Unit 4 Living with technology Welcome to the unit 详解课件-2023-2024学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）选择性必修第二册

Unit 4 Living with technology Welcome to the unit 详解课件 新译林2020版 选必二 Can you guess what this unit will talk about according to its title? How do you understand this quotation? Lead-in The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don’t really even notice it, so it’s part of everyday life. —Bill Gates 技术的进步是基于让它融入你的生活，这样你甚至不会真正注意到它，如此一来它就成为了日常生活的一部分。 --比尔·盖茨 Thinking What kind of technology is the most important to you in your daily life? How do you use it? I think the most important technology to me is the Internet. I greatly depend on it to get information and communicate with others. Also, devices like computers, smart phones and even some smartwatches now have access to the Internet. These devices allow me to get online from anywhere and at anytime. They are truly a critical part of my daily life. What kind of technology is the most important one to you? How do you use it? Technology — Science Fiction It often seeks out new scientific and technical developments in order to shock the readers' sense of cultural propriety and expand their consciousness. Science fiction: Inspire and explore the effects of future technologies. What is the relationship between them? Technology in science fiction: Examine the technological possibilities and implications. Have you ever read any science fiction? Nineteen Eighty-four (《1984》) George Orwell Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (《仿生人会梦见电子羊吗》) Philip K. Dick Foundation (《基地》) Isaac Asimov The Time Machine (《时间机器》) H. G. Wells 《三体》 (The Three-Body Problem) 刘慈欣 《流浪地球》 (The Wandering Earth) 刘慈欣 Why do you think people like to read science fiction? The science fiction always looks promising for most people. Although the technology is not yet a reality, people feel like they are getting closer to it. They hope they can get to experience living in a virtual world. using of science or technology robots Watch the video and fill in the blanks