4配套新教材-高中英语-选择性必修第一册-人教版-UNIT 2 Reading and Thinking.pptx

UNIT2LOOKINGINTOTHEFUTURE

ReadingandThinking;LearningObjectives

Inthisclass,youwill

1figureoutthestructureofthepassageandlearnaboutsmarthomesandwhattheycandointhefuture；

2inferthewritingpurposeandintendedaudienceofthispassage;

3expressyourideasaboutsmarthomes.

;Thinkandshare.

Whenyousee“thefuture”inthetitle，

whatcomesintoyourmind?

;Brainstorm.

Task1Doyouhaveany“smart”things?Whatarethey?

Smartphones,smartwatches,smartspeakers…

Task2Whatdoesitmeanwhenwesaythatsomethingsuchasaphoneis“smart”?

Tosaythatsomethingissmartmeansthatitcanmakedecisionsonitsownwithoutahumantellingitwhattodo，andthatitcanalsolearnhowtodothingsitself.

Task3Whatdoyouthinka“smart”housecandothatotherhousescannot?

Iwouldexpectthatasmarthousecouldcontrolroomtemperatureandlights，forexample.;Predictandthink.

Beforeyouread,lookatthetitleandsubtitles(副标题).

;;ReadParagraph1andanswerthequestions.;

1.Whydoesthewriterstarttheparagraphwithtwoquestions?

Thewriterwantstoarousereaders’interest.

2.Whatdoes“thesekindsofthings”referto?

Itreferstosomeinconveniencepeoplemayhaveinordinaryhomes.

3.Whatwillbeasmartsolution?Inwhatwayswillsuchsmarthomesbehelpful?

Smarthomeswillbeasolution,andtheycankeepussecure,saveusenergyandprovideamorecomfortableenvironmenttolivein.

;ReadParas2-4andanswerthequestions.

;1.InParagraph2,whatmakesalltheseintelligentcontrolspossible?

Theintegratedsensors.

2.·InParagraph3,whydoestheparagraphstartwith“Inaddition”?

“Inaddition”meansParagraph2andParagraph3areparallelparagraphs.

·Whatdoyouthink“regularhealthchecks”are?

Thephrasemeansmonitoringyourhealtheveryday,whichincludesthechecksaboutyourbodyweight,sleep,diet,illnessesandsoon.

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