Unit1 Welcome to the unit
Teaching Aims
Develop students’ speaking ability by expressing their opinions in the discussion.
Teaching Important Points and Difficult Points
Discussion about electronic technology.
Teaching Procedures
Step 1 Brainstorming
1．What electrical and electronic products do you use in your studies and in your life?
2．Which do you think is the most useful? Why? Is there anything that you don’t think is useful?
Why?
3．What do you think life without these products would be like? Are they helpful or just make
you lazier?
Step 2 Sharing information
Picture 1
What kind of TV do you have at home?
What differences can you find between the early TV and the modern TV?
Picture 2
What did people need when they wanted to record music in the past?
Look at the picture.What devices do people need to record music now?
Picture 3
How do you look up a new word in a paper dictionary?
How do you look up a new word in an electronic dictionary?
Which do you prefer?Why?
Picture 4
How did people keep in touch with each other in the past?
What recent developments have been made to mobile phones?
Step 3 Discussion
Man has made remarkable progress in this area in the last few decades. What’s your opinion on
this?
Please list some advantages and disadvantages.
Step 4 Language points
1．Now we can record music using computers.
record: vt. 记录；记载
n. 记录；成绩；履历；比赛的最高记录
recording n. 录音，录音制品 recorder n. 录音 record player 电唱机
eg: I record the score in a notebook.. 我在笔记本上记下了分数。
eg: You should keep a record of how much you spend．你应该把花的钱数记下来。
She holds the world record for the 100 meters. 她保持着 100 米的世界记录。
短语系列：
break/beat the record 打破记录 hold the record 保持记录
set up the record 创记录 keep a record of sth. 把…记录下来
make a record 制作唱片 an official record of the accident 事故的正式记录
a school record 学业成绩 his employment record 他的工作经历
Step 5 Homework
1．Collect more information about the development of some electronic and electrical devices.
2．Prepare the Reading part.
Teaching aims:
At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to
1. explain the reasons why the Amish reject most modern technology based on their
understanding of the passage.
2. talk about the advantages in communicating and mental health by using the phones
through understanding of the passage and sharing their opinions with the peers.
3. list out the disadvantages of using the phones such as interrupting the conversation and
the family time, destroying the personal peace and the real relationship on the basis of
the comprehension of the passage and the interaction of the peers.
4. express themselves freely in making a list of advantages and disadvantages with the aid
of the expressions learnt in the passage and the critical thinking skills consolidated in
class.
Difficult points:
1. Help the students to get a deep understanding of the passage and obtain a critical view
on using the phones.
2. Train the students’ ability to think critically, share opinions freely and express
themselves logically.
Teaching methods:
To apply Reading-Thinking-Speaking Teaching Model.
Teaching procedures:
I. Lead in
Make a survey on the mobile phones.
Q1: Who has got a mobile phone?
Q2: Who thinks mobile phones are necessary in our life?
Q3: Who can live without using the mobile phones?
Ss: No.
T: Actually, there’s such kind of people. Today, we’re going to read a newspaper article about them.
II. Reading and thinking
1. Reading for the main idea
Q1: Where can you get the main idea quickly when reading a newspaper article?
(From the instruction, title and the first paragraph.)
Q2: What’s the passage mainly about?
(It’s mainly about the Amish who reject most modern technology and the disadvantages of using the
phones.)
T has a brief introduction of the Amish by a relevant picture.
(The Amish belong to a Christian group who live in the USA.)
2. Reading for the details
1) Read silently for 3 minutes and answer the following questions.
Q1: What kinds of modern technology are rejected by the Amish? Why?
(They’re cars, TVs, refrigerators and telephones.
The Amish reject cars because they like having tight communities where everyone lives close
together.
They have no TVs or refrigerators because their homes do not have electricity--they do not think it is
necessary and dislike dealing with strangers, such as the people who work at the electric company.
They reject using the phones because of the following reasons:
1. They cannot see each other face to face by using the phones.
2. They cannot stay together and share life.
3. It interrupts the family time and destroys the personal peace.
4. It interrupts your conversation and wastes your precious time.
5. It makes the relationships shallow and sacrifices the real relationship.)
(T offers the timely help on the difficult words and expressions to the Ss when necessary.)
T: Since the writer has pointed out so many disadvantages in using the phones, do you think he
opposes using the mobile phones? Why or why not?
Q2: Do you think the writer opposes using the phones? Why or why not?
Ss: No, he still wants to use the mobile phone.
T: Where can you find the clue?
Ss: From the last paragraph. Sorry, I have to go. The phone's ringing ...
III. Speaking
T: That’s right. It shows that the writer is unsure about using the phones. That’s why he chose the
title “To phone or not to phone?” I think that’s a hard question for the writer. What about you?
Q: As high school students, what are your views on using the mobile phones? List out your reasons.
IV. Summary
T: Although we’re crazy about phones and cannot live without phones, we’re supposed to be the
master of phones instead of the slaves of the phones. We’re expected to use the phones in a proper
and wise way just like what the Amish do. They reject phones but they’ve got a telephone in each
community just for emergencies. That’s means they only use the phones when necessary.
V. Homework assignment
Write an essay entitled “My view on using the mobile phones” within 100 words. Use the
expressions you found useful in the passage when writing.
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