Unit 2 Looking into the Future Using Language Listening and Speaking 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册

Listening and Speaking 听说 1 listen to an interview making prediction about the future and try to get the main idea. brainstorm and get inspired on the development of technology in the future. learn how to make a prediction or forecast and use the future tense learned in this unit. Learning objectives By the end of this class, you will be able to: Warm-up Part 1 3 Warm-up What do these pictures show? Match the words with pictures. ______ automation ______ nanobots (纳米机器人) ______ global warming ______ artificial intelligence (AI) ______ cloning 3 2 5 1 4 1 2 3 4 5 Pre-listening Part 2 Pre-listening Discussion How do you think these events or such technology might develop in the future? What challenges or opportunities might they bring? 1 2 3 4 5 6 While-listening Part 3 7 While-listening Listen for predictions When listening for predictions, you should listen for the use of the future tense, in particular the future tense with will or will be doing. Words such as predict, prediction, and forecast, are also used to quite often when making predictions. Making predictions I think/believe/predict that in the future ... By 2030, we will ... I can imagine/forecast ... One challenge will be ... We will be doing ... My prediction is that ... In the distant future there will ... I doubt/don’t think that ... We will have the opportunity to ... We are going to ... While-listening Host: On today’s episode of “Future Changes”, we talk with ... Dr Han: Certainly. I’m a ________________. Host: And could you please tell us your prediction? Dr Han: Yes, well. ________ that computers _____________ than us in the future. ______ that people _____________________ computers to think like humans. Host: ... Dr Han: Not at all. This is because we’ll be programming them to not ... Vincent Black: It’s about the cities of the future, actually. ________ that cities floating on water ... I forecast will be cl