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高中英语人教版选择性必修第一册
Unit 2 Looking into the Future
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Learning objectives
Language Ability
Build and use words and phrases related to smart homes and future life in meaningful contexts.
Learning Ability
Use word formation, paraphrasing and mind maps to expand vocabulary and organize language knowledge.
Thinking Quality
Compare the simple future tense with the future progressive tense and understand their different meanings.
Cultural Awareness
Talk about future technology and travel plans with appropriate language and a balanced attitude.
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Contents
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Lead in
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Vocabulary building
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Grammar discovery
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Practice and application
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Summary
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Assessment
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Homework
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01. Lead in
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Lead-in: review smart homes
What can a smart home do?
• lock doors automatically
• monitor health
• detect dangers
• respond to voice commands
Try to describe these functions with “verb + noun” phrases.
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Say more “verb + noun” phrases
detect dangers
monitor health
issue warnings
switch on/off lights
integrate sensors
repair electrical wiring
have fantasies
encourage innovation
Challenge: Can you add more pairs from the reading text?
Lead-in
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02. Build up your vocabulary
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Build up your vocabulary
Write as many correct pairs of “verb + noun” phrases as possible.
Verbs
detect, integrate, leak, switch on/off, monitor, cure, have, become, issue, encourage, repair, reject
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Nouns
a preference, routine, a warning, cancer, learning, the heater, air quality, potential dangers, oil, innovation, electrical wiring, fantasies
Possible pairs
detect potential dangers monitor air quality issue a warning cure cancer
switch on/off the heater integrate learning encourage innovation
repair electrical wiring reject a preference have fantasies leak oil
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Complete the sentences with the adjectives in the box.
abnormal
automatic
available
constant
critical
efficient
distant
instant
relevant
secure
1 Big data will become much more ______ in solving crimes in the future.
2 Many smart watches can provide ______ fitness data.
3 This fantasy may come true in the ______ future.
4 After the accident, both drivers are in ______ condition.
5 The fridge keeps food at a ______ low temperature.
6 The air conditioner works in ______ mode.
7 It is important to make food and water ______ to the survivors.
8 Smart homes will keep us ______ and healthy.
9 The transport system is one of the most ______ in Europe.
10 The sensors can detect anything ______.
Answers: relevant / instant / distant / critical / constant / automatic / available / secure / efficient / abnormal
Build up your vocabulary
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Paraphrase with words and phrases in brackets
1 Care will also be taken to combine the building and surrounding architecture together. (integrate)
2 We will probably benefit from remote-controlled houses. (potentially)
3 He insisted everything would be all right; however, I still felt anxious. (nevertheless)
4 It is a good habit to make certain what is happening with your blood pressure. (keep track of)
5 The warning is sent as soon as the car begins to leak oil. (the instant)
Tip: paraphrasing helps you use new words in real contexts.
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Add more elements to the mind map
Future life
Houses
integrated sensors
energy-efficient mode
voice commands
Transport
driverless cars
traffic sensors
smart routes
Health
health monitoring
smart beds
warnings
Security
detect disasters
electrical wiring
water leaks
Work
remote work
AI assistants
automatic tools
Entertainment
virtual reality
smart screens
custom programmes
Choose one branch and add two more phrases.
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03. Discover useful structures
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Simple future tense vs. future progressive tense
In the future, we will use advanced technology every day for automatic control of just about everything in our home.
In the future, we will be using advanced technology every day for automatic control of just about everything in our home.
will do
emphasises a future fact, plan or prediction
will be doing
emphasises an action in progress at a future time or a natural future arrangement
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Form and function of future progressive
Form
will be + v-ing
Uses
• to describe an action in progress at a certain future time
• to talk about something expected to happen in the normal course of events
• to make polite enquiries about future plans
Examples
I will be studying at 8 tonight.
Will you be using the computer later?
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Find more sentences from the reading text
we will be living in smart homes
we will be using advanced technology every day
your smart home will be monitoring your health
Your lights will come on the instant you enter the door
Rewrite
we will live in smart homes
we will use advanced technology
your smart home will monitor your health
Feel the difference: continuous, natural, vivid.
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Read the passage and choose the right answers
Jack goes to school every weekday. He leaves home at 6:45 and arrives at school at about 7:30. His morning classes begin at 8:00 and continue until 12:15. Then he has lunch, which takes about half an hour. His classes begin again at 1:30 in the afternoon and end at 3:50. He goes to the school’s football club at 4:30 and finishes practice at 6:00.
1 At 6:30 a.m. tomorrow, he’ll be at home.
2 At 8:10 a.m. tomorrow, he’ll be having a class.
3 At 12:30 tomorrow, he’ll be having lunch.
4 At 5:00 p.m. tomorrow, he’ll be practising football.
5 At 6:45 p.m. tomorrow, he’ll be arriving home.
Answers: 1 B 2 A 3 B 4 A 5 B
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Fill in the blanks with proper verb forms
1 You can call me then. I __________ (not sleep).
2 They set off at 9:00 a.m. and thought they __________ (reach) the airport an hour later.
3 Will you __________ (wait) for me until I find the electrical wires?
4 Better not hang out with Sam then. He __________ (work) on his article on critical thinking.
5 I guess most parents __________ (support) the new plan at the meeting tomorrow.
Answers: won’t be sleeping / would reach / wait / will be working / will support
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04. Practice and application
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Make a conversation using the future progressive tense
Day
Travel plan
Monday
Fly to Beijing from Melbourne, arrive at 10:00 a.m.; visit the Summer Palace in the afternoon
Tuesday
Morning: visit the Palace Museum; Afternoon: go to Wangfujing Street
Wednesday
Go to the Great Wall, three hours’ drive there and back
Thursday
Go sightseeing in Shichahai; visit National Museum of China
Friday
Trip to Zhangjiakou
Saturday
Back to Beijing in the afternoon; watch Beijing Opera
Sunday
Return to Melbourne
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Pair work: ask about the travel plan
Useful patterns
A: What will you be doing on Tuesday morning?
B: I’ll be visiting the Palace Museum.
A: Will you be watching Beijing Opera on Friday?
B: No, I’ll be watching it on Saturday.
Make at least four questions and answers.
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Write about your future day
Imagine it is 2035. Write five sentences about what you will be doing at different times tomorrow.
At 7:00 a.m., I will be ...
At 10:00 a.m., I will be ...
At 2:00 p.m., I will be ...
At 6:00 p.m., I will be ...
At 9:00 p.m., I will be ...
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05. Summary
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Summary: words and structures
Vocabulary
verb + noun phrases
adjectives about future homes
paraphrasing
future-life mind map
Grammar
will do
will be doing
actions in progress
future arrangements
Application
describe smart homes
ask about future plans
write about future life
Use language to talk about the future clearly and naturally.
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06. Assessment
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Self-assessment
use key words and phrases about smart homes
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complete sentences with correct adjectives
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paraphrase sentences with target expressions
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explain the future progressive tense
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make a conversation about a future plan
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Reflection: What is the difference between “will do” and “will be doing”?
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07. Homework
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Homework
Level A — Consolidation
• Finish the vocabulary exercises on the worksheet.
• Write 8 “verb + noun” phrases about smart homes.
• Make 5 sentences using the future progressive tense.
Level B — Extension
Write a 100-word paragraph:
My day in 2035
Use at least three future progressive sentences and five words from this lesson.
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Thanks for listening
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