北师大版（初中二年级）八年级英语下册PPT：The Texting Generation.ppt

Communication The Texting Generation Ways of communication What do we use most? mobile phone Warm-up What do people do with mobile phones? Take photos Send text messages Check the time Search the internet Play games Store phone numbers Example: People use mobile phones to send text messages. Get the main idea of the passage. Reading Summary of paragraph 1: a Texting is more popular than other communication tools. b Girls send the most texts. c Teenagers text more than adults and girls text more than boys. d Texting is a popular activity among both adults and teenagers. Summarise paragraph2,3,4 Answers Answers will vary. Possible answers: Paragraph 2:Texing has been more and more popular since 1992. Paragraph 3:Texting has some advantages.For example, it is quite cheap,quiet , private and convenient. Paragraph4:Texing can cause some problems Answer the following questions. 1.when did texting become common? 2.why has texting become so popular? 3.what problems can texting cause? 1998. It’s not expensive;it’s quieter and more private than a phone call;it’s more convenient; and it’s quick and easy. Some people text when driving, riding a bike or walking and this can be dangerous; people often text during conversations and this is not polite. vocabulary meaning Word(s) to send a message on a mobile phone to grow very quickly not for public use not allowed by the set of rules of a country text increase private against the law Sentence builder Since the first text message in 1992,texting has become very popular. Texting did not become common until about 1998. From 2006 to 2007 in the US, the number of monthly texts grew 335%. since的四种用法1）since +过去一个时间点（如具体的年、月、日期、钟点、1980, last month, half past six）.例如：I have been here since 1989. 1989起,我一直在这儿.2）since +一段时间+ ago.例如：I have been here since five months ago. 我在这儿,已经有五个月了.3）since +从句.例如：Great changes have taken place since you left. 你走后,变化可大了.Great changes have taken place since we were here. 我们走后,变化可大了