(One student stands up．)
S：When I was a child，my great-grandfather often told me the stories of him in the past. He often got hungry and didn’t have enough money to go to school and had no chance…I think people live a miserable life in the past.
T：Yeah．People lived a hard in the past．With the development of science and technology, people\'s life has changed a lot．Now we all live happily. What do you imagine life will be like in the future? Today we are going to study Unit 6 Life in the future. (Bb: Unit 6 Life in the future)It will tell us what life will be like in the future.
Step Ⅱ Warming up
T：Now let\'s first have a discussion about the future of one of the areas in our books．Discuss them in groups of four．After a while，I\'1l ask one of you to re-
port the results．
T：Now please discuss some questions．(Show the picture and questions on the screen．)






How will people travel in the future?
Where will they go? Why?
(Give the students another two minutes to discuss．)
T：Who’d like to tell me how people will travel in the future and where they will
go and why?
(One Student puts up his hand．)
T：Oh，Li Jun，you have a try．
S：I think people will travel by using public transport．Electric cars will be
traveling through the streets day and night．Anybody will be able to stop one and take it．They can go wherever they want．
S：I think people will travel by car，which doesn\'t burn gas，but solar energy．In-
stead of wheels，the car needs a Cushion of air．Thus。it can float in the air．You
can go wherever you want as long as you press a button on the computer in the
car．What\'s more，it won\'t cause any pollution．
(And then ask some Students to re-port．)
How wi1l people communicate in the future?
S: People will communicate with each other with computers, which are set in the watches.
Where will people work in the future?
What kind of jobs will they have?
S：People wil1 work at home．The only thing that people do is to control the robots by pressing the buttons on t11e computer and let them work for us．
How will people do business in the future?
What kind of money will they use?
S：By the year 2l00，shops will no longer exist．Computers will have replaced them，and people will order goods from home．Instead of paper money，they will use credit cards．
What languages will people speak in the future?
Will people still speak Chinese and Eng1ish?
S：Instead of any language，people Will use code to talk with each other．If they use a language to communicate，I think t11ey Will speak Chinese．Because our country will be the strongest one．
What will schools be like in the future?
What subjects will people study?
S：Schools will be set up on the Internet．Students can stay at home and use computers to study．We can also down-load some information．We\'ll study social sciences，natural sciences and so on．Schooling wi11 be much more interesting and effective．
(After discussing all the questions，the teacher says the following．)