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E1 Unit2 Looking Into the Future
Using language
Motto: Water can carry a boat or overturn it 水能载舟 亦能覆舟。
I. Learning aims
1. To analyze the structure of the article and summarize the main idea of it.
II. Self-learning guidance and test
Learning guidance Tests
Lead-in What are some of the new devices or apps you have been using recently Are they helpful or distracting .
Skimming Activity Read for structure（match the main idea of each paragraph） (
In which paragraph does the
issue
:
) (
give an opinion
) (
discuss the life with tech
) (
discuss the life without new tech
) (
describe the hot issue
) (
discuss the life without new tech
) (
describe the hot issue
) (
discuss the life with new tech
) (
give an opinion
)
Scanning Task1: Read the text and then decide whether the statements are true(T) or false(F) （on page21） ( )1. A person died in an accident while driving a car. ( )2. The Amish avoid new technology because they do not want to have good lives. ( )3. Many disasters have been prevented by weather-tracking computer programmes. ( )4. Building large networks through social media helps us find new opportunities. ( )5. The author uses a health monitor to know how much exercise he/she needs. Task2: Choose the best answer according to the passage. ( )1. What do we know about the car It crashed when it was driving automatically. It crashed due to the driver’s carelessness. It crashed when the passengers was driving. It crashed because the passenger operated wrongly. ( )2. What was the public’s attitude toward the idea of developing driverless cars Supportive. B. Opposed. C. Optimistic. D. Indifferent. ( )3. How does the author support the ideas By using examples. C. By doing experiments. By using exact figures. D. By conducting surveys. ( )4. What can we infer about the author from the passage A. He feels sorry for the accident. B. He is opposed to new technology. C. He cares nothing about new technology. D. He cares nothing about new technology.
Discussion (1)What's the advantages and disadvantages of new technology (2)What's your point of view on new technology
III Consolidation
Level A: Complete the summary using the correct forms of the words from the text.
An article with the 1. (shock) headline: “Passenger Dies When Car Crashes in Driverless Mode” caused great concern about the idea of developing 2. (driver) cars. Some people are 3. (oppose) to the idea of developing cars 4. they said some advances in technology were unnecessary and could even be 5. . (danger). The driverless car company apologized for the accident, but claimed that most people would be travelling in driverless cars one day soon.
On the one hand, many different groups of people live happily in the 6. (absent) of new technology. For example, the Amish,7. have lived mainly as farmers and advocated a simple life with 8. emphasis on hard work, family, and community. On the other hand, people everywhere benefit greatly from new technology over the years. For example, the Internet has made it possible for friends and family 9. (keep) in touch easily even if they are on opposite sides of the world.
10. (personal), I have benefited quite a lot from technological advances. So I will always look on the positive side of change and accept it rather than resist it.

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