futurology教学设计 (1).docx

1、M7-Unit 20 Lesson 1 FuturologyHannah Jones looks into the future.I love talking about the future and I am not the only one. Over the centuries, people have always wondered about the future. Some like to read fantasy stories and imagine what the world will be like in 10, 50 or even 1,000 years time.

2、Others write about the future themselves. In the 18th and 19th centuries, especially the latter, the most common theme in science fiction novels was the future. Some authors even predicted things that have since happened, for example, landing on the moon! But for some people, thinking about the futu

3、re is not just for fun. They plan the future of the world for a living. These people are called futurologists.This weekend, hundreds of futurologists are meeting at Newcastle University. The seminar starts on Friday and the experts will be discussing the endless possibilities of the future. The futu

4、re is now big business and many people will attend the seminar with dreams of starting new enterprises based on the predictions they will hear this weekend. I clicked into the websites of a few futurologists and heres what theyre predicting: In the next few years, computers will become handier. Shor

5、tly all of us are going to use our voices to give instructions to computers.We will be able to download any file or update our computers just by saying a few words. By the year 2019, the clothing industry will have produced new types of material that will remain stainless no matter what you spill on

6、 them. Red wine stains will no longer ruin clothes. Garments will also be so strong that they will never get old and worn. By the year 2025, no one will die of starvation because there will be food for everyone. No one will have to live on welfare as everyone will have jobs and discrimination will b

7、e a part of the past. There will therefore no longer be any conflict and people will be able to live together in peace and equality. By the year 2030, development in biochemistry and medical science will have made it theoretically possible for us to live for at least 150 years. Tiny, insect-like rob

8、ots may be sent around the cells of our bodies to assess our health and carry out repairs to keep us healthy. By the middle of the century, computers that are millions of times smarter than us will have been developed. We will be linking our brains to these computers and a huge database. A new type

9、of electronic human might have developed! By the end of the century, we will have discovered other places in our solar system suitable for living and we will have discovered ways to go further into space.Ill be there in Newcastle this weekend. At nine oclock on Saturday morning, Ill be sitting in th

10、e front row and listening to the great Professor Willard talking about the future of my brain. If you cant beat the future, join it its the dawn of a new world.Supplementary MaterialPredictions About the Future That Should Scare the Hell Out of YouThe future looks bright, except when it doesnt. Here

11、 are three particularly regrettable developments we can expect in the coming decades.No. 1 Privacy will become a thing of the pastWe are rapidly approaching the era of universal surveillance(监视), a time when virtually every aspect of our lives will be monitored. Privacy as we know it will cease（停止)

12、to exist, replaced by Big Brothers eyes and ears.Governments, ever fearful of internal(内部的) and external(外部的) threats, will increasingly turn to low-cost, high-tech surveillance technologies. Corporations, eager to track the tendencies and behaviors of its users, will find it impossible to resist. C

13、itizens of the surveillance society will have no choice but to accept that every last detail of their lives will be recorded.Already today, surveillance cameras litter our environment, while our computers, smart phones, and tablet devices(平板设备) follow our daily affairs, whether it be our purchasing

14、tendencies or the types of programmes we watch. Virtually everything we do would be monitored. To protect our privacy,we could watch the watchersbut will they allow it?No. 2 Robots will find it easy to take over usLong before artificial intelligence become truly conscious or self-aware, theyll be pr

15、ogrammed by humans and corporations to seem that way. Well be tricked into thinking they have minds of their own, leaving us vulnerable(易受攻击的) to all manner of manipulation(操作) and persuasion. Such is the near future foreseen by futurist and sci-fi novelistDavid Brin. No.3 The effects of climate cha

16、ngewill be irreversible(不可逆的）Climate modelsshowthat even if carbon dioxide levels came to a sudden stop, the levels of this greenhouse gas in Earths atmosphere will continue to warm our planet for hundreds of years. Our oceans will slowly release the CO2 it has been steadily absorbing, and our atmos

17、phere may not return to pre-industrial (工业化前的) levels for many centuries. Asa recent assessmentfrom the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (联合国政府间气候变化组织） stated, “A large part of climate change is largely irreversible on human time scales.教学设计选材分析1. 话题切入：本课所在的单元为Unit 20 New Frontiers, 主要介绍了与我

18、们学习与生活相关的科技领域。而本节课是本单元的第一课，主要内容是介绍未来学家就科学对未来的影响做出的积极展望。为了深入挖掘未来生活这一主题，本节课选取了来自美国知名科技网站Gizmodo的文章Predictions About the Future That Should Scare the Hell Out of You作为文章的辅助材料。2. 内容升华：Futurology文章语言浅显易懂，以主人公Hannah Jones叙述自己在浏览网站时所发现的未来学家对于未来的预言和展望来展开，这些预言都是科学技术迅猛发展背景下，科技对人类未来生活所带来的正面影响与预言。而补充材料则列举了三个对未来

19、生活的负面预言，与futurology文章形成鲜明对比，引发学生对未来生活所可能出现的问题的思考，培养学生的社会责任感和主人翁意识，也可以锻炼学生的抽象思维和创造性想象。学情分析本节课的教学对象是高二学生，他们对未来学及未来的世界这一话题既感到陌生，但又显示出浓厚的兴趣和求知欲。虽然学生对这一领域缺乏一定的背景知识、经历和经验，但高中学生已具备一定的想象能力和形象抽象思维能力。学生也已具备一定的用英语获取信息、处理信息、分析问题和解决问题的能力，但他们缺乏深层思维能力的锻炼，需要教师引导拓展思维。教学目标1. 所有学生能够通过阅读了解文章的篇章结构，获取文章大意和重要细节，领悟文本内涵，畅想未

20、来生活；2. 大部分学生能够对比两篇文章的预言，对此进行思考以及价值判断，发展学生深层思维能力；3. 少数学生能够体会并积极应对未来生活所面临的挑战，有社会担当和责任意识。 重难点重点：分析解读文本、培养学生深层思维能力 难点：1.对文章预言进行可能性判断， 发展学生思维能力； 2. 根据现有的知识经验，做出自己对未来的预言。教学方法教学方法：交际教学法、任务型课堂、小组合作 教学媒介：多媒体，pad教学步骤Part 1: Warm-upPurposeMode1T shows a video clip to introduce the topic.通过播放一个展现未来生活的视频，引起学生对本课

21、话题的兴趣。师生互动Part 2: Feedback on pre-learning tasks 1T gives feedback to Ss performance on the pre-learning tasks and explains the difficult questions.学生提前完成文章的词汇、快速阅读以及细节阅读的任务。教师在课堂上展示学生前置学习结果，并对错误率较高的题目进行讲解，解答学生疑惑。生本互动(学生与文本) 师生互动Part 3: Read and Explore in class1Activity 1: Ss work in groups, discus

22、s three questions raised by the teacher.学生在分层问题的引导下再次阅读文本，从三个问题出发，对文章的预言进行讨论，培养学生的深层思维能力。在此过程中再次巩固话题词汇。生本互动生生互动师生互动2Activity 2: Ss work in groups. Discuss and present the problems stated in the supplementary material.学生通过阅读以及小组讨论，探讨补充材料中所提出的未来生活中可能出现的问题。并对两篇文章的预言进行比较，发展学生的深层思维能力。生本互动生生互动师生互动 3.Activ

23、ity 3: Ss make their own predictions about the future, post it to the forum and exchange ideas. 学生模仿两篇文章的预言，根据自己现有的知识经验对未来作出自己的猜测，上传在讨论区。学生交流讨论，教师总结课堂来升华主题。生生互动师生互动Part 4: Post-reading activity Ss design a product of future to improve people life.学生设计并展示未来的产品，培养学生的创造性思维，锻炼学生的语言表达能力。生生互动师生互动Part 5: Assignment: Ss write a passage to describe the future product.把对未来产品设计的思路形成文本，内化巩固课堂所学。学生自我