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(共20张PPT)
The best way to predict
the future is to create it.
－Peter Drucker
Unit 2 LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE
Reading and thinking
Smart homes to make life easier
Learning Objectives：
By the end of this period, you will be able to…
1. learn how smart homes make our life easier.
2. learn about the advantages and disadvantages of technology in the future.
3. analyze the structure of the article and summarize the main idea for each
paragraph.
4. express your opinions on smart homes.
5. figure out the structure of the passage and learn about smart homes and what they can do in the future.
6. infer the writing purpose and intended audience of this passage.
7. know the convenience brought by smart homes in the future.
Enjoy a video
Lead in:
Q1: What is “Smart”
Q2: What might be talked about in this unit
Q3: How do you understand the quote
Q4: What’s the possible connection between the quote and the picture
Q5: What’s the relationship likely to be between man and technology in the future
Q6: What are your predictions about the future
Q7: What might be some of the advantages and disadvantages of technology in the future
Q8: What changes will technology bring us in the future
Q9：What are your opinions on these changes
Q10: How should we face such a future
Let’s watch a video about smart homes and think about the following questions
What are their functions
Smart home
What do you think a “smart” house can do that other houses cannot
Smart home
Para.1　 　 A．Smart homes will check people’s health regularly.
Para.2　　 B．Smart homes will prevent serious damage from accidents.
Para.3　　 C．Intelligent controls in the home system.
Para.4　　 D．Smart technology will be used widely in the future.
Para.5　　 E．Smart homes will bring us safe, energy-saving and
comfortable life in the future.
1．Match each paragraph with its topic sentence.
While-reading : read for main idea of each paragraph
Now answer the questions below.
1. What is the purpose of the text
2. Who is the intended audience of this text
Home owners or common people who are interested in the advanced technology or smart homes.
The purpose of the text is to introduce and get people excited about the idea of smart homes.
Scan Para. 1
1) Why does the writer start the passage with two questions
To arouse people’s interest & to better introduce the topic.
2) What does “these kinds of things” refer to
Trivial things in life.
3) What will be a smart solution
A smart home will solve the problems for us when we forget it.
4) In what ways will such smart homes be helpful
They will keep us secure, save us energy and provide a more comfortable environment.
Read the text again and fill in the table below
In the future, what will smart homes do about… doors
TVs, computers
water pipes, electrical wires
dinners
lock the door for us when we are away
switch off TVs and computers when we forget
prepare dinner for us
detect if there is a problem and provide us with the relevant information
pre-reading : read for views on smart homes
Q1.What does it mean when we say that something such as a phone is “smart”
Q2.What do you think a “smart” house can do that other houses cannot
To say that something is smart means that it can make decisions on its own without a human telling it what to do, and that it also learns how to do things itself.
I would expect that a smart house could control room temperature and lights, for example.
Before you read, discuss these questions in groups：
What’ s the type of the text
Brief and attractive title
a popular science article (科普说明文)
General statement
(Para.1)
Detail 1
(Intelligent controls)
Detail 2
(Regular health checks)
Detail 3
(No more disasters)
Conclusion
(Para.5)
pre-reading : read for structure
pre-reading : Analyse the discourse structure
Para 2:Intelligent Controls
Para 3:Regular Health Checks
Para 4: No More Disasters
Para5. This smart technology is not a fantasy.
Smart homes to make life easier
Para1:General introduction to the advantages of smart home
1.General statement
3. Conclusion
2. Supporting details
Pre-reading
1
Purpose
of the text
2
intended audience
of the text
Activity: Read the title and the three subtitles and identify purpose and audience.
To introduce smart homes.
Home owners
This text has several sub-titles. They will help us get what the writer wants to tell us more quickly. From the sub-titles, we can know the structure of the text easily.
While-reading
Activity: Read Paragraph 1 for the topic
Q1: What problems do we have today
　　
Q2: What do you think of living in a regular home today
　
Forget to lock ...; forget to switch off ...
　Annoying / high resource-consuming / dangerous /...
While-reading
Q3: What difference will smart homes make to our life
Q4: How does the writer introduce the topic
Q5: Why does the author use two questions at the very beginning of Paragraph 1
　
　　…keep us secure, save us energy, and provide a more comfortable environment to live in…
By contrasting.
　To get readers' attention or raise their interest.
Complete the summary using the correct forms of the words from the text.
make sure that everything is working as it should, and send you w_______ if there is a problem. Such smart homes could even be programmed to d____ your health problems, and then give you r_______ advice as to the food you should eat or if you should see a doctor. So, in a sense, smart homes will lead us to living smarter lives.
arnings
etect
elevant
future life
Introduction
Examples
Conclusion
Advantages of smart homes
Keep us ________
Save us energy
Provide a more ___________enviroment to
live in
secure
Intelligent Controls
Using advanced technology for _________
control of everything at home
Regular Health Checks
__________ your health
No More Disasters
__________ serious damage from
accidents.
comfortable
automatic
Monitoring
Preventing
Now: New innovations are available.
Future: It will take some years before
most new homes begin to use
this new technology.
Mind Map-A Summary of the Passage
While-reading : read for details
Q4：What do we know about this smart technology from the last paragraph
A. It is a fantasy at present.
B. It has already been used widely.
C. It is being used in some homes.
D. It will never be realized.
What's the author's attitude toward the new technology
A. Doubtful. B. Confident.
C. Unclear. D. Opposed.
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Q5：What is the writer's attitude towards smart homes How do you know that
Optimistic, positive, hopeful , supportive.
Q 6: What writing techniques are used in this article
By means of classification, examples and comparison.
Q7: Where can you find this kind of passage
It is usually presented in many forms, including books, magazine articles, web pages, etc. This text is more likely from a magazine.
SMART HOMES TO MAKE LIFE EASIER
In the future, we will be using 1.________ (advance) technology every day for automatic control of just about everything in our home. The future home will go into an energy-efficient mode all by 2.________ (it) and can also learn your daily routine and 3.__________ (prefer), so everything will be ready for you when you get home each evening.
If you start to have sleep or 4.________ (weigh) problems, it will give you suggestions on a 5.________ (health) diet and how to sleep better. Smart toilets can warn you early 6.________ if there is something 7.________ (normal) or if you have a critical illness, such as cancer, and potentially save your life.
advanced
itself
preferences
weight
healthier
on
abnormal

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