Unit 2 Text A Smart Cars.ppt

Unit 2 Text A Smart Cars Before Reading Listening Comprehension Thinking Before Listening Thinking While Listening Listening and Speaking Warm-up Questions Background Information Automobile Industry Global Positioning System Intelligent Transportation System Thinking Before Listening The title of the passage you are going to listen to is “Cars of the Future”. Write down three questions about cars of the future. Thinking While Listening Listen to the passage and find out if it answers the questions you asked in Exercise 1 Listening and Speaking Listen to the passage again and say what changes will make driving: cleaner? safer? more comfortable? Tips: clean driving: electrically powered, environmentally clean safe driving: controlled by computer more comfortable: a versatile interior with the adults and children in a family circle Warm-up Questions What do you think is the most profitable and powerful industry of the 20th century, computer, automobile, petroleum or airplane? What do you think will be the most profitable and powerful industry in the 21st century, communication, astronautics, biology or construction? What is the greatest invention in the world so far? If you could afford a car, would you buy one? Which brand would you like to have? Automobile Industry Global Positioning System Intelligent Transportation System Global Reading True or False Part Division of the Text Further Understanding For Part 1: Questions and Answers For Parts 2 3 Text Analysis Language Focus 1. True or FalseScan Text A and decide whether the following statements are true or false. There are so many people killed in the car accidents that car accidents reports can be found in newspaper nearly everyday. A smart car can alert the driver if he becomes drowsy. The computer in the car will totally eliminate the cases of getting lost and getting stuck in traffic. The computer in the car sends out a radio signa