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(共15张PPT)
Period2
Reading and Thinking
Unit 3 The Internet
英语
① To figure out the structure of the passage by analysing the main idea of each paragraph.
② To identify useful expressions about the Internet and use them to express opinions.
③ To connect their own life experience of using the Internet with the text.
Studying objectives:
Key points：
1. To analyse the main idea of each paragraph to deepen the understanding of the text.
2. To talk about how the Internet has changed people’s lives and how to use the Internet appropriately.
Difficult points：
1. To enable students to judge the structure of the passage and catch the key information to understand the text.
2. To enable students to voice personal ideas with the help of the useful patterns and expressions about the topic.
Studying key points and difficulties:
What is the Internet
Is the Internet important in your daily life
What benefits do you get from the Internet
Lead-in
While-reading
Activity 1　Prediction
Read the title of the text “Stronger Together:How We Have Been Changed by the Internet”.Try to answer the following questions.
1.What do you think the text will say
2.How do you think the writer feels about the topic
The text will say that we have been changed a lot by the Internet and that it has brought us together.
positive; optimistic
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
Jan decided to start an IT club to teach older people how to use computers and the Internet.
Jan has started taking online classes to learn more about how to use the Internet to make society better.
Jan’s life has been greatly improved by the Internet.
Jan developed a serious illness which made her stuck at home,but surfing the Internet helped her feel less lonely and bored.
People’s lives have been changed by online communities and social networks.
While-reading
Activity 2　Read the text quickly and match the main ideas with the paragraphs.
1.In what way does the writer tell us that life has been changed by the Internet
2.Why did Jan quit her job
3.How did the people in the online community help her
By showing examples.
Read the passage again and try to answer the following questions.
She suddenly developed a serious illness.
People in the online community talked with her about her problems,
supported her,and gave her advice.
While-reading
Activity 3　Reading for details
4.Why did she start the IT club
5.What is the “digital divide”
6.What’s Jan’s next goal
To teach older people how to use computers and the Internet.
Her next goal is to start a charity website to raise money for children in poor countries.
The digital divide is the gap between those who have access to the Internet and those who don’t,and those who know how to use new technology and those who don’t.
While-reading
No longer wait in line or carry cash when shopping;
easily get updated information;
download software,documents and images;
listen to music;watch films;play games;explore the world;
join an online group;
apply for work online;
start an online company;
take online classes;
start a charity website...
List the ways in which the text says that the Internet has changed people’s lives.
While-reading
Aanalyse the structure of the passage by drawing a mind map.
Para.1 People's lives have been changed.
Para.2 Jan used the Internet to help deal with her illness.
Para.3 Jan started an IT club to help older people.
Para.4 Jan wants to use the Internet to make society better.
the example of a 59-year-old man
the example of a 61-year-old woman
While-reading
Activity 4　Reading for structure
Para.5 Jan's life has been greatly improved by the Internet.
brave
helpful
merciful
willing to learn new things
positive
From Jan’s story, what kind of brilliant qualities can we learn from her
selfless
caring
critical thinking
While-reading
Activity 5　Reading for thinking
My life has been changed by the Internet.It has made my schoolwork and studying easier and has helped me stay in touch with old friends more easily and often.
Post-reading
Discuss a question according to their online experiences.
Do you think your life has been changed by the Internet If so,how
Possible vocabulary:
take online classes, chat with friends, purchase things, download apps and documents, no longer wait in line or carry cash when shopping, listen to music, explore the world, have access to..
Example:
Summary
Period 2　Reading and Thinking
Ⅰ.Possible vocabulary about the Internet:
World Wide Web,blog,a blog post,online group,search engine,database,software,network,Wi-Fi...
take online classes,chat with friends,purchase things,download apps and documents,no longer wait in line or carry cash when shopping,listen to music,explore the world,have access to...
Ⅱ.Structure of the passage:
Homework
Look up more information about the advantages and disadvantages of using the Internet.Write a report and present it next period.
Thank you !

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