CulturalcornerandeverydayEnglish.ppt

* Read the passage and decide which prediction you find most amusing and most ridiculous. Airplanes 2. Computers 3. Clothes 4. Men on the moon 5. The Beatles 6. Robots in the house 7. Keys The most amusing one: Clothes and Robots in the house The most ridiculous one: Airplanes and The Beatles Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks. In the whole world only _____ computers are required. Thomas Watson In 1943 Computers No flying machine will ever fly from _________________. Orville Wright In 1908 Airplanes Bad predictions Who When Items New York to Paris five?? Thirty years from now people will be wearing paper clothes, which they will be able to get rid of after wearing them two or three times. Changing Times Magazine in _____ Clothes Bad predictions Who When Items 1957 We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is ______________. Decca Recording Co. In 1962 The Beatles Work has already started on building homes for people who, it is believed, will be living on the moon by the 1970’s. ______ _____ _______ In 1962 Men on the moon Bad predictions Who When Items Arnold B. Barach on the way out? By 2000, housewives will probably have a robot shaped like _____ with one large eye on the top, several arms and hands, and long narrow pads on the side for moving about to do the housework. New York Times In ____ Robots in the house Bad predictions Who When Items 1966 ? a box?? By the mid-1980’s no one will ever need to hide a key again, because there won’t be any keys. ___________________ In 1979 Keys Bad predictions Who When Items Christopher Evans 1. Thirty years from now people will be wearing clothes made of paper which they will be able to throw away after wearing them two or three times. 从现在之后的三十年人们将会穿着纸做的衣服, 这样他们就可以穿过两三次之后就可以扔掉它们了。 throw away 扔掉, 抛弃, 浪费 (金钱) throw about 到处扔, 舞动 (手脚等) throw off 匆匆脱掉(衣服), 摆脱掉 2. With the first moon colonies predicted for the 1970’s, working is now in progress