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Unit 02
Looking into the Future
新人教选择性必修一
Welcome or reject future changes
Passenger Dies
When Car Crashes
in Driverless Mode
Should We Fight New Technology?
Free talk
B.
This morning, while reading a newspaper, I saw the shocking headline.
What’s your attitude towards new technology?
Welcome it?
Reject it?
or
Free talk
B.
Judging from the title, what text type do you expect to read?
Text type:
narration(记叙文)
exposition(说明文)
argumentation(议论文)
Prediction
B.
Read and find out what the author does in each paragraph:
describe the issue? Para
give the opinion? Para
discuss the advantages? Para
discuss the disadvantages?Para
1
4
3
2
Structure
Read for main ideas and structure
B.
Para.1
How did the author introduce the argument?
The author introduced the argument by talking about a car accident which aroused public concerns about new technology.
signposts
Some words and phrases are used as signposts to help show the purpose of a paragraph or introduce supporting ideas within a paragraph. The are nearly always set off(分开)using commas(逗号). These usually come at the beginning or end of a sentence.
Read for details
B.
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Para.2-3
Para2
Para3
Topic sentence
Signposts
Supporting evidence
Many different groups of people who live happily in the absence of new technology
on the one hand
Probably the most well-known are the Amish;
They advocate...; The Amish’s quality of life is better since...
Topic sentence
Signposts
Supporting evidence
New technology has provided people everywhere with many benefits over the years
on the other hand; for example; moreover;
the latest weather-tracking computer programmes...which...;The Internet...;it has also....
give examples
B.
Para 4
The author’s opinion
Personally, I have benefited quite a lot from technological advances. I found my career as an AI designer through a social media network. My health monitor, which I wear all the time, has also helped me get into the best shape of my life. Of co