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Do you have a mobile phone? What do you do with it besides making phone calls?
send text messages take photos
play videos /games record videos
surf the Internet chat with friends listen to music watch movies
…
It has been argued that mobile phones may be harmful to us. What’s your opinion on this issue? Why?
disturb our study
damage our health
….
Every coin has two sides.
Fast reading
What might be the author’s attitude towards the mobile phone use?
To phone or not to phone?
2.Cmplete the outline of the passage:
Part 1(Para1-2) :
Part 2(Para3-6) :
Part 3(Para7-8) :
___________to the Amish way of life
___________of the telephone and mobile phone
Possible _________
Introduction
Disadvantages
solutions
Read paragraph 1-2 and answer :
1.Which group of people are talked about?
The Amish---a Christian group in the USA.
2.What are they famous for?
3.Why do they oppose having telephones in their home?
They are famous for having rejected most modern technology.
Because they value seeing each other face to face.
Why do they reject most mordern technology?
Read Paragraphs 3-6 and fill in the form.
This is something important about _________________________that cannot be found over a telephone wire.
From line 31 to line 41.
being together and sharing life
Main points about the disadvantages of using telephones/ mobile phones Supporting Details
Destroy the _____one has or waste one’s precious time.
From line 46 to line 49
when the family are ____________________
when one ___________________
when having ________________with a friend
peace
eating or chatting together
is absorbed in a book
a face-to-face talk
The
disadvantages Supporting Details
Using the mobile phone for text messages is the worst.
Relationships are nearly always quite_______.
Real friendships are often____________ and personal peace is ____________
shallow
sacrificed
destroyed
The disadvantages Supporting Details
Read the last two paragraphs and discuss the following question:
1. What does the author suggest at the end of the passage?
2. What is the tone of the last sentence?
Hopeful. B. Humorous. C. Depressed.
3. What might be the author’s attitude toward the mobile phone use?
A. Approving B. Doubtful
C. Cautious D. Disapproving
Maybe we should throw away…
Summarize:
The mobile phone use
This is something important about being together and sharing life that cannot be found over a telephone wire.
Destroy the peace one has.
Waste one’s precious time.
Using the mobile phone for text messages is the worst.
Disturb one’s normal life.
It is very convenient for communication.
Advantages Disadvantages
Advantages or disadvantages?
Suggested structure:
Introduction
Advantages/evidence
Disadvantages/evidence
Conclusion
Some inventions have changed our lives, especially mobile phones .
There is no doubt that mobile phones brings about many benefits.Above all, (好处一). Further more,(好处二).
As every coin has two sides, mobile phones also has some disadvantages. For one thing,(坏处一)For another(坏处二).
I hold the point that…,(理由).
Suggested structure
1. Finish the writing.
2. Review the passage and underline important phrases.
3. Finish the exercise on Page 103.
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