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

Should We Fight New Technology？ 1 What are some of the new devices or apps you have been using recently? Are they helpful or distracting? lead in I have been using WeChat, QQ and Alipay.I believe they are helpful to our daily life from communicating with our friends to paying without cash in the cashless society. Activity Read for structure In which paragraph does the author: describe the hot issue give an opinion discuss the life with new tech discuss the life without new tech describe the hot issue give an opinion discuss the life with new tech discuss the life without new tech 3 Read the text and then decide whether the statements on page21 are true(T) or false(F) （ )A person died in an accident while driving a car. （ )The Amish avoid new technology because they do not want to have good lives. （ )Many disasters have been prevented by weather-tracking computer programmes. F F F （ )Building large networks through social media helps us find new opportunities. （ )The author uses a health monitor to know how much exercise he/she needs. T T Task1: Choose the best answer according to the passage. 1.What do we know about the car? A.It crashed when it was driving automatically. B.It crashed due to the driver’s carelessness. C.It crashed when the passengers was driving. D.It crashed because the passenger operated wrongly. 2.What was the public’s attitude toward the idea of developing driverless cars? A.Supportive. B.Opposed. C.Optimistic. D. Indifferent. 3.How does the author support the ideas? A.By using examples. B.By doing experiments. C.By using exact figures. D.By conducting surveys. 4.What can we infer about the author from the passage? A.He feels sorry for the accident. B.He is opposd to new technology. C.He is in favour of new technology. D.He cares nothing about new technology. DISCUSSION (1)What's the advantages and disadvantages of new technology? brain storm advantages can do dangerous tasks for human beings can improve the efficiency of