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

Reading and Thinking Unit 2 Looking into the Future Smart Home to Make Life Easier 学科网-湛江市李海艳名师工作室团队作品 1. Figure out the structure and language features of the reading passage and identify the purpose and the intended readers. 2. Get the main idea of each paragraph and know the influence and convenience brought by smart homes in the future. 3.Understand and describe the function and the benefit of intelligent controls, regular health checks and no more disasters. 4. Express opinions on smart technology through critical thinking. Learning Objectives Contents 1. Lead in 2. Pre-reading 3. General Reading 4. Detailed Reading 5. Post-reading 6. Summary 7. Critical thinking 8.Assignment Smart watch Smart sweeping robot Smart glasses Smart Phone Lead in Do you know these “smart” things? What are they? Smart air-conditioner Smart lock Smart curtain If we combine them together, What do we call it? 4 Smart Home If we combine them together… 5 Smart Home What do you think a “smart” house can do that other normal houses cannot? Please appreciate a video. 6 sweep the floor automatically detect any abnormality remotely and constantly use passwords and our fingerprints to open the doors instantly connect to laptops or phones wirelessly smart keyboard Technologicially intelligent! What does it mean when we say that something is “smart”? Pre-reading 2. Something has a “brain” like a human being. It can “think” and do what its owner commands to do. 1. be clever or intelligent What functions and benefits can smart phones bring us? Functions Benefits Surf the Internet shop online play games watch online movies listen to music take courses ... make our lives more interesting more convenent much easier ... smart phones Skim for the genre and the structure. title subtitles 1 2 3 4 5 总 分 总 General Reading What’s the genre (体裁) of this article? A. A narration. (记叙文) B. An argumentation. (议论文) C. A science exposition. (科普说明文) D. A science fiction story. (科幻故事) What’s the structure of this article? Skim the text and answer these questions. 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 introduce the functions of smart homes in future life. 2. Where is the text likely to be taken from? A. A science magazine B. A research report C. A story D. A book review(书评) 3.Who do you think are the intended audiences? A. Parents B. Scientists C. teachers D. People interested in techonology Identify purpose and audience The types of phrases used in a passage help identify its purpose. For example, the phrase in my opinion tells us that the passage is likely meant to persuade. And a text that uses imperatives is likely meant to instruct. A passage’s content helps identify its audience. For example, a passage that gives tips on looking after pets would have pets owners as its audience. 10 Skimming for the main idea of each paragraph. Smart homes will monitor your health and offer advice. Smart homes will prevent serious damage from accidents. Despite the advancement of smart homes, it will take time before they become reality. Intelligent controls in the home system. Smart homes will bring us safe, energy-saving and comfortable life in the future. Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Para.5 Para.3 Para.2 Skimming for the genre and the structure. Para.2 Intelligent controls Para.3 Regular health checks Para.4 No more disasters Smart Homes to Make Life Easier Para.1: a brief introduction of smart homes Para 5: This smart technology is not a fantasy. Read paragraph 1 and answer the following questions. 1. Why does the writer start the paragraph with two questions? 2. What are the advantages of smart homes mentioned in this passage? ① To arouse readers’ interest ② To lead to the topic. ① Keep us secure; ② Save us energy; ③ Provide a more comfortable environment to live in. Have you ever forgotten to lock the door of your house? Or, have you ever forgotten to switch off the TV or computer? 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. Detailed Reading 1.What makes all these automatic controls possible? Advanced technology 2.How does automatic control work? Examples? go into an energy-efficient mode learn your daily routine and preferences turn switches on and off play music or TV programmes prepare dinner respond to voice commands Intelligent controls make our home _________. energy-e_____ fficient i____________ ntelligent a___________ controlled utomatically r____ to enjoy eady Read paragraph 2 and think over the questions. Read para.3 to complete the tables Devices How to monitor your health? Regular Health Checks In addition, your smart home will be monitoring your health for you every day. Your bed, for example, will record how well you sleep every night. It will also be checking your body weight. If you start to have sleep or weight problems, it will send a warning to your phone. It will also give you suggestions on a healthier diet and how to sleep better. Smart toilets will be keeping constant track of your health as well. They can warn you early on if there is something abnormal or if you have a critical illness, such as cancer, and potentially save your life. record how well you sleep check your body weight send a warning to your phone give you suggestions keep constant track of your health warn you early on beds toilets Smart homes make our life ________. healthier/effectively -monitor No More Disasters Smart homes will be able to prevent serious damage from accidents. For example, if a water pipe starts leaking, or if there is a short in the electrical wiring, your smart home will detect it and provide you with the relevant information. This way, you will be able to fix the problem before your home becomes flooded or catches fire. How could smart homes prevent your home from serious disasters? By ___________ the problems and __________ relevant information, smart home makes our life __________. detecting providing safer Read Paragraph4 and answer the questions. Regular Health Checks In addition, your smart home will be monitoring your health for you every day. Your bed, for example, will record how well you sleep every night. It will also be checking your body weight. I you start to have sleep or weight problems, it will send a warning to your phone. It will also give you suggestions on a healthier diet and how to sleep better. Smart toilets will be keeping constant track of your health as well. They can warn you early on if there is something abnormal or if you have a critical illness, such as cancer, and potentially save your life. No More Disasters Smart homes will be able to prevent serious damage from accidents. For example, if a water pipe starts leaking, or if there is a short in the electrical wiring, your smart home will detect it and provide you with the relevant information. This way, you will be able to fix the problem before your home becomes flooded or catches fire. Para. 3 & 4 What do these two parargraphs have in common in regard to the writing technique? examples a topic sentence examples a topic sentence 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. The time of smart homes has already come. high cost, imperfect technology, risk of danger... Read Paragraph 5 and answer the questions. 1. Why does the author say that smart home is not a fantasy? 2. Why will it take “some years” to be popular? find out the writer's attitude towards smart homes. A. Doubtful. B. Supportive. C. Neutral. D. Opposed. 18 This smart technology is not a fantasy. Most 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... positive / optimistic / supportive / hopeful 1. What’s the author’s attitude towards smart homes? Post-reading ... 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. advantages confident Smart Homes to Make Life Easier intelligent controls regular health check disaster prevention integrated sensors to switch mode prepare everything ready for you bed toliet record sleep quality check body weight advise healthy diet sned warnings on illness detect problems and provide information benefits provide security save energy provide comfortable environment technologically-intelligent user-friendly Summary What might be some of the challengs of smart homes? Critical thinking Every coin has two sides. smart home is a double-edged sword. What might be some of the disadvantages of smart homes? If the system breaks down, you may find yourself locked out of the house or unable to turn on your TV. If hackers hack into your system, your personal information will be stolen for evil purposes. For older people, it will be difficult to operate the system. Complete the summary using the correct forms of the words from the text. A smart home is one that__________computers into the structure of the building itself. In this way, many of the things that we now do ourselves will become_________.For example, the smart home could control the air conditioning and lights so that you would no longer have to turn________ on and off, making your home more energy-________.The smart home could also_______itself to make sure that everything is working as it should, and send you___________if there is a problem. Such smart homes could even be programmed to_______your health problems, and then give you___________advice as to the food you should eat or if you should see a doctor. So, in a sense, smart homes will lead us to living smarter lives. integrates automatic switches efficient monitor warnings detect relevant Homework Homework:Mind map 1.Read the text again and underline the difficult long sentences and try to translate them into Chinese. 2. Talk with your partners in groups and draw a mind map about your future life. Thank you for your listening 学科网-湛江市李海艳名师工作室团队作品 Lavf58.20.100 Bilibili VXCode Swarm Transcoder v0.6.29 $