Unit 7 Will people have robots?

Period 1

Learn more about the world

rocketmoon

astronaut

earth

Space station

Mars

pollution

Do you think you will have your own robots?

Let’s talk: What will the future world be like?

• Think about our future …

future world

school life daily life

science city…

no schools

no books

have robots

live to be 200 years old

free

study at home

study on computer

rocket astronaut space stationmore cars more buildings

more pollution

more peoplefewer trees

no money

1a How will the world be different in the future, 100 years from now? Read these predictions. Check (√) A (for agree) or D (for disagree).

A D 1. People will have robots in their homes.

A D 2. People won’t use money. Everything will be free.

A D 3. Books will only be on computers, not on paper.

A D 4. Kids won’t go to school. They’ll study at home on computers.

A D 5. There will only be one country.

A D 6. People will live to be 200 years old.

= will not

= they will

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预言；预测；预示

1b Listen and circle the predictions you hear in activity 1a.

1. People will have robots in their homes.

2. People won’t use money. Everything will be free.

3. Books will only be on computers, not on paper.

4. Kids won’t go to school. They’ll study at home on

computers.

5. There will only be one country.

6. People will live to be 200 years old.

Unit 7 Will people have robots?

Period 2

• Think about our future …

future world

school life daily life

no schools

no books

have robots

live to be 200 years old

freestudy at home

study on computer no money

Books will only be on computers, not on paper.

Kids won’t go to school. They’ll study at home on computers.

Make sentences

Make sentences

People will have robots in their homes.

People won’t use money. Everything will be free.

People will live to be 200 years old.

Will 后面的红色动词都是动词原形

1c PAIRWORK Ask and answer questions about the predictions in activity 1a.

A: Will people use money in 100 years?

B: No, they won’t. Everything will be free. Will people

live to be 200 years old?

A: Yes, they will.

一百年后

“in 与 after+ 时间” 都可表示“在…之后”。当它们用于一般将来时态时， in 后接“时间段”， after 后接“时间点”。

1. He’ll come back in three years. 他三个小时以后回来。

2. He’ll come back after three o’clock. 他三点钟以后回来。

in

after

2a Listen and circle the words you hear.1. There will be more / less / fewer people.

2. There will be more / less / fewer free time.

3. There will be more / less / fewer cars.

4. There will be more / less / fewer pollution.

5. There will be more / less / fewer trees.

(little 的比较级 ) 较少(few 的比较级 ) 较少数

污染

树

Remember:

many—more—most much—more—most

few—fewer—fewest little—less—least

修饰可数名词 修饰不可数名词

2b Listen again. Check (√) the predictions you hear.

1. There will be fewer people.

2. There will be less free time.

3. People will use less subways less.

4. There will be more pollution.

5. Cities will be very big and crowded.

√

√

2c GROUPWORK

Look at activity 2b. Make conversations about the

predictions.

A: I think there will be more pollution.

B: Well, I don’t agree. But I think there will be fewer

trees.

A: I agree.

“There be” 句型的一般将来时

肯定句： There will be + 名词 + 其他成份

[ 注意 ] ：无论后面加单数名词或复数形式， be 都必须用原形。

There will be only one country.

否定句：在 will 后面加 not.

There won’t be only one country.

一般疑问句：把 will 提到 there 之前。

Will there be only one country?

Yes, there will. / No, there won’t.

Have you ever seen some science fiction movies?

1.What do the robots look like in the movies?2. What can they do?

What do the robots look like?

What can the robots do?

Do you know about robots ?

What does it look like?

I’m the owner of the robot

It is impossible for him to do the housework, but it is possible for him to make me happy

I have a robot however it isn’t a real robot. It is a doll.

What do they look like?

They look like humans.

What do they look like ?

They look like snakes.

This robot looks like a huge armThis robot looks like a huge arm

This one looks like a dog

What do they look like?

They look like humans.

This robot looks like a huge arm.

What can the robots do?

speak do exercise

run

cook

play the piano

There are some other robots, what can they do ?

Play football dance

help people do the most unpleasant jobs

help with the housework

Play the piano

what can they do ?

talk

This robot is very strangeWhat can it do ?

Explore( 探险 ) the universe （宇宙）

What can robots do? shapes

humanssnakehuge arm dog

do homework

play with people

play football

look for people

do unpleasant jobs

walk and dance

talk

Do you think you will have your own robots?

Let’s predict our future!

robot

In 100 years, people will have robots in their homes.

In 100 years, there will be robots in our homes.

• There won’t be any paper money.

• Everyone will have a credit card.

You will be able to drive from Beijing to London in the future.

LondonBeijing

You won’t carry a backpack. It will carry you.

will / shall 引导的一般将来时 : 一般将来时表示将来发生的动作或情况，最基本的

结构： will / shall + 动词原形

“ 主谓（宾）句型”的一般将来时：

肯定句：主语 + will / shall + 动词原形 + （宾语） + 其他成份

People will have robots in their homes.

否定句：在 will / shall 的后面加 not 即可。 will not = won’t

People will not (won’t) have robots in their homes.

一般疑问句：把 will / shall 提到句子主语之前，结尾变问号。

Will people have robots in their homes?特殊疑问句：特殊疑问词 +will + 主语 + 动词原形 + 其他成份？

When will people have robots in their homes?

Grammar Focus

Will there be less pollution? No, there won’t.

There will be more pollution.

Will there be fewer trees? Yes, there will.

Kids won’t go to school.

Kids will study at home on computers.

一般将来时结构：

肯定式：主语 + will + 动词原形

否定式：主语 + won’t + 动词原形

一般疑问句： Will + 主语 + 动词原形

练习1. He ________ very busy this week, he

________ free next week.

• A. will be; is

• B. is; is

• C. will be; will be

• D. is; will be D

In some science fiction movies, people in the

future have their own robots. These robots are just

like humans. They help with the housework, and

do the most unpleasant jobs.

科幻小说电影

他们能够帮助人们做家务和那些最让人不愉快的工作。

1. science fiction movies1. science fiction movies 科幻电影2. unpleasant adj. 不高兴的 pleasant adj. 高兴的 pleasure n. pleased=happy adj. 高兴的，开心的 be pleased with sb./sth. 对…很满意 be pleased to do sth. 做某事高兴

pleasurepleasure pleasedpleased

pleasantpleasant pleasedpleased

选用 pleasant pleasure pleased 填空：–--Thanks a lot. –--That my ________.Our teacher was _________with our study .I think that will be a ________trip.I am ________ to join you.

Some scientists believe that there will be suchrobots in the future. However, they agree it may take hundreds of years. Scientists are now trying tomake robots look like people, and do the same thingsas us. Japanese companies have already made robotswalk and dance. This kind of robot will also be funto watch.

科学家

日本的一些公司已经能够让机器人行走和跳舞。这种机器人看来会很有意思。

未来；将来然而

好几百；许许多多

But robot scientist James White disagrees. He thinks that it will be difficult for a robot to do the same things as a person. For example, it’s easy for a child to wake up and know where they are. Mr White think that robots won’t be able to do this. Butother scientists disagree. They think that robots willbe able to talk to people in 25 to 50 years.

他认为机器人做人做的事情是困难的。

3. hundreds of 3. hundreds of 几百 几百 hundreds of bookshundreds of books 我校图书馆收藏着几百本书。 There are hundreds of books in our school library. =There are ____ _____ hundred books in our school library.

a few

4. It is/was/will be + 形容词 + for sb. +to do sth. 对某人来说做… .. 是… .

5. wake up sb. 叫醒某人 不要叫醒我。 Don’t wake me up.

6. be able to +6. be able to + 原形原形 ( 可以用各种时态 ) =can + =can + 原形原形 ( 只用在过去时和一般现在时 )

用 be able to can 填空：1. I don’t think you ___________live to be 100.2. When I was five, I ________swim.

will be able towill be able to couldcould was able towas able to

Robot scientists are not just trying to make robotslook like people. For example, there are already robots working in factories. These robots look morelike huge arms. They do simple jobs over and overagain. People would not like to do such jobs and would get bored. But robots will never get bored.

工厂

他们一次又一次地做这些简单的工作。 人们做这样的工作就会感到枯燥。但是机器人永远也不会感到枯燥。

7. There be sb. + doing sth. 有某人正在做… 那时侯有四个人正在睡觉。 There were four persons sleeping at that time. =Four persons ______ ______at that time. are sleeping

有个人正在讲话。There is a man talking.

8. over and over8. over and over 三翻四次， 反反复复 , 不断 婴儿喜欢反复说同一句话。Babies like saying the same words over and over.

In the future, there will be more robots every-where, and humans will have less work to do. Newrobots will have many different shapes. Some will look like humans, and others might look like snakes.After an earthquake, a snake robot could help lookfor people under buildings. That may not seem possible now, but computers, space rockets and evenelectric toothbrushes seemed impossible a hundred years ago. We never know what will happen in thefuture!

形状

蛇

地震

电动牙刷

In the future, there will be more robots every-where, and humans will have less work to do. Newrobots will have many different shapes. Some will look like humans, and others might look like snakes.After an earthquake, a snake robot could help lookfor people under buildings. That may not seem possible now, but computers, space rockets and evenelectric toothbrushes seemed impossible a hundred years ago. We never know what will happen in thefuture!

未来，到处会有更多的机器人，人们的工作也会更少。

地震后，蛇机器人就会帮助寻找建筑物底下的人。

我们永远也不知道未来会发生什么。

9. get bored=be bored=feel bored 9. get bored=be bored=feel bored

** 10. Sb. seem 10. Sb. seem形容词形容词名词名词to do sth.to do sth.+

他看来似乎病得很严重。 He He seems/seemedseems/seemed very ill/ill badly.very ill/ill badly.=He =He seems/seemedseems/seemed to be very ill/to be ill badly.to be very ill/to be ill badly. 看来那件事是没可能的。 That thing seems/seemed impossible.That thing seems/seemed impossible. =That thing seems/seemed ___ ____ _______.=That thing seems/seemed ___ ____ _______.

某人看来似乎…

to be impossible.to be impossible.

** It seems/seemed that + It seems/seemed that + 句子 句子 看来… ..看来天要下雪了。 It seems thatIt seems that it will rain. it will rain.看来那只老虎要死了。It seems thatIt seems that the tiger will die/is going to die /is dying. the tiger will die/is going to die /is dying.

Class over!