Unit 2 Living with technology
Integrated skills I
I. Learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1. listen to a talk about time capsule;
2. read an introduction to the time capsule at the 1939 world’s fair;
3. learn some core words.
II. Key competence focus
1. Learn how to guess what to listen to.
2. Read for theme, details and inference.
III. Predicted area of difficulty
1. Apply the listening strategies.
2. Analy a complex ntence.
IV.Teaching procedures
T greets the class.
T: Class begins, boys and girls! Good morning/afternoon!
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Step 1 Listening AP50
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1. Guess what to listen to.
T: It’s wi for you to guess what will be listened to. You can read through the questions and other given materials to 卡玛拉哈里斯guess the topic of conversation and other uful information. Now go through the materials at page 50 and find out the topic.
T: Right. From the repeated key words “time capsule〞, we know that the topic is “time ca
psule〞. There must be a “letter to the future〞 and other important things put in the capsule. Some important people like Steven Jobs must be involved in the listening materials.
2. Listen for true-fal tests
T: Plea go through the requirements and listen carefully before finishing A1.
1) In a “letter to the future〞, the writer might describe his/her hopes and worries for the future.
1) F (worries→ wishes)
2) The time capsule associated with Steve Jobs was 15 feet long.
2) F (15→ 13)
3) The 1983 time capsule was intended to be buried for 30 years.
3) F (30→ 17)
4) The maker of the 2021 time capsule was worried that the Earth might suffer a terrible disaster.
4) T
3. Listen for note-taking
T: Listen to the recording again and finish A2.
Time capsules Purpo of a time capsule To provide a picture of (1)________ at the time it was created Things to be put in time capsule • Almost anything • A “letter to the future〞 Famous time capsules • In 1983, Steve Jobs donated (2)________ from his computer to be put in a time capsule, which was opened in (3)________. • A time capsule was launched to (4)________ in 2021. It contains a list of humanity’s most important achievements and personal messages, as well as copies of the (6)________ of famous people like Stephen Hawking. |
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Answers: 1. what life was like 2. the mou 3. 2021 4. the International Space Station 5. DNA
【设计意图：先让学生用预测听力的策略热身，完成正误判断式练习，然后完善笔记，难度逐级提升。】
Step 2 Reading BP51
1. Reading for the theme of the text
What is the text mainly about?
Answer: An introduction to the time capsule at the 1939 World’s fair.
校长英文2. Reading for detailed information
1) Which object is not mentioned to be put into the capsule?
A. A pen. B. A toothpaste. C. A baball. D. Various eds.
Answer: 1) B
2) What is Einstein’s message to future generations about?
2) It was about the technological progress and Einstein’高中英语改错s predictions.
3. Reading for inference
1) What were the purpo and contents of the 1939 time capsule?
1) Purpo: to show what life was like in America at the time the capsule was created.
Contents: a wide variety of objects, like a tooth brush, a fountain pen, microfilm rolls and a message written by Albert Einstein.
2. Why do you think Einstein wrote the message with mixed feelings?
2) Pride: America had achieved many great things unimaginable to people in the past.
Worry: Serious social problems were developing in come onhis time.
4. Understanding the complex ntence
He mentioned a few social problems before concluding that he believed future generations would read his message with “a feeling of proud and justified superiority〞. (last ntence in the last paragraph)
T: I’d like someone to analyze the ntence components.
Answer: The main part of the ntence is “hariboHe mentioned…problems...〞. The part “before concluding that…〞 is a prepositional phra as adverbial. The conjunction “that〞 leads object clau. In the object clau, “he believed…〞is a condary main part, with “future generations would read his message〞 as object clau. The prepositional phra “with ‘a feeling of proud and justified superiority’〞 is firebirdattribute, modifying the noun “kerchinmessage〞.
5. Core vocabulary
automobile1) bury
Definition a. place (a dead body) in a grave or in the a b. lo (sb) by death c. cover with soil, rocks, leaves, etc d. hide (sb/sth) from sight; cover up e. dismiss (sth) from one’s mind | Vocabulary web bury onelf in; be buried in; be buried alive; bury one’s face in one’s hands |
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T: Match the underlined words with their right definitions.
