Unit 4 Integrated skills 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）选择性必修第二册

Integrated skills Making a time capsule Unit 4 Living with technology What do you think the machine is ? What is it used for in the video? what does it look like ? capsules Lead-in Reading Read an introduction to the time capsule and answer the questions. (page51) B 1. What were the purpose and contents of the 1939 time capsule? 2. What was Einstein’s message to future generations about? 3. Why do you think he wrote the message with mixed feelings? 1. What were the purpose and contents of the 1939 time capsule? To show the people living in the year 6939 what life was like in America at the time the capsule was created. The time capsule contained a wide variety of objects, like a toothbrush, a fountain pen, microfilm rolls and a message written by Albert Einstein. 2. What was Einstein’s message to future generations about? It was about the technological progress man had made and Einstein’s predictions that future generations would read his message with feelings of pride and justified superiority. 3. Why do you think he wrote the message with mixed feelings? He felt a mixture of pride and worry probably because on the one hand, America had achieved many great things unimaginable to people in the past, but on the other hand, serious social problems were developing in his time. the World's Fair a variety of be rich in inventive minds relieve people from... be colored by justified superiority Useful words and expressions 世界博览会 各种各样的 在...很丰富 有创造力的头脑 把人们从...中解放出来 受到...的影响 合理的优越感 A2. Listen to the talk again and complete the notes below.( Page 50). Listening Time capsules Purpose of a time capsule To provide a picture of (1) ____________________ at the tme it was created Things to be put in a time capsule Almost anything A “letter to the future” Famous time capsules In 1983, Steve Jobs donated (2) __________ from his computer to be put in a time capsule, which was opened in (3) ________. A time capsule was launched to (4) _____________________________