高中英语外研版必修四Module 1教学案

必修四Module 1 Life in the FuturePart I Reading and VocabularyTeaching aims: (1) 阅读学习课文The City of the Future，能在阅读中识别新学词汇、短语并推断出其意义；能读懂课文，获取主要信息并能摘录要点。

(2) 了解想象中的未来的生活或城市，了解可持续发展的必要性。

(3) 学习掌握课文中的知识点。

Important language points:(1) Important words: prediction, certain, alternative, limit, attach(2) Important phrases: for sure, care for, run out, rely on/ upon, get rid of, load….with…, place orders,free of charge, carry out(3) Important sentence patterns:①What does… look like?② Everyone will be given a telephone number at birth that will never change no matter where they live.③---with each city having its own telesurgery outpatient clinic独立主格结构.The City of the Future【课文理解】1. Read the passage and say if these statements are true (T) or false (F).1) Police will arrest criminals by guns. ( )2) Smoking will be allowed in the city. ( )3) People have to pay for recreation. ( )4) People will keep their telephone number for life. ( )2. Summary Fill in the blanks:What will the city of the future ________ ________? No one knows ________ _______. In the future, _______ ________ the environment will become very important ________ earth‘s natural resources ________ ________. We will _________ _________ alternative energy. We will ________ huge spaceships ________ waste materials and _________ _________ online.【课文学习】1. What will the city of the future look like?What does… look like? 用于询问某人外表看起来如何，侧重其外表如：What does the building look like? 这座楼看起来如何？这人看起来什么样？What does the man ______ ________ ?2. No one knows for sure, and making predictions is a risky business.没有人确切地知道，而且预测是一件冒险的事。

(1) for sure肯定地= for certaine. g.We will win; that‘s for sure. 我们会赢，这是一定的。

No one knows ________ sure what will happen in the future. 没有人确切地知道明天会发生什么.(2) prediction n. 预测predict vt. 预言，预告，预报predictor n. 预言者，预报者make a prediction 预测，预料predict ___________ ____________ 预报明天天气He predicted that I would be a very rich man in the future. 他预言我将来会成为一个很富有的人。

Is it possible to predict when one will die? 有可能预言人的死期吗？令人吃惊的是－－他的预测最终成真了．It is surprising that his ____________ came true finally.3. But one thing is certain — they are going to get bigger before they get smaller.certain adj.(1) ―肯定的，确切的‖，用作表语be certain that------ 确信----- 我确信他看见我了。

I am certain that he saw me.be certain to do sth. 必定会做------ 他确信可以赢得比赛。

He is certain ______ winning the game.be certain of------ 确信------- 他一定会来。

He is certain ________ __________.(2) ― 某个，某些，一定的‖ , 用作定语。

a certain Mr. Jones 某位琼斯先生 a certain distance 一定的距离(3) for certain 确切地，确定地我不能确定他什么时候将到。

I can‘t say for certain when he will arrive.4. In the future , care for the environment will become very important as earth‘s natural resources run out.(1) care for 爱护，关心care在此处用作不可数名词常用短语：take care 小心；保重；take care of 照料；照顾；注意；care about 关注，在乎(2) run out用完，用光．是不及物动词词组，没有被动语态．run out of---- 用完，用光．主语必须是人．e.g. He __________________(花光了钱)that his mother gave yesterday.When water ___________（用光了）, he stood there helpless.5. We will also have to rely on alternative energy, such as solar and wind power.(1) rely on/upon信任；依赖rely on (sb.) doing 指望，依靠；相信（某人）会……rely on sb. to do sth. 指望，依靠；相信某人会……rely on it that… 相信（某事会……）e. g.You may not rely on the weather report. 天气预报不足为信。

你可以依靠我帮助你。

You can rely on me ________ __________ you.You may rely on it that he will do a good job of it. 放心好了，他会做好这件事的。

(2) alternative adj. 替换的；其他的；供选择的n. 选择；供选择的东西_______________ energy替代性能源alternative lifestyle另类生活方式他知道他必须努力工作，别无选择。

He knew he had to work hard; there was no alternative.6. To get rid of garbage problems, the city will load huge spaceships with waste materials and send them towards the sun, preventing landfill and environmental problems.(1) to get rid of------是动词不定式短语做_____________语; preventing landfill and------是现在分词短语做________________语。

(2) get rid of 摆脱，除去，去掉翻译：他还没有改掉抽烟这个坏习惯．He hasn‘t _______ _______ ________the bad habit of smoking.(3) load….with…把…装上… load a truck /a ship / a train with goodsload …into /onto…把…物装上/进…体中Be careful loading the piano onto the truck.7. No smoking will be allowed within a future city‘s limits. 在未来市区内将不准吸烟。

limit n. 界限；限制（常用复数形式）vt. 限制；限定;limited adj. 有限的；不充分的; limitless adj. 无限制的；无限的; limitation n. 限定；限制a limit to / on 对于……的限制set a limit on / to 限制……within limits 适当地，有限度的without limit 无限的，无限制的e. g.我能为你做的事是有限度的。

There is a limit _________ what I can do for you.那个国家做出决定限制进口外国车辆。

The country made a decision to _______ imports of foreign cars.8. In the future all shopping will be done online, and catalogues will have voice commands to place orders.place orders 订购place an order for------- with------ 从-------订购-------e. g. Our school has placed a large order for Founder Computer. 我们学校已订购了大批方正电脑。