Unit1 Living with technology

Project 1

Teaching aims:

1. students will be able to use what they've learned in this unit to complete a project;

2. students will be able to learn how to make a list of advantages and disadvantages of some modern electronic devices.

Teaching procedures:

中华资源库Step 1 Presentation of homework

Read your email on P11 to your partner.

Step 2 Lead in

Read To phone or not to phone?on P14

What information have you got from this newspaper article?

Step 3 Reading for gist

1. Does the author present a balanced view of the use of the phone?

2. What is the author's attitude toward it? Find out some sentences to support your answer.

Step 4 Building up your vocabulary

• Guess the meaning of the following words from the context.

• 1. ... conventional way of life ...

• 2. ... reject cars...

• 3. ... oppose having telephones ...

• 5. ...More problems arise ...

• 7. ... rid ourselves of modern technology ...

Step 5 Reading for details

• About the Amish

• 1. How are the Amish different from regular people?

• 3. What does the author think of them?

About the use of the telephone

1. What are the drawbacks of the telephone according to the author?

2. How does the author defend the Amish's point about the use of the telephone?

Why does the author think using the mobile phone for text message is the worst?