Unit 2 Looking into the Future Reading and Thinking 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册

Unit 2 Reading and thinking Smart homes to make life easier Do you have any “smart” things? What are they? Does your home have any “smart” things? What are they? smartphone smartwatch smart bracelet smart speaker What do these “smart” things bring to our daily routine? convenience safety interest/fun make our life easier？ These smart homes will keep us secure, save us energy, and provide a more comfortable environment to live in. In the future, we will be using advanced technology every day for automatic control of just about everything in our home. In addition, your smart home will be monitoring your health for you every day. Smart homes will be able to prevent serious damage from accident. This smart technology is not a fantasy. Skimming for topic sentences of each paragraph. 1 2 3 4 5 1. What is the purpose of the passage? A. To sell integrated sensors. B. To change the old houses. C. To decorate home with smart technology. D. To give a brief introduction about smart homes. 2. What is the type of this text? A. A narration B. A popular science exposition C. An argumentation D. A science fiction story 3. Who’s the intended audience? People who are interested in technology and hold a positive attitude towards smart home. The text mainly tells us that smart home will make our life easier in ____________. many aspects 5 What will smart homes do about doors, TVs and computers ? Doors: lock the door for us when we are away; TVs and computers: switch off the TV and computers when we forget. Para.1 What will smart homes do about dinners, lights, favourite music or TV programmes? Para.2 Dinners: prepare dinner for us; Lights, favourite music or TV programmes: come on the instant we enter the door. What will smart homes do in terms of beds and toilets? Para.3 Beds: record how well we sleep every night; check our body weight; send a warning to our phones when we have sleep or weight problems; give us suggestions on а healthier diet and how to sleep better. Toilets: keep constant track of our health and warn us early on if there is something wrong. What will smart homes do about water pipes and electrical wires? Para.4 Detect if there is a problem and provide us with the relevant information. What does the sentence “In this sense, the home of tomorrow already the home of today” mean? Para.5 Many of the new innovations are already used in some homes today. This is true especially of automatic controls for things such as lights and air conditioners. What’s the author’s attitude towards smart homes? Optimistic Positive Hopeful Supportive Intelligent Controls Regular Health Checks No More Disasters use ________________ to tell you information all controls will respond to __________________ beds will check your sleep and ____________toilets will keep _____________ of your health a ________ water pipe a short in the _______ ________ Smart technology is not a ________. automatic _______ monitor ______ prevent serious damage from ___________ control health accidents Integrated sensors voice commands body weight constant track leaking electrical fantasy (keep us ______; save us _______; provide a more comfortable _____________ to live in) secure energy environment smart homes wiring What might be some of the disadvantages of smart homes? If there is a problem with the system/power failure, you may find yourself locked out of the house, or fail to switch your TV on or off. Security is another big concern, as strangers may be able to hack into the system to collect private information about your life and use that for evil purposes. Discussion Write a summary about smart homes according to the passage. Homework $$