Will people have robots?

robot n. 机器人

Language Goal: Make predictions 作出预测

例 A ： I shall not come if it rains tomorrow. （如明天下雨我就不来。） 例 B ： My brother will leave for the United

States next week. （我的哥哥下星期要到美国去。）

一般将来时除了使用“ shall ／ will + V…” 以外，也可以使用下列的几种句式来表达。

1 ． be going to + V … （即将会……；打算将……） 2 ． be about to + V （即将……，指紧接着要发生的动

作。） 3 ． be + V-ing … （定于……，指接近的将来动作。） 4 ． be + to V （定于……，指预定的将来动作。） 5 ． V- （ e ） s （定于……，指接近的将来动作，但不

如第 3 项主观。）

常用于修饰一般将来时的时间副词有： tomorrow, tomorrow morning （ afternoon, evening ） , next + 时间 （ next night, next Monday …, next week, month…, next summer…, next year ） , in （ the ） future （将来）， soon ， in + 时间

1a How will the world be different in the future, 100 years from now? Read these predictions. Check (√) A (for agree) or D (for disagree). prediction : 预言；预测；预示

A D 1. People will have robots in their homes. A D 2. People won’t use money. Everything will

be free. A D 3. Books will only be on computers, not on

paper.

A D 4. Kids won’t go to school. They’ll study at home on computers.

A D 5. There will only be one country.

A D 6. People will live to be 200 years old.won’t=will not

Use: 使用 Paper ；纸 They’ll=They will

live to be 200 years old: 活到 200 岁

1b Listen and circle the predictions you hear in activity 1a.

1. People will have robots in their homes.

2. People won’t use money. Everything will be free.

3. Books will only be on computers, not on paper.

4. Kids won’t go to school. They’ll study at home on

computers.

5. There will only be one country.

6. People will live to be 200 years old.

1

2

4

5

circle

1c PAIRWORK Ask and answer questions about the predictions in activity 1a.

A: Will people use money in 100 years?

B: No, they won’t. Everything will be free. Will people live to be 200 years old?

A: Yes, they will.

一百年后

活到 200 岁

“in 与 after+ 时间” 都可表示“在…之后”。它们用于一般将来时态时， in 后接“时间段”， after 后接“时间点”。而after+ 时间段用于一般过去时

2a Listen and circle the words you hear.1. There will be more / less / fewer people.

2. There will be more / less / fewer free time.

3. There will be more / less / fewer cars.

4. There will be more / less / fewer pollution.

5. There will be more / less / fewer trees.

circle

more

less

fewer

less

fewer

more fewer 修饰可数名词 less 修饰不可数名词

2b Listen again. Check (√) the predictions you hear.

1. There will be fewer people.

2. There will be less free time.

3. People will use less subways less.

4. There will be more pollution.

5. Cities will be very big and crowded.

√

√

2c GROUPWORK Look at activity 2b. Make conversations about the predictions.

A: I think there will be more pollution.

B: Well, I don’t agree. But I think there will be fewer

trees.

A: I agree.

Look!fewer Use fewer to talk about countable nouns. eg. There will be fewer trees. There will be fewer people.less Use less to talk about uncountable nouns. eg. There will be less pollution. There will be less free time.

Will there be less pollution?

No, there won’t. There will be more pollution.

Will there be fewer trees? Yes, there will.

Kids won’t go to school.

Kids will study at home on computers.

Grammar

Focus

3a Look at the pictures of Sally. Then fill in the blanks in the sentences.

1. Five years ago, Sally was .

2. She played .

3. She had .

4. Today Sally is .

5. She plays .

6. She has .

7. In five years, Sally will be .

8. She will play .

9. She will have .

in high schoolfootball

a catin college

the guitara pet dog

marriedtennisa baby

3b PAIRWORK Look at activity 3a. Make predictions about Sally.

A: What do you think Sally will be in five years?

B: I think she’ll be a doctor.

A: What sport will she play?

B: She’ll play…

3c Now write about yourself.

Five years ago, I was .

I played . I had .

Today, I am .

I play . I have .

In five years, I will be .

I will play . I will have .

4 GROUPWORK Draw a picture of the city of tomorrow. Then describe it to your class.

A: I think there will be more tall buildings.

And there will be fewer cars and more

buses.

建筑物 ; 房屋

1a Write each word in the correct column below.astronaut house apartment computer

programmer

train rocket space station

宇航员 房子 公寓 电脑程序师

火车 火箭 太空站

Jobs Transportation Places to live

astronaut

computer programmer

train

rocket

space station

houseapartment

1b PAIRWORK

Think of other words and write them in the chart.

2a Listen to Alexis and Joe. Number the pictures[1-3].

2b Listen again. Fill in the blanks with the correct verbs from the box.

1 3 2

’ll live am ’ll fly took work ’ll be lived live

1. I in an apartment.

2. I near here.

3. I a computer programmer.

4. We in a house.

5. I the train to school.

6. I an astronaut.

7. I rockets to the moon.

8. I on a space station.

live

work

am

lived

took’ll be

’ll fly

’ll live

2c PAIRWORK Role play the conversation between Alexis and Joe. Talk about Joe’s life now, ten years ago, and ten years from now.

3a Read Ming’s answer to the question “What will your life be like in ten years?” Then fill in the chart.

A: Where do you live?

B: I live in an apartment.

In ten years, I think I’ll be a reporter. I’ll live

in Shanghai, because I went to Shanghai last

year and fell in love with it. I think it’s really a

beautiful city. As a reporter, I think I will meet

lots of interesting people. I think I’ll live in an

apartment with my best friends, because I don’t

like living alone. I’ll have pets. I can’t have any pets

now because my mother hates them, and our apartment is

too small. So in ten years, I’ll have many

different pets. I might even keep a pet parrot!

=I will

fall in love with sb / sth. 喜爱、爱上某人或某物

单独地；孤独地 宠物

可能 甚至 喂养 鹦鹉

I’ll probably go skating and swimming every day.

During the week I’ll look smart, and probably

will wear a suit. At the weekends, I’ll be able to

dress more casually. I think I’ll go to Hong Kong

on vacation, and one day I might even visit

Australia.

大概；也许 去滑冰

look + 形容词 看上去怎么样

一套衣服 能够穿衣 随意地

Job Pets Sports Places ClothesMing in ten years

report parrot Go skatingShanghai

Australia Hong kong

Dress

suit

3b On a piece of paper, write about your life in ten years. Don’t write your name on the paper. Put all the students’ papers together. Take turns reading the papers. Then guess who wrote them.

A: This paper says “I’ll be an engineer in ten years.”

B: I think Lin Wei wrote that.

C: Yes, I wrote it.4 PAIRWORK Answer the questions below. Then ask your partner for his or her ideas.

Questions You Your partner

Which country will win the next World Cup?

What will the weather be like tomorrow?

Which movies will win award next year?

What will teenagers do for fun twenty years from now?

1 Fill in the blanks with the words given.

1. I want to for myself when I’m older.

2. My friends a pet pig in their house.

3. I need to smart for my job interview.

4. We have to a uniform to school.

5. One day people will to the moon for vacations.

Self Check

wear work look fly keep

我自己

面试；面谈

work

keep

look

wear

fly

Predicting the future can be difficult. There are many

famous predictions that never came true. Before 1929, there

was no sound in movies. The head of one of the biggest movie

companies in the United States predicted that no one would

want to see actors talk. Of course, he was wrong! In 1977, the

head of the largest computer company in the United States said,

“No one will want to have a computer in his or her home.” He

thought that computers would never be used by most people.

2 Read the passage and circle the inventions on the right

v. 预言 n. 将来；未来

n. 预言 实现；达到 come---came

n. 公司 ( 复数 companies)

看到某人做某事

3 Find these words from this unit.1. A place to live in space:

2. Something kids will use to study at home:

3. These will be in every home:

4. Yang Liwei is a famous Chinese .

space station

computers

robots

astronaut

Section 1 Before You ReadPAIRWORK

1a Tell your partner what you know about robots. Describe your idea of a robot. Say what it looks like and what it can do.

1b Read the title of the text. Then circle the words and phrases you think you will read in the passage. Compare your predictions with your partner.

housework cars years ago

bored will was

koalas buildings less work

swimming possible America

doctor piano backpack

Do you think you will have your own robot?

In some science fiction movies, people in the future have

their own robots. These robots are just like humans. They help

with the housework, and do the most unpleasant jobs.

Some scientists believe that there will be such robots in the

future. However, they agree it may take hundreds of years.

Scientists are now trying to make robots look like people, and do

the same things as us. Japanese companies have already made

robots walk and dance. This kind of robot will also be fun to watch.

科幻电影 未来；将来

help sb. with sth. / help sb. (to) do sth. 帮助某人做某事

使人不愉快的科学家

可是；然而 好几百

try to do sth. 尽力去做某事 try doing sth. 尝试做某事

早已；先前make robots look like… 使机器人看起来像…一样

But robot scientist James White disagrees.He thinks that it

will be difficult for a robot to do the same things as a person. For

example, it’s easy for a child to wake up and know where they are.

Mr White thinks that robots won’t be able to do this. But other

scientists disagree. They think that robots will be able to talk to

people in 25 to 50 years.

Robot scientists are not just trying to make robots look like

people. For example, there are already robots working in factories.

These robots look more like huge arms. They do simple jobs over and over again.

it + be + 形容词 + (for sb.) + to do sth. ( 某人 ) 做某事怎么样

the same…as… 同…一样的…

factory----factories 工厂

简单的；简易的一遍又一遍地

In the future, there will be more robots everywhere,

and humans will have less work to do. New robots will

have many different shapes. Some will look like

humans, and others might look like snakes. After an

earthquake, a snake robot could help look for people

under buildings. That may not seem possible now, but

computers, space rockets and even electric

toothbrushes seemed impossible a hundred years ago.

We never know what will happen in the future!

People would not like to do such jobs and would get

bored. But robots will never get bored.

这样的；这种 get + 形容词 变得；觉得

各地；到处

人；人类

外形；形状蛇

地震

看起来；似乎 可能的

电的；导电的牙刷 不可能的；不会发生的

3b Find examples of the following structures in the reading. Then make your own sentences.

3a Go through the reading again. How many words in 1b did you correctly predict?

… the same as… … make do…

… to take…(period of time)

… to help do… … to help with…

3c What things can robots do? Make a list. Are they useful or not? Discuss with your partner and give each item a rating from 1 (not useful at all) to 5 (very useful).

级别；等级

Robots can… Useful rating

help with the housework 3

What ways do you think a robot will help you and your family in the future? Write your ideas.

I think we will need robots for:

cleaning the housedoing the homework