高中英语Unit9 Technology 3人教版第一册(上)

Unit9 Technology
3rd Period
Sub Topic: Life in a Technological Era
Focus Reading
Tasks 1. Story Sharing
2.A Project Design a New Model of Cell Phone
Teaching Aims:1. To have a general understanding
of how technology has changed
the way people live
2.To get a rough idea of the Present
Continuous Passive Voice
Words and images are being sent throughout the world.
They are being used as cameras and
radios, and to sent e-mail or surf
the internet.
New functions are being added to the
phones….
Moral Focus: Love & Caring
Teaching Aids: a tape recorder, a reading cassette , the multimedia teaching system etc.
Teaching Procedures:
Step One Warming up
1.Greetings
2.Students’ description of some new
inventions accompanied with photos
downloaded from the internet
Step Two Story Sharing
3.Share the caring stories hailed by
technology
ment on such stories
Step Three Presentation
ments on the great impact brought
by technology and life in a
technological time
6.Discuss these questions with a partner
before reading
●Have you ever used a cell phone? Do
any of your classmates have cell
phones?
●How is the way we live today
different from life in the past?
●How have inventions and new
technology changed our way of life?
●Why are things like cell phones,
computers and TV so popular?
●What invention do you think is the
most important in the human
history?
Step Four Pre-reading
7. Predicting
●Read the headline and guess the
meaning of “Life on the Go”.
●What information do you expect to
find in the text?
8.Scanning
●Which country does the girl in the
passage come from? How do you know?
●What is the other example that is
being used to support the idea?
Step Five Reading
9. Read the first paragraph and answer the
following questions
●What new invention is being
discussed?
●What kind of people are being talked
about in this passage?
10.Read the whole text for through
understanding and fill out the outline
of the text
An Outline of the Text
●Wang Mei is an example of Chinese
teenagers who have cell phones.
●Cell phones can be used for many
things.
For
Example:____________________________ ______________
●Cell phones also cause problems.
i.In
school________________________
___________
ii.At
home__________________________
__________
●There are several reasons why
teenagers like cell phones.
1)______________________________
____________
2)______________________________
____________
3)______________________________
____________
●Wang Mei explains why she likes her
cell phone and what she uses it for. Step Six Post-reading
11.Answer the following questions.
●Why do some schools not let
students use cell phones? Do you
agree?
●Why do teenagers like cell phones
so much?
●Wang Mei says that cell phones are
the most useful inventions ever. Do
you agree?
●Which invention do you think is the
most useful? Why?
●What does the title “Life on the
go” mean?
●What is the writer’s attitude
toward this problem? How do you
know?
Step Seven An Activity
12.Find out how many students have phones in the class
13.Interview one of them and find out what
his or her phone is like. These
questions may help you do the interview
What type of phone do you have?
When and where did you buy it?
Who gave you the financial support?
Why do you want to have a phone?
What is your parents’ attitude?…..
14.Describe the phone and explain the reasons to the whole class
Step Eight A Project
15.Design your own cell phone. You work for
a company that makes cell phones. Your
manager wants you to design a new model
to increase the sales among Chinese high
school students. Work in groups and draw
your model in the box below.
A New Model
16.Advertise your model
These questions may help you do the job
●What colour is it?
●What size is it?
●What shape is it?
●What material is it made from?
●What features does it have?
How much will it cost?
17.Find out the market’s reaction and revise the design.
18. Let the students make their own
choices with reasons available
19.Revise the design and submit it to your manager.
Step Nine An Investigation (Homework)
20. Investigate the teaching and living facilities provided by the school
21. List things that are already provided and still needed
Classroom
Facilities
Dormitory
Facilities
22.Dwell on the great function of the
facilities provided
23 Give acceptable reasons why more new items are needed。