Unit 2 Looking into the future Reading and Thinking 课件-高中英语人教版(2019)选择性必修第一册单元整体教学设计（视频+课件+教案）

Unit 2 Looking into the future 学科网-湛江市李海艳名师工作室团队作品 Reading and Thinking SMART HOMES TO MAKE LIFE EASIER Learning Objectives By the end of this period, you are expected to: 1. figure out the structure and language features of the reading passage and identify the purpose and the intended readers. 2. get the main idea of each paragraph and know the influence and convenience brought by smart homes in the future. 3.understand and describe the function and the benefit of intelligent controls, regular health checks and no more disasters. 4. express opinions on smart technology through critical thinking. Free-talk Q1:What can you see in the picture? Q2:What might the picture be about? Q3: When you see “the future” in the title, what are your predictions about the future? a little boy, a robot and the universe the possible relationship between man and technology robots, driveless car, more resources, more intelligent/smart things ...... Activity 1:Brainstorm In the morning, when I was driving my car to school, my phone suddenly rang . But I couldn’t pick up the phone while driving, so I asked my smart phone to answer it. Q1:What other smart functions do you know about smart phones? Q2:What benefits can smart phones bring us? smart phones Functions Benefits What functions and benefits can smart phones bring us? Surf the Internet shop online play games watch online movies listen to music take courses ... make our lives more interesting more convenent much easier ... Do you know any other smart products? If so, what are they? smart sweeping robot smart closestool smart bin smart robots smartwatch Will there be smart homes in the future? Read the title and the three subheadings and answer the following questions. Activity 2 Pre-reading 1.What is the type of this text? 2.What is the purpose of the text? 3.Who do you think is the intended audience? Pre-reading 1. What is the type of this text? Narration. Exposition. A