Unit 3 Our digital lives Section 1 Reading课件2025-2026学年沪教版（2024）英语八年级上册

该初中英语课件围绕“数字技术如何改变生活”核心问题，聚焦物联网（IoT）及智能生活主题，通过猜谜游戏（如算盘、计算器到电脑的演进）导入，搭建从传统技术到现代智能设备的认知支架，帮助学生衔接过去与未来的知识脉络。 其亮点在于以访谈文本为载体，结合“寻找支持观点的例子”阅读策略，通过观点与例子匹配、小组讨论未来智能生活等任务，培养语言能力（如核心句式“be connected to”）和思维品质（逻辑分析）。猜谜和图片讨论激发兴趣，助力教师高效教学，提升学生综合运用能力。

Unit three are digital lives. Section one, experiencing and understanding language reading. Page thirty seven. read the trend script of a podcast interview to learn about how the internet will further change our lives. Smart life in the future . our guest today is doctor lee, a technology expert. Doctor lee has studied how the internet will further change our lives in the future. That's right. The internet has brought big changes to everyday life. For example, e learning and mobile payment have changed the way we study and shop. In the future, even more things will be connected to the internet, so life will continue to change. Can you give us some examples? Take health, for example, will probably wear small devices all the time, and they'll check our health and warn us about health problems. With this information, doctors can provide Better treatment. interesting. Will the internet help improve the environment? Yes, as more things become connected to the internet, our cities will become smart cities. Smart cities will be more eco friendly than cities. Today, one of the most important changes will come in energy use. Different devices will communicate and share data with each other. This will help them save energy. For example, smart rubies h bins will automatically tell the smart city network when they are full. This data will allow the rubies h collection company to plan Better collection routes. Will smart cities improve our lives in other ways? I think the biggest change will be in transport. Our roads will be much safer in the future, and the traffic will flow more smoothly. There will be fewer accidents because cars will drive themselves and they will share data with the smart city network. With this data, traffic lights can change the timing according to the number of cars on the road. That's amazing. And will this really be . possible? Yes, IT will. We've already started doing some of these things. Unit 3 Our digital lives 主题范畴：人与社会 主题群：科学与技术 子主题： 科学技术与工程，人类发明与创新 Key question How has digital technology changed our lives? understand the unit topic and master the usage of key words, phrases and sentence patterns; predict the structure and content of the reading passage by understanding the text feature (interview); understand the concept and application of the Internet of Things (IoT), as well as the impact of the Internet on our daily life. Imagine the future smart life in a reasonable way. Learning objectives 学习目标 At the end of the class, I will be able to: *network /ˈnetwɜːk/ flood /flʌd/ multimedia /ˌmʌltiˈmiːdiə/ expert /ˈekspɜːt/ mobile /ˈməʊbaɪl/ payment /ˈpeɪmənt/ n. 网络 n. 洪水；水灾 n. 多媒体 n. 专家 adj. 可移动的 n. 付款；支付 New words and phrases warn /wɔːn/ treatment /ˈtriːtmənt/ data /ˈdeɪtə/ company /ˈkʌmpəni/ traffic /ˈtræfɪk/ *flow /fləʊ/ smoothly /ˈsmuːðli/ v. 提醒注意；警告 n. 治疗；疗法 n. 数据 n. 公司 n. 路上行驶的车辆；交通 v. （人或事物）涌流；流动 adv. 平稳地；连续而流畅地 connect to bring big changes to mobile payment take ... for example rubbish bin 连接 给……带来重大变化 移动支付 以……为例 垃圾箱 Life before the internet Things people do with the internet The positive effects of the internet on daily life The negative effects of the internet on daily life First thoughts How will the internet change our lives in the future? How do you choose a digital device? What are the positive and negative effects of the internet? How has digital technology changed the world? abacus Guessing game I am very old now. I was born in China. Many people used me for calculating in the past, but now I am a bit lonely because they seldom use me now. Do you know who I am? calculator I am very small. I can be used for calculating. In China, a lot of students use me when solving mathematical problems. Do you know who I am? computer / PC It is a machine, which you can use to type your homework, draw pictures, play games, watch movies, listen to music, communicate with your friends, gather information … Do you know who I am? A laptop It is a kind of computer which can be taken conveniently (方便地) like a notebook. Do you know who I am? How will the internet change our lives in the future? Before you read Nowadays, people use smartphones, smartwatches and smart home devices. In the future, even more things will be connected to the internet. The network of interconnected smart devices is called the Internet of Things (IoT 物联网). Look at the picture below and discuss what a smart home is like. What is a smart home like? Can you give some examples? In a smart home, a lot of devices are connected to the internet. You can control these devices even when you are not at home. ... clean up 打扫干净 air conditioner 空调 at home 在家 smart speaker 智能音箱 fingerprint lock 指纹锁 window cleaning robot 窗户清洁机器人 turn on 接通（电流）；打开 turn off 截断（电流）；关掉 save energy 节约能源 词汇拓展 ① What is ... like? ……是什么样的/怎么样? (用来询问特征、性质或情况。) 例如：在西班牙学习是什么样的？ What is studying in Spain like? ② ... are connected to the internet. ……被连接到互联网。 例如：我们学校所有的电脑都连上了互联网。 All the computers in our school are connected to the internet. 核心句式 Finding examples that support opinions Writers often use examples to support their opinions and this helps the reader understand the opinions better. 阅读策略：寻找支持观点的例子 作者经常使用例子来支持他们的观点，这有助于读者更好地理解这些观点。 让我们进入阅读一探究竟！ Reading strategy Read the transcript of a podcast interview to learn about how the internet will further change our lives. Smart life in the future Host: Our guest today is Dr Li, a technology expert. Dr Li has studied how the internet will further change our lives in the future. Dr Li: That’s right. The internet has brought big changes to everyday life. For example, e-learning and mobile payment have changed the way we study and shop. In the future, even more things will be connected to the internet, so life will continue to change. While-reading Host: Can you give us some examples? Dr Li: Take health for example. We’ll probably wear small devices all the time, and they’ll check our health and warn us about health problems. With this information, doctors can provide better treatment. Host: Interesting! Will the internet help improve the environment? Dr Li: Yes! As more things become connected to the internet, our cities will become smart cities. Smart cities will be more eco-friendly than cities today. One of the most important changes will come in energy use. Different devices will communicate and share data with each other. This will help them save energy. For example, smart rubbish bins will automatically tell the smart city network when they are full. This data will allow the rubbish collection company to plan better collection routes. Dr Li’s opinion an example to support this opinion Host: Will smart cities improve our lives in other ways? Dr Li: I think the biggest change will be in transport. Our roads will be much safer in the future, and traffic will flow more smoothly. There will be fewer accidents because cars will drive themselves, and they will share data with the smart city network. With this data, traffic lights can change the timing according to the number of cars on the road. Host: That’s amazing. And will this really be possible? Dr Li: Yes, it will. We’ve already started doing some of these things! Read the parts below and circle the right answers. opinion support Dr Li: That’s right. The internet has brought big changes to everyday life. For example, e-learning and mobile payment have changed the way we study and shop. Task 1 Dr Li: In the future, even more things will be connected to the internet, so life will continue to change. Host: Can you give us some examples? Dr Li: Take health for example. We’ll probably wear small devices all the time, and they’ll check our health and warn us about health problems. With this information, doctors can provide better treatment. opinion support Host: Interesting! Will the internet help improve the environment? Dr Li: Yes! As more things become connected to the internet, our cities will become smart cities. Smart cities will be more eco-friendly than cities today. ... opinion support Dr Li: One of the most important changes will come in energy use. Different devices will communicate and share data with each other. This will help them save energy. For example, smart rubbish bins will automatically tell the smart city network when they are full. This data will allow the rubbish collection company to plan better collection routes. opinion support Dr Li: I think the biggest change will be in transport. Our roads will be much safer in the future, and traffic will flow more smoothly. There will be fewer accidents because cars will drive themselves, and they will share data with the smart city network. With this data, traffic lights can change the timing according to the number of cars on the road. Host: That’s amazing. And will this really be possible? Dr Li: Yes, it will. We’ve already started doing some of these things! opinion support Complete the table below with the information from the transcript of the podcast interview on page 37. The internet will … Examples change the way we look after our health. We will (1) __________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________. probably wear small devices all the time, and they will check our health and warn us about health problems Task 2 The internet will … Examples change the way we use energy. Smart rubbish bins will (2) _____ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________. change the way the transport system works. Cars will (3) _________________ ___________________________ ___________________________. automatically tell the smart city network when they are full. This data will allow the rubbish collection company to plan better collection routes drive themselves and they will share data with the smart city network (1) Does Dr Li take a positive, negative or neutral (中立的) attitude towards the changes brought by the internet? (2) Can you find examples from the interview to support Dr Li’s opinion? Read the transcript of the podcast interview again and answer the questions below. Dr Li takes a positive attitude towards these changes. Task 3 We will probably wear small devices all the time, and they will check our health and warn us about health problems. With this information, doctors can provide better treatment. Smart cities will be more eco-friendly than cities today. Our roads will be much safer in the future, and traffic will flow more smoothly. Discuss the questions below. (1) What will life in a smart city be like? (2) Do you think the internet has negative effects on our daily lives? What are they? How can we deal with them? Post-reading a to tell someone that something bad may happen b medical care given to patients c the vehicles moving on a road at a certain time d moving without difficulties e a person with special knowledge and skill Find the words in the transcript of the podcast interview on page 37 and match them with their meanings. (1) expert (line 1) (2) warn (line 9) (3) treatment (line 10) (4) traffic (line 21) (5) smoothly (line 21) Task 4 Complete the passage with the words and the phrase below. Change the form if necessary. data take ... for example warn smoothly treatment Task 5 Smart technology is changing the way we live. Nowadays, more devices are connected to the internet. (1)_________ smart watches _________. Athletes can use them to measure their speed and heart rate, and then send all the (2)_________ to their trainer. Smart devices will change our cities in the future and traffic will flow more (3)_________ thanks to smart city technology. Our homes will be full of smart devices too. For example, when we run out of eggs or milk, our fridge will automatically order more. One day, we may even take “smart pills” to help check our health, and this will help doctors provide the right (4)_________. However, some experts (5)_________ that smart technology can easily go wrong and this could lead to serious problems. data take ... for example warn smoothly treatment Take for example data smoothly treatment warn Write about how you think the internet will change our lives in the future. Use the words and expressions below. check provide warn bring changes to change the way we ... changes will come in ... connected to take ... for example Task 6 The internet will change the way we live in the future, bringing changes to every aspect of daily life. Connected to smart devices, it will provide instant (迅速的) services and personalized (个性化的) experiences. Take AI assistants for example, which can check schedules and warn us of traffic delays. However, it also raises privacy (隐私) concerns. Changes will come in how we balance convenience and security, reshaping our habits. The digital era continuously tests our adaptability, making life more efficient yet complex. One possible version Smart life in the future Host: Our guest today is Dr Li, a technology expert. Dr Li has studied how the internet will further change our lives in the future. Dr Li: That’s right. The internet has brought big changes to everyday life. For example, e-learning and mobile payment have changed the way we study and shop. In the future, even more things will be connected to the internet, so life will continue to change. n. 专家 adv. 进一步；在更大程度上 给……带来重大变化 移动支付 被连接到…… 短语收藏夹 Host: Can you give us some examples? Dr Li: Take health for example. We’ll probably wear small devices all the time, and they’ll check our health and warn us about health problems. With this information, doctors can provide better treatment. Host: Interesting! Will the internet help improve the environment? warn sb. about sth. 提醒某人注意/警惕某事 n. 治疗；对待 Dr Li: Yes! As more things become connected to the internet, our cities will become smart cities. Smart cities will be more eco-friendly than cities today. One of the most important changes will come in energy use. Different devices will communicate and share data with each other. This will help them save energy. For example, smart rubbish bins will automatically tell the smart city network when they are full. This data will allow the rubbish collection company to plan better collection routes. share sth. with sb. 与某人分享某物 垃圾箱 Host: Will smart cities improve our lives in other ways? Dr Li: I think the biggest change will be in transport. Our roads will be much safer in the future, and traffic will flow more smoothly. There will be fewer accidents because cars will drive themselves, and they will share data with the smart city network. With this data, traffic lights can change the timing according to the number of cars on the road. Host: That’s amazing. And will this really be possible? Dr Li: Yes, it will. We’ve already started doing some of these things! n. 交通 根据…… ……的数量（后接可数名词复数） In the future, even more things will be connected to the internet, so life will continue to change. 【知识点】 (1) be connected to 被连接到…… 延伸：connect ... to/with ... 把……和……连接起来 connection n. 连接 例如：这颗卫星与地面控制系统相连。 Engineers connected the satellite to the ground control system. = The satellite was connected to the ground control system. Language points 【知识点】 (2) continue to do sth. 继续做某事 continue doing sth. 继续做某事 注意：两种句式表达大多数情况下可互换使用，无明显差别。continue to do sth. 更强调中断后继续做某事，即中途断断续续；continue doing sth. 则更强调持续做同一件事，即没有中断。 例如：她从国外留学回来后继续学习历史。 After studying abroad, she continued to study history. She continued studying history after returning from overseas. 强调“中断后重新开始学习”（留学回国后继续学历史） 强调“持续学习” （留学期间和回国后都学历史） ..., and they’ll check our health and warn us about health problems. 【知识点】 warn sb. about sth. 提醒某人注意/警惕某事 辨析 warn sb. to do sth. 劝告/告诚某人做某事 例如：天气预报提醒居民台风即将来临。 The weather forecast warned residents about the approaching typhoon. 例如：他告诫弟弟远离火源。 ‌He warned his little brother to stay away from the fire. With this data, traffic lights can change the timing according to the number of cars on the road. 【知识点】 (1) according to 根据…… 注意：该短语中的to为介词，后接名词（短语）、代词等。 例如：据他的教练所言，他的成功源于多年的刻苦训练。 His success, according to his coach, is due to years of hard training. (2) the number of ……的数量 辨析： the number of ……的数量 后接可数名词复数，强调具体数字和统计结果，短语作主语时谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。 例如：我校学生数量是2000人。 The number of students in our school is 2,000. a number of 一些；许多 后接可数名词复数，强调量多而非具体数据，短语作主语时谓语动词为复数形式。 例如：许多学生在踢足球。 A number of students are playing football. The doctor gave me some medicine as my ‌t________‌ for the cold. We collected ‌d________‌ from our science experiment yesterday. My father works in a big ‌c‌________ that makes cars. There was heavy ‌t________‌ on the road after the football match. The ‌f‌________ of the river is strong in the rainy season. The dancer moved ‌s________‌ across the stage, like a flowing river. 一、根据句意和首字母提示填写单词。 reatment ata ompany raffic low moothly 二、完成句子。 网络购物应用能被轻松连接你的银行账户。 Online shopping apps‌ can ________ ________ ________ ‌your bank account easily. 新政策将给我们的校园生活带来巨大变化。 The new policy ‌will ________ ________ _________ ________‌ our school life. be connected to bring big changes to 以移动支付为例，它让购物更快捷。 ‌ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________, it makes shopping faster. 请把包装纸扔进垃圾桶。 Please throw the wrapper into the ‌________ ________‌. 智能手机连接网络，在许多方面帮助我们。 The smartphones ‌connect to‌ the internet and help us ________ ________ ________. Take mobile payment‌ for example rubbish bin in many ways 三、短语回顾。 给……带来重大变化 移动支付 被连接到…… 把……和……连接起来 提醒某人注意某事 告诫某人做某事 与某人分享某物 垃圾箱 交通事故 根据…… ……的数量 bring big changes to mobile payment be connected to connect ... to/with ... warn sb. about sth. warn sb. to do sth. share sth. with sb. rubbish bin traffic accidents according to ... the number of Finish the exercises. Write a short article about how you depend on the internet in your daily life. Preview Listening on P40. Homework Thank you! 50 $