3.　　　 Teacher gives Ss suggested answer and tell them why if the Ss have any problem.

Step 4. Assignment

2.　　　 check the answer.

1.　　　 Ss finish Ex 1 and 2 on page 45 by themselves.

3.　　　 Homework will always be homework, but the schools of the future will probably be quite different from what they are today.

　　 the Noun Clause here used as object

Step 3. Practice

2.　　　 　E-commerce, or business done on the internet, is becoming more and more popular as people discover the advantages of online shopping.

Done on the Internet

The Past Participle used as Attributive.

1.　　　 What life will be like in the future is difficult to predict.

What’s….like?

What’s the weather like today?

What’s the picture like?

2.　　　 find a few sentences in the passage which you like most, understand them entirely and then explain them to your deskmates.

Record after teaching:

The Third Period

Step 1. Warming up

　 Ask some Ss to recite the sentences that they have learnt last period.

Step 2. Learning about the language

　Teacher explain some language points in the text on page 43--44.

1.　　　 surf the internet and get more information about the topic..

2.　　　 Ss read and get the main ideas of each paragraph.

Step 4. After-reading

　 Comprehending by answering the following questions:

　 What are the advantages of future transportation, smart card, online shopping and e-schools?

　 What will happen in the field of health and medicine in the future?

　 Why is it important to be lifelong learners?

　 What should we do to make sure we will have a bright future?

Step 5. Assignment

1.　　　 Scanning: Ss read quickly and answer:

What is the passage about?