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Unit 2 Looking into the future
Assessing Your Progress
1. To use the words and expressions in this unit in proper situations;
2. To use the words and expressions in this unit to show your ideas about what may happen in the future;
3. To use words and expressions in this unit to make a design for the future life;
Learning objectives
Activity 1
Use the words and expressions in this unit at proper places.
Think about the function of the given word and connect the word with the suitable blank;
Check your answer by understanding each sentence in a whole.
Complete the dialogues with the correct forms of the words in the box.
luxury prospect rural absence
prediction essay network emphasis
1. A: Why are you so concerned
B: We can’t win the case in the ________ of relevant evidence.
2. A: It’s difficult to make accurate _________ about the effects on the environment.
B: I couldn’t agree more. We should place more ________ on environmental protection.
absence
predictions
emphasis
3. A: What are you working on
B: I’m writing an ________ on how to integrate individuals’ values and society’s needs.
4. A: How do you find working in your new office
B: It’s great! The office ________ allows users to share files and software, and to use a central printer.
essay
network
luxury prospect rural absence
prediction essay network emphasis
5. A: I don’t quite understand your choice. What might be the advantages of living in remote ________ areas
B: The ________ of getting a high-paying job is low, but I find it more meaningful to help people there. In addition, I have the ________ of breathing fresh air every day.
rural
prospect
luxury
luxury prospect rural absence
prediction essay network emphasis
Activity 2
Task 1. Read the passage of Future Library and know about the new style of library;
Task 2. Compare the common libraries with the Future Library.
It's clean and quiet. We can read books there.
What's the image of a library in your mind
Katie Paterson was born 1981 in Glasgow. Paterson studied at Edinburgh College of Art from 2000-2004 (BA) and the Slade School of Fine Art in London from 2004-2007 (MFA).
Can you imagine what a library is like in the future
Katie Paterson's works
Read an introduction to the Future Library project. Fill in the blanks using the correct forms of the words in the box.
cut down keep use write read
The Future Library is a project by the artist Katie Paterson. It began with the cutting down of trees in a forest north of Oslo, Norway, in 2014. The Future Library Trust ______________ wood from these trees to build a special room – the Silent Room – in the Oslo Public Library. In place of the trees that had been cleared, 1,000 new trees were planted.
used
Every year from 2014 until 2114, a different popular author ______________________ one original story, and the librarians ______________________ all the stories in the Silent Room, where visitors can look at them but not read them. In 2114, the organisers _____________________________ the 1,000 trees that were planted back in 2014. They will then use the wood for publishing the 100 books in the Silent Room. So in 2114, people _____________________ books that were made from trees that are growing right now.
will write/ will be writing
will keep/ will be keeping
will cut down/ will be cutting down
will read/ will be reading
cut down keep use write read
Know more about the library
planting trees
wood cut for books
a marked tree
Praised by many as a “library of the future”, the New Deichmanske Bibliotek - Oslo City Library - will open its doors to the public in 2019. The one hundred unread and unpublished texts will be held here in a specially designed room, lined with wood from the forest.
the silent room
the silent room
The Future Library room will be situated on the top floor of the library along with the special collection of books and archives. It will face in the direction of the forest, which can be glimpsed on the horizon.
It will be a small, intimate room, encouraging only one or two people at a time. The authors' names and titles of their works will be on display, but none of the manuscripts will be available for reading – until their publication in one centu's time.
“We are building the Silent Room using the trees we cleared from the forest, still containing their scent. The atmosphere is key in our design, aiming to create a quiet, peaceful space which can allow the imagination to journey to the forest, the trees, the writing, the deep time, the invisible connections, the mystery.”
Activity 3
Task 1. Work in groups to talk about your opinions on the Future Library in the passage;
Task 2. Talk about your imagination of future libraries;
your aim of starting the library
who are your potential readers
what may be their needs
how will you design the library
Draw the picture of your library in groups. Then show your picture to the class.
Finish your reflecting.
Homework

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