Unit 4 Cyberspace Lesson 1 Tomorrow's World 第1课时

【学习目标】

1. Learning objectives 知识目标

① To get to know some key words: affect, growth, attack, offer, disappear, obvious, destroy, pessimistic, optimistic, in secret, surf the Internet, go wrong, as if, take action, be connected to, be pessimistic/optimistic about 理解一些重点词汇和短语的意思。

② To read for the main idea of the passage. 阅读并理解文章大意。

2. Emotional objectives 情感目标

① 能主动参与课堂活动。② 运用本课所学的部分词汇描述人们对数字空间未来发展的预测和态度。

【重点和难点】

重点:学习目标中的第1点的第②小点,难点: 学习目标中的第1点

【学法指导】

1. Teamwork. 合作学习

2.略读与细读。略读：即通过题目，标题，说明，文章段落首句和末句，图片等读取文章大意；细读：即重点找出具体的信息。

【学习过程】

(一) Preview 课前预习导学

根据句意完成句子

1. In the last thirty years, the Internet has grown (rapid).

2. In 1983, there were only 200 computers (连接) to the Internet.

3. Some experts (对...悲观) the future.

4. In the future, terrorists may (攻击) the world's computers, cause chaos, and make the plane and trains (碰撞).

5. Some expert see our future in virtual reality - the use of computers with sounds and pictures that make you feel (好像) you are in a real situation.

6. Personally, I think virtual reality will become （一部分）modern life.

7. However, many people ___ (对...乐观) the future of the Internet

8. The sun came out and soon the snow ____________.