（2019版）人教版选择性必修第一册英语Unit 2 Reading and Thinking教案.docx

1、Unit 2 LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE Reading and Thinking: Smart Homes to Make Life Easier 文本简析文本简析 本单元的主题是“展望未来（Looking into the Future）”，阅读文本的话题是“智能家 居使生活更加便利（Smart Homes to Make Life Easier）”。文中，作者介绍了未来家居的智 能化水平， 展示了科技发展能给生活带来很多便利， 并引发读者思考这些变化可能产生的问 题。在“未来”和“科技”的主题语境下，作者选择家居生活作为描写和说明的对象，缩短 了读者与主题语境以及文本

2、内容的距离，有利于引起阅读兴趣，引发读者共鸣。 本文是一篇科技小品文。全文五个段落呈现了说明类文本常见的 BTEC 的内容结构： 第一段介绍了背景（Background）和主题（Topic），即在目前家居生活不够安全和节能等 背景下，提出未来智能家居可以给我们提供更安全、更节能和更舒适的生活这一主题；第二 至第四段用“智能控制、健康检查和防范灾害”三种功能解释了文本主题（Explanation）；第 五段是总结（Conclusion），智能家居时代已经到来但其推广普及还需要一段时间。本文的 写作目的是为了让读者了解未来家居的智能化水平及其为生活带来的便利， 引导学生结合文 章主题和内容形成对未

3、来科技发展的积极期待和全面思考，形成对未来科技客观理性的态 度。 在本文的阅读教学中，首先要关注文体特征，包括文本标题、小标题以及语篇标识语， 并利用这些特征理解文本结构、写作目的和目标读者；其次，在了解未来家居智能化水平和 给生活带来的便利时，可同时整理相关的话题语言；此外，文本用问句开头、多处运用对比 和引证的写作手法，并用语法结构“will be doing”来表明态度，这些都是很好的使用写作技 巧的范例，能提高学生运用合适的写作技巧来表情达意的意识和能力；最后，在对“智能家 居有什么特征”和“为何智能家居一时还不能普及”等问题的探讨中，学生的深度思维能力 尤其是批判性思维能力可以得到有

4、效训练。 第第 1 课时课时 一、教学内容一、教学内容 理解全文，明确文本的内容结构；细读前两段，以“smart”和“easier”为核心梳理文本， 了解关于未来家居的智能化水平程度和对我们生活的影响，学习相关语言。 二、课时目标二、课时目标 1. 通过速读题目和小标题，提取文本的内容框架，了解写作目的和目标读者。 2. 通过细读前两段，了解未来家居的智能化水平以及它们给生活带来的便利，并学习 相关语言，如：keep us secure, save us energy, and provide a more comfortable environment to live in。 3. 通过分析

5、用问句开头和对比等写作手法的作用，提升学生运用写作技巧表达意图的 意识和能力。 4. 通过角色代入式复述，巩固内容和语言。 三、教学过程三、教学过程 Activity 1: Warming-up 本活动为落实所有课时目标做铺垫。本活动为落实所有课时目标做铺垫。 Discuss the possible differences between the household appliances of today and in the future. The teacher initiates the discussion by mentioning her experience of choosi

6、ng household appliances for her two houses, the old one twenty years ago and the new one last year. T: Great changes have taken place in household appliances. What will happen to them in the future, e.g., another twenty years later? 【设计意图设计意图】通过讨论现在和二十年前家用电器的差异，学生了解科技发展给家居生活 带来的变化，并展望二十年之后的情况。这个话题接近

7、生活，每个学生都有话可讲，同时也 为后续“智能家居让生活变得更加便利”作好思维的比较性铺垫。另外，用家电作为切入点 引起有关智能家居的话题也可以为阅读解决一些词汇障碍，如：appliance，switch，knob， remote control，automatic，voice command 等。 Activity 2: Reading for the writing purpose and the intended audience 本活动旨在实现课时目标本活动旨在实现课时目标 1。 Read the title and the three subtitles. Q1: What is t

8、he purpose of the text? (To introduce smart homes.) Q2: Who is the intended audience of this text? (People who welcome smart homes / new technology.) 【设计意图设计意图】通过阅读文本题目及其三个小标题，了解文章的体裁和结构，推测写作目 的和目标读者。 Activity 3: Reading Paragraph 1 for the topic 本活动旨在落实课时目标本活动旨在落实课时目标 2 和和 3. Read Paragraph 1 and a

9、nswer the following questions: Q1: What problems do we have today? Forget to lock .; forget to switch off . Q2: What do you think of living in a regular home today? Annoying / high resource-consuming / dangerous /. Q3: How will these problems be solved in the not-too-distant future? We will be livin

10、g smart homes that will lockand switch off Q4: What difference will smart homes make to our life? keep us secure, save us energy, and provide a more comfortable environment to live in Q5: How does the writer introduce the topic? By contrasting. Q6: Why does the author use two questions at the very b

11、eginning of Paragraph 1? To get readers attention or raise their interest. 【设计意图设计意图】在“Smart Homes to Make Life Easier”统领下，引起对家居生活现状和存在 问题的共鸣，接着了解智能家居能给生活带来的变化，呈现主题；同时，学生感知在文本开 头设问引起读者兴趣和用比较凸显主题意义的写作手法， 提高用写作手法表情达意的意识和 能力。 Activity 4：Predicting about Paragraphs 2-5 and then confirming the prediction

12、s 本活动旨在落实课时目标本活动旨在落实课时目标 2 和目标和目标 3。 1.Make a prediction about the contents in the following parts. Q: What do you think will be talked about in the following parts? Possible predictions: - an introduction to the technology which makes future homes smart; - some example functions of smart homes; - t

13、he expense of smart homes; - the relationship between smart technology and humans; . 2. Read Paragraphs 2-5 inpidually to confirm the predictions. 3. Share reading experience with other readers. Q: What impressed you most while reading? Why does it impress you? Or do you have any questions? If yes,

14、what are they? 【设计意图】学生预测文本内容，形成“想知内容”，接着去文本中验证自己的预测。这 种带着任务的阅读可以帮助学生自然地走进文本， 不仅满足了学生的好奇心， 也厘清了文本 的基本脉络。另外，在验证预测后再跟进阅读体验分享，学生在聚焦、分享自己的兴趣点或 探讨问题的同时可以进一步熟悉文本，思维深度也逐渐增加。 Activity 5: Reading Paragraph 2 for its connection to the topic 本活动旨在落实课时目标本活动旨在落实课时目标 2 和和 3。 1. Read Paragraph 2 carefully and try

15、to find out its link to the topic. Q1: What problems do we have today? Today, we have to use for Q2: What do you think of living in a regular home today? Answers may vary. Q3: How will these problems be solved in the future? In the future, we will be using advanced technology every day for automatic

16、 control of just about everything in our home. Q4: What difference will smart homes make to our life? *What can smart homes do? *What difference will they make? *What technological support do they need? The information of Q4 can be sorted out like this: Q5: How do you understand the word “intelligen

17、t”? Why? Answers may vary. For example: Multifunctional. Because it can function in many ways, even at the same time. 【设计意图设计意图】 在第一段即主题段的统领下阅读第二段， 并建立第二段和主题之间的联系。 第一个联系点是文段的建构方法， 作者继续用今天和未来作比较的方法建构第二段， 以此凸 显“智能控制”给生活带来的便利； 第二个联系点是所有“智能控制”的功能和便利之处都是围 绕主题展开的，即“安全、环保和舒适”。在此基础上，学生开始探索智能家居的技术支持， 透过表象看本质

18、，为最终把思维的落脚点放在科技上做好准备。最后，学生对 intelligent 一 词进行多维理解，并用文本中的信息来支撑自己的理解，拓宽主题范围。 Activity 6: Talking about the topic and using its language 本活动旨在落实课时目标本活动旨在落实课时目标 4。 If you are taking part in an English speech contest about future life, please give a speech titled “Smart Homes, Easier Life”. You are suppo

19、sed to include: 1. a basic introduction to our present life, 2. the functions of future smart homes, and . 3. the difference smart homes will make to our life. If necessary, you may as well use questions at the beginning to interest your readers. 【设计意图】【设计意图】该任务是巩固话题内容和语言的活动。根据“目前问题解决方法产生 变化”的思路，学生再

20、次回顾文本，比较现在和未来的家居生活差异，凸显智能家居给生活 带来的变化， 加深对智能家居功能和作用的印象， 从而深刻理解高科技对人类生活产生的积 极意义。 Assignment: 1.Polish your writing of speech“Smart Homes, Easier Life”, and prepare for a class presentation in the next period; 2.Build a language bank related to smart homes. 【设计意图设计意图】通过润色演讲稿，学生可以再次复习话题内容和语言，提高语言输出需要 精致

21、的意识和习惯；通过自己动手整理话题词汇，学生积累语言知识，增加语料库，促进主 动学习的意识和能力。 第第 2 课时课时 一、教学内容一、教学内容 细读文本第三至第五段，继续以“smart”和“easier”为核心理解和评价文本信息，理解文 本主题，形成对科技发展的个性化理解和态度。 二、课时目标二、课时目标 1. 通过细读、分析第三、四两段，了解“定期健康检查”和“防范灾难”两种功能及相关话 题语言，关注文段结构和语篇标识语 in addition，并学习使用例证的说明方法。 2. 细读第五段，了解智能家居的普及程度，分析其尚未普及的原因，了解智能家居可 能存在的隐患。 3. 结合智能家居的功

22、能和特点，探讨名人名言“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”，挖掘文本的深层价值，引导学生客观看待科技发展。 4. 用小组讨论的形式表达自己对科技发展的态度，迁移使用文本内容和话题语言，促 进思维能力发展。 三、教学过程三、教学过程 Activity 1: Making a presentation 本活动为所有课时目标作铺垫。本活动为所有课时目标作铺垫。 Activate the knowledge of the text topic and key information about Paragraphs 1-2 1. P

23、resent the prepared speech “Smart Homes, Easier Life”. 2. Review the topic of the text. Q: What difference can smart homes make to our life? Keep us secure, save us energy, and provide a more comfortable environment to live in. 【设计意图设计意图】通过演讲活动，激活对文本主题和第一、二两段核心信息的记忆，回忆文 本内容，使用相关话题语言；同时，通过分享，学生之间可以相互

24、学习、取长补短。这部分 也是本节课的热身活动，最后的关注点落到文本主题上。 Activity 2: Reading Paragraphs 3-4 for their connection to the topic 本活动旨在落实课时目标本活动旨在落实课时目标 1。 Read Paragraphs 3-4 carefully and find their link to the topic. Q1: What can smart homes do for us according to Paragraphs 3-4? Monitor our health and prevent disaster

25、s from happening. Q2: How will smart homes monitor our health and prevent disasters from happening? Q3: How does the writer organize information in Paragraphs 3-4? Paragraph 3: Paragraph 4: Q4: What difference will smart homes make to life in terms of these two paragraphs? Keeping us secure. Q5: How

26、 does the writer connect these two paragraphs to the former parts? By using “in addition”. Q6: Whats the writers attitude to smart homes? Answers may vary here. In addition to other possible ideas, the teacher mentions that the writer uses “will be doing” to show his favor to smart homes. “Will be u

27、sing” is often used when something is happening with certainty. Besides, people usually use it to show their favor to the thing that is about to happen. 【设计意图设计意图】结合主题意义，学生细读第三、四两段，了解智能家居在未来如何保证我 们的安全。在理解内容、习得话题语言的基础上，学生学习说明类段落的建构方法，关注语 篇标识语 in addition 的用法，并学习 will be doing 在表达作者态度方面的作用，了解结构、 语篇标识语

28、和语法结构在表情达意方面的作用，提高这方面的意识和能力。 Activity 3: Reading Paragraph 5 for the conclusion of the topic 本活动旨在落实课时目标本活动旨在落实课时目标 2 和目标和目标 3。 Read Paragraph 5 to transfer focus from advantages to disadvantages. Q1: Are these smart homes only a fantasy? It is not a fantasy. Q2: What does “in this sense” in the thi

29、rd sentence mean? Many of these new innovations are already available and being used in some homes. Q3: Can you paraphrase the sentence “The home tomorrow is already the home of today”? The era of smart homes has already come. Q4: Are they enjoying their popularity? Not yet. It will take some years

30、before most new homes begin to use this new technology. Q5: Why will it take some years before most new homes begin to use this new technology? Some possible disadvantages: high cost; imperfect technology; risk of leaking personal information; unpopularity among some people, e.g. senior citizens; .

31、Q6: Will smart technology outsmart humans one day? Answers may vary. Q7: Why do humans create high-tech products like smart homes since smart technology poses challenges to us? Answers may vary. In addition to other possible answers, the teacher shares her understanding of the sentence The best way

32、to predict the future is to create it. 【设计意图设计意图】通过思考“智能家居是否只是一个幻想”，学生了解智能家居目前的发展情 况，并探究其尚未普及的原因，批判性思考智能家居潜在的缺点；在此基础上，学生思考并 表达智能家居和人类的关系， 理解人类发展科技是为了给自己创造更好的生活， 提升对文本 主题意义的理解。随后，教师提问引导，师生共同探讨德鲁克的名言“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”，明确人类发展科技是为了给自己创造更美好的生活，而科技的发展 前景由人类自己决定，培养学生对科技发展

33、的客观和理性的态度。 Activity 4. Voicing your opinions about the topic and using its language 本活动旨在落实课时目标本活动旨在落实课时目标 4。 Exchange ideas with peer readers on the topic: “New Technologya Double-edged Sword”. You are supposed to: 1.use smart homes as an example to show the current popularity of new technology in

34、our life. 2.list the advantages and disadvantages of smart technology. 3.voice your opinions about new technology. 【设计意图设计意图】以“新科技是一把双刃剑”为主题开展讨论活动。这个话题比较大，所以给 了一定的限制， 首先需要以智能家居为例来阐述科技发展对未来生活产生的影响， 然后列举 其优点和缺点， 最后就以上现象发表自己的观点。 这个活动是对整个文本的创意性总结与意 义的升华， 留给学生一定的想象空间， 学生借此机会可以运用文本内容和语言表达自己对科 技发展的看法和态度。 A

35、ssignments: 1. Finish Exercise 4 on Page 15 of the textbook. A smart home is one that integrated computers into the structure of the building itself. In this way, many of the things that we now do ourselves become automatic. For example, the smart home could control the air conditioning and lights s

36、o that you would no longer have to turn switches on and off, and so that your home would be more energy-efficient. The smart home could also monitor itself to make sure that everything is working as it should, and send you warnings if there is a problem. Such smart homes could even be programmed to

37、detect your health problems, and then give you reasonable advice as to the food you should eat or if you should see a doctor. So, in a sense, smart homes will lead us to living smarter lives. 2.Create a smart function for your home, and share your creation in the next period. 【设计意图设计意图】第一个任务是对文本内容和词汇学习成效的检测，第二个任务借助文本中 学到的词汇和写作手法创写一个智能家居新功能， 提升学生迁移运用词汇、 文体结构和写作 方法的能力，进一步联系文本和生活、今天和未来，拓展延伸对“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”主题意义的理解。