内容正文:
Unit 3 The world online
Integrated skills: Reporting on Internet use
· 内容分析:
本板块的话题是“互联网的使用情况”,在此部分中,将展开一系列具有综合性、关联性和实践性的听、看、说、写等学习活动。教师可以首先引导学生听一段讲述互联网发展简史的录音,再组织学生分析、概括互联网使用情况的变化趋势,引导学生获取报告类文体特征的知识,最后写一份有关互联网使用情况变化趋势的报告。
· 教学目标:
By the end of this section, students will be able to:
1. describe the development of the Internet;
2. analyze and summarize the changes of Internet use;
3. write a report on Internet use.
· 教学重难点:
1. To learn how to describe the changes in a chart;
2. To describe the trends and draw conclusions.
· 教学过程:
Step 1 Lead-in
Q1: Do you like to surf the Internet?
Q2: How do you usually access the Internet, using a mobile phone or other devices?
(By using a mobile device, such as a smartphone and a tablet. )
Q3: What do you often do on the Internet?
(I often play online games, send emails, text instant messages, search for information, download learning resources, do online shopping and make online payments on the Internet.)
【设计意图:快速引入单元话题。】
Step 2 Listening
A. Mr Tan, an IT teacher, is giving a brief introduction to the Internet. Listen and finish the exercises below.
· A1 Listen to the talk and answer the following questions.
1. What does Mr Tan mainly talk about in his introduction to the Internet?
The history and development of the Internet.
2. How many computers were connected in the beginning?
Four computers.
3. What did scientists around the world originally use the Internet as?
A space to share information.
4. What did Tim Berners-Lee teach others to do?
To build their own websites.
· A2 Listen to the talk again and complete the timeline below.
In (1)____________ The first general-purpose computers came onto the market.
In 1969 Computers allowed people to (2)_____ along a network.
In (3)____________ Public commercial use of the Internet began
In 1990 (4)________________________ was built.
In (5)____________ There were (6)___________ website online.
In 2016 There were (7)_________ people using the Internet—
(8)____________ of the wor