选择性必修 第三册Unit 4 A glimpse of the future教案配套ppt课件
展开Subject-verb agreement (2)
Activity 1 Lk at the sentences frm the reading passage and answer the questins.
a …50 per cent f my time was spent researching new restaurants.b Every recmmendatin she gives me is great…c … almst 50 per cent f US jbs are at risk frm autmatin in the next 20 years.d …nne f us is prepared fr the challenges f AI.
Activity 1 Lk at the sentences frm the reading passage and answer the questins.
Because in sentence (a), the part “50 per cent” is fllwed by the uncuntable nun “time”, while in sentence (c), the part “50 per cent” is fllwed by the cuntable nun “jb” in its plural frm. In sentence (b), the part “Every recmmendatin” is the subject. In sentence (d), the part “nne f us” is the subject. Bth are singular.
1 Why is 50 per cent singular in sentence (a) but plural in sentence (c)?2 What are the subjects in sentences (b) and (d)? Are they singular r plural?
Nw lk fr mre sentences fllwing this rule in the reading passage, and summarise the use f subject-verb agreement in yur wn wrds.
Activity 2 Cmplete the passage by chsing the singular r plural frm.
Nwadays, sme cmpanies ffer genetic testing fr children’s talents. A large number f clients / has been attracted t it. They are parents, eager t knw what talents their children may have in the future. The prcess is simple. Every child prvide / a small sample f bld r bdy tissue. / These are analysed. Each f the children / are given a reprt shwing their pssible talents. A recent example cited n the website is that ne f the testing cmpanies cmpare / the talents f twins Bbby and Benny. Bbby was assessed and his talents was / revealed t be mstly scientific: a 66% chance f success in chemistry and 54% in physics was / shwn. Meanwhile, Benny’s highest scre / shwn t be in an arts subject: the test gave him 68% fr literary studies. Is genetic testing reliable? Sme scientists say that mre evidence / are needed.
Activity 3 Cmplete the descriptin accrding t the charts, paying attentin t subject-verb agreement.
Three quarters f the surface is made up f land, while the rest is sea, cvering 25% f the surface. Half f the land is cvered with trees. Residential area and arable land bth accunt fr the same prprtin, 20% f the ttal land. The rest is desert, cvering 10% f the ttal land. There are three kinds f peple. Fifty per cent f the peple are riginal residents, 30% are frm Earth and 20% are frm ther planets.
Three quarters f the surface is made up f land, …
Describe anther planet fr the future, paying attentin t subject-verb agreement.
The wrld f tmrrw
Time travel culd result in a paradx – an event that cntradicts itself. Fr example, if a persn travelled back in time and prevented an event, that event wuld never have happened; there wuld therefre be n reasn fr the persn t travel back in time t prevent it.
Did Yu Knw?
Listen t the cnversatin and chse its main idea.1 Time travel is dangerus.2 Talking t peple in the past can change the future.4 Time travel within yur wn lifetime shuld be avided.
3 Anything yu say r d in the past can affect the future.
Activity 6
RULE 1 1______________________________________________________ • A turist wants t 2_____________________________________________ __________________because 3____________________________________. • The guide tld her 4_____________________________________________.
RULE 2 5_______________________________________________________ • The guide said that 6_____________________________________________ ________________________.
RULE 3 7________________________________________________________• A turist wants t 8 _______________________________________________.• The guide tld him nt t because 9 _________________________________ ______________________________________________.
Listen again and cmplete the table.
Dn’t talk t anybdy.
tell her 8-year-ld self t buy shares in cmpanies that are prfitable tday
she wants t becme rich
nt t d that
Be careful nt t break anything.
breaking smething culd als cause a paradx and change yur path thrugh life
Never give anything frm ur time t smene in the past.
give a present t his father
anything that desn’t belng t that time might have an impact n smene and cause a paradx
Activity 6 Listen again and cmplete the table.
Nw wrk in pairs. Take turns t be the guide and explain the rules f time travel.
Activity 7 Cmplete the bxes with the expressins frm the cnversatin.
• Amazing! • Ww! • I can’t wait t... • S, what yu’re saying is that...• Hw abut... • Imagine hw excited...
Expressing excitement Asking fr cnfirmatin
• That’s OK, isn’t it?• Are yu serius? • Let me get this straight. Yu mean that... • It’ll be exciting enugh t...
Amazing!Ww!I can’t wait hw ’ll be exciting enugh t...
S, what yu’re saying is ’s OK, isn’t it?Are yu serius?Let me get this straight. Yu mean that...
Activity 8 Read the passage and put the expressins in bld int the bxes.
Expressins abut time Expressins abut expectatin
within ur lifetimes any time sn n the hrizn arund the crner far ahead f their time
bank n get ur hpes up bund t happen
Activity 9 Cmplete the passage with the expressins in Activity 8.
Wh knws in what exciting ways transprt will change 1_______________________? Trains that travel at the speed f tday’s aerplanes may sund 2________________________, but scientists are already develping “hyperlp” trains that travel at ver 1,000 km per hur. And althugh we can’t 3_________________ flying cars being the nrm 4_________________, there are plans t intrduce flying taxis that will be statined n rftps arund busy cities. Many cities already have elevated cycle paths and I’m sure that these are 5_________________ fr many thers arund the wrld. As well as faster, safer and mre cmfrtable transprt being just 6________________________________, we can als 7________________ abut shrter waiting times, with cmpanies intending t prvide n-demand services.
within ur lifetimes
far ahead f their time
any time sn
bund t happen
n the hrizn / arund the crner
get ur hpes up
Activity 10
Wrk in pairs. Talk abut anther aspect f life in the future using the expressins yu have learnt in this sectin.Nw think abut hw effectively yur partner used these expressins, and what yu culd learn frm him r her.
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