省江阴市成化高级中学高中英语 Unit1 Living with technology Word power教案 牛津译林版选修7.docVIP

Period four ：Word power Step 1: Brainstorming 1. Guessing Game: At the beginning of today’s class, let’s play a guessing game. Here are several cards, each of which says a household appliance. I’d like one of you to give a brief description of the device and other students to guess what it is. For reference An air-conditioner: It can be stationed on the wall. It can make our room warm in winter and cool in summer. A microwave oven: It’s a type of oven which cooks food very quickly using microwaves. A refrigerator: A cabinet or room in which food is kept cold. A washing machine: A electric machine for washing clothes. A digital computer: A device that makes calculations, etc with data represented as a series of digits. A vacuum cleaner: A electrical appliance that takes up dust, dirt, etc by suction. 2. Next time you are in a shop, notice the electrical and electronic goods especially household appliances that are sold and try to list as many devices as possible. Step 2: Vocabulary learning 1. A section manager from a big department store is showing the electrical and electronic goods to a new salesperson. Please read what the manager says (Part A on Page6). Pay special attention to the phrases in blue. Make sure that you understand what they actually mean. 2. Now, please arrange the goods from the manager’s introduction in the correct section. Fill in the form. Electronic goods Audio devices: CD players MD players MP3 players Educational products: educational software electronic dictionaries electronic translators Video devices: Video cameras Digital cameras Computers Mobile phones 3. Let’s come to the household appliances section. Read the passage in Part B. Pay attention to the names of the goods in this section. 4. Pair work: Give a brief description of the household appliances to your partner in your own words. You may also describe other household appliances you know. 5. Now we’ve been familiar with the names of household appliances. Let’s try to comp