Unit 2 Looking Into The Future Learning About Language Build up your vocabulary 教学设计-2025-2026学年高中英语人教版选择性必修第一册

Teaching and Learning Design 选择性必修Book1 Unit2 Looking Into The Future 教学设计 Period 3 Teaching and learning contents: Learning About Language—Building up your vocabulary Comprehensive teaching and learning objectives: By the end of this period, the students will have been able to: 1) Complete the vocabulary exercise in the textbook and workbook; 2) Practise making word pairs, using given vocabulary; 3) Practise using the words and expressions learned in the previous period in contexts and consolidate their usage; 4) Learn to paraphrase sentences using given words and use a mind map to build up your vocabulary. Teaching and learning important points: Using and consolidating the usage of some new words and expressions to build vocabulary. Teaching and learning difficult points: Using and consolidating the usage of some new words and expressions to build vocabulary. Teaching and learning procedure: Step 1 Review and leading in Activity 1 Review and leading in 1. Review some of the language items learned in the previous period briefly. 2. Introduce the learning objectives of this period. Step 2 Learning About Language—Building up your vocabulary Activity 2 Building up your vocabulary 1. Go through the verbs and nouns, work in pairs or groups to write as many correct pairs of “verb + noun” phrases as possible and then check the answers and get to know the meanings of the language chunks. Answers: detect + air quality/potential dangers integrate + learning/the electrical wiring leak +oil switch on/off + the heater monitor＋ air quality/the electrical wiring cure + cancer have + a preference/cancer become + routine issue + a warning encourage + innovation/learning repair + the heater/the electrical wiring reject + innovation/a warning 2. Go through the meaning of the adjectives, complete the sentences with them, check the answers and then guide the students to put the sentence into to Chinese to understand the meaning of the adjectives better. Suggested answers: 1) relevant 2) instant 3) distant 4) critical 5) constant 6) automatic 7) available 8) secure 9) efficient 10)abnormal 3. Paraphrase the sentences using the words and phrases in brackets. Tips on how to paraphrase a sentence: Think of the given word’s meaning; Read the sentence and find out the part that has the similar meaning of the given word; You may need to write the sentence in a new way to make it fluent. Suggested answers: 1) Care will also be taken to combine the building and surrounding architecture together to form an effective system. (integrate) →Care will also be taken to integrate the building and surrounding architecture together to form an effective system. New word: combine vt. & vi. (使)结合；混合；融合；兼具，兼有；（使）合并； combined adj. 联合的；共同的 combination n. 联合(体)；结合(体)；混合物 combine A with/and B 使A与B结合起来 be combined with 与……结合起来 in combination with 与……联合 e.g. Hydrogen combines with oxygen to form water. 氢与氧化合成水。 We’d like to combine your culture with ours by adapting the classic novel. 我们想通过改编经典小说把你们的文化与我们的文化联系在一起。 Only when combined with targets, can great efforts help us realize our full potential. 只有与目标相结合时，努力才能帮助我们发挥最大潜能。 This medicine can be taken alone or in combination with other drugs. 这种药物可以单独使用，也可以与其他药物结合使用。 2) We will probably benefit from remote-controlled houses. (potentially) →We will potentially benefit from remote-controlled houses. 3) He insisted that everything in the smart home would be all right. However, I could not help but feel anxious. (nevertheless) →He insisted that everything in the smart home would be all right. Nevertheless, I could not help but feel anxious. Expression: can not help but do sth. 不得不；必须；只好；不可避免会做……; 忍不住做…… can’t help doing sth. 情不自禁做某事 can’t help (to) do sth. 不能帮忙做某事 e.g. When our country calls us for help, we can’t help but go. I can’t help but feel sorry for him. 4) It is a good habit to make certain that you know what is happening with your blood pressure. (keep track of) →It is a good habit to make certain that you keep track of what is happening with your blood pressure. 5) The monitoring system sends out warning as soon as the car begins to leak oil. (the instant) →The monitoring system sends out warning the instant the car begins to leak oil. Summary: It is a good way to paraphrase a word or phrase in English, which will help you to learn English in the English way. Moreover, when you are writing in English, try to use an advanced word or phrase to replace the one that is too common. Practice: Rewrite the following sentences with the words or phrases learnt in this unit. 1) When you leave the room, please turn off (→switch off) the lights. 2) She loves the young man because he knows all her favourite things (→preference). 3) There is no need to push the machine. It can move by itself (→automatically). 4) It is not common (→abnormal) to be so warm at this time of year. 4. Add more elements in the mind map to build up your vocabulary with the theme of “Future life” and the subcategories. Suggested answers: Houses: integrated sensors; remote control; energy-efficient; voice commands; climate control; home automation; remote monitoring Transport: driverless cars; high-speed rail; maglev trains; hybrid cars; electric cars; biofuels; smart roads Health: health monitoring; nanotechnology; robotics; mobile apps; wearable monitoring devices; 3D printing (e.g., for organs or tissues); virtual reality (e.g., for remote surgery or diagnoses); AI (e.g., for medical diagnoses) Security: machines to detect disasters; CCTV cameras; data encryption; monitoring drones; biometrics Work: telecommuting; automation; cloud technology; collaboration tools; virtual offices; AI; gig economy Entertainment: CGI (computer-generated imagery); virtual reality; home theatres; interactive TV; immersive media; augmented reality Step 3 Using Words and Expressions in the Workbook Activity 3 Using Words and Expressions Check the answers to the exercises and give some explanations if necessary. Suggested answers: Exercise 1: 1. cause 2 from far 3 appliances 4 greatly 5. difficult Exercise 2: 1. the instant 2. In addition 3. in this sense 4. potentially 5. keeps track of' 6. Nevertheless Exercise 3: 1. cease resisting changes 2. keep in touch 3. all our suggestions had been rejected 4. integrate yourself into a society 5. oppose recording weight Exercise 4: predictions; innovations; available; potentially; integrate; remote; critical; prospects Step 4 Evaluation and summary Activity 4 Self-evaluation Guide the students to reflect on their learning of this period by considering the following aspects. 1. How is your mastery of the new words and expressions? (Good/Fairly good/Moderate/Just so so/Poor) 2. How is your learning performance? (Good/Fairly good/Moderate/Just so so/Poor) 3. What will you do to consolidate the words and expressions learned in this unit after class? Activity 5 Summary (The teacher) Emphasize the usage of some words and expressions of this period briefly. Homework： 1. Consolidate the words and expressions learned in this unit. 2. Complete the exercises in the reference book. 3. Preview the grammar item by reading the explanations in appendix and in the reference book. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$