内容正文:
Starting out & Understanding ideas
Unit 2
Improving yourself
Social Media Detox
外研版2019选择性必修第二册
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Contents
Lead-in
Pre-reading
While-reading
Post-reading
Exercise
Homework
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Lead-in
✎ Lead-in ✎
What are the time management tips for busy teenagers?
✎ Lead-in ✎
What conclusions can you draw from the facts?
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 life.
Pre-reading
✎ Prediction✎
What information could you get from the pictures ?Predict what the passage is about ?
1. a person in the “swimming pool” of mobile phone
2. surrounded by various social media apps
3. He is worried and sad, wanting to catch the life ring.
✎ Prediction✎
What information can we get from the title?
detox: de- (off) +tox (poison)
treatment given to stop people from being addicted to alcohol or drugs.(脱瘾治疗)戒毒 / 酒瘾
社交媒体脱瘾
While-reading
✎ Fasting reading✎
1.Where is the passage taken from? What is the type of the passage?
moderator:moderate + or(or-表名词,主要表示 “人或物器”)
someone who makes certain that a formal discussion happens without problems and follows the rules 主持人
forum theme discussion
✎ Fasting reading ✎
2. Read to get the main idea of the passage with checking your prediction.
It is about an activity called Social Media Detox, in which students joined and shared their experience about giving up using phones
✎ Fasting reading ✎
3. Read to get the structure of the passage.
Para.1
para.2
para.3
para.4
para.5
para.6
para.7
para.8
The introduction of the campaign
The experiences and reaction of participants
The results of the campaign
✎ Fasting reading ✎
4. Which articles may use such structure?
Raise questions
Make separate statements
Draw conclusions
问题型语篇:提出问题 — 分析问题 — 解决问题
这类文章的基本模式是:文章通常以某种现象或话题开篇,该现象或话题可能涉及社会生活、文化教育等各个领域,接着,针对此现象或话题展开分析讨论,找出其存在或产生的根源从而得到解决问题的办法。
✎ Careful reading ✎
1.Read to complete the chart.
Social Media Detox
Raise Questions School Brenton High
Aim To raise money for 1. .
Participants Over 100 students
Reward The students had been promised 2 .
Requirement Stopping using social media, in ANY form, for 3. days
sports equipment
money
seven
✎ Careful reading ✎
1.Read to complete the chart.
Draw Conclusions
Results A total of $1,632.82 was rais
ed. It seems that 4. other than the money has been raised through the detox. 5. of just how much we rely on social media can help us step away from it and communicate with each other better.
something
What’s your understanding of something?
Awareness
✎ Careful reading ✎
2.Read five paragraphs and fill in the table.
Anna
Reaction: It was more difficult than she had expected. She felt like __________________!
Results: She can now see how much time had been taken up with checking her phone. She is now trying to spend more time __________
_____________.
2 Days
she had lost an arm
her hobbies
picking up
✎ Careful reading ✎
2.Read five paragraphs and fill in the table.
Devon
Reaction: When he saw a classmate on Monday, he felt ______________ not to already know what his
classmate had done at the weekend.
Results: They had to talk and explain what they were doing and thinking! It made him realise ________________________________________.
4 Days
really strange
the value of real contact that he had forgotten
How to translate this sentence?
What is the value of real contact?
✎ Careful reading ✎
2.Read five paragraphs and fill in the table.
Cindy
Reaction: At first, she really felt __________________.
Results: Without their phones, she and her friend
_______________________ for over two hours. By the fifth day, she realised that she hadn’t been missing out on anything.
7 Days
she was missing out
had a proper conversation
to lose an opportunity to do or have sth.
eg: We will be repeating the questions later, so you won’t miss out.
✎ Careful reading ✎
2.Read five paragraphs and fill in the table.
George
Reaction: He didn’t find the detox too difficult, but he did
give his phone to his dad to avoid ____________.
Results: An hour’s sport each day left him tired out and ready for bed early. The detox made him _______________!
7 Days
giving in
healthier
✎ Careful reading ✎
2.Read five paragraphs and fill in the table.
Max
Reaction: He ___________________ on the first day. He used his phone to check where a party was.
Results: He spent so much time using his phone to _________________ on social media, and he almost missed the party.
Less than 1 Day
threw in the towel
catch up on news
to stop trying to do sth. because
you think you cannot win
eg: Don’t throw in the towel.
3. Choose the benefits of the social media detox according to the passage and find evidence to support your choices.
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 realise 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.
evidence
Name benefits from the detox (evidence)
Moderator The detox raised a total of £1,632.82 for new school sports equipment!
4. It made students realise how much time they had been spending on social media.
evidence
Name benefits from the detox (evidence)
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.
evidence
Name benefits from the detox (evidence)
Devon Doing the detox meant …! It made me realise the value of real contact that I had forgotten.
Cindy Then, instead of messaging my friend, … from other people. It felt so good!
George An hour’s sport each day … The detox made me healthier!
Post-reading
✎ Summarizing and retelling ✎
There were five students joining in the social media detox. At the begin, they had been persuaded to 1. and promised money by family and friends. With the detox now finished, Anna can see how much of her time had been occupied with 2. . And she is now trying to 3. her hobbies. David thought doing the detox meant he and his classmates had to talk and explain their things and thoughts, which made him realize 4. .
stop using social media
checking her phone
pick up
the value of real contact
✎ Summarizing and retelling ✎
Among them,the two students who performed best 5. all seven days. Sandy found she hadn’t 6. without checking the phone by the fifth day. While George followed his brother's advice on 7.
and checked out their local sports centre, which left him tired out but 8. . However, Max is embarrassed to say he 9. . In conclusion. Awareness other than money has been raised through the detox, which help us 10.
the phone and communicate with each other better.
managed/did
been missing out
making full use of the time
made him healthier
threw in the towel
step away from
✎ Interview ✎
Work in group of 6, one person acts as the interviewer; the others act as the 5 participants.
The interviewer may raise the questions according to the passage about their experience feelings and plans and so on. And the 5 participants may refer to the answers in the summary to finish the interview.
Exercise
✎ Exercise ✎
Social media user numbers continue to grow. In fact, the average person spends at least 1 hour and 1. (minute) per day looking at their favourite social media sites and apps. This is
2. astonishing amount of time that could 3. (spend) in other ways, but it is also indicative of the current social culture and business culture.
minutes
an
be spent
✎ Exercise ✎
However, this doesn’t mean that spending this much time on social media is good for you. 4. your work may require you to remain online during business hours, it can be very helpful 5. (put) social media aside over the weekend or during a vacation.
Social media is a 6. (convenience) way to keep in touch and share photos, but it also requires you to give up a lot of your privacy.
Although/Though/While
to put
convenient
✎ Exercise ✎
For example,Reputation Defender recengtly reported that the latest privacy policy update for WhatsApp,7. allowed the messaging app to share data with another app.
Therefore, if you don’t want another website to have access 8. your telephone number, make sure that you don’t have apps 9. (install) on your phone. Even 10. (good), you can take social media detox that includes deleting your apps and accounts to provide yourself with the best possible privacy protection
which
to
installed
better
Homework
✎ Homework ✎
Required:
1.Retell the passage in your own words.
2.Write a report on this forum about social media detox according to your interview.
Optional:
1.Could you design an experiment of social media detox? What is it?
2.Write a speech to encourage people to manage time.
✎ Homework ✎
你校将于11月15日举办英语演讲比赛,主题为 “Time management”。请你写一篇演讲稿参赛,内容包括:
1. 时间管理的重要性;
2. 有效管理时间的措施。
注意:
1. 写作词数应为 80左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Hello, everyone! It’s my great honor to have the opportunity to share with you my opinion on time management.
None of you can deny the fact that managing your time effectively is of critical significance, which can minimize your stress, boost your performance and promote your self-confidence. Such being the case, how can you achieve this goal? Firstly, what you need to do is to plan ahead, thinking about upcoming events and making a to-do list. Additionally, getting well organized is a must. Most importantly, you must learn to prioritize all your tasks, focus on the goals and stick to them. To bring my presentation to a conclusion, let me quote what Lu Xun said, “Time is like the water in a sponge. If you are willing to squeeze, you will always get some.”
Thank you!
Thank You!
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