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Procedures

1. Warming up

⑴Warming up by filling the chart

Hello, everyone! How did you come to school today? By bus, by bike, by motorbicycle, by car or on foot?

Have you ever thought about the changes in transport that have taken place since the First Emperor, Qin Shihuang traveled in his carriage? Turn to page 17. Read the chart and discuss in pairs to fill it.

　　Now what changes would you might expect to see in the next two thousand years?

⑵ Warming up by looking into the future

Hello, everyone. Today we take Unit 3, Life in the future. As it is known that the world is changing fast. Then what will the future life be like?

　　I think the dead can live again in the future. About 50 years from now, it will be possible to use virtual reality to bring the dead back to life. People will drag out their old and boring home movies and choose a relative to bring back to life. The visual will be combined with records about that person to create a virtual relative. Then the family can have a chat with that relative, keep it running, and live with it. The experience will be like living with a ghost.

⑶Warming up by watching a future film

Today we are going to take Unit 3 Life in the future. But first let's watch a future film called Back into the future.

2. Pre-reading by brainstorming

Before we read the text First Impressions, we shall spend some time brainstorming for problems facing human beings today and in the future in AD 3005.

The Seven Serious Problems Facing Mankind

人类面临的七大问题