it is made of stone.

T:Very good!What other materials do you know?Can you speak out the names of the building materials in English?

S:The building materials we are familiar with in our daily life include aluminum,brick,concrete,glass,mud and so on.(The teacher listed the names on the blackboard.) aluminum brick concrete glass mud plastic rubber steel stone wood

T:Yes.Well done!Now please try to use the building materials on the blackboard to complete

the following sentences.

1.__________is a very light metal.

2.__________is a very strong material.

3.Both __________and __________come from trees.

4.__________is light,strong,very popular,and man-made.

5.__________are often used to build walls.

6.__________is very strong and is used in many modern buildings.

7.__________is wet earth.

8.__________is a natural hard material.

9.__________is used to make windows.

(The teacher check their answers.)

Suggested answers:

1.Aluminum

2.Steel

3.rubber,wood

4.Plastic

5.Bricks

6.Concrete

7.Mud

8.Stone9.Glass

T:All of you did very good jobs!

T:Now that we have known so much about building materials,now let?s talk about our teaching buildings:What materials are the teaching buildings made of/from?

(Pair the students to discuss the school.Ask them to make a list and then call back answers in a whole-class setting and list the answers on the board.)

T:Well done.

Step 2 Fast reading

T:Now let?s come to Reading and Vocabulary.Suppose you are traveling to “A City of the Future”,please imagine what you will see there.What will be different from a present city?

S:I think in the future world the schools are different from now.Internet-schools will take over the present schools.

T:Good imagination!

S:Solar energy will take the place of gas,coal,electricity and so on.

S:...

T:Very good!Now according to your imagination please tick the topics you think will mention.And then read the passage to check your ideas.

(After a few minutes check their answers.)

Suggested answers:

alternative energy crime shopping environment entertainment

T:Good job!Now please read the text fast and then try to answer the following questions.

(Show the following on the screen.)

1.What is for sure about the cities in the future?

A.They are getting bigger before they get smaller.

B.They are getting smaller before they get bigger.

C.They are getting more and more smaller.

D.They will keep the same as today.

2.Will a man get his telephone number in the future?

A.When he is 18 years old.

B.When he is 14 years old.

C.When he gets married.

D.When he was born.

3.Which is not true in the year 2025 according to the text？

A.no smoking

B.batman nets

C.garbage ships

D.car powered by wind

4.Why do people care more about the environment in the future?

A.Because they can use recycled materials.

B.Because they have improved the sense of environment.

C.Because the earth?s natural resources run out.

D.Because there are more people in the world.

5.What can you do in the year 2025?

A.You can go shopping in the malls.

B.You can entertain freely.

C.You have to go to hospital to get operated.

D.You can smoke in your own room.

Suggested answers:

1.A

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.B

Step 3 Vocabulary

T:While reading you have learned some new words,right?Please read the words on the screen after me!Pay attention to the two words where the stress doesn?t fall on the first syllable:disability,recreation.

(Show the following on the screen.)

clinic disability mall net online outdoors recreation run out solar surgery urban T:Now you may read the passage quickly again and try to make sense of the words according to the context.The sentences on the screen may be of help to you.Match them with the words or phrases.

1.a problem which prevents you from doing something__________

2.not in a building__________

3.from the sun__________

4.free time activities,such as sport and entertainment__________

5.you can use this to catch a lot of fish at the same time__________

6.through the Internet__________

7.a place where you can get medical treatment__________

8.to do with town or city life__________

9.a shopping centre__________

10.to use up or finish completely__________

11.medical treatment in which the doctor cuts open your body__________

Suggested answers:

1.disability

2.outdoors

3.solar

4.recreation

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6.online

7.clinic

8.urban

9.mall10.run out11.surgery

T:Here are more exercises:match the words and phrases in Box A with those in Box B.

A

arrest carry out load recycle rely on waste(v.)

B

alternative energy criminals huge spaceship material natural resource operation (After a few minutes check their answers.)

Suggested answers:

arrest animals,carry out operation,load huge spaceship,recycle material,rely on alternative energy,waste natural resources.

T:Please read the passage one more time and spot the words or phrases in the text which mean these things.

(Show the following on the screen.)

1.not a wise thing to doa risky business

2.someone who needs medical treatment but doesn?t need to stay in hospital__________

3.remove__________

4.old people__________

5.you don?t have to pay for something__________

6.a hole in the ground filled with garbage that can?t be recycled__________

Suggested answers:

1.a risky business

2.outpatient

3.get rid of

4.senior citizens

5.free of charge

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Step 4 Intensive reading

T:Just now we have caught the main idea of this passage.Now please read this passage carefully.While reading,please try to find out the answers to the following questions.You may discuss with your deskmate.

(Show the following questions on the screen.)

1.What have students in a Texas University done?

2.Where will garbage ships go?

3.Who will batman nets catch?

4.Where won?t people be allowed to smoke?

5.How will people go shopping?

6.What number will people keep for life?

7.What won?t people have to pay for?

8.How will cars be different?

9.What will the doctors do from a distance?

10.Where will old people go without moving?

(The teacher may ask the students to ask and answer the questions in pairs.)

Suggested answers:

1.They have thought how to run a city in 2025.

2.To the Sun.

3.Criminals.

4.Within a city?s limits.

5.Online.

6.Their telephone number.

7.Recreation.

8.They will be powered by electricity.

9.Surgery.

10.Anywhere in the world.

T:Wonderful jobs,all of you!

Step 5 Discussion

T:In the passage we have learned some predictions about the city of the future.Now discuss in groups of four the following questions:

1.Which prediction is the strangest?

2.Which prediction is the most useful?

3.Which prediction will come true first?

4.Which prediction will come true last?

(Call back the ideas from different pairs,one at a time,and ask the rest of the class to comment on them.Try to encourage a discussion.)

Step 6 Summary and homework

T:This period first we learned about some building materials.And then we read an article about the city of the future.In the article we learned quite a lot of new words.Above all,we have mastered the usages of the words.What?s more,we carried out a discussion about the topic.After class,please memorize the new words we?ve learned and choose a question in Activity 7 to give your own idea.That?s all for today.Good-bye,everyone.

Ss:Good bye,teacher.

The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard

Module 1Life in the Future

The first period

alternative energy crime schools public services shopping environment traffic weather entertainment

Records after Teaching

__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________

Activities and Research

1.Encourage the students to think of more building materials.

2.Lead the students to add more topics to the list.

Reference for Teaching

Language Points

1.mention v.提及,提到

n.提及,说起

Nobody mentioned anything to me about it.

没人跟我提过这事儿。

You mentioned in your letter that you might be moving abroad.

你在信中谈到你可能要移居国外。

He made no mention of his work.

他根本没提他的工作。

The concert did not even get a mention in the newspapers.

报纸对这场音乐会只字未提。

mention “提及,提到,说起”,可作名词和动词,作动词时后可跟名词或从句作宾语。

Don?t mention it.为别人道谢时回答用语,表”不客气”。例如:

—Thanks for you help.

多谢你帮忙。

—Don?t mention it.

不用客气。

2.for sure 确实;肯定地

I think he left for America a year ago,but I can?t say it for sure.

我想他一年以前去了美国,但是我也不敢肯定。

He will be here for sure within an hour.

他一个小时之内肯定到这儿。

for sure 是一种非正式的用法,常用在口语中,相当于for certain,指对某事很有把握。

be sure of/about sth./doing sth.对（做）某事有把握

be sure +从句”对……有把握”

be sure to do sth.一定,务必……

make sure of/about sth./doing sth.弄清楚,查明

make sure +从句”弄清楚,查明”

例如:

We are sure of/about our success.

我们很有把握成功。

We are sure that our conclusion is in accordance with the facts.

我们相信我们的结论与事实相符。

He?s sure to come tomorrow.

他明天一定会来。

Make sure that you turn off the lights before you leave the classroom.

确保你离开教室前要关灯。

Make sure of the time at which the train for Shanghai leaves.

查明开往上海的火车何时离开。

Make sure he writes it down.

让他一定记下来。

3.rely on/upon sb./sth.指望或依赖某人/某物

The boy always relies on his sister to finish his homework.

这男孩总是依赖他的姐姐给他完成作业。

The industry relies on the price of raw materials remaining low.

这一产业靠的是原料便宜,不涨价。

rely on/upon sb./sth.to do sth.”依靠;依靠”，后面常接不定式和v.-ing形式(动名词复合结构)。

depend on 与count on 也是此义。

First of all,we should count on self-reliance.

首先,我们应该依赖自力更生。

It is foolish to depend on Middle Eastern countries for our oil supplies.

把我们的石油供应都依赖于中东国家是鲁莽的。

You should not always depend on your parents.

你不能总是依赖父母。

4.limit n. 界限;限度;限制

vt. 限制;限定

There is a limit to the pain we can bear.

我们能忍受的疼痛是有限度的。

He knows the limits of his power.

他知道自己的权限。

Families are limited to four free tickets each.

每户限发四张免费票。

My mother limits the amount of food that I eat.

我母亲限制我的饭量。

within limits”在某种程度上;有一定限制”例如:

I am willing to help you,within limits.

我愿意帮忙,但有一定的限度。

limitless adj.无限制的;无界限的;无止境的

unlimited adj.无限的

limited adj.有限的;少的;小的

set a limit to/put a limit on 限制……例如:

set a limit to/put a limit on the number of passengers 限制乘客人数5.place an order/place orders 下订单;订购

He placed a large order for computers with that company.

他给那个公司下了一个计算机的大订单。

I would like to place an order for ten copies of this book.

这本书我想订购十册。

on order 在订购中

out of order 有毛病;出故障;不整齐

in order 秩序井然

order 作动词用表示”命令”,其后的宾语从句用虚拟语气。

My car is out of order.

我的车出毛病了。

We are getting our books on order.

我们的书正在订购中。

The general ordered that all the soldiers should retreat from the front. 将军命令所有的士兵撤离前线。

6.carry out 实施;执行;贯彻

You must carry out your promise.

你必须履行你的诺言。

In order to complete the task on time,we must carry out our policies. 为了准时完成任务,我们必须执行我们的政策。

The plan being carried out was put forward by our headmaster.

正在执行的计划是由我们校长提出来的。

carry...back...使想起

carry on 继续做,坚持干

carry through 使实现;使渡过难关例如:

The smell of the sea carried her back to her childhood.

大海的气息勾起了她对童年的回忆。

Carry on with your work while I am away.

我走之后,你要接着工作。

It is a difficult job but she can carry it through.

这项工作很难但是她能够完成。

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Nowadays it?s very common for people to have a computer at home in China.

现在中国人家有电脑很普遍。

The humorous joke is common property.

这个幽默笑话大家都知道。

have sth./much/a lot/a little/little/nothing in common 在……有（很多/一点/很少/没有）共同之处

in common (with) 与……一样

Kate and I have one thing in common—we like the movies.

我和凯特有一个共同点,那就是我们都喜欢看电影。

It is strange that they should be such good friends,especially as they have nothing in common.

很奇怪他们会成为那么好的朋友,特别是他们之间毫无共同之处。

In common with everyone else,I hold that the sports meeting should be put off till next week.同大家一样,我也认为运动会应该推迟到下周举行。

Background Information

The Future of the Net Economy

网络化经济的明天

As we cross the threshold into the next century,human society is beginning its move from the industrial economy into the knowledge-based economy.In more specific terms,the application of information to the economy is best exemplified in the networking of communication,or the so-called Net economy.This Net refers to the computer network of satellites,optic fibres,cables and telephone lines that connect the whole world.With the click of a mouse,information from the other end of the globe will be transported to your computer screen at the dizzying speed of seven-an-a-half times around the earth per second.Generally,there are two aspects of the Net.One is the networking between businesses and their customers.The other is the networking between individual businesses,or the regional and even global networking between industrial production and scientific research.Internet shopping belongs to the first aspect.

当我门步入新世纪的时候,人类社会正开始由工业经济向知识型经济转变。具体地说，经济中信息的应用主要是反映在通讯的网络化,也就是所谓的网络经济。该网络就是指由卫星、光纤、电缆和电话线路将世界各个角落连接在一起的电脑网络。只要用鼠标一点,在地球另一端的信息马上就会以每秒钟绕地球七周半的惊人速度传输到你的电脑屏幕上。网络化大致可分成两个方面:其一是企业与客户之间的网络化,另外一个则是企业间的网络化,或者是工业生产和科学研究之间的地区性甚至全球性的网络化。网上购物就属于第一个方面。

From a long-term perspective,Internet shopping is but a low-level aspect of the Net,and it is not likely to become the most important trend.After all,most merchandise is unsuitable for Internet shopping.Besides,if everyone shops on the Net,what will happen to the hundreds and thousands of shopping malls?Therefore,the second aspect of the Net will be more important.Its significance goes beyond that of connecting businesses.There have been reports of simultaneous consultation of doctors from all over the world on the Internet.These are early examples of high-level networking.

从长远来看,网上购物仅仅是低层次的网络化,未必会成为最主要的趋向。毕竟大多数商品并不适合网上购物。此外,如果大家都在网上购物,那么成千上万的购物中心该怎么办呢？所以说,网络化的第二个方面将更加重要，它的重要性远远超过了商务联络。媒介曾报道过世界各地的医生利用国际互联网同时会诊。这些是高层次网络化的初期例子。

It is estimated that the new synergy between computers and Net technology will have significant influence on the industry of the future.The sheer power of electronic commerce (e-commerce) will change the face of trade dramatically.Sporting goods company Puma was on the verge of bankruptcy back in 1992.From 1993,Puma began to diffuse its production,logistics and marketing divisions to 80 Net enterprises worldwide,and the results were spectacular.Puma was transformed from a sickly feline into a magnificent beast.The reason for this transformation is that intra and inter-business electronic links greatly increase the efficiency of production,planning,the collecting of information and data exchange.As the business is rapidly being rationalized,production figures go up while costs come down.

有人预测,新的电脑和网络技术的结合将会对未来工业产生巨大的影响。电子商业的惊人威力会使贸易发生巨变。彪马体育用品公司（Puma）在1992年已濒临破产。1993年起彪马公司开始把生产、后勤和销售分散到全世界80个电脑联网企业,结果业绩斐然。彪马从一只病猫变成一头真正的猛兽。其原因就是企业内部和企业之间的电子网络极大地提高了生产、规划、信息收集以及数据交换的效率。由于业务迅速合理化,生产数量得到了提高,而同时成本也随之降低。

The development of e-commerce may well bring the world into a brand new era of ”electronic currency”.With the emergence of a phantom electronic currency,every one of us would be affected.At the moment,developed areas in Europe,the United States and Asia have already started studying the possibility of an electronic currency.Electronic currency is not only about currency.It refers to an entire finance system on the Net.It includes a virtual numeric currency,an electronic system of withdrawals,transfers and loans,and Smartcards (electronic purses) of all shapes and sizes.The appearance of an electronic currency system implies the emergence of “virtual banks” and “virtual enterprises”.Actually,the rudimentary beginnings of a virtual bank appeared in the US in 1995 as the Security First Network Bank,the world?s first Internet bank.Although it is a small and insignificant bank,it represents the trend of the future.In time to come,we may even have to forsake the familiar paper currency.

电子商业的发展很可能会把世界带进一个”电子货币”的崭新时代。幽灵似的电子货币的出现会影响我们每一个人。目前欧美和亚洲的发达地区都已经开始了对电子货币的可行性的研究。电子货币不单指钱币,而是泛指网上一个完整的金融系统。它包括一种虚拟的数字钱币、一套电子出纳转账借贷系统以及各种形状和大小的智能卡（电子钱包）。电子货币系统的出现意味着”虚拟银行”和”虚拟企业”的出现。其实,这种虚拟银行的雏形早在1995年就已经在美国出现，它的名称是”安全第一网络银行”,堪称世界第一家国际互联网银行。虽然它只是一家微不足道的银行,但是它却代表了未来的趋势。到了那个时候,我们也许真的不得不

告别我们已经习惯了的纸币。

As the Net pushes the economy ahead rapidly,the economy is also bringing the Net market forward,resulting in the Internet itself becoming the world?s largest emerging market.Of course,this is just the beginning.Although there are many companies which made huge profits investing in the Internet market,they tend to be small companies,like Yahoo.To date,most companies are making losses.The Net and e-commerce will foster a large number of freelancers,and this will affect social structure in a big way.The competition for technological superiority in the era of the knowledge-based economy will also be more intense.This will definitely promote greater (even global) and more efficient cooperation to maintain competitiveness.The highly efficient research and development work conducted on the worldwide Net are best suited for small and medium enterprises to band together and break the monopolies of the “giants”.

当网络化高速地推动经济的时候,经济也反过来促进网络市场的发展。其结果是国际互联网本身将成为全球最大的新兴市场。当然这还仅仅是个开始。尽管在国际互联网市场上投资的许多公司都赚了大钱,但它们通常是小公司,比如雅虎。迄今为止,多数公司还是赔钱的。网络化和电子商业的发展将会造就大批的自由职业者,从而将对社会结构产生深远影响。在知识型经济的时代,科技领先的竞争也会变得更激烈。这必定会促进更大（甚至是全球范围内）更卓有成效的合作,以保持竞争力。全球网络化的高效率研究及开发工作对中小型企业联合起来打破”巨人”的垄断是最适合不过的了。

The Next Generation of Telephones

The next generation telephone is called Super phone or Personal Communication Network(PCN).Your super phone goes wherever you go,in your pocket.You can use it in the street,in an aeroplane,a boat,or a taxi;you can call from anywhere on the globe to anywhere else.Calls travel at the speed of light,via satellites using ultraviolet,high-frequency wave bands and each communication is automatically billed to your account.

This new phone is the size and shape of a billfold.You unfold it to use it,making it long enough to reach from your ear to your mouth.There is a miniaturized touch pad,on which to enter the number you are calling.There is also a tiny liquid crystal screen on which you can read weather,news or financial reports.These news items are constantly updated by the company that sells the service.Letter keys on the touch pad also allow you to use this electronic marvel as a computer or word processor.You can plug it into your large home or office computer in order to transfer any data that you feed in during a business trip.The PCN also stores any useful information of your own that you might need as you travel,such as the names,addresses and phone numbers of several hundred people,important meetings,flight details,and so on.When you need information,you simply call it up on the screen.You can even use your PCN to activate electronically controlled equipment at home.For example,you could switch your oven on or off,start the sprinkler system in your garden during a dry spell,get your video recorder to record a show on television,turn off the central heating,and so on.All of this from thousands of miles

away,perhaps from the back of a camel in the desert.Prototypes are already being trained.In spite of the complex technology,they will be cheap because of the enormous sales that will be made.

下一代的电话

下一代的电话将被叫做超级电话或者个人通讯网络。你的超级电话将在你的口袋中伴你漫游四方。你可以在街上、飞机上、轮船上或是出租车上自由使用。你可以在全球的任何一个地方接通电话。通话速度会达到光速,它通过卫星,使用超级紫外线和高频波段,每一次通讯会被自动地记入你的账号。

这种新式电话的大小和形状如同一个钱包,使用时将它打开,使其长度足够达到从耳朵到嘴巴的距离。它有一个袖珍触摸板,你在上面可以输入你要打的电话号码。电话上有一个小小的液晶显示屏用来阅读天气、新闻或者金融报道。这些新闻的内容会由提供此项服务的公司不断地更新。触摸板上的字母键可以使这个奇妙的电子产品作为计算机或者文字处理器来使用。你可以将它与你家中或办公室的大型电脑相连,传输你在出差途中采录的数据。个人通讯网络还可以储存你在旅行时可能需要的一些重要个人信息,如几百人的姓名、地址、电话号码以及重要会议、航班细节等等。当你需要这些信息时,你只需简单地把它们呼到屏幕上。你甚至可以使用你的个人通讯网络遥控你家中的电器。比如,你可以开关炉子,在天气干燥的时候启动你花园中的喷淋装置,控制录像机录制电视台的节目,关闭中央供暖系统,等等。所有这一切的操作都可以在千里之遥的地方进行,或许就在沙漠中的一头骆驼的背上。这种个人通讯网络的雏形已经进入试验阶段。虽然它的技术复杂,但是售价会很低廉。因为它的销量将会是巨大的。

The Merging of Man and Computer in 21st Century

21世纪中人与计算机的融合

Education in 2009:Toward Computer-Aided Self-Learning

Students typically have a computer of their own,a thin,tablet like device weighing under a pound,with a very-high-resolution display suitable for reading.Learning materials are accessed through wireless communication.The traditional mode of a human teacher instructing a group of children is still prevalent,but schools increasingly rely on software approaches.Teachers primarily attend to issues of motivation,psychological well-being,and socialization.

2009年的教育:向计算机辅助的自学发展

学生通常都有自己的计算机:那是一种薄薄的便笺簿似的装置,重量不到一磅,有适于阅读的高清晰度显示器学习材料可利用无线通信获得。由教师本人指导一群学生的传统教学方式依然盛行,但学校越来越依靠软件教学。教师们主要致力于学生学习兴趣的激发、心理健康和适应社会等问题。

Business in 2009:Virtual Commerce Grows

At least half of all transactions are conducted online.There is a strong trend toward the geographic separation of work groups.People are successfully working together despite living and working in different places.The average household has more than 100 computes,most of which are embedded in appliances and built-in communication systems.Household robots have emerged but

are not yet fully accepted.

2009年的商业:虚拟商业得到发展

至少有一半交易在网上进行。工作群体的地理分工趋势日益明显。在不同地方生活和工作的人们可以成功地协作。普通家庭拥有100多台计算机,其中大多设置在家电或通信系统中。家用机器人已经出现,但是尚未被完全接受。

Health Care in 2009:Electronic Paramedics

Telemedicine is widely used:Physicians examine patients using visual,auditory,and haptic (tactile) examination from a https://www.360docs.net/doc/162002452.html,puter-based pattern recognition is routinely used to interpret imaging data and other diagnostic Teaching Procedures.Lifetime patient records are maintained in computer databases.

2009 年的保健:电子护理人员

远程医疗被广泛使用:医师们利用远程视觉、听觉和触觉检查为患者进行诊断。以计算机为基础的模式识别广泛用于解释成像数据和其他诊断程序。患者的终生病历都保存在计算数据库中。

The Arts in 2009:Media-Enhanced Expression

The computer screen is the medium of choice for visual art,which is becoming collaboration between human artists and their intelligent art software.Technology allows no musicians to create music,such as cybernetic music-creation systems and software to create music from a person?s brain waves.Writers use voice-activated word processing and style-improvement software.

2009年的艺术:媒体加强了表现力

计算机屏幕是视觉艺术的选择媒介,这种艺术正逐渐成为艺术家与他们的智能艺术软件的结合。技术使非音乐家创造出音乐,如利用人脑电波作曲的声控作曲系统和软件，作家使用声控文字处理系统和文体改进软件。

Period 2Function;Listening and Speaking

The General Idea of This Period

In Function there is not so much to learn for the students in this period.However,as the students have trouble in knowing about some language phenomenon of subtle differences,it is rather difficult.So the role of the teacher in this period is to help the students to understand the differences between “a certain future” and “a prediction”.And the teacher will also have to help the students make sense of the ways of expressing “a certain future”as well as the subtle differences between them.It is suggested that the teacher should deal with part as it is.In Listening and Speaking the speaking is very important,because it can prepare the students for the following listening.And it is equally important for the students to know some listening techniques.

Teaching Important Points

Ecourage the students to speak actively in class.

Train the students? listening skills.

Explain to the students the differences between “a certain future” and “a prediction”.

Teaching Difficult Points

How to help the students improve their speaking ability.

How to make them listen effectively.

Make the students know more about the differences between “a certain future”and “a prediction”.

Teaching Methods

Explanation to make the students know more about the differences between “a certain future”and “a prediction”.

Discussion to help the students prepare for listening.

Play the tape for them to train their listening skills.

Teaching Aids

A tape recorder.

Three Dimensional Teaching Aims

Knowledge and Skills

Train the students? speaking ability.

Make the students know more about the differences between “a certain future”and “a prediction”.

Train the students? listening ability.

Process and Strategies

Make the students know more about how to express “a certain future” and “a prediction”.

Feelings and Values

Encourage the students to use their imagination to a full extent.

Teaching Procedures

Step 1 Greetings and revision

T:(Greet the whole class as usual.)

Now let?s have a dictation for the new words we learnt last class.

concrete crime alternative for sure prediction risky resource run out rely on solar urban get rid of load arrest limit outdoors online command place order recreation charge free of charge flick switch surgery disability attach

Step 2 Function

T:Last class we read the City of the Future.The following is an extract from the City of the Future.Read it and then answer the questions.

(Show the following on the screen.)

What will the city of the future look like?No one knows for sure,and making predictions is a risky business.But one thing is certain—they are going to get bigger before they get smaller.

1.Which sentence talks about a certain future?

2.Which sentence talks about a prediction?

(The students may discuss with their partners.)

Suggested answers:

1.The second sentence talks about a certain future(with the going to future).

2.The first sentence talks about a prediction (with the will future).

T:Now that you have known more about the differences between a certain future and a prediction,let?s do more exercises to consolidate it.

A.We arrive in Beijing on Tuesday at eight in the evening. 1.an intention

B.We are visiting friends tonight. 2.a future which you can see now

C.Look—it?s going to rain. 3.a timetable

D.I?m going to study engineering at university. 4.an arrangement for the near future

E.I won?t be here in twenty years. 5.a future time reference in a conditional sentence.

F.These predictions will come true if technology continues to develop 6.a prediction

Suggested answers:

A-3,B-4,C-2,D-1,E-6,F-5

More exercises are as follows:

Underline the most appropriate form of the verb.

1.No one knows what the world will be like/is going to be like in the future.

2.What are you doing/are you going to do when you leave school?

3.What time does the plane arrive/will the plane arrive?

4.Look out!We?re having/?re going to have accident?

5.I can?t go out tonight,my cousin comes/is coming for dinner.

6.I?ll ring/?m ringing you if I arrive early.

7.My bother has decided.He?ll study/?s going to study urban planning.

8.I think I go/?ll go home now.

(The teacher may ask the students to work in pairs and discuss their choices and then call back their answers.)

Suggested answers:

1.will be like

2.are you going to do

3.does the plane arrive

4.?re going to have

5.is coming

6.?ll ring

7.?s going to study

8.?ll go

T:Now I think you may have a better understanding of how to make a prediction so next you shall try to write another prediction for the city of the future.This is your homework for today.

Step 3 Listening and speaking

T:I know some of you like drawing.Now you may draw a picture of your future home.Pay attention to the following aspects:

(Write the following on the blackboard.)

size and number of rooms furniture technology

(The teacher may give the students a few minutes for them to draw their pictures.)

T:Well done!Now let?s go to an architect and listen to him talking about the home of the future.After listening please answer the following questions.

(Show the following form on the screen.)

1.He describes what houses will look like in __________years? time.

A.twenty

B.thirty

C.forty

2.He thinks houses in the future will be different__________.

A.outside

B.inside

C.outside and inside

3.Houses will have __________which move.

A.floors

B.ceilings

C.walls

4.The most important room will be the__________.

A.bathroom

B.kitchen

C.living room

5.The __________will be bigger.

A.bathroom

B.dining room

C.toilet

6.The house will be controlled by a__________.

https://www.360docs.net/doc/162002452.html,puter

B.robot

C.telescreen

7.If machines are “smart”,they are__________.

A.clean

B.invisible

C.clever

8.The architect is __________optimistic about the effect of the house on the environment.

A.not every

B.not very

C.very

Suggested answers:

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.A

7.C

8.C

T:Now listen again and check your answers to Activity 2.

(The teacher play the tape one more time.)

T:Now work in pairs and try to remember what the architect says about the following:

(Show the following on the screen.)

1.What could happen to the dining room and the living room?

2.How the switch on the lights?

3.What the toilet will be able to do?

4.What the dishwasher will be able to do?

Suggested answers:

1.They will disappear.

2.The computer will do it.

3.It will move higher or lower depending on who uses it.

4.It will wash the dishes without water.

T:Just now the architect told us something about our future home.Through his description he unfolded for us a beautiful picture of the future home.Now would you like to describe your own future house using your imagination?The following questions may be of great help for you.

(Show the following on the screen.)

How big will it be?

What will it be made of/from?

Which rooms will be most important?

What new technology will it have?

How environment-friendly will it be?