M7U1Project分析.pptVIP

Unit1 Project Making a list of advantages and disadvantages Can you list some functions of mobile phones? Lead-in Making a phone call sending text messages listening to music taking photos playing games Playing games Surfing the Internet 1)send text messages 2)be used as a digital camera to take still or even moving pictures. People can send the pictures to other mobile phones or e-mail addresses. 3) Mobile phones can be connected to the internet and people can look at web pages with mobile phones. 4)More advanced mobile phones can receive TV signals so that people can watch live TV. What functions does a cellphone have? Modern technology is all around us, and seems necessary for our lives. Most people in the world cannot live without it. Yet, is it really necessary? Or, are some disadvantages of technology greater than its advantages? Now let’s read a newspaper article about one group of people who has rejected most modern technology. Reading strategy How to read a newspaper article? To phone or not to phone? Q: When you read the title, what do you think of? If the writer is likely to lay emphasis on(强调)_____________, he will give examples about _________________________________. to phone the possible advantages of phones. If the writer is likely to lay emphasis on(强调)_____________, he will give examples about _________________________________. not to phone the possible disadvantages of phones. 1. What group of people are talked about? 2. What do you know about this group of people? The Amish in the USA. Read the first two paragraph, and find answers to the following questions. A Christian group who are famous for having rejected most modern technology. Which is more of a fiend, someone you often talk to over the phone or someone you often talk to face to face? If you need help, who can help you better, someone far away or someone in the room with you? However, maybe the Amish have a valid point. What does the valid point refer to? The