英语周报1高二英语人教必修课件：nit 3 Reading

expertise
A. possibility B. experience C. efficiency D. special skills and knowledge
2) I Still cannot believe that I am taking up this prize that I won last year.
Read the passage more carefully and answer the following questions. 1. Why did Li Qiang have the chance to travel to the year AD 3008? He is taking up his prize that was won last year.
人教课标 高二 必修 5
Unit 3
Warming Up
As far as you know, what’s the difference between a space travel and a time travel?
• A space travel is a travel where you visit some other planets, the Mars, for example.
flats in high rise buildings kitchens and bathrooms
intelligent houses, furniture in walls and floor; supply of air
In the past Now In the future
Letters, telegraphs
What change do you expect to see in your life in one thousand years’ time? Choose two of them to have a discussion and then finish the chart below.
In the past Now
2. In your opinion, can the present title “First Impressions” summarize the passage perfectly? If not, try to substitute it with a new one.
Task 2: Scanning
sideways as we lay relaxed and dreaming.
In the hovering carriage: ◆It is driven by computer. ◆By bending and _p_r_e_s_si_n_g_ down in our
Reading Task 1: Skimming
1. Skim over the passage and find the main idea of the passage. It’s about Li Qiang’s journey to the future and his first impression of the life in the future.
Paragraph 1- main idea: main idea: How I came to take a time
travel journey. details: my prize; my excitement Paragraph 2- main idea:
main idea: The journey. details: how I left; the spaceship; the journey
Paragraph 3- main idea:
main idea: My impressions of life one thousand years into the future
details: little oxygen; marks to provide oxygen; hovering carriage; how to drive them; a “time lag” moment
a lot.
In _t_h_e_t_im__e_c_a_p_s_u_l_e_: ◆ The seats were _c_o_m_f_o_r_t_a_b_le_ and we
slept after a calming drink. ◆ The capsule began swinging gently
In the past Now In the future
Education
private
schools
（私塾）
Public and private schools
Internet schools
In the past Now In the future
Houses
made of wood and mud; no bathrooms
currency
banks,
internet
phone banks, internet banks …
banks
In the past
Now
In the future
less Environ- polluted
ment
global warming, maybe more, greenhouse maybe less effect, serious polluted polluted
Paragraph 4- main idea:
main idea: Staying in Wang Ping’s home details: appearance of house; trees as walls;
where furniture stored; are meal; prepared for sleep
In the past
Now
In the future
Work
farming or handicraft
working on the Intelligent
farm, factories robots help
or offices with people do
help of modern most of
Communi- later
cations
Letters, Full emails, internet telephones, communicat on-line ion chatting tools
Pre-reading
Think about following questions before reading the passage. • If you have a time travel to the world in 1000 years, how can you get there? • What will you see? • What problems will you face? • How to solve these problems?
4. When Li Qiang’s head ached, how did Wang Ping help him? Wang Ping handed him a mask to put on and immediately hurried him through to a small room nearby for a rest.
• A time travel is a travel where you stay where you are but go to the future or the past.
If you can have a time travel, do you want to go back to the past or the future? Why?
2. What does “time lag” mean? “Time lag”means a person gets flashbacks from his previous (先前的) time period.
3. What’s “Future Tours”? It’s Wang Ping’s parents’ company, which is well known for sending people safely into the future in a time capsule.
machines
work.
In the past Now In the future
Finance
gold, silver or coins, private
paper
no currency
banknotes, at all, credit
coins,
cards, cell
and bank (钱庄) credits,
In the future
by horse or by simple Transport vehicle such as a carriage
cars, trains, spaceship,
boats,
time travel
airplanes, personal
helicopter flying cars
A. occupying B. accepting C. picking up D. going on
3) Hit by a lack of fresh air, my head ached.
A. occurred to B. puzzled C. struck D. stuck
2. Listen to the tape of the passage carefully, please find out the main idea for each paragraph.