Suggested answers：
1．In general 2．keep in touch with
3．pay attention to 4．in store
5．led to 6．caught a glimpse of
7．came true
T：In this unit，we’ve also read a passage about life in the future．Now please
think out some words you can use to describe life in the future．
(After a while，ask some students to say out the words．)
Step Ⅲ Reading and Writing
T：OK．As we know，people’s life has
been changing．It’s getting better and better．What do you think life in the 3lst
century will be like?will it be the same as that today?
Ss：No．We think life in the 3lst century will be very different from that in this century．We’ll live more easily than today．We’ll have a machine do what we want them to．The only thing we need to do is to press the buttons on the computer．
T：OK．Thank you．Today we’re going to read a letter about the way people will
live more than one thousand years lat-er and we can know what the life in the 3lst century will be like．First let me explain some phrases to you：keep sb．Company,a bit and clear up．
(Show the following on the screen．)
1.keep sb．company：remain with sb．so that he is not alone．
e.g.He stayed at home to keep his wife company．
I’ll stay here and keep you company．
2．a bit：rather
e.g．He is feeling a bit tired．
The book costs a bit much．
3．clear up：put in order／make sth．Tidy
e.g．Clear up your desk before you leave the classroom．
Would you please clear up the cup-board?
(Bb：keep sb．Company,a bit，clear up)
T：Now open your books at Page 47．Look at Reading and Writing．Here is a letter from Mekanika．Now you’re given four minutes to read it．Then answer some questions under the letter．
(The students begin to read．After a while．teacher checks their compre-hension．)
T：Who’d like to tell me what you would use an e-friend for，if you had one?
(One students stands up．)
S：Let me try．If I had an e-friend．I would let him help me with what I couldn\'t do，keep me company,talk with me and help me with my homework．
(Another student begins to give the answer．)
S：I think I would have the e-friend help me take notes when I was listening to a lecture and play chess with me．Fur-thermor，I would let my e-friend help me if I was in trouble．
T：Thank you．Now the second question：Why is it sometimes difficult for Mek-anika to know what is real and what is an image?Any volunteer?
S：Because the world and people are imi-tated so well that we can see them，hear them，touch them，talk to them and feel them．They are just like the real world and real people．
T：OK．The last question：How is our 1ife different from the way people lived one thousand years ago?
S：Now life is much easier and more con-venient than in the past．We can keep in touch with each other by cellphone or by computer instead of by writing letters．
S：We can travel by car instead of on foot．We can buy things on the Inter-net．We can also get the latest infor-mation by surfing the Internet．
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Step Ⅳ Listening and Reading Aloud