Unit1《Livingwithtechnology》Project课件牛津译林版选修7.ppt

Project Making a list of pros and cons;Lead-in questions;Different functions of mobile phones;taking photos;listening to music;Surfing the Internet;sending short messages;Do you think it is safe to use mobile phones? Do you think mobile phones are a danger to your health? Why?;Now let’s read a newspaper article about the possible effects of mobile phone use on people’s health. ;Reading strategy;Read the title and the first paragraph carefully and predict what’s the author’s attitude towards mobile phone use.;What has the British Association for the Advancement of Science reported? Why is the work that Harris and his colleagues did very important? Why is the telecommunication industry unwilling to say that the products they are selling could possibly be dangerous? What does Sir William Stewart point out? ;Main points;1. Using a mobile phone doubles the risk of developing brain cancer.;Main point 1: Using a mobile phone doubles the risk of developing brain cancer. Supporting details The report is based on the findings of research that was carried out in Sweden, comparing 1,617 patients found to have brain tumours between 1997 and 2003 with the same number of healthy people. ;Main point 2 Digital mobile phones are an actual danger. Supporting details: The study, conducted with 200 mice, of which half were exposed to radiation while the other half did not receive any radiation, shows that the first half were found to have more than twice the cancer rate of the second half after eighteen months.;Main point 3 The reasons why there is no definite scientific evidence available now about the effects of mobile phones on people’s health. Supporting details: Enormous profit from the telecommunications industry prevents the bad results of findings from being revealed.;As we have learnt how to make a statement and how to support it, now you are expected to conduct a discussion about the pros and cons of computer use.;Advantages and disadvantages of computer use;Writing structur