Unit 2 Reading and thinking课件 2021-2022学年高中英语人教版选择性必修第一册

Unit 2 LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE The best way to predict the future is to create it. — Peter Drucker 预测未来最好的方式是创造未来。 ---彼得•德鲁克 1. What might the picture be about? Just as we view robots as toys now,in the future robots may view us as toys too. 2. What are your predictions about the future? In the future, high tech will become cheaper and more common throughout the world,and it will result in geat changes to our societies. Look and discuss Reading and Thinking Exchange views on smart homes Unit 2 Looking into the Future mobile phone smart phone Warming up What does it mean when we say that something such as a phone is “smart”? Something is smart means that it can make decisions on its own without a human telling it what to do, and that it can also learn how to do things itself. What do you think a “smart” house can do that other houses cannot? For example, a smart home could control room temperature and lights. Identify purpose and audience The types of ph