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Project
Designing a product of the future
Unit 4 Living with technology
Lead-in
What high-tech products have been mentioned in this unit?
Visual reality
Artificial Intelligence
Autonomous car
What other high-tech products in your opinion will be widely available in the future?
Space travel
3D printer
Hologram projector
全息投影仪
Dog parker
Running with your dog is fun, but running errands with your dog can be a challenge. Do you bring them into the store? Leave them tied up outside? Dog Parker has developed another option - a climate controlled, safety dog house so you can shop worry free.
SureFlap: Microchip pet door
block the road(p55)
like weeds(野草)
不断地更新
目的地
the latest transport technology
in an instant
an unpleasant trip
at the expense of
be the envy of sb/sth
阻挡道路
大量
update constantly
destination
最新的交通科技
立即,马上
不愉快的旅程
以...为代价,在..损害...的情况下
成为羡慕(或忌妒)的对象
Read the introduction to the InstaTrip Watch.
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Answer the following questions
(1) What is the appearance, target users and function of InstaTrip watch?
The InstaTrip watch is a watch with a state-of-the-art touchscreen and a virtual three-D globe that can transport people to a far distant land instantly just by touching a few buttons. Once you choose your destination, built-in sensors map your body and the latest transport technology takes you there in an instant. The watch has designs for different ages, genders and occasions.
Answer the following questions.
(2) How does the author make the product description attractive?
The author makes the product description very attractive by creating a slogan in the title and using pictures of a beautiful seaside scene and a person operating the watch. Besides, the words also encourage the reader to imagine the amazing functions of the watch.
What high-tech products would your group like to design? Why?
(1) We want to design a time machine.
(2) We choose time machine as our future product because we all want to travel through time into the past or the future. It wou