Unit 2 Looking into the future Using Language (II) 课件-2023-2024学年高二英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册

人教选择性必修第一册 Unit 2 Using Language (II) Welcome or reject future changes 教学目 Lead-in The first fatal crash in which a driverless car hit a pedestrian occurred in Arizona in March of 2018. Although there was a “driver” inside the vehicle at the time of the accident, he wasn't driving, and the car was in self-driving mode. Do you like driverless car? 1 2 To understand textual structure and linguistic characteristics of argumentative writing To write an argumentative essay on the pros and cons of future scientific and technological development 学习目标 目标一：To understand textual structure and linguistic characteristics of argumentative writing Activity 1: Read the text and then decide whether the statements on page are true (T) or false (F). 1. A person died in an accident while driving a car. 2. The Amish avoid new technology because they do not want to have good lives. 3. Many disasters have been prevented by weather-tracking computer programmes. 4. Building large networks through social media helps us find new opportunities. 5. The author uses a health monitor to know how much exercise he/she needs. F F F T T Activity 2: Read Paragraph 1, try to find out the answers to the questions below and fill in the chart. 1 Who are mentioned in the first paragraph? 2 What are their attitudes towards driverless cars? 3 Can you find any evidence to support their attitudes? Should we fight driverless cars? Side Attitude Opinion various people the families of  the deceased the car  company Yes Yes No ... the public should oppose the idea of  developingdriverless cars. ... were unnecessary and could even be dangerous. ... should cease accepting technology just  because it is new. … still claimed that most people would be travelling in driverless carsone day soon. Activity 3: Read paragraphs 2~4, find the topic sentence of each paragraph and its supporting evidence. Should we fight new technology? Paragraph Topic se