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Unit 4
Digital Life
Starting out & Understanding ideas
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Learning Objectives
学习理解：1）Know some facts about the digital world.
2）Learn about the writer’s digital shock in the UK.
After learning this lesson, students can:
应用实践：Retell the story with the words and expressions from the passage.
迁移创新：Discuss and share the opinions on how digital technology makes life more convenient.
What do you think the picture show?
Internet
computer
phone
digital technology
Digital Life
Look and answer
smartphone
laptop
online shopping
What facts do you know about the digital world?
Billions of people use the internet to communicate, learn, and share information every day.
Watch videos and participate in knowledge quizzes.
Watch and answer
Which facts interests you most?
... intersets me most.
The first mobile phone appeared in 1973.
What other facts do you know
aboutthe digital life ?
Look and answer
What digital technologies have you used?
electric car
shared bike
spotrs watch
smartphone
laptop
sports watch, smart phone, laptop, electric car...
I use phone to pay bills.
I order food on delivery app.
I use digital map to find my ways.
I use sports wtch to count my steps.
How digital is your life?
Understanding ideas
Look and talk
Talk about how much you
know about the pictures.
shared bike
smartphone
app
digital payment
technology
convenient
Technology makes our lives more convenient.
a strong feeling of surprise
What problems did the girl come across?
How did the girl feel?
meet
What problems did the girl come across?
The___________ was too expensive.
Skimming
shared bike
The writer failed to________ with a QR code.
pay
The online food delivery service was too _______.
surprised
shocked
slow
Introduction
Body
Digital problems in UK.
Conclusion
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2
3
4
5
Choose another suitable title for the passage.
Shared bikes for you and me
Shopping online in the UK
A day of digital problems
Problems with food delivery apps
Why did the writer come back to the UK?
Careful-reading
para.1
I've studied in China for a year and now it's the Christmas holiday. I've been back in the UK for three days, but it feels like a century! It's amazing to see my family, Also, l really love Christmas and the delicious food. However, I've had some digital problems here.
Why did the writer come back to the UK?
The writer come back to the UK for __________________.
Christmas holiday
How long has the writer been back in the UK? How does he feel?(underline the sentence)
Introduction
The writer has been back in the UK for ___________.
three days
Exaggeration （夸张）
Careful-reading
para.2
Today, I wanted to get some vegetables and meat from a shop. I decided to ride a shared bike to get there. But it took forever to find a bike! I finally found an old one. But that 20-minute ride cost me an arm and a leg- 4.8 pounds!
The shared bike was too expensive
What did the writer think of shared bike in the UK?
The writer thought it was not good.
There were too few shared bikes in the UK. It was expensive because only 20 minutes needed 4.8 pounds.
Careful-reading
In the shop, I quickly got everything I needed. I wanted to pay with my smartphone. I asked the shopkeeper to show the OR code, but she didn’t understand! Next, l tried to use my digital wallet, but the shop's payment system didn't work. The shopkeeper told me to use cash. As I always make digital payments in China, I never carry my wallet I had to go home to get some cash.
Para.3
The writer wanted to ______with
the smartphone , use the QR_______and the ______________ but_________ (失败的).
pay
code
digital wallet
failed
How to make payments when shopping in the UK?
We need to use ___________.
cash
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The UK
China
How to pay
Feeling
Cash only
QR code
Annoyed
convenient
When I got home, I was so tired that I gave up on cooking. I ordered my favourite dishes through an app instead, but the delivery was really slow. When my dishes finally arrived 90 minutes later, they were stone-cold! I had to heat them one by one in the oven. I felt tired and hungry.
The writer was so ______that she _______on cooking.She ordered the _________,but the __________ was really slow.When the dishes finally arrived,they were______________.The writer was tired and _____________.
tired
gave up
dishes
delivery
stone-cold
hungry
Careful-reading
Shared bikes
Complete the diagram with the words and expressions from the passage.
took forever
an arm and a leg
/ 4.8 pounds
Digital payments
payment system
cash
app
slow
Careful-reading
para.5
Conclusion
Except for today, I’ve had a great holiday. However, I'm looking forward to going back to China. The technology there lets me live a more convenient life!
Why does the writer say that technology makes life more convenient in China?
Let’s discuss
In China, food delivery is________ and reliable（可靠的），but in the UK, the delivery is very ________.The food is ______and _____ in China...
fast
slow
adj.
adj.
How does digital technology make your life more convinent?
I think...makes my life..., because...
Homework
Must-do:
Retell the story and share what you have learnt from the story.
Choose to do:
Find more great digital inventions in China and learn something about them.

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