人教版必修五Unit3-Reading

a switch on computer screen
Exhausted, I slid into bed and fell fast asleep.
Visiting Wang Ping’s Home
That is a large, bright _____ and clean ____ room. It had a brown floor, soft lighting and a green _____ wall ____ which is actually trees. The leaves _____ of the trees are used to provide _______ oxygen. By flashing ______ a switch ______ furniture such as on the computer screen, ________ tables and chairs ____ rose from under the floor magic Wang Ping’s mother told me as if by ______. to ____ get _____ ready____ for some visits in the next day, and _________ produced a bed for me to rest. Exhausted ________, I ____ _____. slid into the bed and fell ____ fast asleep
The wall was made of trees.
Because their leaves provided the room with much-needed oxygen.
Detail Reading

Now try to find out what happened to Li Qiang before, during and after the journey.
Divide the passage into three parts • Before the journey (par.1) • During the journey (par. 2-3) • After the journey (par.4)
Before the journey
Li Qiang ① Who Wang Ping ⑥ Capsule Sep. 15, 2008 ② When AD 3008 take ③ up the prize Why won last year
高二人教新课标版必修五
Unit 3
Life in the future
Reading
What will our life be like after one
thousand years?
Maybe the robots become smarter than Humans.
How about transport?
?
1000 years later
lay relaxed
Complete the journey
rose slowly from ground
② Outside the cape new surroundings, I was hit by the lack of fresh air. mask 1. Hovering carriage: bend and press down 2. “A large market”: fly by in all directions “What” lost sight of swept up 3. A high building: a “time lag” flashback “How” float above
After the journey
Arriving home, he showed me into a large bright, clean room.
brown floor soft lighting
green wall
Description
trees--leaves
tables + chairs
future flats, floating
tall modern buildings; with green trees in houses
Transport
AD1008: China by horse or by simple vehicle such as a carriage
AD2008:modern world
journey
Paragraph 3:- main idea: My impressions of life one thousand years into the future. details:

little oxygen; masks to provide oxygen; hovering carriage; how to drive them; a “time lag” moment
Li felt _______ nervous and unsettled ________ Before the at first, as a result he suffered journey from _______. time lag During the Li was transported safely into time capsule journey (1) the future in a ___________. the new Confused During the _________by journey(2) surroundings, Li was hit by the ____ lack of fresh air and his head ______. ached
houses along streets with shops
blocks of flats
Location on the earth; of settle- on land ment
on the earth
on the earth; in space station; under the sea;on the moon
Discussion:
Make a list of the problems human being are facing today. Housing Population Pollution Global warming Traffic Hunger
acid rain, growing areas of desert, overlarge world population, lack of enough drinking water …
many small houses round a temple and a pond streets with markets, small shops and private houses
Towns
many blocks of flats together; floating parks for children large modern modern buildings; buildings;old many parks, everything built in historical concrete; with green buildings; trees in houses
Houses made of
flats in wood and highrise mud; no buildings with bathrooms kitchens and bathrooms
AD1005: China
Villages
AD2005:mod- AD3005:Your ern world ideas
Read fourth paragraph quickly, then
answer the following questions: 1. What did Wang Ping’s house look like?
large, bright and clean
2. What was the green wall made of ? What’s the purpose of building this kind of green wall?
Where
Li Qiang
⑤ How green tablets
④ What “time lag”
During the journey
① Inside the capsule:
through the opening
comfortable seats
outside the capsule
a calming drink
overpopulation
Traffic jam
Help
What will life be like in one thousand years’ time?
Reading
First Impressions
Fast reading
1. What’s the text about? A A. An e-mail written by a man who has taken up a trip to the future B. The man have his first try to master a hovering carriage. C. The man are surprised at the Wang ping’s home. D. The preparation of the trip.
C
A
D
B
Write down the main idea for each paragraph.