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Unit 2 The Things Around Us
The BDS:
A high-tech achievement
Culture focus
Lead-in
Have you ever thought about how these apps can accurately locate your position?
Positioning technology
What are the four major global satellite navigation systems?
American—GPS
Russia—GLONASS
Europe—Galileo
China—BDS
Q
Pre-reading
What does BDS stand for?
a Basic Digital System
b Big Data System
c Beijing Daytime System
d BeiDou Navigation Satellite System
_____d______
While-reading
Read the passage and match summaries a-e to paragraphs 1-5.
a The BDS is a system that benefits China and the rest of the world.
b On land, the BDS is used to help the police, firefighters and farmers.
c Satellite systems around the world help people know their locations.
d One place where people use the BDS is on boats.
e The BDS has become better and better over the years.
Para 1:___c____ para 2:___e____ para 3:___d____
para 4:___b____ para 5:____a___
c Satellite systems around the world help people know their locations.
Read the passage and match summaries a-e to paragraphs 1-5.
e The BDS has become better and better over the years
Read the passage and match summaries a-e to paragraphs 1-5.
d One place where people use the BDS is on boats.
Read the passage and match summaries a-e to paragraphs 1-5.
b On land, the BDS is used to help the police, firefighters and farmers.
Read the passage and match summaries a-e to paragraphs 1-5.
a The BDS is a system that benefits China and the rest of the world.
Read the passage and match summaries a-e to paragraphs 1-5.
The reason why the BDS knows the location
How is the BDS in operation today / the current version compared to the first version of the system? 1.
2
What can the BDS do? Navigation:
At sea:
1.
2.
3.
On land:
1.
2.
The potential of the BDS 1.
2.
While-reading
The satellites in space help calculate our position.
More advanced
Better technology and more satellites.
Calculate our position/determine the position of objects
Help fishing boats in search and rescue operations
Communicate with support services on land
Give the exact locations of ships in trouble
Popularity within China and overseas
provide countless benefits to the world
Helping the police and firefighters do their job
helping operate smart farming equipment (examples)
(1) Galileo, GLONASS and GPS can all help people to locate their position. _______
(2) At present, the BDS is ten times more accurate than GPS. _______
(3) The BDS has already been used for searching for more than 40,000 boats. _______
(4) Though the BDS is not yet completed, it has proved useful both at sea and on land. _______
(5) The BDS is presently increasing in popularity both at home and abroad. _______
(6) China’s BeiDou is the world’s BeiDou because it is a result of international cooperation. _____
While-reading
True or False
(1) Galileo, GLONASS and GPS can all help people to locate their position.
True or False
___T____
(2) At present, the BDS is ten times more accurate than GPS.
True or False
When it is completed, there will be several dozens of BDS satellites. in the future, those satellites will allow us to determine the position of objects with millimetre accuracy: that is ten times more accurate than GPS (line 11-14)
(1) Galileo, GLONASS and GPS can all help people to locate their position.
___T____
___F____
(2) At present, the BDS is ten times more accurate than GPS.
True or False
When it is completed, there will be several dozens of BDS satellites. in the future, those satellites will allow us to determine the position of objects with millimetre accuracy: that is ten times more accurate than GPS (line 11-14)
The BDS has already been used for helping more than 40,000 Chinese fishing boats.
(1) Galileo, GLONASS and GPS can all help people to locate their position.
___T____
(3) The BDS has already been used for searching for more than 40,000 boats.
___F____
___F____
(4) Though the BDS is not yet completed, it has proved useful both at sea and on land.
(5) The BDS is presently increasing in popularity both at home and abroad.
(6) China’s BeiDou is the world’s BeiDou because it is a result of international cooperation.
True or False
The developers predict an increase in popularity of the BDs bothat home and abroad (line 28)
China developed the BeiDou Navigation System, but its benefits can be extended to other nations
___T____
___F____
__F___
While-reading
Why does the writer use “next up”?
“Next up” suggests the writer’s expectation of China's efforts to launch more satellites to complete the system
VS
Post-reading
Mind map
BDS
BDS, as a significant technological achievement of China, now needs to be introduced to foreigners. What aspects will you cover when introducing BDS? Please present it using a mind map and briefly organize the language to introduce BDS to everyone."
Unit 2 Cultural Focus: Next up, the BDS
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