Unit 7 When Tomorrow Comes Section B 1a-1e 课件2025-2026学年人教版八年级英语上册

该初中英语课件围绕“未来预测”主题，聚焦访谈文本的结构与内容，通过预测访谈主题激活认知，按“整体结构分析—分部分细节阅读—语言点讲解”脉络，以问题链和表格填空为支架，帮助学生构建访谈文本理解框架。 其亮点在于融合语言能力与思维品质培养，通过分析访谈结构（分三部分及匹配大意）和推断题提升逻辑思维，结合“机器人是否取代人类”等讨论活动锻炼表达能力，系统整合词汇用法（如futurist后缀、prepare短语）。学生能在真实语境中提升语言运用和思维能力，教师可直接利用结构化活动设计提高教学效率。

Unit 7 When Tomorrow Comes Lesson 4 (Section B 1a–1e) Look at the title of the interview below. What do you think the interview is about? 1a It’s about future predictions. Prediction 1.What are the necessary steps for an interview? Introduction Body：Questions and Answers closing 2.How many parts can the interview be divided into? Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Try to analyse the structure of the interview Part 1 Opening Introduction Part 2 Main body Questions and Answers Part 3 Closing Welcome and introduce Dr Lu. Discuss many questions about the future predications. Advice on how to prepare for the future. Match the main idea of each part 1. Who is the guest today? Dr. Lu. /Dr. Lu Xingyuan. 2. What does he do? Chief researcher of the Future World Research Center. (未来研究中心首席研究员） Futurist. 3.What does a futurist do? Study the future and make predictions. Read Part 1 and answer Questions& answers How many questions does the host ask?What are they？ Read Part 2 and answer Four 1. How will life be different in 50 years? 2. What jobs will humans still do in the future? 3. Will robots replace humans one day? 4. How will Al change our world? 1. How will life be different in 50 years? Service robots will do almost all our housework. They will help save lives when disasters and emergencies happen. Question 1 Answer Example You’ll see robots working everywhere. Read Q 1 and answer Question 2 Answer Example Read Q 2 and answer 2. What jobs will humans still do in the future? There will be jobs such as space pilots and AI experts. Some jobs will disappear. There will be more challenging jobs. 3. Will robots replace humans one day? AI will not replace humans for things like creativity or emotional intelligence. No, they won’t. Question 3 Answer Example Read Q3 and answer 4. How will Al change our world? We won't need to go to the supermarket. Smart refrigerators will understand our needs. It will change the world in many ways. Question 4 Answer Example Read Q4and answer Question Answer How can we prepare for the future? Just accept change. Keep learning and working hard. Today’s choices will influence your future. Read Part 3 and answer Complete the table with the information from the interview. 1c Guest name Job Future prediction about robots: about jobs in the future: about AI: Advice Lu Xingyuan a futurist Robots will work everywhere and make our life easier. Some jobs today will disappear. There will be more challenging jobs in the future. AI will certainly change how we work, study and live. Just accept change. Keep learning and working hard. Read again and tick the statements that you can infer from the interview. 1d 1. Dr Roberts is very positive about the future. 2. In the future, robots will take over most jobs of today. 3. Robots will save lives during emergencies. 4. Humans will have more challenging jobs and do creative work. 5. Our emotional intelligence will always be important. 6. It is impossible for us to prepare for the future. Summary How to make an interview Interviewer & interviewee Host & Dr Lu Opening (Part 1) Welcome and introduce Dr Lu. Main body Q&A (Part 2) robots: Robots will work everywhere and make our life easier. jobs : Some jobs today will disappear. There will be more challenging jobs in the future. AI: AI will certainly change how we work, study and live. Closing (Part 3) Advice for future: Just accept change. Keep learning and working hard. Ready for tomorrow Good evening, everyone! Our guest today is Dr Lu Xingyuan, chief researcher of the Future World Research Centre. So welcome to our show, Dr Lu. Good evening. Thank you, it’s a pleasure to be here. Dr Lu, thank you for joining us. So, as a futurist, can you tell us how life will be different in 50 years? Host: Dr Lu: Host: Ready for Tomorrow? Language points thank you for doing sth 因做某事而感谢你 futurist未来学家，-ist是职业名词的后缀，表示“...家” art— artist piano— pianist violin— violinist science— scientist It’s a pleasure to do sth. 很高兴/荣幸做某事。 Well, you’ll see robots working everywhere. Can you give us some examples? Well, as we all know, China’s robotics industry is growing fast. Robots will make our life easier. We’ll have service robots. They will do almost all our housework. They will also help save lives when disasters and emergencies happen. So, what jobs will humans still do in the future? Dr Lu: Host: Dr Lu: Host: see sb doing sth 看到某人正在做某事 n. 机器人学 emergency n. 突发事件；紧急情况 public service 公共服务 serve v.服务 serve sb. sth.= serve sth. to sb. 为某人提供服务 Good question! Some jobs today will disappear in the coming years. However, there will be more challenging jobs in the future, such as space pilots and AI experts. Do you think robots will replace humans one day? No, I don’t. Our creativity and emotional intelligence are important for relationships. AI will not replace humans for these things. Dr Lu: Host: Dr Lu: 有一天 表示过去或未来的某一天。 表示将来的某一天时可与some day互换 n. 飞行员；领航员 情绪智力 creativity 为不可数名词 create v.创造 create sth. for sb. creative adj. 有创造力的 prepare sb. sth.= prepare sth. for sb.为某人准备某物 prepare for sth. 为某事做准备 You mentioned AI. How will AI change our world? Well, it will certainly change how we work, study and live. For example, a smart refrigerator will know what you need and order food for you when you’re running low. Wow, that’ll save us a lot of time! Now, my last question: How can we prepare for the future? Host: Dr Lu: Host: prepare sb. sth.= prepare sth. for sb.为某人准备某物 prepare for sth. 为某事做准备 v. 提到；写到 n. 冰箱 （= fridge） run low (on sth) 即将用尽；快用完 It’s simple. Just accept change. Keep learning and working hard. Today’s choices will influence your future. Thank you for your time, Dr Lu. Dr Lu: Host: keep doing sth 持续做某事；一直做某事 强调动作或状态的延续性、重复性或习惯性。 accept sb. sth.接受某人某物 accept that从句 接受或者承认某个事实 accept强调的是主观上的接受或者认可。 receive强调的是客观的动作，不涉及主观情感。 Discuss the questions. 1e 1. Do you think robots will replace humans one day? Why do you think so? 2. What do you think are the most important qualities that people in the future should develop? 3. What do you think we should do to prepare for the future? replace... with/by... 用······代替······ be replaced by... 被······取代 Discuss and share 1. Do you think robots will replace humans one day? Why do you think so? No, I don’t. Robots are just tools made by humans.Humans have creativity and emotions.AI will not replace humans for these things. 2. What do you think are the most important qualities that people in the future should develop? 1.Creativity and the ability to work hard. 2.Keeping a curious (好奇的) mind 3.Adaptability (适应力)and teamwork 3. What do you think we should do to prepare for the future? 1.Just accept change. Keep learning and working hard. 2.Learn new skills like coding or foreign languages. 3.Stay curious about new things 4.Exercise to stay healthy 5.Read more books to open our minds. Face the future bravely, keep learning, and improve yourself. $