1、Unit 2 Looking into the future 1. What are your predictions about the future? 2. How should we face such a future? Unit 2 Reading and Thinking Exchange views on smart homes 1 4 6 5 2 3 What can we do with smart phone? Having or giving a call Playing games Watching films Studying Listening to music N
2、avigating, shopping. more convenient Benefits: more interesting much easier . Will there be smart homes in the future? Read and finish the tasks as quickly as possible. Read the title and the three subheadings, then answer the following questions. What is the purpose of the passage？ Where is the tex
3、t likely to be taken from? What is the type of this text? Who is the passage intended for? Whats the main idea of the text? 1What is the purpose of the passage？ ATo sell integrated sensors. BTo change the old houses. CTo decorate home with smart technology. DTo give us an insight into smart homes. 2
4、. Where is the text likely to be taken from? A. A science magazine B. A research report C. A health magazine D. A book review 3. What is the type of this text? A. A narration (记叙文记叙文) B. A popular science exposition (科普科普说明文说明文) C. An argumentation (议论文议论文) D. A science fiction story (科幻故事科幻故事) 4. W
5、ho is the passage intended for? Everyone, or people who are interested in smart homes. 5. Whats the main idea of the text? A. Smart home will focus on peoples health issues. B. Smart home is a new but controversial technology. C. Smart home will make our life easier in many ways. D. Smart home will
6、make human beings lazy. Read the passage again and find out the answers to these questions. What are the advantages of smart homes mentioned in this passage? Keep us secure; Save us energy; Provide a more comfortable environment to live in. What is the purpose of the questions raised in the first pa
7、ragraph? A. to introduce the topic B. to express the attitude C. to analyse the behaviour D. to set examples Which sentence is true about the second paragraph? A. Everything in our office will be controlled by advanced technology automatically in the future. B. The future home will go into an energy
8、-efficient mode automatically after sensing your leaving. C. Your lights will come on five seconds after you entering the door. D. All controls in your room will respond to facial recognition. What will smart homes do to monitor your health? Smart beds will record how well you sleep every night and
9、also check your body weight. Smart toilets will be keeping constant track of your health. How will your smart homes prevent serious damage from accidents? A. By detecting the problem and provide you with the relevant information. B. By fixing the problem by itself before your home becomes a disaster
10、. C. By using new technology to keep track of your health. D. By providing a more comfortable environment to live in. Why does the author mention that smart home is not a fantasy? Because many of new innovations are already available and being used in some homes. In this sense, the home of tomorrow
11、is already the home of today. Whats the authors attitude to smart homes? A. objective B. Negative C. Positive D. Uncertain Task 3 Read the text again and fill in the table below. In the future, what will smart homes do about .? doorsdinners TVs, computers beds water pipes, electrical wires toilets l
12、ights, favourite music, or TV programmes prepare dinner for us record how well we sleep every night, check our body weight, send a warning to our phones when we have sleep or weight problems, and give us suggestions on a healthier diet and how to sleep better keep constant track of our health and wa
13、rn us early on if there is something wrong lock the door for us when we are away switch off TVs and computers when we forget detect if there is a problem and provide us with the relevant information come on the instant we enter the door P15 3 Complete the summary using the correct forms of the words
14、 from the text. A smart home is one that _ computers into the structure of the building itself. In this way, many of the things that we now do ourselves will become _. For example, the smart home could control the air conditioning and lights so that you would no longer have to turn _ on and off, mak
15、ing your home more energy-_. The smart home could also _ itself to make sure that everything is working as it should, and send you _ if there is a problem. Such smart homes could even be programmed to _ your health problems, and then give you _ advice as to the food you should eat or if you should s
16、ee a doctor. So, in a sense, smart homes will lead us to living smarter lives. integrates automatic switches efficient monitor warnings detect relevant P15 4 Task 5 analysing, mindmap, summary, retelling Do you want a smart home in the future? Why or why not? 1. all the time 2. in the not-too-distan
17、t future 3. switch off 4. intelligent controls 5. advanced technology 6. automatic control 7. no longer 8. regular health checks 9. early on 10. in this sense 从这种从这种( (某种某种) )意义上来讲意义上来讲 一直一直 在不久的将来在不久的将来 关掉，关上关掉，关上（电灯等）（电灯等） 智能控制智能控制 先进技术先进技术 自动控制自动控制 不再不再 定期体检定期体检 在初期；早先在初期；早先 . 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。用括号
18、内所给单词的适当形式填空。 1. They persuaded him _ (reduce) his price to twenty-one thousand dollars, but he didnt agree. 2. Professor Wang said that I should put all materials on this topic together into an _ (integrate) whole. 3. According to the expert, there are lots of languages which will _ (potential) bec
19、ome extinct in the future. 4. The manager believes that it is possible to reduce time in the office by working more _ (efficient). to reduce integrated potentially efficiently 5. As for the jacket, do you have any _ (prefer) for color? 6. The radio stations communicated the storm _ (warn) to the isl
20、anders. 7. The pipe _ (leak) now, so the washroom floor is full of water. 8. Radar is used _ (detect) objects in the air or at sea. 9. We must encourage _ (innovate) if the company is to remain competitive. warning is leaking to detect innovation preference .根据汉语提示，完成下列句子根据汉语提示，完成下列句子 (每空一词每空一词)。 1.
21、 The _ _ (遥控遥控) does not work well because it has been dropped several times. 2. Do you remember the day when our _ _ (空调机空调机) broke down? 3. Reading is as much a part of our _ _ (日常事务日常事务) as eating breakfast together. 4. The more experiences you get _ _ (早早 先先), the easier it becomes to know your interest and strengths. 5. _ _ (不断练习不断练习) is the groundwork for success in playing the piano. Constant practice remote control conditioner air daily routine early on
