Unit 2 Improving yourself Understanding ideas 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第二册

B5U2 Improving yourself Understanding ideas 四川省仁寿第一中学校北校区 刘冰丽 1 Learning Objectives At the end of the class, you will be able to: 1. experience the experience and feeling of five peers participating in the Social Media Detox; 2. find out the benefits of Social Media Detox and find supporting evidence; 3. reflect on your own behaviour and current situation; How much time do you spend on social media each day? Is your self-control good? Now read the facts on page 18 and answer the questions. lead-in Chinese Internet users spend a lot of time on social media. The average age of social media users in China has risen during recent years. Social media negatively affect different aspects of people’s lives. Q1: What conclusions can you draw from the facts? (P18) 1. reduce time for study; 2. lead distraction from school work; 3. be addicted to the Internet; 4. lack face-to-face communication; 5. affect my sleep quality; ... Q2: Does it have negative effects on you? Look at the title of the passage and the pictures. Predict what the passage is about. detox: de- (off) + tox (poison) Let’s read the passage and check your prediction. detox: treatment given to stop people from being addicted to alcohol or drugs. (戒酒，戒毒，也可延伸脱瘾) Prediction 1. What’s the passage about? The passage is about a __________ for _____________ social media for ______ days among some_____________. campaign stopping using seven students 2. What’s the structure of the passage? Fast-reading 7 What’s the structure of the passage? The________________ of the social media detox. _____________________ of five students. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 The _____________ of the social media detox. Para. 5 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Para. 6 Para. 7 Para. 8 introduction effect The reaction and results 8 Choose the benefits of the social media detox and find evidence to support your choices.（P20） 1. It helped students learn how to best communicate using social media. 2. It raised money for school sports equipment. 3. It made students want to spend even more time on social media. 4. It made students realize how much time they had been spending on social media. 5. It encouraged students to find new ways to communicate and try new activities. 2. It raised money for school sports equipment. From Moderator: The detox raised a total of £1,632.82 for new school sports equipment! 4. It made students realize how much time they had been spending on social media. From Anna: But on reflection, I can see how much of my time had been occupied with checking my phone. 5. It encouraged students to find new ways to communicate and try new activities. From Devon: Doing the detox meant …! It made me realize the value of real contact that I had forgotten. From Cindy: Then, instead of messaging my friend, … from other people. It felt so good! From George: An hour’s sport each day … The detox made me healthier! Find evidence to support your choices. time organiser aim participant form content A moderator is someone whose job is to control a discussion by offering background information, asking questions and making summaries. Brenton High School _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ To raise fund for new sports equipment. Seven days In any form Over 100 students _________________________________ No messaging friends, no posting photos, no blogging – nothing. _____________________ Detailed-reading Para.1&2 Read Para. 3 to 7 and complete the summaries. (P21) I lasted two days. The detox was more difficult to tolerate than I had expected. I felt like I had lost an arm! Not eating for two days would have been easier! But on reflection, I can see how much of my time had been occupied with checking my phone. I’m now trying to spend less time online and more time picking up my hobbies. Name Reaction Result Anna (2 days) It was ______________than she had expected. She felt like _____________! She can now see how much time had ___________________________ her phone. She is now trying to spend more time ____________________. Para. 3 she had lost an arm picking up her hobbies pick up: to start again; to continue more difficult to tolerate been occupied with checking be occupied with: take up 13 Name Reaction Result Devon (4 days) When he saw a classmate on Monday, he felt ___________ not to already know what his classmate had done at the weekend. They had to ______________ what they were doing and thinking! It made him realise ____________. Para. 4 really strange the value of real contact that he had forgotten I lasted four days. On Monday, my classmate and I spoke about what we did at the weekend – it felt really strange not to already know what he had done. We would usually have posted pictures and updated our profiles. Doing the detox meant we had to talk and explain what we were doing and thinking! It made me realise the value of real contact that I had forgotten. talk and explain 14 Name Reaction Result Cindy (7 days) At first, she really felt _________________. Without their phones, she and her friend _______________________ for over two hours. By the fifth day, she realised that she _________________________________. Para. 5 she was missing out had a proper conversation I managed the whole week! At first, I really felt I was missing out. Then, instead of messaging my friend, I went round to her house. Without our phones, we had a proper conversation for over two hours, without being distracted by messages from other people. It felt so good! Then I decided to visit a different friend every day. By the fifth day, I wondered – was I really missing out by not constantly checking my phone to see what everyone else was up to? miss out: to lose an opportunity to do or have something hadn’t been missing out on anything figure of speech: a rhetorical question反问句 15 Name Reaction Result George (7 days) He didn’t find the detox too ________, but he did give his phone to his dad to avoid _____________. An hour’s sport each day left him __________and ______________. The detox made him __________! Para. 6 giving in healthier I did all seven days, too! To be honest, I didn’t find the detox too difficult, but I did give my phone to my dad to avoid giving in! My brother thought I should make full use of the time without my phone, so he took me to check out our local sports centre. An hour’s sport each day left me tired out and wanting to go to bed early. The detox made me healthier! give in: to accept that you are defeated difficult tired out wanting to go to bed early 16 Name Reaction Result Max (Less than 1 day) He ________________ on the first day. He used his phone to check where a party was. He spent so much time using his phone to _________________ on social media, and he almost _________________. Para. 7 threw in the towel catch up on news I’m embarrassed to say that I threw in the towel on the first day! I knew there was a party happening that evening, but without access to social media I couldn’t remember where it was! In the end, I turned on my phone to check, but couldn’t resist having a quick look at my social media accounts. What’s worse, I then spent so much time catching up on news, I almost missed the party! throw in the towel: to stop trying to do something because you think you cannot win missed the party 17 The detox raised a total of £1,632.82 for new school sports equipment! Well done, everyone who took part! After reading the posts on this forum, it seems that something other than money has also been raised through the detox. Awareness of just how much we rely on social media can help us step away from it and communicate with each other better. Para. 8 What’s your understanding of “something” in the text? “Something” here refers to awareness of our addiction to social media and awareness of the importance of other things like hobbies, real contact, etc. Read to answer the question: 1. Do you think the detox was worthwhile? Why? The detox was worthwhile, because it can help us avoid living in the virtual world and pay more attention to the real world... 2. What would you do if you had to give up social media for a week? Maybe I will spent time on a face-to-face chat with friends and family, doing sports for health, reading at home... 3. How can we avoid giving up halfway? Think and share Use the social media in a proper way and in proper time. Make good use of our limited time by doing meaningful things. Set a clear goal and struggle for it. ... Reflect on your own behaviour and develop a healthy lifestyle. Opition1: Write an essay to call on your classmates to practice Social Media Detox. Option2: Write an essay about how to avoid Internet addiction. Assignments Thank you! $$