学习目标

词汇： reality, extraordinary, character, interactive, set, upon, feeling, headset, enable, monitor, via, deliver, straw, final, besides, firefighter, burn, battle, whale, ant, fantastic, opportunity, industry, impress, announce, liquid, soap, powder, showcase, employ, accuse, file, popularity, criticize, fade, editor, therefore, voice, opinion, crash, nephew, central, surface, southern, hero, gentle, journey, per, rescue, force, guide, safely.

词组、短语：pass on, thousands of, be connected to, put forward, last but not least, set up, in my opinion, come across, not only ....but also.

语法、结构：1) The passive voice

2) Modal verbs and the passive voice

3)Verbs often used in the passive voice

技能指导 ：

By the end of this unit, students will be able to:

read a formal proposal and summaries of three science fiction novels

listen to facts and opinions and an interview about computer use

Discuss views on technology and interview a classmate

Write a proposal for a computer room and a short science fiction story

Expand vocabulary related to computer

合作探究

Welcome to the unit

导入：The general idea of this period

The pictures and the questions of this part make students take notice of the life in the future. With the rapid development of science and technology, some of our wildest dreams could come true in the future.

Reading

体验：Reading comprehension

The article in this section is a business proposal which introduces a new business idea. Ask students to skim and scan the proposal and try to find answers to the three questions in Part A. Remind students only to focus on the most important information needed to answer these questions. Meanwhile ask students to pay attention to the structure of the passage.

Pay attention to the structure of the article. Organize students into groups of four. Ask them to discuss this article and analyze the structure. Also, students need to conclude what the main idea of each part of the article is.

main ideas

Para 1 ____________________________________________________________

Para 2----7 ____________________________________________________________

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Para8 ____________________________________________________________

Activities and discuss

1.After students have worked out the main ideas for the different parts, to further strengthen the