Unit1 Living with technology

Word power

1. students will be able to recognize words related to electrical and electronic goods;

2. students will be able to use these words to complete a short passage and write their own;

3. students will be able to be more creative to discuss their dream goods;

4. students will be able to know some effective ways to learn vocabulary.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Revision of Reading

A. Fill in the blanks with proper words

中华资源库1. MP4 is s____ to MP3 in many aspects.

2. The clock has stopped! Did you remember to w____ it?

3. New technology is being a____ to almost every industrial process.

4. I read a r____ of the year's sport events in the last issue of this magazine

5. The workers on strike are d____ better pay.

6. A c____ is someone who buys and uses products and services.

8. Fast-food restaurants are s____ up all over town.

9. The company hopes to l____ the new drug by next October.

10. Best Buy sells various kinds of e____ appliances, such as washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners, etc.

11. S____ are a series of light waves, sound waves etc that carry an image, sound, or message, for example in radio or television.

12. I got an e____ shock from that faulty light switch.

Keys:

superior, wind, applied, review, demanding, customer, degree, springing, launch, electrical, signals, electric

B. Fill in the blanks with correct forms of verb

1. Regular public broadcasting followed shortly after, first ____ (begin) on 11 May 1928 in New York.

2. They could record and play sounds on a tape ____(wind) around a round object.

4. A lot of his time was spent ____ (review) his lessons for the coming tests.

5. The new technology ____ (apply) to almost every industrial process.

6. I ____ (introduce) to the American literature in Mr. Kolinsky's class at college.

7. The workers on strike demanded their working conditions ____ (improve).