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Unit 1 Our world
Objectives:
A. Reading and interaction(建议3课时)
Discover the meaning of life as in the reading passage
B. Grammar activity(建议1课时)
Use the present continuous passive correctly in the given context
C. Listening and speaking(建议1课时)
Talk about your plan for a volunteer project
D. Writing(建议1课时)
Write an informal letter to a magazine using appropriate language and format
E. Cultural focus(建议2课时)
Analyze cultural phenomena from different perspectives
Explain the cultural significance of the Irish Potato Famine in the 19th century
A. Reading and interaction
Pre-reading activity
1. Before you read, take one thing out of your pocket or school bag and then answer the questions.
Is it about your family?
Is it about your education?
Is it about your free time?
Is it about your health?
Is it about your friends?
Or is it about ?
Is this thing important to you? Why?
2. Read the first paragraph of the passage and then answer the questions.
(1)What is the general idea?
(2)What do you think the two expressions video clip and digital time capsule mean?
Look up their definitions in a dictionary to see if your understanding is correct.
·A video clip:
·A digital time capsule:
Life in a day
What do you love? What do you fear? What’s in your pocket? These are the questions from the film Life in a Day. Director Kevin Macdonald asked people around the world to answer the questions and send in a video clip from a typical day. He was interested in creating a picture of the world, a digital time capsule for the future. On 24 July 2010, people from Africa, Europe, America, Antarctica and Asia recorded events on their mobile phones an