Teaching procedures:

Step1. Lead in:

1. Show different functions of mobile phones and ask the following question:

Q1:What do you think of the title?

Q2:Can you predict what will be talked about in the passage?

2. Features(特点) of the title of a newspaper article

• creative

• attractive

• to be brief(简洁)

• interesting

• to the point(切题)

Step2. Fast reading. :

　　　　　　　The structure of the passage.

Part 1(Para1-2) _____________to the Amish way of life

　Part 2(Para3-6) _______________of the telephone

Part 3(Para7-8) Possible _____________ to the problem of using phones

Step3. Careful reading

1.Part 1: Background information of the Amish

　　Q: Why are the Amish famous?

2.Part 2 ：Making a list : About the disadvantages

Para 3 questionnaire

Q1:Which is more of a friend, someone you often talk to over the phone or someone you often talk to face to face?

Q2:If you need help, who can help you better, someone far away or someone far away or someone in the room with you?

Disdvantage :_There is something important about being together and sharing life that cannot be found over a telephone wire.

Making a list : (Para 4-5) About the disadvantages

Main points Supporting Details destroy the peace one has

No matter what the circumstances, when the phone rings, everything stops

so that the call can be answered.

★ when the family are eating or chatting together

★ when one is absorbed in a book or tries to rest

when having a face-to-face talk with a friend waste one's precious time Para.6：What's the topic sentence?

Using the mobile phone for text messages is the worst.

★Relationships are often quite shallow.

3.Part 3 para.7&8

Read the three sentences beginning with "maybe" and tell me how the author feel about mobile phone use.

A. positive B. negative C. neutral(中立的) D. cautious（谨慎的）

What is the tone of the last sentence?

A. Hopeful. B. Humorous. C. Depressed.

Step4. Summary.

What are the disadvantages listed above?

Disadvantage 1:... Disadvantage 2:... Disadvantage 3:...

Step5.Group work:

What other disadvantages can you think of in your daily life?

Step6.discussion:

As we all know, using mobile phones on campus is always not permitted in our school. If you have a voice on this matter, do you think it is suitable for us to use mobile phones in our school? Why or why not?

参考范文：Some inventions have changed our lives, especially---.However, different people have different opinions on---.

Some people agree that--- has made our lives more convenient because---.In addition,---.

On the contrary, some people hold the opinion that---has some disadvantages. For one thing,- --.for another,---.

In my opinion,---.

Step7:Homework:

1Review the new words by heart. 2.Finish the exercises in the learning plan.

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