Unit 2 Looking into the future Reading and Thinking 课件-2022-2023学年高二英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册

LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE Lesson 1 Reading and Thinking I 1. What can you see in the picture ? 2. According to the picture, what’s the possible future relationship between humans and technology? the boy: human beings the robot: science technology the universe：infinite future conquer？ threat ？ live in harmony？ a. 无限；无法衡量 征服 威胁 和谐相处 导入：你画我猜---smart phones--smart homes Lead-in Do you have any “smart” things? What are they? smartphone smart watch smart speaker smart sweeping robot smart What does it mean when we say something is “smart”? It 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. 3 What can a smart home do for us? For example, a smart home can control room temperature and lights. Isn’t it fantastic to live in a smart home like this? play music respond to voice command and make smoothie check calendar turn off the fire open the door … What can the smart home do? After this lesson, you will 1. gain more knowledge about smart home’s functions, advantages and possible future. 2. infer the writing purpose and intended audience according to its text type and language features. 3. think critically about smart homes and form your own opinions. Learning Objectives P14 -15 Read the title and subtitles P14 -15 What is the type of this text? A. A narration (记叙文) B. A popular science exposition (科普说明文) C. An argumentation (议论文) D. A science fiction story (科幻故事) a P14 -15 - To introduce and get people excited about the idea of smart homes. Identify purpose The types of phrases used in a passage help identify its purpose. The phrase in my opinion tells us that the passage is likely meant to persuade. A text that uses imperatives is likely meant to instruct. explain persuade introduce entertain teach What is the writing purpose? P14 -15 - People who are interested in smart homes or positive about the life improved by technology. Identify audience A passage’s c