Unit 2 Looking into the Future Reading and Thinking 课件-2025-2026学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册

该高中英语课件围绕“智能家庭让生活更轻松”主题，系统介绍智能家庭的定义、优势及“smart”的含义，引导学生理解说明文的类型、结构与语言特征。课堂通过提问导入，结合标题副标题分析、段落细节探索（如智能控制、健康监测、灾害预防）及思维导图、表格等工具搭建学习支架，帮助学生逐步掌握核心内容。 其亮点在于融合语言能力、思维品质与学习能力培养，通过分析对比、拟人等说明文写作方法，练习“will be doing”句式提升语言运用能力，借助小组合作设计智能教室项目锻炼问题解决与创新思维。资料含具体任务（如表格填写问题解决方案、思维导图梳理功能）及评价标准，学生能深化理解并培养批判性思考，教师可利用此资料高效开展互动教学与能力拓展。

Unit 2 Looking into the future Reading and Thinking Smart Homes to Make Life Easier 珊珊 接通 挂断 模糊背景 摄像头已关 翻转 Engagement What can smart homes do for us? a smart home What does “smart” mean? Engagement 5 Learning objectives Understand what the smart home is, its benefits and the meaning of “smart”; Identify the type, structure and language features of this text; Predict the future with the sentence structure “will be doing”; Apply what you have learned to design smart classrooms to make study efficient. 6 1. What is the main idea of the text? This text is mainly about the introduction to _________ and their ________ . Exploration: explore the title and subtitles smart homes benefits Reading Tip 1: Focus on titles and subtitles to catch the main idea 2. What is the type of the text? A narration (记叙文) An exposition (说明文) An argumentation (议论文) 3. What is the structure of the text? Tip 2: Figure out the type of the text with the writing purpose A popular science exposition Exploration: explore the details Para 1 Introduction Q1: Why does the author start paragraph one with two questions? Q2: What can you learn from the last sentence? 8 Exploration: explore the details Draw a mindmap to show what smart homes can do for us about Intelligent Controls Regular Health Checks No More Disasters Group 1&2 Group 3&4 Group 5&6 9 Read Paragraph 2 and describe a day living in a smart room with Intelligent Controls in the morning Before getting home Everything will be ready as my home will learn my ____________ and ____________. _____________tell when I leave and go into an ______________mode; turn_____________________itself. Exploration: explore the details in the evening I enter the door along with ___________ and I will find________________. All contros will respond to my _________________. Intelligent controls will make our life ________.(adj.) integrated sensors energy-efficient switches off daily routine my favorite music or TV programmes preferences voice commands my dinner prepared easier Exploration: explore the details record_______________ every night check your_____________ body weight keep constant track of your health how well you sleep Bed Toilets send a to you if you have problems warning warn you early on if there is something _______ or if you have a ________illness. abnormal critical Device functions benefits Regular health checks will ____ your health and make you ________.(adj.) healthier Read Paragraph 3 Regular Health Checks and fill the blanks monitor 11 Exploration: explore the details Read Paragraph 4 No More Disasters and fill the table below Problems Smart home’s Solutions Your actions water pipe leaking OR a short in the electrical wiring detect it and provide you with the relevant information fix the problem before your home becomes flooded or catches fire Smart homes will prevent _____________ and keep you ________.(adj.) safer Useful sentence pattern: If there is a __________(problem), your smart home will_________(solutions). This way, you will be able to____________(actions). damage from accidents Today, we have to use switches for our lights.... In the future, we will be using advanced technology every day for... Your bed, for example, will record how well you sleep... For example, if a water pipe starts leaking... your smart home will detect it. Have you ever forgotten to lock the door of your house? Or, have you ever forgotten to switch off the TV or computer? Your home will also learn your daily routine... ...the home system will obey Rhetorical Question (设问) example contrast（作对比） personification (拟人) Listing（列举） What methods are used to describe smart homes in this exposition? Exploration: explore the language Intelligent Controls Regular Health Checks No More Disasters 13 Explanation: What does SMART mean？ Explain the meaning of SMART with the supporting evidence from the text Example: In the future, we will be using advanced technology every day for automatic control of just about everything in our home. SMART means Automatic 14 Para. 5 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. Not a Fantasy; a Reality It is what you do today that creates the future! The future is in your hands! Elabration: Project design Smart classrooms to make study efficient Work in groups to design a smart device for your classroom, write a paragraph to introduce it and present to the whole class smart classroom What smart devices there are in your classroom What their new functions are; The benefits the new devices can bring. Be a man creating the future! 16 Evaluation standards ▷ Is The design is smart and efficient? ▷ Does the introduction include the device, its function and benefits? ▷ Is your writing clearly and logically with certain writing methods ▷ Can you present your design to the whole class in an organized way bravely and loudly Evaluation Evaluate your design and presentation according to the table below 17 Homework Perfect your design and the introduction Surf online and read relevant materials to think of the advantages and disadvantages of smart homes critically 18 take immdeiate actions! “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” —— Peter Drucker Let’s work hard to embrace(拥抱) challenges and improve innovation(创新) 。 Thanks！ null 3030.2073 $