Worried about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days.

Confused by the new surroundings, I was hit by the lack of fresh air.

Soon I was back on my feet again and followed him to collect a hovering carriage driven by computer.

Described as an enormous round plate, it spins slowly in space to imitate the pull of the earth's gravity.

...a table and chair rose from under the floor as if by magic.

Step 2 pre-reading

1. Can you tell what problems people are facing today?

2. What problems do you think people in the future will have overcome? Which ones will still be there or even worse in AD3005?

Key: 1. The problem of population will be solved, have begun to Control the birth rate.

　　2. The problems will be still there, and will even worse.

3. I don't think so. Now scientists are trying their best to develop new resources that human beings can make use of, such as solar energy. In my opinion...

Step 3 reading

1. Fast reading

1) Read the text for the first time and tell what the text is about?

　It's an e-mail written by a man Who has taken up a trip to the future.

2) Look at the following sentence, there are in wrong order, tell me the correct order for these sentence

A. We were transported into the future by a comfortable time capsule.

B. I arrived a t Wang Ping's home and everything in his house made me surprised.

C.I won a travel to the year AD3005

D. I have my first try to master a hovering carriage.

2. careful reading

1). Questions & answers:

Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD3005?

What is a "time lag"?