2d Answer the questions with short sentences.

1. What is a resolution?

______________________________________ 2. Why do people usually make resolutions? _______________________________________

3. How many kinds of resolutions does the writer talk about? ____________________________________________________ 4. Why do you think resolutions may be difficult to keep? ____________________________________________________ 5. Do you agree with the writer? Why do or why not?

____________________________________________________

2e Find these phrases in the passage. Then write your own sentences with them.

have to do with _______________________________________________________ make promises _______________________________________________________ have something in common ____________________________________________ write down__________________________________________________________ for this reason_______________________________________________________ take up ____________________________________________________________

3a Complete the first two paragraphs about resolutions with the words in the box.

take listen make is help learn are Resolutions______promises to yourself. They may ______to make you a better person and to make your life easier. I am going to______four resolutions. The first resolution has to do with my own personal improvement. Next year, or maybe sooner, I am going to ______up a new hobby. I think singing ______a great activity so I am going to ______to sing. I think this will also make my family happy because they love to ______ to music and sing together 3b Write your resolutions under the following headings.

1. Ideas for improving my physical health get more exercise 2. Ideas for improving my relationships with my family and friends 3. Ideas for being better at school

3c Use your notes to write three more paragraphs about your resolutions. In each paragraph, write what you are going to do and why.

The second resolution is about improving my physical health. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The third resolution is about improving my relationships with my family and friends. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The last resolution is about how to be better at school. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Imagine you work for your city. Think of a plan to make it dearer and greener.

1. We are going to make the subway better. Then people don’t have to drive to work. 2. ____________________ 3. ____________________ 4. ____________________ 5. ____________________ Self check

1. Match the jobs with the school subjects.

1. computer medicine 2. engineer computer science 3. doctor math 4. basketball player science 5. scientist P.E. 2. Fill in the blanks in the conversation.

A: What do you______to be when you grow up? B: I want ______a scientist. A: Wow. That sounds cool. But it’s also difficult. ______ are you______to do that? B: After I finish high school, I'm______ to go to university. A: ______ are you ______ to study? B: In Hefei. I'm______ to study there for four years. A: I think I want ______ a teacher. I’m ______ to teach in Wuhan. 3. Write about your plans.

Tomorrow, I'm going to ____________________. Next week, ____________________. Next month, ____________________. Next year, ____________________.

Unit 7 Will people have robots?

Section A

Language Goal：Make predictions.

1a How will the world be different 100 years from now? Read these predictions. Check (√) A (for agree) or D (for disagree).

_____ A _____D l. People will have robots in their homes.

_____ A _____D 2. People won’t use money. Everything will be free. _____ A _____D 3. Books will only be on computers, not on paper.

_____ A _____D 4. Kids won't go to school. They'll study at home on computers. _____ A _____D 5. There will only be one country. _____ A _____D 6. People will live to be 200 years old. 1b Listen and circle the predictions you hear in la.

1c Ask and answer questions about the predictions in la. A: Will people use money in 100 years?

B: No, they won’t. Everything will be free. Will people live to 200 years old? A: Yes, they will.

2a Listen and circle the words you hear. 1. There will be (more/less / fewer) people. 2. There will be (more / less / fewer)free time 3. There will be (more / less / fewer) cars. 4. There will be (more / less / fewer) pollution. 5. There will be (more / less / fewer) trees. 2b Listen

again. Check (√) the predictions you hear. _____ l. There will be fewer people. √ 2. There will be less free time. _____ 3. People will use the subways less. _____ 4. There will be more pollution. _____ 5. Cities will be very big and crowded.

2c Make conversations about the predictions in 2a and 2b. A: What’s your prediction about future? B: I think there will be more pollution. A: Really? I don't think so. But I think there will be fewer trees.

2d Role-play the conversation. Nick: What are you reading, Jill? Jill: It's a book about the future.

Nick: Sounds cool. So what will the future be Jill: Well, cities will be more crowded and There will be fewer trees and the environment will great danger.

Nick: That sounds bad! Will we have to move planets?

Jill: Maybe. But I want to live on the earth. Nick: Me, too. Then what can we do?

Jill: We can use less water and plant more trees. Everyone should play a part in saving the earth.

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Grammar Focus

What will the future be like? Will people use money in 100 years? Will there be world peace? Look! Countable nouns Countable nouns Cities will be more polluted. And there will be fewer trees. No, they won’t. Everything will be free. Yes, I hope so. Kids will study at home on computers? They won’t go to school.