1、Reading and Thinking n By the end of this period, you will be able to 1. learn how smart homes make our life easier. 2. learn about the advantages and disadvantages of technology in the future. 3. analyze the structure of the article and summarize the main idea for each paragraph. 4. express your op
2、inions on smart homes. The best way to predict the future is to create it. Peter Drucker 1.What does it mean when we say that something such as a phone is “smart” ? 2.What do you think a “smart” house can do that other houses cannot? To say that something is smart means that it can make decisions on
3、 its own without a hunman telling it what to do, and that ian also learn how to do things itself. I would expect that a smart house could control room temperature and lights, for example. Skimming for main ideas Task 1 Read the text and find out the main idea of each paragraph. Have you ever forgott
4、en to lock the door of your house? Or, have you ever forgotten to switch off the TV or computers? 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
5、 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. problemsbad results逻辑线索：however, 表转折 main idea：Give a brief introduction to smart homes. Intelligent Controls Today, we
6、 have to use swithes for our lights, knobs for our appliances, and remote controls for our TVs and air conditioners. In the future, we will be using advanced technology every day for automatic control of just about everything in our home. The future home will use integrated sensors to tell when you
7、leave home each morning, and then go into an energy-efficient mode all by itself. You will no longer have to think about turing switches on and off yourself. Your home will als learn your daily routine and preferences, so everything will be ready for you when you get home each evening. Your lights w
8、ill come on the instant you enter the door and along with your favourite music or TV programmes, and you will find your dinner already preared for you. All contrals will respond to voice commands, so if you want to change your routine, you just sy aloud what you want and the home system will obey. T
9、oday 时间状语 Future 递进关系 automatic control how does it workbenefits main idea：Smart homes can make intelligent controls. 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 b
10、e 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
11、 something abnormal or if you have a critical illness, such as cancer, and potentially save your life. send a warning give suggestions monitor health your bed (how well you sleep) check your body weight main idea：Smart homes can check our health. smart toilets (keep track of your health) warn you ab
12、normal No More Disasters Smart home will be able to prevent serious damage from accidents. For example, if a water pipe starts leaking, of 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
13、 problem before your home becomes flooded or catched fire. detect it and provide information prevent damage water pipe starts leaking main idea：Smart homes can prevent damage from accidents. a short in the electrical This smart technology is not a fantasy. Many of these new innovations are already a
14、vailable 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. main idea：Smart technology is not a fantasy,but it will take some years. Use your own words to summar
15、ize the main idea for each paragraph. Skimming for main ideas Paragraph1：Give a brief introduction to smart homes. Paragraph2：Smart homes can make intelligent controls. Paragraph3：Smart homes can check our health. Paragraph4：Smart homes can prevent damage from accidents. Paragraph5：Smart technology
16、is not a fantasy,but it will take some years. Para2. Intelligent controls Para3. Regular health checks Para4. No more disasters Para5. The situation of smart home Para1: a brief introduction of smart homes Skimming for main ideas Scanning for details In the future, what will smart homes do about? do
17、orslock the door for us when we are away dinnersprepare dinner for us TVs, computersswitch off TVs and computers when we forget bedsrecord how well we sleep every night, check our body weight, send a warning to our phones when we have sleep or weight problems, and give us suggestions on a healthier
18、diet and how to sleep beetter water pipes, electrical wires detect if there is a problem and provide us with the relevant information toiletskeep constant track ou our health and warn us early on if there is something wrong lights, favourite music, or TV programmes come on the instant we enter the d
19、oor Analyze the writing techniques 1. What genre is the passage?What are its features? 2.How does the text develop? It develops in chronological order. It is a popular science article(科普说明文). Features: A brief and eye-catching title; Explaining general concepts in a simplified way; Emphasizing on ma
20、in events; Using quotes, metaphors (比喻), analogies (类比) to explain difficult or abstract scientific concepts. Analyze the writing techniques 3.What writing techniques are used in this article? 4.Where can you find this kind of passage? It is presented in many forms, including books, newspaper, magaz
21、ine articles, web pages, etc. Giving examples, using comparisons. Discussion Discuss the questions.Work in pairs. 1.In what way is the home of tomorrow already the home of today? Many of the new innovations are already used in some homes today. This is true especially of automaitc controls for thing
22、s such as lights and air conditioners. Discussion 2.What might be some of the disadvantages of smart homes? One disadvantage is that if there is a proplem with the system, you may find yourself locked out of the house, or unable to turn your TV off or on. Security is another big concern, as stranger
23、s may be able to hack into the system to collect information about your life and use that for evil purposes. 课文语法填空，在空白处填入1个适当的单词。 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
24、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. 核心素养专练核心素养专练 integrates automatic switches efficient monitor warnings detect relevant
