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

选择性必修 一 Unit 2 Looking into the Future Reading and Thinking 请注意： 1.正文标题为：黑体，30号字； 2.正文内容为：华文楷体，尽量不小于24号，特殊辅助性文字不低于18；根据文字量可适当调整。内容文字一行一般不能超过28个字，单页文字一般不能超过8行。 3.拍摄版本呈现内容务必与上传版本呈现的内容完全一致。 英文 1.正文标题为：以Times New Roman为主,可搭配使用Arial。字号为32—36号，特别强调可以用40号。 2.正文内容为：以Times New Roman为主,可搭配使用Arial。字号为24—28号，特别强调可用32号。 3.英文每行一般不能超过15个单词；单页文字一般不能超过8行。 1 Opening page When talking about “the future” , what comes into your mind? new life AI robots Mars ... new resources new human beings THE FUTURE space exploration driverless cars 2 Opening page The best way to predict the future is to create it. 预测未来的最好方式就是去创造它。 ——Peter Drucker 3 Lead in How to solve it? How does the door open? be controlled by the phone——remote control switch on the lights and draw the curtains automatically a smart home Do you know these “smart” things? What are they? smartphone smart watch smart sweeper smart TV smart speaker What does it mean when we say that something is “smart”? This is the question that we will together explore in today’s class. Let’s watch a video about smart homes “SMART” To say that something is smart means that it can make decisions on its own without a human telling it what to do, and that it can also learn how to do things itself. 1.What’s the genre（体裁） of this article? A. narration (记叙文) B. popular science exposition (科普说明文) C. argumentation (议论文) D. science fiction story (科幻故事) Skim the text and answer these questions. 2.What the purpose of this text? 3.Who is the intended audience of this text? To introduce smart homes. People who are interested in smart homes or positive about the life improved by technology. 8 What is a popular science exposition? (科普说明文) 科普说明文是用以介绍和普及科学知识的一种文体。它一般发表在科普杂志、报纸或专门的科普专著中。 特点 ： 1. 说明性。科普说明文的写作目的在于介绍科学知识。是科普说明文，就要介绍科学知识。 2. 单一性。一篇科普说明文，一般只说明一个科学现象，介绍一种科学知识。 3. 通俗性。科普说明文介绍的知识多是普及性的，所以要求用通俗有趣的语言,深入浅出地进行说明。 Smart homes will monitor your health and offer advice. Smart homes will prevent serious damage from accidents. Despite the advancement of smart homes, it will take time before they become reality. Intelligent controls in the home system. Smart homes will bring us safe, energy-saving and comfortable life in the future. Match the main idea of each paragraph Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Para.2 Intelligent controls Para.3 Regular health checks Para.4 No more disasters Para5. The situation of smart home Smart homes: Benefits Para.1: a brief introduction of smart homes The text mainly tells us that will make our life_________ in many aspects. smart homes easier Read for Structure 11 Have you ever forgotten to lock the door of your house? Or, have you ever forgotten to switch off the TV or computers? 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. 1. Why does the writer start with two questions? 2. What is the author’s attitude to smart homes? To arouse the readers’attention; to introduce the topic. Positive/Favorable. Para 1：a brief introduction Para 2： Intelligent Controls 1. How do we control things in our home in the future? 2. How does it work? 1) use___________sensors to tell when you leave and go into an evergy-efficient mode all by__________. 2) learn your daily_________and____________. Everything will be_________when you get home. 3) All controls will respond to______________. automatic control integrated itself routine preferences ready voice commands functions What can smart homes do with these functions? advantages will be monitoring your health Your bed record how well you sleep check your body weight send a warning to your phone give you suggestions on Smart toilet keep constant track of your health warn you early on will be able to prevent serious damage from accidents potentially save your life detect a water leaking pipe a short in the electrical wiring the relevant information will be able to fix the problem in time Regular Health Checks No More Disasters A general introduction Advantages Para 3&4 provide Examples 14 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. Q:What does the underlined sentence mean? A. Most homes have been equipped with this new technology. B. Many new innovations are being used in most homes. C. The home of today is as perfect as the home of tomorrow. D. In the near future, the new technology that most households will use is already being used in some homes Para 5 doors dinners TVs, computers beds water pipes, electric wires toilets lights, favourite music, or TV programmes lock the door for us when we are away prepare dinner for us switch off the TVs and computers when we forget record how well we sleep every night; check our body weight; come on the instant you enter the room detect the problem and provide us with relevant information keep constant track of our health and warn us early on if there is something wrong Activity1:Fill in the table(What will smart homes do for us?) A smart home is one that i_________ computers into the structure of the building itself. In this way, many of the things that we now do ourselves will become a_________. For example, the smart home could control the air conditioning and lights so that you would no longer have to turn s_________ on and off, making your home more energy-e_________. The smart home could also m________ itself to make sure that everything is working as it should, and send you w_________ if there is a problem. Such smart homes could even be programmed to d_______ your health problems, and then give you r________ advice as to the food you should eat or if you should see a doctor. So in a sense, smart homes will lead us to living smarter lives. ntegrates utomatic witches fficient onitor arnings etect elevant Activity2: Complete the summary Lavf58.12.100 Lavf58.20.100 $$