Unit 4

Lesson 1

Tomorrow’s World

Lesson 1

Tomorrow’s World

Step 1 Warming up

Imagine life in the next twenty years .How do you think technology will change our lives ? Example :All cars will have computers.

Go shopping online.Needn’t carry cash and use credit cards.

Instead of going to the bank you can use a

computer and a telephone to pay for bills.

have virtual reality schools communicate by e-mail get new films on the Internet get all our entertainment on the Internetread newspapers on the Internet.

Look at the title of the article. Which of these topics do you think it will mention?

* the Internet * artificial human * time travel * robots * global warming * virtual reality

Step 2 Pre-reading

Listen to the record of the

article and check your guess

to question 2 above.

the Internet

virtual reality

Learning vocabulary

Read the article and match

the vocabulary from the text

below with the definitions.

hacker, chaos, terrorist, the Net

(Internet), virtual reality, crash

1 、 a person who enters other people’s computer programmes in secret

hacker

2. The use of computers to make situations feel and look real

virtual reality

3. have an accident by violently hitting something

4. someone who does terrible things to harm countries, governments and people

crash

terrorist

5. computer system that allows millions of people around the world to share information

the Net

6. A terrible situation in which everything goes wrong

chaos

Step 3 While-reading Listen to the tape again and match the paragraphs with these headings .

a) Pessimistic opinions b) Seeing the future c) Optimistic opinions d) The Internet growth

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Questions:

Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions.

1.Why are some experts pessimistic about the future?

1. One worry is crime in cyberspace.2.Young hackers can get into the computers

of banks and governments.3. Terrorists “attack” the world’s computers,

cause chaos, and make planes and trains crash.

2. What possible changes do some experts believe the Internet can bring to our lives?

already 1.Users can buy books, find out about holiday offers, book tickets and get all sorts of information from the Internet .

In the next few years2. We are going to see a huge growth in shoppingon the Internet . We will get entertainment from the Net .TV and mail service may disappear.

3.How is our future in virtual reality ?

1.The use of computers with sounds and pictures that makes you feel as if you are in a real situation .

2.Virtual reality will become a part of modern life. People live and work in virtual offices, shop in virtual supermarkets and study in virtual schools

1.In the last thirty years, the Internet grew rapidly.

2. Terrorist may “attack” the world’s computers, cause chaos, make

planes and trains crash.3. It is convenient to order tickets from the internet.

has grown

∧and

book

Correct the errors of the sentences.

Step 4 Post reading

4. In 1983, there were only 200 computers connect to the Internet.

5. It is clear we can use internet to do all kinds of things at home.

6. Personally, I’m optimistic about the future of internet.

connected

∧that

∧ the

7. As society develops, computers will

make our life much convenient.

8. The mail service may also disappear

as the increasing use of e-mail.

more

with

Useful Expressions

1. affect our lives

Line 1 2. in the last thirty years

=in the past thirty years

3. in the past

Line 4 4.connect to

Line 10 5.be pessimistic about

在过去的三十年里

在过去

连接到对……悲观

影响着我们的生活

Line 21 6. be optimistic about

Line 24 7. find out holiday offers

Line 25 8. all sorts of

Line 32 9.a huge growth of

shopping on the Net

Line 36 10. get entertainment

Line 39 11. mail service

Line 46 12 as if =as though

对……乐观

各种各样的

网上购物大增长

进行娱乐活动

邮政服务似乎，好像

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Homework

1. Retell the text . 2. Discussion: Do you feel pessimistic or optimistic about the future of the Internet? Why?