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Unit 4 Digital life
Reading for writing
Learning Objectives
In this lesson, you will:
1. understand the passage and get the detailed information.
2. compare the differences between Margie’s school and
traditional schools.
3. talk about what schools will be like in 50 years.
Look and Say
Where are they What are they doing
They are in the classroom and having classes.
Look at the two pictures and compare the two schools. Use the words to help you.
machine
book
screen
teacher
classroom
people
These pictures show the difference between a traditional class and a “future” class. In the traditional class, students sit together in the classroom. Both teachers and students use books and a blackboard. But in the other class, the teacher uses machines
and a screen to teach. It seems more high-tech!
Think and Share
1. Where do you think the boy and the girl are How does it look like
2. What’s in the boy’s hand
3. What do you think they are talking about
school, home , ....
modern , full of technology, ...
A book.
1. What is the girl doing
2. What does this picture want to tell us
She is imagining what a school looks like.
Skimming
What is the passage about
It tells how Margie learns about the old schools through a real book and compares them with her “machine school”.
Read the passage. Who teaches Margie
A machine teaches Margie.
Complete the table.
About the real book
1. Who found the real book
2. What was the book like
Tommy found the book.
It was a very old book with yellow pages. The words on it stood still instead of moving across a screen.
3. What did Margie and Tommy think of the book
Tommy thought it was a waste because people might throw it away after reading. In contrast, their television screen could have a million books and books wouldn’t be thrown away. Margie was curious about what the book was about.
4. What was the book about
It was about school.
About the school
1. Why did the writer of the book
write about school
Because it was about an old kind of school from hundreds of years ago. It was very different from Margie’s school.
2. What was Margie's school like
Margie's classroom was next to her bedroom, and her teacher was a machine. She learned through a screen.
3. What were Margie's thoughts about the old schools
Margie thought the old schools were full of fun. She imagined how kids from the neighbourhood coming together, laughing and shouting in the playground, sitting in the classroom as a group, and going home together after school. With human teachers and classmates, the kids loved their schools very much.
Further Thinking
1. Who do you think “they” refers to in the title
“They” refers to the students in the old schools.
2. What fun do you think they have
E.g. They can run in the playground, chat with their teachers and classmates ,...
Answer the questions.
1. How might Margie feel when she saw a “real book”
She might feel curious and excited.
2. Were the children familiar with “real” books How can you tell
The children weren't familiar with “real” books. We can tell from their reactions and conversations. Tommy thought it was a waste since you had to throw it away after reading, and they were surprised that the words on the pages stood still instead of moving across a screen.
Think and Share
1. Do you want to go to a school like Margie's Why or
why not
2. What do you think schools will be like in 50 years
Learning to think for question 2 To make smart predictions about future schools, you need to consider the development of technology and social changes.
Language Points
1. It was strange to read the words.
It’s strange to do sth这一句型意为“做……感觉很奇怪”，其中it指代的真正内容是to do sth。
E.g. It’s strange to think that we were once strangers.
It’s strange to be back in Paris after so many years.
2. They stood still on the pages, instead of moving across
a screen.
句中的still作形容词用，意为“静止的，不动的”。
E.g. I can see the still water of the lake.
Keep still while I take your photo.
We stood still and watched the dog come closer.
3. “Why would anyone write about school ”
Margie wanted to read about those funny schools.
句中两个about用法一致，表示动作的主题或范围。write about意为“关于……(话题)进行写作”，read about表示“阅读关于……(主题)的内容”。
E.g. He wrote a lot about sports.
We read about the culture of France in our class.
4. The screen was lit up.
light up意为“照亮……”或“变得明亮”，也可以和人搭配表示 “(脸上或眼中)流露出喜悦”。
E.g. The flames lit up the evening sky.
At night the building lights up.
His face lit up with pleasure.
5. The machine said: “Today's lesson is on maths...”
句中的on意为“关于……，有关……”。
E.g. Do you have any books on India
There is a report on the news about the recent earthquakes.
6. Margie was thinking about how the students must have
loved school in the old days.
in the old days意为“很久以前，当年”。
E.g. In the old days, people wrote letters to each other.

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