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1、Unit 1 Living with technology Word教学设计Step 1: Brainstorming1. Guessing Game For referenceAn air-conditioner: It can be stationed on the wall. It can make our room warm in winter andcool in summer.A microwave oven: It s a type of oven which cooksveryfoodquickly using microwaves.A refrigerator: A cabi
2、net or room in which food is kept cold.A washing machine: A electric machine for washing clothes.A digital computer: A device that makes calculations ， etc with data represented as a series of digits.A vacuum cleaner: A electrical appliance that takes up dust ， dirt ， etc by suction.2. Next time you
3、 are in a shop， notice the electrical and electronic goods especially householdappliances that are sold and try to list as many devices as possible.Step 2: Vocabulary learning1. A section manager from a big department store is showing the electrical and electronic goods to a new salesperson. Please
4、read what the manager says (Part Aon Page6). Pay special attention to the phrases in blue. Make sure that you understand what they actually mean.2. Now ， please arrange the goods from the managerthe form.Electronic goodsAudio devices:Educational products:CD playerseducational softwareMD playerselect
5、ronic dictionariesMP3 playerselectronic translatorsVideo devices:Computers s introduction in the correct section. Fill inVideo camerasDigital camerasMobile phones3. Let s come to the household appliances section. Read the passage in Part B. Pay attention to thenames of the goods in this section.4. P
6、air work: Give a brief descriptionof the household appliances to your partner in your ownwords. You may also describe other household appliances you know.5. Now we vebeen familiar with the names of household appliances. Let trys to complete the article in Part C on Page 7.AnswersC(1)electronic goods
7、(2)household appliances(3)audio devices(4)CD players(5)MD players(6)MP3(7)video cameras(8)educational software(9)translators(10)freezer section(11)vacuum cleaners(12)microwave ovenStep 3: Vocabulary extension1. Of course， electrical appliances and electronic devices are useful in various ways in our
8、lives. But which do you think is the most useful ？ First ， have a discussion in group of four about the questions.2. Now ， present the result of your discussion.3. Let comes to Part D on Page 7. Complete the table with as many as you can think of ，placing the items in order of importance with the mo
9、st important one first.4. Reading:words:337time:5 10All in the mind: Scientific metaphorsIt is certainly true that computers ， cell phones and digital cameras have become part of oureveryday life.Anywherewe go，we can hear the ringingof a cell phone，the tapping of akeyboard or the clicking of a mouse
10、. We are said to be living in the， a time“Informationof Age”new discoveries and great changes. But is it reallytrue that we are livinginthe “ InformationAge”？ Has our life changed that much ？ Many of the things we do with computers， such astyping and sending mail ， are things that we also did before
11、. Has anything really changed exceptthe tools we use？When we describe or talk about new inventions，we use words and ideas that we alreadyknow. For example，when we want to explainhow a computer works ，we use words like“ memory，” “ store”and“ cut and paste” . The words， arebutusefultheyare not quite t
12、rue. Acomputer s “ memory” is similar to human memory in some ，waysbut it is also very different. Acomputer does keep information in its memory， but that is clearly different from other kinds ofstorage. We do cut and paste ，but we don t use scissors or glue. Using familiar words makes iteasier for u
13、s to understand and use a new tool， but it may also make it more difficult for us to usethe new invention in the best way. After all ， what makes a new invention such a wonderful thingis that it allows us to do something we could not do before.Science is not just about electronics and plastic； it is
14、 also about how we think about theworld. Now that we are developing new technology at such a high pace ， the true challenge is to find new ways of using it. How will we use computers in the future ？ How will we use theInternet？ The real function will only be known once we discover new ways of thinking about the technology.