Unit2 Improving yourself Understanding ideas 课件-2025-2026学年高二英语外研版选择性必修第二册

SB2U2 Social Media Detox (Understanding ideas) Lead in What do you often do on social media? stay informed stay connected stay relaxed How much time do you spend on social media each day? How about others? Now read the facts on page 18 and answer the questions. What conclusions can you draw from the facts? On average, Chinese Internet users each spend two hours a day on social media: a total of 730 hours each year. The average age of social media users in China in 2017 was 33.1 years old, as against 32.4 in 2016 and 31.2 in 2015. The top four negative aspects of social media as ranked by Chinese users are :reduced time for reading printed books , poorer eyesight, privacy and information security concerns, and reduced sleep time. • Chinese Internet users spend a lot of time on social media. • The average age of social media users in China has risen during recent years. • Social media negatively affect different aspects of people’s lives. Pre-reading 1. Look at the title and pictures of the passage. Predict what it is about. It is an activity called Social Media Detox, in which students joined and shared their experience about it. Detox: treatment given to people to help them stop drinking alcohol or taking drugs. (戒酒，戒毒，也可延伸脱瘾) 2. A special and useful experience: Social Media Detox Title Organiser Aim Form Time Content Brenton High School Fundraising campaign for new sports equipment Any form Seven days No messaging friends, no posting photos, no blogging-nothing. They had been promised money by family and friends for each day spent without using social media . Participant Over 100 students 3.What is the genre of this article? A.Narrative B.Argumentative C. Expository D. Forum column 论坛专栏(Forum Column)是指在论坛、报刊、网站或新媒体中，由特 定作者或团队长期固定撰写的专题性文章板块。 内容：通常聚焦于某一特定主题（如教育、科技、健康、时事评论 等），进行系统性、深度的探讨和分享。 形式： 在线论坛：如知乎专栏、百度贴吧某个固定主题的板块。 报刊/杂志：报纸或杂志上名为“论坛”的固定版 √ Activity1：Read the passage and match the main idea of each part. 1．Part 1 (Para._____) A．The reaction and results of five students. 2．Part 2 (Paras._____) B．The effect of the detox. 3．Part 3 (Para. ____) C．The introduction of the detox. 1~2 3~7 8 task 1 Activity 2: Read part1 and Choose the best answer. 1．If you take part in the Social Media Detox，what you can do? A．Messaging friends. B．Posting photos. C．Learning from the experience. D．Blogging. task 2 √ Read part2 and Choose the best answer. 1．According to the passage，which is NOT true about Anna? A．She lost an arm. B．She thought the detox was difficult. C．She is trying to spend less time online. D．She is trying to picking up her hobbies. √ 2．Who lasted the shortest among the five students? A．George.　 B．Max. C．Devon. D．Anna. 3．What did Cindy do during the detox? A．Having a quick look at her social media accounts. B．Giving her phone to her dad. C．Updating her profiles. D．Going round to her friend's house. √ √ Read part3 and Choose the best answer. 4．What the money raised by the detox will be spend for? A．Phones. B．Sports equipment. C．Picking up hobbies. D．Putting up posts. √ Read five people’s statements and fill in the blanks with right words or phrases according to the passage. task 3 Anna 2 days Reaction It was more difficult than she had expected. She felt like 1. ___________________! Result She can now see how much time had been taken up with checking her phone. She is now trying to spend more time 2. _______________________. she had lost an arm picking up her hobbies 占据 重拾爱好 Devon 4 days Reaction When he saw a classmate on Monday, he felt 3. _________________ not to already know what his classmate had done at the weekend. Result They had to talk and explain what they were doing and thinking! It made him realise 4. ____________________ ____________________. really strange the value of real contact that he had forgotten Cindy 7 days Reaction At first, she really felt 5. _____________________. Result Without their phones, she and her friend 6.________________________ for over two hours. By the fifth day, she realised that she hadn’t been missing out on anything. she was missing out had a proper conversation George 7 days Reaction He didn’t find the detox too difficult, but he did give his phone to his dad to avoid 7. ______________. Result An hour’s sport each day left him tired out and ready for bed early. The detox made him 8. ____________! giving in healthier Max Less than 1 day Reaction He 9. _________________ on the first day. He used his phone to check where a party was. Result He spent so much time using his phone to 10. _______________ on social media, and he almost missed the party. threw in the towel catch up on news Choose the benefits of the social media detox and find evidence to support your choices. It helped students learn how to best communicate using social media. It raised money for school sports equipment. It made students want to spend even more time on social media. It made students realize how much time they had been spending on social media. It encouraged students to find new ways to communicate and try new activities. task 4 2 It raised money for school sports equipment. From Moderator: The detox raised a total of £1,632.82 for new school sports equipment! 4 It made students realise how much time they had been spending on social media. Anna: But on reflection, I can see how much of my time had been occupied with checking my phone. 5 It encouraged students to find new ways to communicate and try new activities. From Devon: Doing the detox meant…! It made me realise the value of real contact that I had forgotten. From Cindy: Then, instead of messaging my friend, … from other people. It felt so good! From George: An hour’s sport each day… The detox made me healthier! Read the last part and think what the "something" in "After reading the posts on this forum, it seems that something other than money has also been raised through the detox" means? Something other than money has also been raised through the detox. Awareness of just how much we rely on social media can help us step away from it and communicate with each other better. concluding sentences task 5 Use the social media in a proper way and in proper time. Make good use of our limited time by doing meaningful things. Set a clear goal and struggle for it. $