Unit 2 Looking into the future Reading and thinking 课件-2025-2026学年高中英语人教版选择性必修第一册

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Smart homes will be able to prevent the home of today.Nevertheless,it will lights,knobs for our appliances,and Regular Health Checks serious damage from accidents.For take some years before most new homes remote controls for our TVs and air addition,your smart home will be example,ifa water pipe starts leaking,or if begin to use this new technology. conditioners.In the future,we will be monitoring your health for you every day. using advanced technology every day Your bed,for example,will record how for automatic control of just about well you sleep every night.It will also be everything in our home.The future home checking your body weight.If you start will use integrated sensors to tell when to have sleep or weight preblems,it will conclusion example Activity1.Skim the text and answer these 1.What is the purpose of the passage? A.To sell integrated sensors. Yriting purpose B.To change the old houses. C.To decorate home with smart technology. To give a brief introduction about smart homes. 2.What's the genre(体裁)of this article? A.A narration.(记叙文) B.An argumentation.(议论文) 凹ype of text √A science exposition.(科普说明文) D.A science fiction story.(科幻故事) 3.Who do you think are the intended audience? tended People who are interested in technology and hold a audience positive attitude towards smart home. Activity2.Find out topic sentences These smart homes will keep us secure,save us energy,and 01 provide a more comfortable environment to live in. In the future,we will be using advanced technology every day for 02 automatic control of just about everything in our home. In addition,your smart home will be monitoring your health for 03 you every day. 04 Smart homes will be able to prevent serious damage from accident. 05 This smart technology is not a fantasy. Activity3.Figure out the structure of the passage Structure Topic Smart Homes Introduction Paral:a brief introduction of smart homes Kegular Body part Intelligent Health No more (Main functions) Controls Checks Disasters Examples to support the points Conclusion Para5.The situation of smart homes Activity4.Read the paragraphs carefully and answer the questions. Para.1 Have you ever forgotten to lock the door of your housOr,have you ever forgotten 1.Why does the writer start the paragraph to switch off the TV or computeThese with two questions? kinds of things happen to us all the time, To arouse the readers'interest. waste resources,and can sometimes lead to problems.However,in the not- 2.How does paragragh 1 developed? too-distant future,we will be living in smart homes that will lock the door for By contrast. us when we are away and remember to switch off the TV when we forget.These 3.What are the advantages of smart homes smart homes will keep us secure,save us mentioned in this passage? energy,and provide a more comfortable environment to live in.