1、The best way to predict the future is to create it. Peter Drucker Unit 2 Looking into the future Smart homes to make life easier Prediction 1. Intended audience: 2. Purpose: entertain? inform/introduce? describe? persuade?. to introduce and get people excited about the idea of smart homes. People wh
2、o are interested in smart homes. Pragmatic Analysis a popular science a popular science article (article (科普说明文科普说明文) ) Para2. Intelligent controls Para3. Regular health checks Para4. No more disasters Para5. The situation of smart home Para1: a brief introduction of smart homes Skimming for main id
3、eas Have you ever forgotten to lock the door of your house? Or, have you ever forgotten to switch off the TV or computers? These kinds of things happen to us all the time, waste resources, and can sometimes lead to problems. However, in the not-too-distant future, we will be living in smart homes th
4、at will lock the door for us when we are away and remember to switch off the TV when we forget. These smart homes will keep us secure, save us energy, and provide a more comfortable environment to live in. Textual Pattern Analysis 1.How does it introduce the topic? 2.What will be the advantages of s
5、mart homes? These smart homes will keep us secure, save us energy, and provide a more comfortable environment to live in. Smart homes can make life easier Intelligent Controls Today, we have to use swithes for our lights, knobs for our appliances, and remote controls for our TVs and air conditioners
6、. In the future, we will be using advanced technology every day for automatic control of just about everything in our home. The future home will use integrated sensors to tell when you leave home each morning, and then go into an energy-efficient mode all by itself. You will no longer have to think
7、about turning switches on and off yourself. Your home will also learn your daily routine and preferences, so everything will be ready for you when you get home each evening. Your lights will come on the instant you enter the door and along with your favourite music or TV programmes, and you will fin
8、d your dinner already preared for you. All controls will respond to voice commands, so if you want to change your routine, you just say aloud what you want and the home system will obey. Textual Pattern Analysis 1.Whats the topic sentence? 2.How does automatic control work? Examples? In the future,
9、we will be using advanced technology every day for automatic control of just about everything in our home. The future home will use integrated sensors Your All controls will respond to voice commands, home will also learn your daily routine and preferences, Regular Health Checks In addition, your sm
10、art home will be monitoring your health for you every day. Your bed, for example, will record how well you sleep every night. It will also be checking your body weight. If you start to have sleep or weight problems, it will send a warning to your phone. It will also give you suggestions on a healthi
11、er diet and how to sleep better. Smart toilets will be keeping constant track of your health as well. They can warn you early on if there is something abnormal or if you have a critical illness, such as cancer, and potentially save your life. Textual Pattern Analysis 1.Whats the topic sentence of th
12、is paragraph? 2.How does the writer develop this paragraph? 3. How will your smart home monitor your health? In addition, your smart home will be monitoring your health for you every day. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ No More Disasters Smart home will be able to prevent serious damage from accidents. For example, i
13、f a water pipe starts leaking, of if there is a short in the electrical wiring, your smart home will detect it and provide you with the relevant information. This way, you will be able to fix the problem before your home becomes flooded or catched fire. Textual Pattern Analysis This smart technology
14、 is not a fantasy. Many of these new innovations are already available and being used in some homes. In this sense, the home of tomorrow is already the home of today. Nevertheless, it will take some years before most new homes begin to use this new technology. Conclusion：This smart technology is not
15、 a fantasy, but it will take some years. Textual Pattern Analysis 1.How do you understand “the home of tomorrow is already the home of today”? 2.Whats the main idea of this paragraph? In the future, what will smart homes do about? doors TVs, computers water pipes, electrical wires dinners lock the d
16、oor for us when we are away Switch them on or off automatically Be well prepared for us in advance detect problems and provide us with the relevant information lock the door for us when we are away In the future, what will smart homes do about? bed toilets lights, favourite music, or TV programmes 1
17、. What is the purpose of the questions raised in the first paragraph? A. to introduce the topic B. to express the attitude C. to analyse the behaviour D. to set examples Choose the best answer. A 2. Whats the authors attitude to smart homes? A. objective B. Negative C. Positive D. Uncertain C Critic
18、al thinking Have you ever thought of the disadvantages (potential challenges) smart homes will bring us? Racing against time to learn and improve herself. If there is a problem with the system/power failure, you may find yourself locked out of the house, or fail to switch your TV on or off. Security
19、 is another big concern, as strangers may be able to hack into the system to collect private information about your life and use that for evil purposes. A smart home is one that integrates computers into the structure of the building 1. (it).In this way, many of the things 2. we now do ourselves wil
20、l become automatic. For example, the smart home could control the air conditioning and lights that you would no 3.(long) have to switch on and off,4. (make) your home more energy- efficient. Your home will also learn your 5.(day) routine and preferences, so everything will be ready 6. you when you g
21、et home each evening. longer making itself that daily for All controls will respond to voice commands, so if you want 7. (change) your routine, you just say aloud what you want and the home system will obey. The smart home could also monitor itself to make sure that everything is working as it shoul
22、d, and send you a 8._ (warn) if there is a problem. Such smart homes could even be programmed to detect your health problems, and then give you relevant advice as to the food you should eat 9. if you should see a doctor. Smarts home can also prevent us from disasters. So,in a sense, smart homes will
23、 lead us to 10._(live) smarter lives. warning or living to change Complete the summary using the correct forms of the words from the text. A smart home is one that i computers into the structure of building itself. In this way, many of the things that we now do ourselves will become a . For example,
24、 the smart home could control the air conditioning and lights so that you would no longer have to turn s on and off, making your home more energy-e . ntegrated utomatic witches fficient The smart home could also m itself to make sure that everything is working as it should, and send you w if there is a problem. Such smart homes could even be programmed to d your health problems, and then give you r 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. onitor arnings etect elevant
