Unit 2 Reading and Thinking ppt课件-（2019）新人教版高中英语选择性必修第一册.pptx

1、1. What does it mean when we say that something such as a phone is “smart”? To say that something is smart means that it can make decisions on its own without a human telling it what to do, and that it can also learn how to do things itself. Unit 2 Looking into the future Smart homes to make life ea

2、sier Prediction 1. What is the purpose of the questions raised in the first paragraph? A. to introduce the topic B. to express the attitude C. to analyse the behaviour D. to set examples Choose the best answer. A 2. Whats the authors attitude to smart homes? A. objective B. Negative C. Positive D. U

3、ncertain C Skimming for main ideas Task 1 Read the text and find out the main idea of each paragraph. Have you ever forgotten 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 somet

4、imes 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

5、in. problemsbad results逻辑线索：逻辑线索：however, 表转折表转折 main idea：Give a brief introduction to smart homes. Intelligent Controls Today, we 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

6、every day for automatic control of just about everything in our home. The future home will use integrated sensors to tell when you 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 w

7、ill als learn your daily routine and preferences, so everything will be ready for you when you get home each evening. Your lights will 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

8、 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. Today 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

9、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 a

10、nd 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. monitor health your bed (how well you sleep) check your body weigh

11、t main idea：Smart homes can check our health. smart toilets (keep track of your health) 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

12、 provide you with the relevant information. This way, you will be able to fix the 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 Th

13、is 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. main idea：Smart tech

14、nology is not a fantasy,but it will take some years. Use your own words to summarize 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. Parag

15、raph4：Smart homes can prevent damage from accidents. Paragraph5：Smart technology 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

16、main ideas doors dinners TVs, computers beds water pipes, electric wirestoilets lights, favourite music, or TV programmes lock the door for us when we are awayalready prepared switch off TVs and computers when we forget record how well we sleep, check our body weight, send a warning to our phones wh

17、en we have sleep or weigh problems, and give us suggestions on a healthier diet and how to sleep better come on the instant we enter the door detect the problem and provide us with the relevant information keep constant track of our health and warn us early about something abnormal Complete the summ

18、ary using the correct forms of the words from the text. A smart home is one that i computers into the structure of building itself. In this way, many of the things that we now do ourselves will become a . For example, the smart home could control the air conditioning and lights so that you would no

19、longer have to turn s on and off, making your home more energy-e . ntegrated utomatic witches fficient The smart home could also m itself to make sure that everything is working as it should, and send you w if there is a problem. Such smart homes could even be programmed to d your health problems, a

20、nd then give you r 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. onitor arnings etect elevant 写作：第一节(满分15分) (2014全国卷)一家英语报社向中学生征文，主题是“十年后 的我”。请根据下列要点和你的畅想完成短文。 1家庭； 2工作； 3业余生活。 注意：1.词数100左右； 2可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3开头

21、语已为你写好。 I often imagine what my life will be like in the future.I think my life will be very different in ten years. I will be twenty eight years old by then.I will have my own family, probably with a lovely child. I hope Ill work in a computer company as a program designer. Ill enjoy my work and get along well with my colleagues. Whatever I do, Ill do a good job. In my free time, Ill continue to take regular exercise, such as swimming, running and various ball games. On my holidays, Ill travel around the world. In a word, my life will be much richer and more colorful.