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Unit 4
The Information Age
Period 3 Reading
What is it?
Guessing Game:
It is a kind of communication tool. People can use it to talk to friends everywhere.
Cell phone
& mobile phone
Guess:
People spend too much time in watching TV so that they forget to eat, sleep and even learn.
Couch potato
What is it?
What is it?
Guess:
People waste too much time and money in front of the computer screen. Especially students often stay up too late playing computer games in the internet cafes
Mouse potato
Means of getting information
TV
Internet
Cellphone
Radio
Newspaper
Books
5
Pick out difficult words and sentences when you read
Both …and …两者都……
Bring …into/in…把…带回(到)…
What is going on …发生了什么事?
Be worried about …对…感到担心(焦虑)
Communicate with sb 与某人交流,交谈
Surfing the internet 网上冲浪,上网
Get addicted to …对…上瘾
Stay up late 熬夜,不睡觉
Do harm to … 对…有害,对…无益
Do well in 对…有益,对…有好处
Step out of 远离,逃离
Come back into 回到
Make good use of… 利用好…
Benefit from …从…中受益
Task one
Task two:
Match the main idea of each paragraph
Fast reading
Task two-matching
Paragraph 1
A. Some people are not using the Internet in a good way.
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 6
B. The Internet is getting more and more popular.
C. TV brings the world into our home in sight and in sound .
D. Both TV and the Internet are great wonders .
E. We should make good use of TV and the Internet .
F. What is the “couch potatoes” ?
D
C
F
B
A
E
Task one:
Tell if the sentences true or false
Careful reading
1.Watching TV is a waste of time.
2.TV tells us what is going on across the country and all over the world.
3.The Internet is getting smaller and faster.
4.Someone waste too much time and money in front of the computer screen.
5.We can benefit a lot from TV and the Internet.
Task one
(F)
(T)
(T)
(T)
(F)
Task two :
Find out the advantages and disadvantages
of TV and the Internet.
Careful reading
Visit places of interest
Enjoy music or TV plays
the advantages of TV
See mo