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A guide to living on Mars

A guide to living on Mars

When we arrive on Mars, we’ll find life there is very different from that on Earth. The guide describes what life on Mars will be like.

First of all, scientists will discover a way to build spacesuits and space homes that will keep us safe from the coldness (-133 ) at ℃night and low gravity. It will be similar to our air conditioning, except we use the power for our electricity …

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Task About life on Mars

1 Transport:

2 Food, water, air:

3 Gravity:

space shuttles instead of spacecraft…

develop plants to …, in the form of…

three-eighths of that on Earth, fly away into space , special boots…

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4 Home:

5 School:

a dome with ten bedrooms and robots do most work…

online schools , e-teacher, computers connected to interplanetary network…

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Task Discussion about Task Discussion about Life on Mars

※ It’s not ________ or________.

※ The ________ is more convenient .

※ People will wear special _____.

※ People will have ______space .

※ ______ will do most of our work.

※We’ll have more time for_______.

※ Students will study in ______ schools.

Advantages

crowded polluted

transportboots

moreRobots

hobbies

online

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Disadvantages

※ Low _______ will be dangerous. Food does not taste _____ ※

Space travel make people feel ____※____.

※ It’s too cold to stay outside.

※ It’s too ___ away from friends on Earth.

gravity

good

ill / sick

far

Dainnel is making a guide to living on Mars in 2100.help him complete the flow chart.

Usually friendly

Keep them away with laser light

friendly

angry

laser light

Planet Mars Bank

Planet Mars Bank

Cars float in the air

No air pollution caused by traffic

comfortable

never late no air pollution

floats in the air

Space fashion and food shops

Things from Earth are hard to find

shopping mallsspace fashion

hard to find

Low-gravity basketball games

Many online theatres

Visit the two moons

online

two moons

low –gravity basketball

Language points:1.Keep them away with laser light他们用灯装饰圣诞树 .

我们用眼睛看 , 用耳朵听 .

你最好让你的衣服远离火源 .

请让孩子远离河边 .

They decorate the Christmas tree with lights.

We see with our eyes and hear with our ears.

You’d better keep your clothes away from laser.

Please keep the children away from the river.所有的国家都在努力避开禽流感．All the countries are trying to ___ the bird flu_____.

keepaway

2.If we want to go somewhere quiet, there are two moons to visit , but most people prefer to watch the amazing low-gravity basketball games instead.

请安静 ! 老师有重要的事要告诉我们 .Please be quiet. Our teacher has sth important to tell us.

Jane said she ____sending e-mails ___ letters.

A.preferred, to writing B. preferred, to writeC. prefers, writing D. prefers, to writing

A

I won’t buy my mother a handbag. Instead I’ll buy her a hat.I’ll buy my mother a hat ______ ____ a handbag.instead of

3.They make us feel like we are really inside the games. as if

like 多与感官动词 look, sound, feel, taste ,smell 连用．

看样子好象要下雨．

他说话的口气听起来就象是我们的老板．

闻起来就好象房间充满了汽油味．

It looks like it’s going to rain.

He sounds like he were our boss.

It smells like the room is full of gas.feel like doing sth.

I think life on Mars is more comfortable and more interesting than on Earth. We have online schools instead of real ones. We do our homework, take exams and talk to teachers and classmates through an interplanetary computer network at home. Most of our housework is done by robots so that we can have more time for our hobbies. Mars is very beautiful. There are green trees and fresh flowers everywhere, and there is no pollution here. We have supermarkets in our neighbourhood. They make our life more convenient.

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A guide to living on Mars

Life on Mars

TransportShopping

Free time

MoneyAnimals

初中英语九下

Task About life on Mars

1 Transport:

2 Food, water, air:

3 Gravity:

space shuttles instead of spacecraft…

develop plants to …, in the form of…

three-eighths of that on Earth, fly away into space , special boots…

初中英语九下

4 Home:

5 School:

a dome with ten bedrooms and robots do most work…

online schools , e-teacher, computers connected to interplanetary network…

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Task Discussion about Task Discussion about Life on Mars

※ It’s not ________ or________.

※ The ________ is more convenient .

※ People will wear special _____.

※ People will have ______space .

※ ______ will do most of our work.

※We’ll have more time for_______.

※ Students will study in ______ schools.

Advantages

crowded polluted

transportboots

moreRobots

hobbies

online

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Disadvantages

※ Low _______ will be dangerous. Food does not taste _____ ※

Space travel make people feel ____※____.

※ It’s too cold to stay outside.

※ It’s too ___ away from friends on Earth.

gravity

good

ill / sick

far

TaskMaking a new flow chart and writing a guide

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Life on Mars

School

House

ClothesFood

A guide to living on Mars

When we arrive on Mars, we’ll find life there is very different from that on Earth. The guide describes what life on Mars will be like.

First of all, scientists will discover a way to build spacesuits and space homes that will keep us safe from the coldness (-133 ) at ℃night and low gravity. It will be similar to our air conditioning, except we use the power for our electricity …

I think life on Mars is more comfortable and more interesting than on Earth. We have online schools instead of real ones. We do our homework, take exams and talk to teachers and classmates through an interplanetary computer network at home. Most of our housework is done by robots so that we can have more time for our hobbies. Mars is very beautiful. There are green trees and fresh flowers everywhere, and there is no pollution here. We have supermarkets in our neighbourhood. They make our life more convenient.

Language points:1.Keep them away with laser light他们用灯装饰圣诞树 .

我们用眼睛看 , 用耳朵听 .

你最好让你的衣服远离火源 .

请让孩子远离河边 .

They decorate the Christmas tree with lights.

We see with our eyes and hear with our ears.

You’d better keep your clothes away from laser.

Please keep the children away from the river.所有的国家都在努力避开禽流感．All the countries are trying to ___ the bird flu_____.

keepaway

2.If we want to go somewhere quiet, there are two moons to visit , but most people prefer to watch the amazing low-gravity basketball games instead.

请安静 ! 老师有重要的事要告诉我们 .Please be quiet. Our teacher has sth important to tell us.

Jane said she ____sending e-mails ___ letters.

A.preferred, to writing B. preferred, to writeC. prefers, writing D. prefers, to writing

A

I won’t buy my mother a handbag. Instead I’ll buy her a hat.I’ll buy my mother a hat ______ ____ a handbag.instead of

3.They make us feel like we are really inside the games. as if

like 多与感官动词 look, sound, feel, taste ,smell 连用．

看样子好象要下雨．

他说话的口气听起来就象是我们的老板．

闻起来就好象房间充满了汽油味．

It looks like it’s going to rain.

He sounds like he were our boss.

It smells like the room is full of gas.feel like doing sth.