Unit 2 Everyone will have a small car.

Technology is developing so fast and our life is changing every day. Can you imagine what life will be like in ten years?

climate

homes

technology

jobs

Life in the futureRead the passage and then match the pictures with the paragraphs.Picture 1: _____ Picture 2: _____Picture 1: _____ Picture 2: _____Picture 1: _____ BADEC

Match the pictures and paragraphs with these headings.ClimateHomesJobsTechnologyTransportB/ Picture 2C/ Picture 3E/ Picture 5D/ Picture 1A/ Picture 4

What will the life in the future be?transport

fueleveryoneplanesflyingwill be very largewill be cheapwill be expensivewill have a small car

It will be hot all year.Summer will be hot

So the winter will be very short.

The winter will be warm

There will be heavy rain and strong winds.

North Pole It will get warm at the North Pole.There will be no snow and ice

roughSo the seaswill be very rough.

The sea wont be smooth

Homes will be very warm in winter and cool in summer a comfortable home

Well use the sun to heat our homes.

very smallvery light

many thingson the Internet

machines dull jobs farms factories officesno one heavy work three days a week long holidays lots of free time

comfortableinterestinggoodhotlargelightuncomfortable dullbadcoldsmallheavy

strongwarmroughshortneweasyweakcoolsmoothlongolddifficult

Answer the questions.1. What do cars use? What is expensive?

2. Its always very cold there. Where in the world is it? Fuel.North Pole.

3. In Beijing its cold in winter. When is it warm/hot/cool?

4. No one will be cold at home. What will the sun do to our homes?5. No one will do heavy work. What will do it? Heat them.Machines. Its warm in spring, hot in summer and cool in autumn.

1. Planes will take a lot of people.2. Summer will be short and cool. 3. It will be cheap to heat our homes. 4. Machines will do interesting jobs.Read the passage again and check the sentences. (T/F)

5. The weather will be fine in spring and autumn, because people will find no heavy rain or strong winds.6. Computers wont be heavy because they will be small.7. Machines will do heavy work instead of people.

8. People wont work at all. Theyll have long holidays all the time.9. People will have four days off a week, so they will have lots of free time.

Planes will be very large so flying will be very cheap. flying-ing+-ing

e.g. Drinking milk is good for you. Walking and swimming are good exercises.

sosobecausee.g. It is raining hard so we have to stay at home and watch TV.

_____________________________ _____________________________ It is very cold outside so we dont go out.

2. It will get warm at the North Pole so the seas will be very rough. , get warmget warm e.g. The teacher gets angry.

(1) (2) The days will get short, and the nights will get long. Its getting colder and colder.

3. But there will be bad weather in spring and autumn. weatherclimateThere will be bad weather in spring and autumn. B. Singapore has got a warm climate.

AB, climate, weatherweather, climateweather, climate,

weatherclimate1. They have got a comfortable ______ there.2. We are going to play the match tomorrow if the _______ is fine. climate weather

4. There will be heavy rain and strong winds. heavy rain, heavy, , , heavy rain heavyheavily, , ,

5. so they will be very comfortable. comfortable adj. uncomfortable, un-e.g. fair unfair

Homes will be warm in winter and cool in summer, so theyll be very comfortable. I am a little shy. I often feel uncomfortable when I talk to strangers.

comfortableuncomfortable1. happy ( )2. lucky ( )3. friendly ( ) 4. important ( )unimportant unhappy unlucky unfriendly

6. Well use the sun to heat our homes. heat ()e.g. Well heat some milk for the coffee. heat e.g. The heat from the fire can dry our clothes.

Can I have glass of water? The boy waters the flowers every day. Theres a lot of rain in the south. Its going to rain this afternoon.

7. People will work three days a week. three days a week once a day twice three weeksfive times a yearthree days a month

Pair work Work in pairs and talk about life in the future. You may talk about it like this:--- I think flying will be expensive because fuel will be expensive.--- Yes, and I think cars will be small.

What will you be in ten years? What will your life be like in the future?Can you imagine what your classmates will be in ten years? Draw a picture about you or your classmates in the future, describe it to us.

Planes will be very large.Flying will be very cheap.Planes will be very large so flying will be very cheap.Look at these sentences

Now match 1~3 with a~c and join these sentences with so.1. It will probably be hot all year.2. Well use the sun to heat our homes.3. People will work three days a week.a. No one will be cold and there will be lots of hot water.b. Theyll have long holidays and lots of free time.c. The winter will be very short.

1. It will probably be hot all year so the winter will be very short.2. Well use the sun to heat our homes so no one will be cold and there will be lots of hot water.3. People will work three days a week so theyll have long holidays and lots of free time.Check the answers

1. This shirt is too e________ . I cant buy it.2. My mother thinks my bed is u___________ . She will buy me a comfortable one. 3. In s_____ the weather gets warmer.4. The question isnt difficult. It is e___.5. This weekend, I will have a lot of f___ time. Exercisesxpensive ncomfortablepring ree asy

1. family, everyone, my, in, will, a, have, car ___________________________________ .2. the, will, clean, worker, the, house ___________________________________ .3. to, students, have, will, go, school, to, lessons ____________________________________? Will students go to school to have lessons Everyone in my family will have a carThe worker will clean the house

4. winter, will, be, there, snow, in _________________________________ .5. will, school, days, five, week, a, I, to, go _________________________________ .I will go to school five days a weekThere will be snow in winter

, My name is Meimei. Let me (1) ____ (talk) about my life in the future. In ten years, I (2) _______ (live) in Shanghai. I (3) ______ (be) a reporter () and meet some interesting people. Also, Ill live in a big house with a talk will livewill be

beautiful garden with my best friends. I (4) ________ (have) many pets, such as cats, dogs and fish. In ten years Ill have many different kinds of birds. I (5) _________ (go) fishing and swimming every week. Now, I can only wear school uniform (). I dont like them and I like beautiful clothes. In tenwill havewill go

years, I (6) _______ (buy) a lot of new clothes. And I (7) ________ (wear) different clothes every day. I (8) _______ (sleep) for more than 8 hours every night. Ill go to Hong Kong for holidays and I think I (9) ________ (meet) many film stars and singers there. will meet will buywill wearwill sleep

Future dreams When I was just a little girl,I asked my mother what will I be,Will I be pretty, will I be rich?Heres what she said to me:Whatever will be, will beThe futures not ours to seewhat will be will be.