Unit 5 Education Period Five Part Ⅰ（教师用书Word）-【状元桥·优质课堂】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第二册（北师大版2019）

Period Five　Writing Workshop & Other Parts of the Unit Part Ⅰ　Language Points READING CLUB 1 [教材原文] Textbooks might be a thing of the past very soon… Language Learning in the Past, at Present and in the Future In the past… Five hundred years ago, at 6 am, on a Monday morning, lessons would begin at the local grammar school. The main aim of the lesson was to study Latin grammar[1]—the international language of the time (in Europe, at least) and the language of all university courses. The pupils were all boys; if girls received any education at all, they would get it at home. The boys would take out their slates① to learn grammatical rules② and translate sentences. Before the production of affordable③ paper in the mid-19th century in Europe, most pupils used slates. They were thin pieces of hard flat rock used as a medium④ for writing[2]．The boys would have to speak Latin at all times. If they failed at all, their punishment was up to 50 strokes⑤ of the cane! [1]此处是动词不定式短语作表语，补充说明主语的内容。当作主语的名词是aim, purpose, dream, wish等时，后面常用不定式作表语。 [2]此处是过去分词短语作定语。 At present… No one knows how many people are learning English today—one common estimate⑥ is one billion people. Technology has become more and more important in how people learn: the Internet, videos and tablets have exposed us more to⑦ English in the classroom, as many classrooms have Internet access, video facilities⑧ and interactive whiteboards⑨. But in most cases⑩， one thing hasn't changed…there's still a teacher! In the future… Who knows what language will be used in the classroom of 2050. Many people think that textbooks may soon be a thing of the past and that most students will use tablets or smartphones instead of pen and paper[3]．Some people think that English may not be as popular as it is now.Will Chinese or even a completely new international language designed by computers replace English? There is one thing that is for sure: technology will be at the centre of tomorrow's language education. One interesting