Teaching aim: talk about life in the future / Develop studentsˇ ability of listening

Focus: train studentsˇ listening and speaking ability and develop their imagination

Teaching aids: a tape recorder and multi-media

Teaching procedures

1. Raise a general question to draw studentsˇ attention to the topic

What will Life be like in the future?

2. Show students two pictures and ask them to describe the life at present .

劔 What do we use as transportation?

劔 What do we use to light up?

劔 Do you know what people used at ancient time?

劔 Can you imagine what people will use in the future?

3. Things have changed a lot in many fields , can you give more examples?

4. In which fields do you think things will change in the future ? Please make a list.

5. Ask students to discuss the future of their chosen area in pairs or groups.

Listening Pre-listening Discussion: what would life be like to be a student in the future?

Part one First listening : listen to part one and answer the following questions.

1.What year is Mekanila living in?

2.Where does she live?

3.What happened to the people on the earth?

4.Why is she writing you this letter?

Second listening : listen to part one again and tick the sentences which are true.

劔 About one third of the earthˇs population was left back home.

劔 The earth is getting worse now.

劔 Mekanika has ever been to earth several times.

劔 They can send messages to the past through their schoolˇs time machine.

Third listening

Fill in the blanks

劔 We call it the year 58AL.Al means ¨________ ________〃.You see,58years ago,people on the earth decided that they had to do something to save the people_______________.There were so many people on the earth , and there was so much pollution,that the only way to keep the planet from dying was to__________________ _______. My family was one of the chose ones.About one third of the earthˇs population was left back home,and _______________went into space .

劔 Weˇre now living in a new city on the planet Mars.Life here is very nice ,and we are happy in our new home.We still ___________________the people on earth and some of us go back for short visits. The earth is better now, and the people back home are __________________to clean up the planet.

Part two First listening : listen to part two and answer the following questions.

1.What time does she get up? 2.What food do people on Mars eat?

3.How does she go to class ? 4.Do they schools and classroom?

Second listening : listen to part two again and tick the sentences which are true..

劔 Time system on the planet mars is the same as that of the earth.

劔 The food that they eat is also different from present.

劔 They solve problems together with their learning guides instead of teachers.

劔 They can read about our life on the history book.

Third listening

Fill in the chart

Time

food

school

transportation

Mekanikaˇs life

One day is divided into eight parts.Two oˇclock in the morning on Mars is like six oˇclock on earth. People eat pills and drink juice. There are no schools or classrooms. Students meet their learning guides in different places and solve problems together. Mekanika flies to class in the school spaceship.

Our life

One day is 24 hours.

We eat meat,

fruits and vegetables

We study in schools and classrooms and we learn from books and teachers We go to school on bikes or by bus.

Listening material of part two

Every morning , I have to get up at two oˇclock. That probably sounds very strange to you ,but ,you see ,we have a different time system here. We divide the day into eight parts.two oˇclock in the morning here on Mars is almost like six oˇclock on earth. I eat breakfast with my family before I go to school.the food here is different from your food:we eat pills and drink juice to stay healthy. My history book says that you ate something called bread and even ate meat from other animals!that sounds very strange to me .we donˇt eat any animals here and Iˇve never even seen bread. At three thirty I catch the school spaceship and fly to class.we donˇt have schools and classrooms. We meet our learning guides(you called them teachers)in different places and solver problems together.I love school. My friends are wonderful and I like to think about the world in new ways. I also like creating things with my mind box(you called it a computer).Iˇm very interested in what you call ¨painting〃and ¨singing〃.can you please tell me more about what they are?Iˇve heard about your life in my history book,but itˇs difficult to understand how you lived such a long time ago.could you please write to me and tell me about your life?thank you ,I have to get back to work.I have a test in Mars geography next week, so I need to prepare for it .