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Activity to listen to the conversation and answer the question. Good morning, 康康。What are you reading? I am . reading a report about a high tech restaurant. What is a high tech restaurant? Is a restaurant that uses robots to do all the jobs in the restaurant you order on your phone. First, a cooking robot then starts to cook your food in the kitchen. Finally, a robot waiter will bring the food to your table. That sounds amazing. Science and technology have certainly made our lives easier and Better. You know, I also read an interesting report about self driving cars the other day. Oh, what does IT say? Can the car see everything on the road and make the right . driving decisions? exactly. That's why they're called self driving cars. How smart they are. Does that mean the risk of car accidents can be greatly reduced, even completely avoided? That's right. It's reported that self driving cars have passed strict road tests in china, and people may be freed from driving in the near future.
Unit 5 Path to a Better World
Function & Pronunciation
国家中小学课程资源
通过本课的学习,学生能够:
1. 听懂关于“高科技餐厅”和“自动驾驶汽车”的对话,
并提取其工作原理、核心优势及未来展望的关键信息。
2. 使用目标语言句型,阐述科技带来的具体益处。
3. 通过过去和现在的对比,感受科技发展对人类生活
方式、社会效率的深刻塑造,形成积极、理性的科技发
展观。
Learning Objectives
Put the following pictures in two groups.
Group 1:
Group 2:
A
B
C
D
E
F
What can these pictures show us?
Before
Now
Nowadays, technology plays an important part in our life.
Function
Two high-tech reports
Lead-in
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How does technology help us in our life?
Be a high-tech observer
Today’s task:
Be a high-tech report learner
Be a high-tech reporter
Think and share
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Activity 1 Pair work. Look at the pictures and discuss the questions.
What are the differences between the two sets of pictures?
How do they help in our life?
on a farm
Differences:
People used to... before
Now, …allows people to…
Now, people use …to…
Now, … can be used to …
Help:
It makes…
People can…
Be a hi-tech observer
in a kitchen
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Activity 1 Pair work. Look at the pictures and discuss the questions.
1.What are the differences between
the two sets of pictures?
2. How do they help in our life?
on a farm
in a kitchen
The left are traditional farm work and cooking, and the right are modern high-tech work.
They save us time and make our life more convenient.
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Look at the picture and predict.
What is Kangkang doing?
What may the report be about?
He is reading a report on the newspaper.
Be a hi-tech learner
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Activity 2 Listen to the conversation and answer the question.
What are the two high-tech reports?
High-tech restaurants
Self-driving cars.
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Listen again and choose the correct answer.
( )1. What is different in a high-tech restaurant?
A. Delicious food. B. Robot helpers. C. High price.
( ) 2. What may self-driving cars do in the future?
A. Free people from driving.
B. See everything on the road.
C. Make the right driving decisions.
( ) 3. What does Xiao Ya think of science and technology?
A. It makes life easier and better.
B. It increases the risk of car accidents.
C. It has completely helped to avoid dangers.
B.
A.
A.
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Activity 3 Listen again and complete the chart.
The two high-tech reports
A High-tech _________
____________ cars
There are _____________ to
____________ in the kitchen.
serve the food ____________.
The cars can
______________ on the road.
make driving decisions.
______________ from driving.
restaurant
robots
cook the food
to your table
Self-driving
see everything
free people
What is it?
How does it help?
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Find the phrases and sentences in the conversation.
Technology What is it?(定语从句) How does it work?(verb phrases)
Hi-tech restaurants
Self-driving cars
It’s a restaurant that uses robots to do all the jobs.
take your order on the phone
cook the food in the kitchen
bring/serve the food to you
It’s a car that can see everything on the road and make the right driving decisions.
see everything on the road
make driving decisions
free people from driving
…can be reduced
…can be avoided
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Listen again and read after it with proper feelings and tones.
Xiao Ya: Good morning, Kangkang. What are you reading?
Kangkang: I am reading a report about a hi-tech restaurant.
Xiao Ya: What is a high-tech restaurant?
Kangkang: It’s a restaurant that uses robots to do all the jobs. In the restaurant, you
order on your phone first. A cooking robot then starts to cook your food in
the kitchen. Finally, a robot waiter will bring the food to your table.
Xiao Ya: That sounds amazing! Science and technology have certainly made our lives
easier and better. You know, I also read an interesting report about self-
driving cars the other day.
关系代词that引导的定语从句,修饰先行词 restaurant, 在从句中做主语。
译为:这是一种所有工作交给机器人做的餐厅。
waiter /ˈweɪtər/ n/ 服务员 wait v. 等待
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Listen again and read after it with proper feelings and tones.
Kangkang: Oh, what does it say? Can the cars see everything on the road and make the right
driving decisions.
Xiao Ya: Exactly, That’s why they’re called self-driving crs.
Kangkang: How smart they are! Does that mean the risk of car accidents can be greatly
reduced, even completely avoided?
Xiao Ya: That’s right. It’s reported that self-driving cars have passed strict road tests in
China and people may be freed from driving in the near future.
complete /kəmˈpliːt/ v. 完成…complete doing 做完…complete adj. 完整的;完全的 completely adv. 彻底地;完全地;
exact /ɪɡˈzækt/ adj. 精确的;确切的exactly /ɪɡˈzæktli/ adv. 精确地;确切地
It’s reported that…据报道…
It’s said that…据说…
It’s known that…众所周知…
may be done 情态动词被动语态
可能被解放
can be done 情态动词被动语态 可能被减少
risk v. 冒险做… risk doing risk n. 风险 the risk of …的风险 take the risk of doing 冒险做…
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Discuss what other technologies in our life.
smartwatches
smartphones
AI Translation Pens
cleaning robots
VR glasses
drones(无人机)
GPS
Deepseek/DouBao
Be a hi-tech reporter
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Activity 4 Group work. Describe a technology and ask your group members to guess what technology you are talking about.
For example:
It is a kind of modern technology. It can help us send messages. We can carry it with us everywhere. Besides, it can also be used to take photos and pay for what you want to buy. I believe it will serve us better in the future.
Can you guess what it is?
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Report a technology in groups and ask them to guess what technology you are talking about.
Checklist
Content What is it? (Attributive clauses)
How does it help? (verb phrases)
Use “first, second, besides…” to make the report clear.
Performance Loud voice.
Confidence
Proper feelings and tones.
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Why do people develop science and technology?
To solve problems.
To make our lives safer, easier and better.
What can we do to help develop it?
Use technology wisely, and co-create the future.
Further thinking
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Pronunciation
Activity 1 Listen and role play the short conversations. Pay attention to the incomplete plosions and the intonations.
1. A: How much do you know abou(t) water-powered energy?
B: I(t) comes from the falling water or running water.
2. A: Can you tell me wha(t) renewable energies are ma(d)e from?
B: It is ma(d)e from natural resources, like win(d), water an(d) sunlight(t).
Incomplete plosion and intonation &
Sense group and pause
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6 个爆破音:/p//b//t//d//k//g/
Rule 1: 爆破音 + 爆破音, 例如 /p,b,t,d,k,g/ + /p,b,t,d,k,g/
前一个爆破音只做口型、不送气、不发声,短暂停顿后发下一个音。
sit down → /sɪ(t) daʊn/
book case → /bʊ(k) keɪs/
bad cold → /bæ(d) kəʊld/
Rule 2: 爆破音 + /f, v, s, z, ʃ, θ, ð/ 等 爆破音 + /m, n, l/
前一个爆破音不完全爆破,轻微阻碍后快速过渡。
good morning → /gʊ(d) ˈmɔːnɪŋ/
last year → /lɑːs(t) jɪə(r)/
Incomplete plosion (不完全爆破)
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降调 ↘(肯定、完整、结束)
常用于陈述句、特殊疑问句、祈使句(命令、请求)、感叹句。
例:
This is my book. ↘
Where are you from? ↘
Close the door. ↘
What a nice day! ↘
升调 ↗(疑问、不肯定、未完、委婉)
常用于一般疑问句、列举前几项、委婉请求、未说完的话。
例:
Are you ready? ↗
I like apples ↗, bananas ↗, and oranges. ↘
Excuse me, could you help me? ↗
Intonation (语调)
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Sense Group(意群) & Pause (停顿)
概念:
Sense Group:意思相对完整的一小段(词组 / 从句)。
Pause /:朗读时在意群之间短暂停顿,不割裂意思。
停顿原则:
主语与谓语较长时可停
状语前、从句前可停
连词(and /but/so /or)前常停
介词短语、插入语前后可停
例:
If you are free, / please come to my party.
On Sunday morning, / I usually go to the library.
I like reading, / but my brother likes playing basketball.
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Activity 2 Listen and repeat. Pay attention to the sense groups and pauses.
When New Year’s Day comes,/ buying presents/ is an important thing for a lot of people./ However,/ many people do their shopping/ at home/ instead of leaving their houses/ nowadays./ With the help of the internet,/ people don’t have to line up/ in busy shops./ They can buy things online/ at lower prices./ And they can get almost anything/ they like/ with just a few clicks of the mouse.
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We learn:
the differences between “before” and “now”.
how science and technology has helped in our life.
how to report a technology with attributive clause and some verb phrases.
We can:
talk about the differences between “before” and “now”.
listen for the details about what a technology is and how it helps.
describe a technology and understand how to use it.
Summary
You should
跟读并背诵教材Activity 3对话,特别注意模仿“first, then, finally”的语调。
从本课所学中,整理出5个描述科技好处的英文句子并抄写。
You may
为你最喜欢的那个科技产品(可以是课上讨论的,也可以自选),设计一个“未来升级版”的创意功能,并用英文写一段简要介绍(3-5句话)。思考:这个新功能如何进一步解决问题或创造新价值?
Homework
Thank you!
$Activity three, listen again and complete the chart. Good morning, 康康。What are you reading? I am . reading a report about a high tech restaurant. What is a high tech restaurant? Is a restaurant that uses robots to do all the jobs in the restaurant you order on your phone. First, a cooking robot then starts to cook your food in the kitchen. Finally, a robot waiter will bring the food to your table. That sounds amazing. Science and technology have certainly made our lives easier and Better. You know, I also read an interesting report about self driving cars the other day. Oh, what does IT say? Can the car see everything on the road and make the right . driving decisions? exactly. That's why they're called self driving cars. How smart they are. Does that mean the risk of car accidents can be greatly reduced, even completely avoided? That's right. It's reported that self driving cars have passed strict road tests in china, and people may be freed from driving in the near future.