Technology教案1

agreement
absolutely.
that’s exactly what i was thinking.
that’s a good point.
that’s worth thinking about.
disagreement
i disagree.
i’m afraid i don’t agree.
well, it depends.
well, i’m not sure about that.
step 4 homework
ask the students to prepare some information about the development of new technology for the next class.

lesson 2
step 1 introduction
first get the students to mention some important inventions of the world that they prepared last class. and then list the positive and negative effects on our life.
step 2 reading
fast-reading
get the students to read the first paragraph of the text quickly to find the main idea of it.
the main idea is: it discusses the increasing popularity of cellphone in chinese society. cellphones are everywhere and have positive and negative effects on our life.
step 3 carefully-reading
the students read the text more carefully. then answer the following questions 1-4 in the post-reading part.
step 4 post-reading
ask the students to find the outline of the text --- that is how the text is organized, if it is necessary, explain the language points in the text. finish the exercise 2 as well.
step 5 homework
1). finish exercise 3 on page 60. the students may use the questions below it as a guide.
2). translate the sentences in exercise 4 on page 135.

lesson 3
step 1 revision
ask several students to report their design of the new cellphone.
step 2 word-study
finish the exercise in the word study part.
finish the exercises 1 and 2 on page 134 as well.
step 3 grammar
first ask the students to list the sentences containing the use of present continuous passive voice.
1.words and images are being sent throughout the world.
2. … they are being used as cameras and radios, …
3.new functions are being added to the phones.
4.they are being used everywhere – sometimes where they shouldn’t.
then get the students to find the formation of the present continuous passive voice: be + being + pp.
step 4 consolidation
finish the exercises on page 61.
step 5 homework
finish the exercise about grammar on page 136.

lesson 4
step 1 revision
check the homework.
step 2 reading
ask the students to read the text to find the main idea of the text: the world is ruled by the machines now and people lost happiness. love and friendship do not exist any longer. there is only one hope --- that is you. write a letter to the ruler q12 to try manage to persuade it give up it inhuman ruling.
step 3 writing
thinking that it is a little difficult for the students to write on such an abstract topic, we can first show them a letter as an example and try to analysis the way to write a good article. here we may use the tips on page63 as aguide.
step 4 homework
revise the text in this unit.