北师大版教案unit 20 new frontiers lesson 1 futurology教案

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1、北师大版教案Unit20NewFrontiersLesson1一、教学课型：阅读课这是本单元第一篇阅读文章，它给学生提供了一个近距离感受科学技术迅猛发展的机会，让学生了解到什么是未来学和未来学家，从而鼓励学生积极、勇敢地面对人类社会所面临的经济、政治、文化等多方面的挑战。二、教材分析1、教学内容(1)Beforereading21stcenturyMobilePhonesGenerationsFeatures1GReceivemakecallswithinthemobilephonenetwork2GSendSMScheaply3GSendphotogra

2、phsandvideoimagesAccesstheInternetWhatofthefuture?Ithasbeenpredictedthatmobilephonesmightsoonreplaceourwallets.Forexample,insteadofhandingovercashtopayforgroceries,ourmobilephoneswouldbescannedandthecostaddedtoournextphonebill.Theideathatinthefuturewewon’tneedtocarrymoneyseemscraz

3、y,but80yearsago,theideathatyoucouldwalkoutofyourhousewithyourphoneinyourhandprobablyseemedcrazier!Mobilephoneshavebecomeamajorpartofourlivesandonewonderswhatthenexttechnologicaladvancewillbe.(2)ReadingHannahJoneslooksintothefutureoffuturology.Ilovetalkingaboutthefuture---andIamnott

4、heonlyone.Overthecenturies,peoplehavealwayswonderedaboutthefuture.Someliketoreadfantasystoriesandimaginewhattheworldwillbelikein10,50oreven1’000years’time.Othersforeseefutureopportunitiesandproblems.Theyplanthefutureoftheworldforaliving.Thesepeoplearecalledfuturologists.Thisweekend

5、,hundredsoffuturologistsaremeetingatNewcastleUniversity.TheseminarstartsonFridayandtheexpertswillbediscussingtheinfluenceoftechnologyonthefuture.Thefutureisnowbigbusiness.Iclickedintothewebsitesofsomefuturologistsandhere’swhatthey’repredicting:·Thetechnologyalreadyexists,soverysoon

6、allofusaregoingtouseourvoicestogiveinstructionstocomputers.·Inthenextfewyears,wewillbecommunicatingwithourfriendsaroundtheworldusinglife-sizedvideoscreensinourlivingrooms.·Bytheyear2020,computerswillalreadyhavebecomemorehandyandalsomorepowerfulthanthehumanbrainbothintermsofintellig

7、enceandtheamountofinformationtheycanstore.·Bytheyear2030,developmentinbiochemistryandmedicalsciencewillmakeittheoreticallypossibleforustoliveforatleast150years.Tiny,insect-likerobotsmaybesentaroundourbodiestocarryoutrepairsandkeepushealthy.第6页共6页·Bythemiddleofthecentury,computersth

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