M5U3%20Life%20in%20the%20Future%20First%20Impressions%20Reading%20I

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M5U3 Life in the FutureFirst
ImpressionsReading I
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Spacemail liqiang299A_at_GreatAdventureSpaceStation.
com 15/11/3008(Earthtime) Dear Mum and Dad, I
still cannot believe More news later from
your loving son, Li Qiang
What information can you get?
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• Read quickly to find out what they are and match
  pictures with paragraphs.

Time capsule
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Para ___________
Hovering carriages
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Para ___________
A strange-looking house/ A large, bright clean
room
Para ___________
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the time capsule

• According to the picture and Para 12, can you
  find any details about the time capsule?
• 2. After entering the time capsule, how did he
  feel? What helped him feel so?
• 3. How did he feel about the new surroundings?

difficult to tolerate Why? Physical
reactions? How did he deal with it? Find an
expression with the opposite meaning.
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A hovering carriage
After Li was back on his feet, he followed WP to
a parking lot. He saw many flying machines in the
sky and felt very curious. He asked WP some
questions. L What are these flying machines? W
They are L

• Whats its function?
• How could people drive it?
• 3. What may be its advantages?
• 4. What will happen if we drive too fast?
• After you find out answers, work in pairs to make
  up a dialogue.

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A strange-looking house

• In what ways does it look strange?
• The wall moved it was made of trees!
• Flash a switch on a computer screen
• A table and chairs rose from under the floor
• Produce a bed from the floor

Discussion 1) Why are they designed like
this? 2) If youre a designer, what else will you
add to it?
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• According to the spacemail, in what aspects will
  life change in the future?
• Changes in __________, ______________ and
  _____________.

transport
environment (air)
housing
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• Group work
• Before sliding into bed, Li Qiang could hardly
  wait to make a telephone call to share his life
  experience in AD3008 with his parents.
• 1. You can choose one of the aspects to share.
• 2. Try to use as many new words and expressions
  as possible.

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Homework

• 1. Read the passage at least three times to
  discover some beautiful sentences.
• 2. Write a paragraph to introduce one aspect of
  life in the future.