1、Unit 4 Information TechnologyLesson 2 Apps第 2 页01 Lead-inU4L2to book tickets/to book accommodation to order food/to find directionsto learn a language/to check the weatherto look for popular restaurants to subscribe to newspapers and magazines to access financial services or institutions 2.What apps
2、 do you often use?3.What do you use them for?Use the phrases below to help you talk with your partner.第 3 页Pre-listeningU4L2Before listening to an interview with an app developer,read the questions and predict the answers.Use the key words to help you.1.Why are apps so popular?2.What are general fun
3、ctions of apps?3.What are the difficulties in developing an app?4.What are the latest technologies used in apps?to become powerfulto be usefulto make life easierto solve real-world problemsto enjoy learning activities to find what people needto use the latest technologyVR(Virtual Reality)AR(Augmente
4、d Reality)MR(Mixed Reality)第 4 页While-listeningU4L2Activity 1 Listen to an interview with an app developer and find out:1.Why are apps so popular?2.What are general functions of apps?3.What are the difficulties in developing an app?4.What are the latest technologies used in apps?Because they are use
5、ful and make life easier.They help us find popular restaurants,call for taxis,find directions to different places,and so on.Finding out what people need and solving real-world problems.VR(Virtual Reality),AR(Augmented Reality)and MR(Mixed Reality).第 5 页While-listeningU4L2Activity 2 Listen again.Comp
6、lete the information.General functionsUses of educational appsDifficulties in developing an app finding popular restaurants calling for taxis finding directions to different places allow students to choose their online teachers and subjects according to their personal interests and needs ensure that
7、 students can all enjoy the same learning materials even when they are not sitting in the same classroom find out what people need solve real-world problems第 6 页TapescriptU4L2第 7 页Think and ShareU4L2Activity 3 Try to create an app and describe its functions.第 8 页While-listeningU4L2Activity 4 Listen
8、to the conversations and answer the following two questions.(1)What help does Dad ask for in the first conversation?(2)What help does Barbara Smith ask for in the second conversation?1.Dad asks for help in setting up an account on a shopping app.The woman asks for help in finding out why her goods h
9、avent arrived.第 9 页While-listeningU4L2Activity 5:Listen and imatate.Complete the Talk Builder.Asking for and Offering HelpAsking for help Offering help1._ with sth?1._ downloading it2._ set up an account.2.No worries._ with that3.I havent recevied the goods.3._help you?_ and find out 4._ enquire abo
10、ut the whats going on?order with the delivery man.4._ check again?5._anything esle today?Talk BuilderCan you help me out I cant figure out how toCan you do me a favourWould you be able toDo you need helpI can help youHow may ILet meCan I assist you with第 10 页TapescriptU4L2第 11 页TapescriptU4L2Thanks for your listening
