高中英语 unit20 lesson 1 futurology new frontiers（3）教案 北师大版选修7

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1、Unit20NewFrontiersLesson1Futurology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)Beforereading21stcenturyMobilePhonesGenerationsFeatures1GReceivemakecallswithinthemobilephonenetwork2GSendS

2、MScheaply3GSendphotographsandvideoimagesAccesstheInternetWhatofthefuture?Ithasbeenpredictedthatmobilephonesmightsoonreplaceourwallets.Forexample,insteadofhandingovercashtopayforgroceries,ourmobilephoneswouldbescannedandthecostaddedtoournextphonebill.Theideathati

3、nthefuturewewon’tneedtocarrymoneyseemscrazy,but80yearsago,theideathatyoucouldwalkoutofyourhousewithyourphoneinyourhandprobablyseemedcrazier!Mobilephoneshavebecomeamajorpartofourlivesandonewonderswhatthenexttechnologicaladvancewillbe.(2)ReadingHannahJoneslooksinto

4、thefutureoffuturology.Ilovetalkingaboutthefuture---andIamnottheonlyone.Overthecenturies,peoplehavealwayswonderedaboutthefuture.Someliketoreadfantasystoriesandimaginewhattheworldwillbelikein10,50oreven1’000years’time.Othersforeseefutureopportunitiesandproblems.The

5、yplanthefutureoftheworldforaliving.Thesepeoplearecalledfuturologists.Thisweekend,hundredsoffuturologistsaremeetingatNewcastleUniversity.TheseminarstartsonFridayandtheexpertswillbediscussingtheinfluenceoftechnologyonthefuture.Thefutureisnowbigbusiness.Iclickedinto

6、thewebsitesofsomefuturologistsandhere’swhatthey’repredicting:·Thetechnologyalreadyexists,soverysoonallofusaregoingtouseourvoicestogiveinstructionstocomputers.·Inthenextfewyears,wewillbecommunicatingwithourfriendsaroundtheworldusinglife-sizedvideoscreensinourlivin

7、grooms.·Bytheyear2020,computerswillalreadyhavebecomemorehandyandalsomorepowerfulthanthehumanbrainbothintermsofintelligenceandtheamountofinformationtheycanstore.·Bytheyear2030,developmentinbiochemistryandmedicalsciencewillmakeittheoreticallypossibleforustolivefora

8、tleast150years.Tiny,insect-likerobotsmaybesentaroundourbodiestocarryoutrepairsandkeepushealthy.·Bythemiddleofthecentury,computersthataremillionsoftimessmartert