Unit2LookingintothefutureReadingandthinking课件高中英语人教版选择性必修第一册.pptxVIP

ReadingandThinking

Teachingobjectives:

■Bytheendofthisperiod,youwillbeableto...

1.learnabouttheconveniencebroughtbysmarthomesinthefuture.

2.learnaboutthediscoursestructureandlanguagefeaturesofanexpositionof

popularscience.

3.identifythepurposeandtheintendedreadersaccordingtothecontentand

linguisticfeatures.

4.expresstheiropinionsondevelopmentoftechnology.

Lead-in

1Whatdoseitmeanwhenwesaythatsomethingsuch

asphoneissmart?

Tosaythatsomethingissmartmeansthatitcanmakedecisonson

itsownwithoutahumantellingitwhattodo,andthatitcanalso

learnhowtodothingsitself.

2.Whatdoyouthinkasmarthousecandothatotherhouses

cannot?

Asmarthousecancontrollights,temperature,forexample.

Vocabulary

1.persuade

persuadesbtodosth说服某人做某事

persuadesbintodoingsth说服某人做某事

persuadesbnottodosth=persuadesboutofdoingsth说服某

人不要做某事

persuade还可以表示“使(某人)信服”,多用于被动语态：

persuadesbofsth使某人相信某事

persuadesb+that从句使某人信服…...

persuasionn.说服

练习：Hepersuadedhertogototheparty.

2.switch

switchwith..与.…....调班；与......交换

switchover(to)转换(频道);转变(方法、产品等)

switchon/off开/关(电灯、机器)等

switch(...)from.…to….(将....)从……转换到…...

练习：Thecountryisswitchingtoamarketeconomy.

3.distant

bedistantfrom与.....距离遥远；与…....不同

distantadj.不友好的；冷淡的；疏远的；远亲的

distancen.距离；远方；疏远

atadistanceof...在…....的距离

inthedistance在远处

at/fromadistance从远处

练习：Theschoolisdistantfrommyhome.

4.command

atonescommand听候某人的吩咐；服从某人的支配

beincommand(of)掌握；控制；指挥

take/havecommandof控制；掌握；开始指挥

undersbscommand=underthecommandofsb由某人指挥

have(a)goodcommandof…=have(a)goodknowledgeof熟练

掌握.....;精通…....

commandsbtodosth命令某人做某事

commandthatsb(should)dosth命令某人做某事

commander