内容正文:
Unit 5 Path to a Better World
Thinking Skills & Reading Strategies
国家中小学课程资源
通过本课的学习,学生能够:
1. 运用“Beginning-Middle-End”结构描述事件。
2. 识别并提取文本主旨与细节,并根据细节内容进行复 述。
3. 使用功能性句型谈论科技的应用与影响。
4. 理解科技产品的使用和情感价值,在生活中恰当使用
科技。
Learning Objectives
Guessing game Guess what the technology project is according to the description.
It’s designed for children.
It can be used to make a call and also take pictures.
It can be used for payment.
It can tell parents where the kid is.
A phone watch
It’s useful to give directions.
It can tell us where to go and how to get there.
People like to use it when traveling.
Navigation app
Thinking Skills
Analyzing the plot
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Guessing game Guess what the technology project is according to the description.
It’s a powerful tool.
You can ask it anything, from math problems to English grammar, from science questions to life advice.
mobile payment
It’s a tool used on mobile phones.
You can use it to pay for anything by scanning a code..
Find the answer from tech stories:
Is technology just a tool for people?
AI-assisted language tools
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Look at the pictures and put them into the right order.
A.
B.
C.
Who are in this story?
What’s in this story?
What may happen in this story?
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Beginning: Xiao Ming is excited about his _________________ — a new phone watch.
birthday present
Middle: Now Xiao Ming can call his grandpa whenever ________________.
he misses him
Activity 1 Look at the pictures and complete the chart.
End: Both Xiao Ming and his grandpa are very happy.
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Look at the pictures and complete the chart.
Activity 1
Beginning: Xiao Ming is excited about his birthday present — a new phone watch.
Middle: Now Xiao Ming can call his grandpa whenever he misses him.
End: Both Xiao Ming and his grandpa are very happy.
a new phone watch
as a present of love
a tool to make a call
(实用价值)
happy
a love connector
(情感价值)
Part 1 : Tech Story in Life
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Analyzing plot:
Every good story has a clear order: Beginning → Middle → End. This is called PLOT. It tells about how a story begins, develops and ends.
A phone watch
To make a call
To connect love
How do they feel about this technology present?
Think and share
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Read the text and find the answers of the questions.
It was already quite late in the afternoon, but Yining’s parents were still at work. “Why not try to make dinner by myself?” Yining said to herself, “I’ve seen Mom use Hello Dish many times. Every time Mom tried a new dish, she would ask Hello Dish for help.” Soon Yining started to prepare her favorite dishes. While making the dishes, she asked Hello Dish questions and followed its instructions. Everything went quite well. When Yining’s parents got home, dinner was ready. The dinner was simple, but Yining’s parents were greatly moved and felt very proud of her.
Who
Where
What
When
Yining’s Tech-story
Yining and her parents.
In the afternoon.
At home.
Yining made dinner by herself with Hello Dish.
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Beginning: Yining’s parents were busy, so Yining decided to __________________.
Activity 2 Read the text and complete the following chart.
Middle: Yining _____________ by following Hello Dish’s directions.
make dinner by herself
End: Yining’s parents _______________________________________.
It was already quite late in the afternoon, but Yining’s parents were still at work. “Why not try to make dinner by myself?” Yining said to herself, “I’ve seen Mom use Hello Dish many times. Every time Mom tried a new dish, she would ask Hello Dish for help.” Soon Yining started to prepare her favorite dishes. While making the dishes, she asked Hello Dish questions and followed its instructions. Everything went quite well. When Yining’s parents got home, dinner was ready. The dinner was simple, but Yining’s parents were greatly moved and felt very proud of her.
made the dishes
were greatly moved and felt very proud of her
the reason to make dinner
give instructions
(实用价值)
moved and proud
(情感价值)
at work 在工作be busy with work
be /feel proud of sb.为…感到骄傲 take pride in 以…为傲
go quite well 进展很顺利
follow one’s instructions跟着某人的指示走…
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Compare the two tech stories and answer the following questions.
Who The Technology Practical Use
(实用价值) Emotional Value
(情感价值)
Xiao Ming,
His grandpa
His parents A phone watch make a call to families love and concern
happiness
Yining
Her parents Hello Dish give instructions to make dishes love and growth
What’s the same in two stories?
Do you think technology is just a cold tool? Why or why not?
Technology is used to connect people closer.
A cold tool or a love connector depends on how we use it.
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Activity 3 Pair work. Tell your partner about what you know about artificial intelligence. You should include a beginning-middle-end plot in your talk.
Beginning: When/Where/Who/Why/What…
For example: Yesterday, I had a problem… / I wanted to…
Middle: Practical use of the technology.
For example: So, I used… It told me/showed me/helped me to…
End: Emotional value of the technology. (what feelings it brought to you or people around you.) For example: In the end, … I felt… because…
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You can begin like this:
Beginning: Artificial intelligence is everywhere in our daily life now. I
use it almost every day.
Middle: When I meet a difficult math problem, I can ask an artificial
intelligence app for help. It explains the solution step by step
clearly.
End: With its help, I understand the problem quickly. Artificial
intelligence is like a good helper for us.
Activity 1 Look at the pictures and read the text, and then learn to retell it in your own words.
Main idea: The whiteboard is a ___________ invention.
Details:
It was used in the 1950s.
It is now a very ____________.
very useful
powerful tool
Reading Strategies
Retelling
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Retell the text with the key words and pictures.
The whiteboard
in the 1950s
invented
in the 1990s
popular
now
a powerful tool
a useful invention
Retelling:
Talking about what you have read in your own words. When you retell, you should include all the important parts in the right order.
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Activity 2 Read the text and underline the main idea and important details, and then complete the retelling of the text.
Science, engineering and technology are very closely connected, but how are they different from one another? To make things clear, we can start with a saying about the difference between science and engineering: Scientists study the world as it is, while engineers create the world that has never been. As for technology, we can put it this way: Technology is the use of scientific knowledge in achieving engineering goals.
Main idea: It’s about ____________among science, engineering and technology.
Details:
Science: studying of _____________.
Engineers: creating a _____________.
Technology: using _______________________ to achieve _________________.
differences
the real world
new world
scientific knowledge
engineering goals
closely/ˈkləʊzli/ adv. 密切地;靠近地
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The text is mainly about ___________ among science , engineering and technology. Science is the study of _____________. Engineering is about creating a new world. Technology is _______________________________ to achieve ______________.
the differences
the world as it is
the use of scientific knowledge
engineering goals
Science, engineering and technology are very connected, but how are they different from one another? To make things clear, we can start with a saying about the differences between science and engineering: Scientists study the world as it is, while engineers create the world that has never been. As for technology, we can put it this way: technology is the use of scientific knowledge in achieving engineering goals.
Activity 2 Read the text and underline the main idea and important details, and then complete the retelling of the text.
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Activity 3 Pair work. Retell the text, and then talk about some engineering projects you know.
Differences
science
the study of the real world
engineering
creating a new world
technology
the use of scientific knowledge to achieve engineering goals
Science, engineering, and technology are closely related but different. Science studies the world as it is; engineering creates new things. Technology uses scientific knowledge to achieve engineering goals.
You can begin like this:
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China Sky Eye
High-Speed Train
Tiangong Space Station
Mobile phone
Hong Kong- Zhuhai-Macau Bridge
Shared-bike
Mobile payment
项目介绍: One engineering project I know is…
功能作用: It is used for…
It allows people to…
科技应用: In this project, technology is used to…
For example, they use …to ....
观点表达: I think it is important because…
It makes our life easier/better by…
Projects you may choose:
Sentences you may use:
Activity 3 Pair work. Talk about some engineering projects you know.
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A possible version
China’s high-speed rail is a famous engineering project. It uses science and technology to make travel faster and easier.
We learn:
how to make a plot of a story with the structure: beginning-middle-end.
how to retell what we read with important parts in order.
how to talk about the engineering projects.
We can:
use a plot to tell our own tech stories clearly.
retell a text with all important parts in the right order.
talk about some engineering projects we know.
Summary
You should
从教材中任选一个故事, 用5句话复述给家人听,并录音。
完善个人科技项目的介绍,并将重要内容用思维导图的形式画下来。
You may
查找一个中国科技创新项目(如:5G, facial recognition),用Retelling的方式录制一段1分钟英文介绍视频。
Homework
Thank you!
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