一、知识点拨
I．Language Goals
·通过做预言，谈论未来发生的事情。
·用一般过去时、一般现在时和一般将来时谈论过去、现在和将来发生的事情。
·能用上述三种时态谈论自己或他人的过去、现在和未来。
II．Key Words
1．in prep．在……之后（用于将来时）
in l00 years 在一百年后
People will have robots in their homes in 100 years．
一百年以后，人们家中会有机器人。
比较：after在……之后（用于过去时，表示从过去某时间起一段时间之后）
He will come back in two hours．他两小时后会回来。
He came back after two hours． 他是两小时后回来的。
2．1ess，fewer 比较少；
more 比较多
less是little的比较级，修饰不可数名词
fewer是few的比较级，修饰可数名词
more是much和many的比较级
much修饰不可数名词，many修饰可数名词
I have less money than he has．我的钱比他的少。
There are more buildings in this city than in that city．
这个城市的楼房比那个城市多。
3．fall in love with... 爱上……
Last year l visited the art exhibition and fell in love with the work Of Picasso．
去年我参观了艺术展，爱上了毕加索的作品。
4．a kind of... 一种
some kinds of... 几种
a kind of book 一种书
five kinds of flowers 五种花
many different kinds of gold fish 各种不同的金鱼
（fish单复数相同，此处是复数）
5．as well as 也；与too同义。
He likes this book and he likes that book, too．
Or: He likes this book as well as that hook．他喜欢这本书，也喜欢那本书。
She can come here, too．
Or: She can come here as well．她也能来。
6．worth adj．值……；值得……；相当于……的价值
This house is worth $l0 000．这个房子价值一万美元。
be （well）worth doing sth．（很）值得做
That film is （well）worth seeing．那部电影（很）值得看．
These books are worth reading twice．这几本书值得看两遍．
7．knock down... 击倒，撞倒；拆除
knock down the pins击倒球柱
knock down the machine拆除机器
knock组成的词语还有：
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There will be more pollution．
二、学习自评
I．Listening Comprehension
（A）Listen and match the correct pictures．
1．（ ） 2．（ ） 3．（ ） 4．（ ）
（B）Listen to the dialogue, then fill in the form below．
| What are they talking about? | They're talking about 1．. |
| What do they think about computers? | There will be 2． computers，and computers will be 3．. |
| Do both of them like to live>4． | |
| What does Maria think about the space stations? | She thinks they will be 5．. |
II．Vocabulary
Choose the phrases to fill in the blanks, according to the sentences．
| A．in 2008 B．more people C．fewer holidays D．more fresh air E．after we finish middle school F．ten years from now G．less pollutlen H．better hospitals I．in the future J．next year |
A: What do you think our city will be like / / / / ?
B: There will be / / / / ．
III．Choose the correct answers．
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1．I will be a reporter and meet many people．
2．A is the place to live in space．
3．Everyone will have a to buy things in 100 years．
4．The work of Picasso is well buying．
5．What will your life be in ten years?
6．Skiing is interesting exciting．
7．There will be money coming to the tsunami （海啸）area．
8．I have leisure time this term because I have a lot of homework．
VI．Reading comprehension
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Yours, Erma
三、相关信息
喜欢打保龄球的人越来越多了，但是你对它的历史了解多少?
Scientists think that a game like bowling was played in Egypt thousands of years ago．Toys that look like a ball and bowling pins were found buried （埋葬）with a child who died around 5200 BC．
People who study history know that the game was popular in Germany around 200～300 AD．It was played by people in stone churches in order to show that they were good Christians．When people bowled poorly, they had to go to church more often．
The first bowling place built inside a building opened in England in 1455．Then the game was taken to the United States where most people played it outside．
During the l800s, many people in the United States began to bowl for money, so several cities made the game illegal．Many people kept on bowling illegally．A group named the American Bowling Congress （ABC）began around 1900．The job of this group was to clean up bowling and make it a gentleman's game again．
At that time, the game was mostly played by men．If women played, they hung a curtain（帘）up so that the men were not able to see them．
Then, in 1916, a woman's group named the Women's International Bowling Congress （WIBC）made a point of showing that the game was fine for both men and women．