英语选择性必修 第一册Unit 2 Looking into the Future课文配套ppt课件

You can never plan the future by the past.              

—Burke

你永远不要依照过去来计划未来。                

——伯克

Imagination is not to be divorced from the facts.

—Alfred North Whitehead

想象不应脱离现实。                       ——阿尔弗雷德·诺斯·怀特海

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

—Thomas Jefferson

我不缅怀过去的历史，而致力于未来的梦想。

——托马斯·杰斐逊

Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.

—John Ruskin

无目标而生活，犹如没有罗盘而航行。                 ——约翰·拉斯金

Anything one man can imagine, other men can make it real.

—Jules Verne

但凡人能想象到的事物，必定有人能将它实现。

——儒勒·凡尔纳

Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.           —Thomas Fuller

人生就是一系列决心的结果。                         ——托马斯·富勒

Hope and Despair

Hope is magic that pulls people out of the edge of despair and gives them the energy to go for a bright future.Life teaches us not to regret over yesterday because it has passed and is beyond our control.Tomorrow is unknown because it could either be bright or dull.So the only way is to work hard today，and we will enjoy a better tomorrow.

It's exciting to imagine how future humans will have solved the problems we have now, or what amazing new inventions will make our lives more convenient and interesting.

Robots will be doing most of our jobs, from building homes to teaching math.There are already robots that clean floors and pump gas.In the future they will be more complicated(复杂的)and useful.Unfortunately, with robots taking all the jobs, unemployment rate will be high.

Speaking of being social, we will communicate in an entirely different way.Forget texts and emails.Mindreading technology will allow us to send thoughts to each other without speaking a word.We will also be able to send thoughts to objects around us.(Instead of pressing “start” on the microwave, you could just think “start”．)Meanwhile, chips implanted(植入)in our brains will improve our memory and intelligence.

Today, around 30，000 Americans die in car accidents each year.One hundred years from now, accidents will be a thing of the past.According to Mark Safford, consultant of the U．S.Department of Transportation, future cars will drive themselves.These electric cars will communicate with other cars on the road to travel safely in close formation at high speeds.

Raising animals is not the best way to produce food, and it harms the environment.Today, scientists can “grow” meat in a lab from animal cells, but it's expensive and not very delicious.In the future, they will have perfected the process.You'll order hamburgers that come from factories, not cows.Scientists may even find ways to make lab­grown meat tastier and healthier than the real thing.

[探究发现]

1．Find out the main idea of the passage and then think of a proper title for it.

_________________________________________________________________

[答案]　The passage is mainly about the future life.The title is “More convenient and interesting future life”．

2．Find out what robots can help us do.

_________________________________________________________________

[答案]　Do most of our jobs，such as build homes，teach math，clean floors and pump gas.

3. Find out what our future life will be.

_________________________________________________________________

[答案]　Robots will be doing most of our jobs.We will communicate in an entirely different way.Future cars will drive themselves.We'll order hamburgers that come from factories，not cows.