Unit 2 Period 1 Reading and Thinking课件-高中英语人教版选择性必修第一册

该高中英语课件围绕“智能家居让生活更便捷”主题，系统呈现智能家居的功能、优势及作者态度，通过图片提问、名言解析、机械与智能设备对比、视频观看等导入方式，搭建从现有科技生活到未来智能家居的学习支架，衔接前后知识脉络。 其亮点在于以分层阅读训练（Skimming/Scanning找主旨、主题句）提升语言能力，通过批判性思维环节（讨论智能家居缺点）和小组设计理想智能家居活动培养思维品质与学习能力，结合Peter Drucker名言激励实践。学生能提升综合语言运用与批判思维，教师可借助结构化流程和互动素材提高教学效率。

Unit 2 Look into the future Period 1 Reading and thinking Learning Objectives Through this lesson, students will be able to: 1. Access, sort out, and evaluate the functions of smart home appliances, understand how smart homes life easier, and infer the author’s attitude to smart homes. (Key points) 2. Identify the purpose of writing and the target audience, and analyze the texts discourse structure and exposition methods. 3. Critically think about the disadvantages of smart homes. (Difficult points) 2 Lead-in Q1. What can you find in the picture? Q2. What might the picture tell us? Q3. When you see “the future” in the title, what can you predict about the future? A little boy, a robot and the universe. The possible relationship between man and technology. Robots, driverless car/self-driving car, smart devices ... How do you understand the quote? This quote means that action is more powerful than passive forecasting. The most accurate “prediction” is not a guess about external events, but the direct outcome of your own initiative (倡议). Instead of merely analyzing trends, you become the primary force shaping them. This philosophy applies universally: an individual builds their skills, an entrepreneur (企业) defines a market, a community engineers social change. It is a call to embrace agency and responsibility, focusing energy on what can be controlled. The future you create is the only one you can truly count on. What’s the difference between the following two things? mechanical watch smart watch phone smart phone The right one is “smart”. Do you know any other “smart” things? smart cleaning robot smart lock smart bin smart toilet smart car Can you imagine living in a smart house? And how do these smart homes help you? Let’s enjoy a video about a smart home. What kind of changes do you foresee in your life in the future? Warming up about the future life 1 Pre-reading Transport horse or simple vehicle such as a carriage trains, cars, airplanes spaceship, personal flying cars Communication letters phone, smart phone, videophone QQ or Wechat talk talk with robots Shopping On-line shopping Education —distance education The school of the future e-schools Houses made mud small houses flats in high buildings, houses along the street with many shops modern flats, floating Villages streets with markets, small shops large modern buildings, blocks of flats tall modern buildings; with green trees in houses Life Any disease can be cured in the future. People can live longer. What do you think a smart house can do? A smart home refers to a convenient home set up where appliances and devices can be automatically controlled remotely from anywhere with an Internet connection using a mobile or other networked devices. A smart home in the future Smart houses will bring us: convenience safety interest / fun … make our life easier？ Present Time future Transport Work Finance and currency life Styles Investigation Airplanes, cars, bicycles Office, factory, construction, landscape, service Banks, offices, insurances, businesses. No longer by air because of environmental pollution; bicycles and horses will come back At home using advanced, interactive computers. Meetings can be conducted on the computer and people will see each other speak. One global currency- maybe the yuan as China will be the largest global exporter. Present Time future languages Environment Education Houses communication English , Russian, Chinese Air: could be improved in cities Nursery, schools , university One global language---perhaps Chinese or still English Very poor, need to recycle all the waste, control on the use of cars, no airplanes, methods to improve poor air qualities; climate of the earth being very hot is making problems of water resources. Longer than now possibly until 25 years of age so that students can learn all the new technologies. Flats, houses, concrete, wood Post office, internet Built into the ground as the surface of the earth is so hot. By thought pad, telephone, computer, mobiles, Morse code, etc 2 While-reading Read the title and get the main idea. Smart homes to make life easier Main idea: The text may tell us that _____________ will make our life _______. smart homes easier Title Introduction Subtitle Subtitle Subtitle Conclusion Skimming People who are interested in technology and hold a positive attitude towards smart home. The text mainly tells us that smart home will make our life easier in ____________. many aspects 1．What is the purpose of the passage? A. To sell integrated sensors. B. To change the old houses. C. To decorate home with smart technology. D. To give a brief introduction about smart homes. 2. What is the type of this text? A. A narration B. A popular science exposition C. An argumentation D. A science fiction story 3. Who’s the intended audience? 22 These smart homes will keep us secure, save us energy, and provide a more comfortable environment to live in. In the future, we will be using advanced technology every day for automatic control of just about everything in our home. In addition, your smart home will be monitoring your health for you every day. Smart homes will be able to prevent serious damage from accident. This smart technology is not a fantasy. Scanning for topic sentences of each paragraph. 1 2 3 4 5 Para 2: Intelligent controls Para 3: Regular health checks Para 4: No more disasters Para 5: The situation of smart home Smart homes: Benefits Para1: a brief introduction of smart homes Topic Introduction Benefits/Examples Conclusion Structure 24 Have you ever forgotten to lock the door of your house? Or, have you ever forgotten to switch off the TV or computers? These kinds of things happen to us all the time, waste resources, and can sometimes lead to problems. However, in the not-too-distant future, we will be living in smart homes that will lock the door for us when we are away and remember to switch off the TV when we forget. These smart homes will keep us secure, save us energy, and provide a more comfortable environment to live in. 1. Why does the writer start with two questions? 2. What is the author’s attitude to smart homes? Para 1 To arouse the readers’ attention; to introduce the topic. Positive / Favorable. Para 2 Intelligent Controls Today switches knobs remote controls think about turning switches on and off yourself Manual control In the future use integrated sensors learn your daily routine & preferences All controls will respond to voice commands How does it work? Automatic/Intelligent control What are the features of intelligent controls? Para 2 widely accepted, popular considerate efficient, automatic environment-friendly smart, convenient, easy to control How does the writer develop these paragraphs? No More Disasters for example, ... (2 examples) for example, ... (2 examples) Para 3 & 4 Regular Health Checks functions What can smart homes do with these functions? advantages will be monitoring your health Your bed record how well you sleep check your body weight send a warning to your phone give you suggestions on Smart toilet keep constant track of your health warn you early on will be able to prevent serious damage from accidents potentially save your life detect: a water leaking pipe a short in the electrical wiring provide you with the relevant information will be able to fix the problem in time Para 3 & 4 Regular Health Checks No More Disasters A general introduction Examples Advantages 29 How does the writer develop Paragraph 2-4? By first introducing the main functions of smart homes, using the 2nd person to make people have a real experience and then giving examples to give further explanation about those functions. Think and answer 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. Para 5 Why does the author mention that smart home is not a fantasy? Are smart homes popular now? Why or why not? The time of smart homes has already come. high cost, imperfect technology, risk of danger... 31 Reading for information 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’re away switch off TVs and computers when we forget detect if there is a problem and provide us with the relevant information prepare dinner for us record how well we sleep every night, check our body weight, send a warning to our phones when we have sleep or weight problems, and give us suggestions on a healthier diet and how to sleep better keep constant track of our health and warn us early on if there is something wrong come on the instant we enter the door P15 E3 32 Intelligent Controls Regular Health Checks No More Disasters use _______________ to tell you information all controls will respond to ______ ____________ beds will check your sleep and __________ toilets will keep ____________ of your health a ______ water pipe a short in the _____________ Smart technology is not a ________. automatic _______ monitor _____ prevent serious damage from ________ control health accidents Integrated sensors voice commands body weight constant track leaking electrical wiring fantasy (keep us ______; save us _______; provide a more comfortable _____________ to live in) secure energy environment smart homes A smart home is one that i_________ computers into the structure of the building itself. In this way, many of the things that we now do ourselves will become a_________. For example, the smart home could control the air c___________ and lights so that you would no longer have to turn s________ on and off, making your home more energy-e_______. The smart home could also m_______ itself to make sure that everything is working as it should, and send you w________ if there is a problem. Such smart homes could even be programmed to d_____ your health problems, and then give you r________ advice as to the food you should eat or if you should see a doctor. So in a s____, smart homes will lead us to living smarter lives. ntegrates utomatic witches fficient onitor arnings etect elevant Complete the summary using the correct forms of the words from the text. 3 Post-reading onditioning ense Have you ever considered the disadvantages (potential challenges) smart homes will bring us? If there is a problem with the system / power failure, you may find yourself locked out of your home, or fail to switch your TV on or off. Security is another big concern because strangers may be able to hack into the system to collect private information about your life and use it for immoral purposes. What is your attitude to smart homes? Critical thinking If you intend to design an ideal smart home of yours, what kind of smart devices will you create? Discuss with your group members. You are supposed to include: Design your ideal smart home 1. What smart devices you will have in your home; 2. What the new functions of the new devices are; 3. What benefits the new devices can bring. 预测未来的最好方式就是去创造它。 The best way to predict the future is to create it. ——Peter Drucker 37 x264 0.128.2216+688+32 a17ff54 tMod [8-bit@4:2:0 X86] $