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Unit3 Internet
--Reading for writing
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Learning objectives
1 To aquire the ability of reading technology and science artical.
2. Knowing the technology influences our life in all aspects.
3. Internet makes our life better than ever before.
What did the Internet bring to us?
Smart house
Before reading
Before you read, look at the title and discuss these questions in pairs.
STRONGER TOGETHER:
HOW WE HAVE BEEN CHANGED
BY THE INTERNET
Read Headlines
Headlines usually include only key ideas or information from the text. They often do not follow strict grammar rules, because writers use as few words as possible to catch the attention of the readers.
Activity 1:Read and thinking: headlines
Prediction
1. What do you think the text will talk about?
2. How do you think the writer feels about the topic?
1. What do you think the text will say?
A. The benefit of the internet
B. We have been changed a lot by the Internet and that it has brought us together.
C. How has Jan Tchamani been changed by internet
D. To tell us the importance of internet
2. How do you think the writer feels about the topic?
A. Optimistic B. Positive
C. Negative D. Pessimistic
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Para.2
Para.3
D. Jan started to help others online.
Para.4
Para.5
A. Jan benefited from the Internet.
B. Jan’s life has been greatly improved by the Internet.
C. Introduction---People’s lives have been changed by online communities and social network.
E. Jan’s online classes and her new goal.
Activity 2:
Match the main idea.
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Activity3 Find some information
Para 1
现在完成时
现在完成时的被动语态
Para 2
英国伯明翰的一位英语教师简·夏曼尼突然身患重病,被迫辞职。50岁时,她发觉自己失业了,困在家里,只有电脑相伴。过了一段时间,她发现上网可以帮助她减轻孤独和无聊。她可以听音乐、看电影、玩游戏和探索世界。她还加入了一个在线群组,在群里她可以谈论自己的问题,并获得他人的支持和建议。她意识到互联网的最大好处之一就是能够消除通常存在于人与人之间的距离感。
长难句分析:
She realised that one of the greatest benefits of the Internet was its ability to remove the distance that usually exists between people.
She realised+that...one of the greatest benefits of the Internet was