Unit 3 Tomorrow’s world

unit 3 tomorrow’s world
reading
teaching objectives:
1. to learn some information about how realcine works, why it is better than ordinary cinema, and how it can be used in many other ways.
2. to teach students the basic characteristics of a business proposal.
3. to enable students to master the reading strategy and become more competent in reading a business proposal.

teaching focus and difficulties:
1. knowing the structure and language for a proposal.
2. mastering the vocabulary of virtual reality.

teaching methods:
1. listening, reading and thinking to get students to understand the text.
2. pair discussion and group discussion to get students to participate in the classroom activities.

teaching aids:
the multimedia

teaching procedures:
step 1 lead-in
show the poster of harry potter and goblet of fire and ask students:
do you like the film?
can you imagine how you feel when you are actually in the film?
show some pictures of 3d,4dfilms and games and ask students:
have you watched any of these films?
what do you feel about these kinds of films?
step 2 skimming
students are expected to skim the text and find out the answers to the questions in part a.
step 3 scanning
students are asked to scan the text and answer the questions in part c1.
step 4 detailed-reading
ask students to find more information about realcine by asking the question:
how can realcine excite the viewers’ five senses?
they are asked to fill in the chart according to the proposal
sense things needed effects in realcine
sight  
sound  
smell  
touch  
taste  
step 5 structure analyzing
ask students to divide the passage into several parts and get the main idea of each part.
step 6 reading strategy
draw students’ attention by asking this question:
what do you think of the language used in the following sentences?
•i believe you will be amazed by the realcine experience, and will agree that this is an extraordinary piece of technology that must be developed further.
•viewers will be surprised at how real it feels.
•realcine works by making the viewers feel that they are actually in the film.
•a am sure that you will agree that realcine provides a fantastic opportunity for the film-making industry.
ask them to read the reading strategy and find out the following information:
how is a proposal should be?
what does a good proposal usually include?
how to make a proposal objective?
ask students to underline all the passive voices in the text to get a deep understanding.