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

Period 2 Reading and Thinking Unit 2 Looking into the Future 1 1. Students can know the main idea some detail information of the passage. 2. Students can master the article structure. 3. Students can Know the structure of the passage. 2 Step 1. Lead-in According to the following pictures, can you predict what the future life will be like? Look and discuss with your parnter. 3 Step 2.Pre-reading Skim the text and answer these questions. 1.What is the purpose of the text? 2.Who is the intended audience of this text? Tell us what the future home will be like. The text is mainly for those who need new technology to help them solve problems in daily house life. 4 Do you know any other smart products? If so, what are they? smart sweeping robot smart closestool smart bin smart robots smartwatch Will there be smart homes in the future? Read the title and the three subheadings and answer the following questions. Activity 2 Pre-reading 1.What is the type of this text? 2.What is the purpose of the text? 3.Who do you think is the intended audience? Pre-reading 1. What is the type of this text? Narration. Exposition. Argumentation. √ A popular science article. Monitor your health your bed: your toilet: Prevent serious damage: Para5. The situation of smart homes Smart homes: Benefits Para1: a brief introduction of smart homes Title Introduction Examples Draw a structure map of the text. Conclusion Para2. Intelligent controls Para3. Regular health checks Integrated sensors when you leave: when you get home: Para4. No more disasters 8 2. What is the purpose of the text? 3. Who do you think is the intended audience? To introduce and get people excited about the idea of smart homes. The people who are interested in smart home and hold a positive attitude towards technology. Read the text again and fill in the table below. In the future, what will smart homes do about…? doors dinners TVs, computers beds water pipes, electrical wires toilets lights, favourite music, or TV programmes Activity 4 Read for details Read the text again and fill in the table below. In the future, what will smart homes do about…? doors dinners TVs, computers beds water pipes, electrical wires toilets lights, favourite music, or TV programmes lock the door for us when we are away already prepared switch off TVs and computers when we forget record how well we sleep, check our body weight, send a warning to our phones , give us suggestions on a healthier diet and how to sleep better detect the problem and provide us with the relevant information keep constant track of our health and warn us early about something abnormal come on the instant we enter the door Complete the summary using the correct forms of the words from the text. A smart home is one that__________computers into the structure of the building itself. In this way, many of the things that we now do ourselves will become_________.For example, the smart home could control the air conditioning and lights so that you would no longer have to turn________ on and off, making your home more energy-________.The smart home could also_______itself to make sure that everything is working as it should, and send you___________if there is a problem. Such smart homes could even be programmed to_______your health problems, and then give you___________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. integrates automatic switches efficient monitor warnings detect relevant Activity 6 Post-reading Activity 7 Discussion : work in groups What advantages and disadvantages do smart homes have? Post-reading What advantages and disadvantages do smart homes have? advantages disadvantages saving energy, saving time, monitoring health, preventing disasters, intelligent controls ...... a problem with the system/power failure security will be a problem. If there is a problem in the system, something terrible will happen. ...... $$