1、Extended readingSmartphone:a smart choice?Unit 3What would you do if you stay alone at home?Free TalkQuizFast reading2How many parts can this passage be divided into?What are they?Find the main idea of each paragraph.011Main body Paras 35:Introduction Paras.1-2:Conclusion Para 6:Para3:Para4:Para5:I
2、was a smartphone and I want to make a .The first day was the _and I felt _ from.I began to feel free to do lots of things and was able to appreciateMy offline relationships as well.What happened during the week without a .Read the blog and complete the chart below.addictchangehardestdisconnectedsmar
3、tphone.beyondbenefitedLife _ smartphones is richer and more beautiful.Intensive reading2Before Alan stopped using his smartphone (paras.1-2)021After Alan stopped using his smartphone (paras.3-6)Before he stopped using his smartphone(paras.1-2)What was Alans life like?Make a list of the facts.a smart
4、phone addict.Fact 4Fact 3Fact 2Fact 1What was Alans life like?Make a list of the facts.My eyes were glued to the little screen whenever I was.The first thing I did when I woke up in the morning was reach for it.I always asked for Wi-Fi connections when I went to a new restaurant or coffee shop.A dea
5、d battery would make me feel stressed.Faced with his addiction to the smartphone,whatfeeling did Alan have?He had the uncomfortable feeling that his smartphone had taken up too much of his time,and that he could have done something more meaningful than just looking at a tiny screen all day.addicted,
6、stressed,uncomfortableWhat made Alan decide to quit the bad habit?shoot pastknock me off my feet After he stopped using his smartphone(paras.3-6)Para.3 The first day was _.the hardestI did not know what to do with myself.Feeling _I kept reaching for my pocket,for my smartphone that was not there.Fee
7、ling _The empty hours stretched out in front of me.Feeling _lostanxiousdisconnectedIt is difficult to walk out of the comfort zone.appreciate the beauty in life with my own eye Para.4 What did he do after he stopped using his smartphone?I went for a long walk with an old friend.I made sure to spend
8、more time with my parents.Para.5 Why does the author say his offline relationships benefited?changepicking up a _ _keeping a _enjoying an old friends _spending more time with _Alans changeAlans changeclassic noveljournalrunappreciatingcompanyparentsPara.6 By the end of the weekWill Alan be additied
9、to the smartphone again?Why?Alan almost did not want to turn his phone back on.Alan stopped using his smartphoneCompare before and afterbeforeafter1.Looked at his smartphone all the time2.Reach for his smartphone first in the morning3.Always asked for Wi-Fi connections in a new place4.Felt it necess
10、ary to make a change but did not know how 1.Had time for reading,writing and exercise2.Appreciated the beauty in life with his own eyes3.Maintained offline relationships with both friends and familyReview Para.1 I was a smartphone _.Whenever I was,my eyes were_ to the little screen.The first thing I
11、 did when I woke up in the morning was _ for my phone.I always asked for Wi-Fi _ when I went to a shop.A dead _ in my smartphone would make me feel _.Sometimes I had the _ feeling that the smartphone had _ too much time and that I _something more meaningful than just looking at a tiny screen._ into
12、the habit was easy,but it was hard to _the habit.addictgluedreachconnectionsbatterystresseduncomfortablecould have doneSlidingtaken upquitCompetitive answeringReview Para.2Then the day came _ I finally realized I had to make a change.Head down,eyes on the smartphone,I _ into the road and a car _ pas
13、t,nearly _(knock)me off my feet.At that very moment,I _ my mind to spend a whole week without my smartphone.whensteppedshotknockingmade upCompetitive answeringReview Para.3The first day was the _.I _(use)checking the news and social media _ every few minutes,but now I did not know what to do.I kept
14、_ for my pocket,for my smartphone that was not there.I felt _ and _,as if I had missed something of _.Time slowed down.The empty hours _ out in front of me,and I felt _ from the outside world.hardestwas used toupdatesreachinglostanxiousvaluestretcheddisconnectedReview Para.4It was s_ at first.Then s
15、omehow I began to feel _.I finally p_ up the classic novel and was _ in the beautiful language.I kept a _ of my life to see how much _ I was making.I went running and felt more a_ than before.The details of the scene in the charming nature were r_ in front of me slowly.Best of all,I began to _ the b
16、eauty in life with my own eyes,instead of t_ my smartphone camera.caryfreeickedlostjournalprogressliveevealedappreciatehroughReview Para.5 My offline relationships b_ as well.I went for a long walk with an old friend.Our wide-r_ conversation went much deeper than brief texts ever could.With eyes nol
17、onger _ on our phones,we had a chance to enjoy each others _.I also made sure to spend more time with my parents.One night,my mother took out some family photos and we laughed about old times.I brought them up to d_ with what was going on in my life.We had never felt c_ to each other.enefitedangingf
18、ixedcompanyateloserReview Para.6By the end of the week,I almost did not want to t_ my phone back on.Those seven days have given me a great _ for life b_ the screen.Real life and real relationships are more important to me now.I can not _from the modern world,but I can _ the amount of time I spend on my smartphone every day.Life _ smartphones is richer and more beautiful,and I am going to take _ of it.urnappreciationeyondescapecut back onbeyondadvantageThank you
