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 Looking into the future Reading and thinking Goals Read the new words correctly and remember the meanings. Understand the structure and main idea of the passage. Keep the curiosity about the future technological developments. Activity 1 Watching a video 1. What smart devices can you see in this video? 2. What’s your idea about the smart homes? automatic; convenient; intelligent; easier Smart homes to make life easier TVs, robots, air conditioners, lamps, computers…. Match the main idea of each paragraph. A. Smart homes will check people’s health regularly. B. Smart homes will prevent serious damage from accidents. C. Intelligent controls in the home system. D. Smart technology will be used widely in the future. E. Smart homes will bring us safe, energy-saying and comfortable life in the future. Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 Activity 2 Fast reading to find the main idea What’s the main idea of this passage? Smart home will focus on people’s health issues. Smart home is a new but controversial technology. Smart home will make our life be easier in many ways. Smart home will make human beings lazy. Activity 3 Have you ever forgotten to lock the door of your house? Or, have you ever forgotten to switch off the TV or computer? These kinds of things happen to us all the time, waste resources, and can sometimes lead to problems. However, in the not-too-distant future, we will be living in smart homes that will lock the door for us when we are away and remember to switch off the TV when we forget. These smart homes will keep us secure, save us energy, and provide a more comfortable environment to live in. Para.1 Intelligent Controls doors The smart homes will the door when we are away. TVs, computer The smart homes will the TV when we forget. lock switch off What will smart homes do about doors and TVs in the future? Detailed reading to get detailed information In the future, what will smart homes be ready for you when you get home each evening? Para.2 Today, we have to use switches for our lights, knobs for our appliances, and remote controls for our TVs and air conditioners. In the future, we will be using advanced technology every day for automatic control of just about everything in our home. The future home will use integrated sensors to tell when you leave home each morning, and then go into an energy-efficient mode all by itself. You will no longer have to think about turning switches on and off yourself. Your home will also learn your daily routine and preferences, so everything will be ready for you when you get home each evening. Your lights will come on the instant you enter the door along with your favorite music or TV programmes, and you will find your dinner already prepared for you. All controls will respond to voice commands, so if you want to change your routine, you just say aloud what you want and the home system will obey. Regular Health Checks come on the instant when we enter the door Regular Health Checks Para.3 In addition, your smart home will be monitoring your health for you every day. Your bed, for example, will record how well you sleep every night. It will also be checking your body weight. If you start to have sleep or weight problems, it will send a warning to your phone. It will also give you suggestions on a healthier diet and how to sleep better. Smart toilets will be keeping constant track of your health as well. They can warn you early on if there is something abnormal or if you have a critical illness, such as cancer, and potentially save your life. In the future, what will the beds and toilets do? the beds: record your sleep; check your body weight; send a warning to you if you have sleep or weight problems keep constant track of your health; warn you early on if there is something abnormal the toilets: Para.4 Smart homes will be able to prevent serious damage from accidents. For example, if a water pipe starts leaking, or if there is a short in the electrical wiring, your smart home will detect it and provide you with the relevant information. This way, you will be able to fix the problem before your home becomes flooded or catches fire. In the future, what will the smart homes can do about water pipes and electrical wire? If a water pipe starts , if there is a short in the electrical wiring, your smart home will it and provide you with the relevant information. No More Disaster leaking detect This smart technology is not a fantasy. Many of these new innovations are already available and being used in some homes. In this sense, the home of tomorrow is already the home of today. Nevertheless, it will take some years before most new homes begin to use this new technology. Para.5 What’s the writer’s attitude towards smart homes? A. positive B. negative C. indifferent 积极的 消极的 漠不关心的 What is the structure of the text? A. B. C. Activity 4 1 3 4 5 2 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 2. What’s the type of the text? A. Narrative 记叙文　 B. Argumentation 议论文 C. Exposition 说明文 introduction examples conclusion Analyzing the structure and text type Designing a kind of smart device Activity 5 Please work in groups to design your smart home. Devices: What can they do: Group work Activity 6 Many new words in the text the type, main idea and structure of this text Smart homes will make us life be easier in many ways. 1 3 4 5 2 introduction examples conclusion expository switch off, distant, secure… Summarizing the class The best way to predict the future is to create it. 预测未来的最好方式是创造未来。 Make technology become what we want it to be. Peter Drucker Assignments 1. Review this passage. 2. Finish Section Ⅰ in the green book after class. Lavf58.20.100 $$