Unit1 Will people have robots?

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一、知识点拨
I．Language Goals
·通过做预言，谈论未来发生的事情。
·用一般过去时、一般现在时和一般将来时谈论过去、现在和将来发生的事情。
·能用上述三种时态谈论自己或他人的过去、现在和未来。
II．Key Words
1．in prep．在……之后（用于将来时）
　 in l00 years 在一百年后
　 People will have robots in their homes in 100 years．
　 一百年以后，人们家中会有机器人。
　 比较：after在……之后（用于过去时，表示从过去某时间起一段时间之后）
　 He will come back in two hours．他两小时后会回来。
　 He came back after two hours． 他是两小时后回来的。
2．1ess，fewer 比较少；
　 more 比较多
　 less是little的比较级，修饰不可数名词
　 fewer是few的比较级，修饰可数名词
　 more是much和many的比较级
　 much修饰不可数名词，many修饰可数名词
　 I have less money than he has．我的钱比他的少。
　 There are more buildings in this city than in that city．
　 这个城市的楼房比那个城市多。
3．fall in love with... 爱上……
　 Last year l visited the art exhibition and fell in love with the work Of Picasso．
　 去年我参观了艺术展，爱上了毕加索的作品。
4．a kind of... 一种
　 some kinds of... 几种
　 a kind of book 一种书
　 five kinds of flowers 五种花
　 many different kinds of gold fish 各种不同的金鱼
　 （fish单复数相同，此处是复数）
5．as well as 也；与too同义。
　 He likes this book and he likes that book, too．
　 Or: He likes this book as well as that hook．他喜欢这本书，也喜欢那本书。
　 She can come here, too．
　 Or: She can come here as well．她也能来。
6．worth adj．值……；值得……；相当于……的价值
　 This house is worth $l0 000．这个房子价值一万美元。
　 be （well）worth doing sth．（很）值得做
　 That film is （well）worth seeing．那部电影（很）值得看．
　 These books are worth reading twice．这几本书值得看两遍．
7．knock down... 击倒，撞倒；拆除
　 knock down the pins击倒球柱
　 knock down the machine拆除机器
　 knock组成的词语还有：
　 knock on（at）the door敲门
　 knock into sb．撞了某人
　 knock up叫醒
III．Key Sentence Structures

Will there be less pollution?	No, there won't． There will be more pollution．
Will there be fewer trees?	Yes, there will．
What do you think Sally will be in five years?	I think she'll be a doctor．

  
二、学习自评
I．Listening Comprehension
（A）Listen and match the correct pictures．

1．（　）　2．（　）　3．（　）　4．（　）
（B）Listen to the dialogue, then fill in the form below．

What are they talking about?	They're talking about 1．.
What do they think about computers?	There will be 2． computers，and computers will be 3．.
Do both of them like to live on space stations?	4．
What does Maria think about the space stations?	She thinks they will be 5．.

  
II．Vocabulary
Choose the phrases to fill in the blanks, according to the sentences．

A．in 2008 　B．more people 　C．fewer holidays 　D．more fresh air 　E．after we finish middle school 　F．ten years from now 　G．less pollutlen 　H．better hospitals 　I．in the future 　J．next year

  
A: What do you think our city will be like 　　 /　　 /　　 /　　 /　　?
B: There will be 　　 /　　 /　　 /　　 /　　．
III．Choose the correct answers．
（　　）1．I think kids will study at home on computers 　　    ten years．

A．at 　　　  B．for 　　　C．after 　　　 D．in

（　　）2．Hurry up! The train 　　    in two minutes．

A．go 　　　  B．went 　 　C．will go 　　 D．goes

（　　）3．My father was 　　    than he is now．

A．thinner　  B．thin 　　　C．less 　　　 D．few

（　　）4．The boy 　　    off the bike and hurt his leg yesterday．

A．fall 　　  B．fell       C．falls       D．will fall

（　　）5．I have 　　    homework to do than you．

A．much less  B．much       C．very little D．fewer

（　　）6．Do you like playing football or playing 　　    violin?

A．the, the   B．the, /     C． / , the    D． / , /

（　　）7．I think that England 　　    next time．

A．will win   B．won        C．is winning  D．wins

（　　）8．His mother 　　    in a village five years ago．

A．lives      B．lived      C．is living   D．will live

（　　）9．　　    seems very hard to work out this problem．

A．That       B．This       C．I           D．It

（　　）10．There is only 　　    time left．We must hurry．

A．little     B．a little   C．few         D．a few

IV．Form sentences．
1．less, in, will, years, there, pollution, be, 100

2．won't, be, any, there, money, paper

3．will, there, time, more, leisure, be

4．the, which, win, World, country, will, next, Cup

5．think, you, weather, what, the, do, like, will, be, tomorrow

V．Fill in the blanks with these phrases．

like, 　　worth, 　　interesting, 　　more, 　　less,   credit card, 　　space station, 　　as well as

  
1．I will be a reporter and meet many 　    people．
2．A 　    is the place to live in space．
3．Everyone will have a 　    to buy things in 100 years．
4．The work of Picasso is well 　    buying．
5．What will your life be 　    in ten years?
6．Skiing is interesting 　    exciting．
7．There will be 　    money coming to the tsunami （海啸）area．
8．I have 　    leisure time this term because I have a lot of homework．
VI．Reading comprehension

（A）

Tom and Fred are talking about the year 2020．“ What will our world be like in the year 2020?” “I don't know, ” says Fred．“What do you think?” “Well, no one knows, but it's interesting to guess．” “In the year 2020 everyone will carry a pocket computer．The computer will give people the answers to all their problems．We shall all have telephones in our pockets, too, and we'll be able to talk to our friends all over the world．Perhaps we'll be able to see them at the same time．” “A lot of people will live and work under the sea．Perhaps there will be big towns, factories and farms under the sea, too．” “Machines will do most of the work, and so people will have more holidays, perhaps they'll work only two or three days a week．They'll be able to fly to the moon by spaceship and spend their holidays there．” “I'm looking forward （期待）to the year 2020．I hope to go to tile moon! ” “And 1 hope I'll be able to live under the sea．” says Fred．“Won't that be very interesting? Just like a fish! ”
（　　）1．Tom and Fred talked about 　    .

A．their school life         B．some interesting news
C．their life in the past    D．their life in the future

（　　）2．Machines will 　    .

A．do most of the work instead of people
B．do some of the work instead of people
C．do as much work as people
D．do as little work as people

（　　）3．From their talk, we know that 　    .

A．only Fred hopes to fly to the moon
B．both of them hope to fly to the moon
C．one of them hopes to fly to the moon
D．neither of them hopes to fly to the moon

（　　）4．Fred said 　    .

A．he liked fish very much
B．he would like to live under the sea like a fish
C．he would go fishing under the sea
D．he would spend a few days on the moon

（　　）5．Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned?

A．People will be able to fly to the moon in a spaceship．
B．People will have more holidays．
C．Many people will live and work under the sea．
D．All the factories and farms will be built under the sea．

（B）

People use money to buy food, books and hundreds of other things they need．When they work, they usually get paid in money．
Most of the money used today is made of metal or paper．But in the time long ago, people used to use all kinds of things as money．One of the first kinds of money was shells．
In China, cloth and knives were used as money．Elephant tusks（牙）, monkey tail and salt were used in some parts of the world．Rice was also a kind of money used by the people in some islands．Some animals were used as money, too．
The first copper coins were made in China．They were round and had a square hole in the center．Different countries have used different metals for their money．Later, some countries began to make coins of gold and silver （银）．But gold and silver were heavy to carry when people needed a lot of coins to buy something expensive．The Chinese were the first to use paper money．The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than the paper money used today．
Money has had an interesting story from the days of shell money till today．
（　 ）1．People usually use money 　    .

A．to buy gold             B．to get something they want
C．to buy shells           D．to buy something expensive

（ 　）2．Long, long ago people all over the world used 　    as money．

A．the same metal　　　　　B．the same paper
C．the different metals 　 D．all kinds of things

（　 ）3．In the past, the ancient Chinese used to have cloth and knives 　    .

A．as a tool 　　          B．as money
C．as a gift 　　          D．as a kind of goods

（　 ）4．　     was also a kind of money used by the people on some islands．

A．Gold 　　B．Animals 　　C．Rice 　　D．Knives

（　 ）5．The first paper money 　    .

A．looked like the same as the paper money used today
B．looked interesting
C．looked llke a note
D．had a square hole in the center

VII．Writing
Imagine what your school will be like in 5 years．Write about it to the newspaper．（ computer, library, playground, activity, beautiful, happy... ）

Dear editor, 　                                                 　                                                 　                                                 Yours,   Erma

  
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The first bowling place built inside a building opened in England in 1455．Then the game was taken to the United States where most people played it outside．
During the l800s, many people in the United States began to bowl for money, so several cities made the game illegal．Many people kept on bowling illegally．A group named the American Bowling Congress （ABC）began around 1900．The job of this group was to clean up bowling and make it a gentleman's game again．
At that time, the game was mostly played by men．If women played, they hung a curtain（帘）up so that the men were not able to see them．
Then, in 1916, a woman's group named the Women's International Bowling Congress （WIBC）made a point of showing that the game was fine for both men and women．