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八上英语人教
When Tomorrow Comes
When Tomorrow Comes
Section A- What are your predictions about the future?
Unit 7
第二课时 Pronunciation-2e
Distinguish confusing pronunciations and master the pronunciation rules of letter combinations.
Listen to the dialogue, fill in the key words, and summarize the core ideas of the dialogue.
Use templates to make up simple conversations and expand your debate on your own.
Objectives
Listen and repeat. Add one more word to each group.
Pronunciation
1
now
thing
think
wrong
China
join
fat
ring
1. What an exciting sci-fi film! I really loved
the story.
2. Can you hear the wind? It sounds scary!
3. My test is next week, but I don’t have time
to study.
4. It’s still raining. There’s nothing to do!
5. I can hardly keep my eyes open. I’m going
to bed now.
bored
excited
scared
tired
worried
2 Listen and match the emotions with the sentences.
运用: 选出画线部分读音与其他三个不同的一项
D
B
D
C
C
(1) A. night
B. need
C. nose
D. autumn
(2) A. chair
B. school
C. teacher
D. chicken
(3) A. page
B. age
C. giraffe
D. game
(4) A. write
B. wrong
C. iron
D. run
(5) A. sing
B. strong
C. angle
D. bring
Let’s make a prediction about the future.
直升机式的帽子可以快速地带你到达目的地 。
Let’s share more fun predictions about the future.
衣服能自动换成时新样式。
Does the future world in the video conform to (符合) your imagination (想象)? Which aspect of change does the video mainly show us?
Think and answer
Transport
交通
What will the future be like?
Pre-listening (listening )
01
03
02
05
04
Education
Home
Food
Job
…
What other aspects in our lives do you think will have big changes in the future? What changes are they?
n. 教育
Listen to the conversation and fill in the blanks.
2a
A. there will be fewer
traffic accidents
B. there will be more
people in cities
C. we’ll have better
health care technology
D. people will live longer
Helen: Hi, Jennifer! What’s up?
Jennifer: Oh, hi, Helen. I’m watching a video
about future predictions.
Helen: So, what will the future be like?
Jennifer: Well, _____, but the transport system
will be more efficient. It means that
____.
Helen: Sounds great! Any other predictions?
B
A
Jennifer: Students probably won’t go to a
school in the future. They will study
at home or any place they want.
Helen: Oh, but I really like going to school!
Anything else?
Jennifer: And ____
Helen: Really? Why?
Jennifer: Because ______ in our homes.
Machines will tell us how to solve
small health problems before they
become bigger.
D
C
A. there will be fewer
traffic accidents
B. there will be more
people in cities
C. we’ll have better
health care technology
D. people will live longer
Helen: That’ll be great. How long will most
people live?
Jennifer: Well, more people will live to be over
100 years old. Some may even live to
be 150.
Helen: Wow, that sounds wonderful!
A. there will be fewer
traffic accidents
B. there will be more
people in cities
C. we’ll have better
health care technology
D. people will live longer
Textbook
Read the conversation and complete the table.
2b
What will the future be like?
People in cities
Transport system
Education
Health care
Length of life
will be more
will be more efficient
Students probably won’t go to a school in the future. They will study at home or any place they want.
We will have better health care technology in our homes.
More people will live to be over 100 years old.
Some may even live to be 150.
1. What is Jennifer watching?
2. Is Helen interested in the future? How do you know?
3. Is the video positive about the future or not? How do
you know?
Read again and answer the questions.
2c
She is watching a video about future predictions.
Yes, she is. She asks many questions about future.
Positive. It shows that our life will be better.
Listen to the conversation again. Then role-play it.
2d
Assessment checklist Starts
Speak loudly and fluently
Speak with emotion
Pronunciation and Intonation
The content based on the conversation in 2a
Try to retell the conversation
Helen greets Jennifer. Jennifer is watching a video about _________________. Jennifer shares that there will be ___________ in cities, but transport systems will be _____________, which means that there will be ____________________. What’s more, students probably won’t ____________in the future. They will study at ______ or __________________.
future predictions
more people
more efficient
fewer traffic accidents
go to school
home
any place they want
Also, people will live ______. More people will live to be ______________. Some may even live to be ______. That’s because we’ll have __________________________ in our homes. Machines will tell us how to ___________ ________________ before they become _________. Helen thinks it sounds ___________.
longer
over 100 years
150
better health care technology
solve small
health problems
bigger
wonderful
What do you think life will be like in the future? You can speak from the following aspects.
Think and say
Home
Population
Transport
Job
Free time
Discuss and complete the table below with your partner.
Topic My prediction My partner’s prediction
Home
Population
Transport
Job
Free time
Pair work
A: Will there be more robots at home in the future?
B: Yes, I think there will be. I believe every home will have a
smart robot.
A: Do you think we will have flying cars?
B: Well, I don’t think there will be flying cars everywhere, but
maybe in big cities.
A: What about jobs? Will there be fewer jobs in the future?
B: Yes, I think so. I think AI will take over many jobs.
Sample
Will there be more / less / fewer ... in the future?
Yes, I think there will ... /Well, I don’t think there will ...
Do you think we will ...?
...
will +be/do 表将来
There be 句型的一般将来时
— Will there be ...?
— No, there won’t. / Yes, there will.
3) more, less, fewer的用法:
可数名词前用more/fewer,不可数名词前用
more/less.
Summary
(1)Will there be more / less / fewer ... in the future? (P64 2e)
这是There be 句型的将来时结构。will be是系动词的将来时形式,表示存在。同义句型是“Is/Are there going to be more /less /fewer +名词?”。more 后面可以使用可数名词或不可数名词,而less 后面只能接不可数名词,fewer 后面只能接可数名词。
Will there be more/less/fewer … in the future?
辨析:more,less与fewer
more 更多的 many/much的比较级 后接可数名词复数或不可数名词
less 较少的;更少的 little的比较级 后接不可数名词
fewer 较少的;更少的 few的比较级 后接可数名词复数
If there are more people driving, the traffic will be worse.
如果开车的人更多,交通将会更糟糕。
Can you do the work well with less time and fewer people?
你能用更少的时间和更少的人来做好这项工作吗?
意思 用法 比较级 最高级
few 一些(否定) 修饰可数名词 fewer fewest
little 一些(否定) 修饰不可数名词 less least
many 许多 修饰可数名词 more most
much 许多 修饰不可数名词 more most
将来高层建筑会更少。
______ _______ _______ _______tall buildings in the future.
There will be fewer
练习
little
1. I have ________ money. So I can’t buy this computer.
2. There is ________ beef in the fridge. We can have beef for dinner.
3. We should pay _________ attention to saving natural resources.
4. Sam is new here and he has ________ friends now. We must help him.
5. Our school provides _______ colourful after-school activities on Monday.
4. The museum isn’t crowded (拥挤的). There are only ________ people in it.
a little a few many little few much
a little
few
a few
many
much
I. 根据句意用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. — There will be more cars in the future.
— I disagree. I think there will be ______ (few) cars.
2. I think there will be_______ (robot) everywhere in 50 years.
3. There will be more _________(pollution) on earth.
4. I will have ____(little) free time next month than this month.
robots
pollution
less
fewer
Exercises
II. 英译汉,并写一写。
1. —Will people use money in 100 years?
—No, they won’t.
________________________________________________
2. Kids won’t go to school in the future. They’ll study at
home on computers.
________________________________________________
3. Everyone should play a part in planting trees.
________________________________________________
— 一百年后人们还使用钱吗?— 不,不用。
未来孩子们不会去上学了,他们将在家里用电脑学习。
每个人都应该参与植树。
4. There will be more trees here in ten years.
________________________________________________
5. —Will there be fewer jobs for people?
—Yes, there will.
________________________________________________
十年后这里会有更多树木。
— 未来工作岗位会更少吗?— 是的。
Homework
Make a video to introduce the future in your eyes. You should follow the guidance below:
Speak loudly, clearly and fluently.
Pronounce correctly.
Speak from different aspects. (at least 3 aspects)
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