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课件网) Unit 4 The Information Age Period 3 Reading What is it Guessing Game: It is a kind of communication tool. People can use it to talk to friends everywhere. Cell phone & mobile phone Guess: People spend too much time in watching TV so that they forget to eat, sleep and even learn. Couch potato What is it What is it Guess: People waste too much time and money in front of the computer screen. Especially students often stay up too late playing computer games in the internet cafes Mouse potato Means of getting information TV Internet Cellphone Radio Newspaper Books Pick out difficult words and sentences when you read Both …and …两者都…… Bring …into/in…把…带回（到）… What is going on …发生了什么事？ Be worried about …对…感到担心（焦虑） Communicate with sb 与某人交流，交谈 Surfing the internet 网上冲浪，上网 Get addicted to …对…上瘾 Stay up late 熬夜，不睡觉 Do harm to … 对…有害，对…无益 Do well in 对…有益，对…有好处 Step out of 远离，逃离 Come back into 回到 Make good use of… 利用好… Benefit from …从…中受益 Task one Task two: Match the main idea of each paragraph Fast reading Task two-matching Paragraph 1 A. Some people are not using the Internet in a good way. Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5 Paragraph 6 B. The Internet is getting more and more popular. C. TV brings the world into our home in sight and in sound . D. Both TV and the Internet are great wonders . E. We should make good use of TV and the Internet . F. What is the “couch potatoes” D C F B A E Task one: Tell if the sentences true or false Careful reading 1.Watching TV is a waste of time. 2.TV tells us what is going on across the country and all over the world. 3.The Internet is getting smaller and faster. 4.Someone waste too much time and money in front of the computer screen. 5.We can benefit a lot from TV and the Internet. Task one （F) (T) (T) (T) （F) Task two : Find out the advantages and disadvantages of TV and the Internet. Careful reading Visit places of interest Enjoy music or TV plays the advantages of TV See movies Watch live sports games the advantages of TV couch potatoes the disadvantages of TV Go Shopping Book Tickets the advantages of Internet See a doctor Study the advantages of Internet All kind of business in the office or at home Communicate with people far away the advantages of Internet Get news and information the advantages of Internet mouse potatoes the disadvantages of Internet the advantage the disadvantage -- The TV sight sound Couch potatoes someone who spend much time watching TV sitting on a sofa. It brings the world into our home in _____and in _____. “ _____ ” . It means _____. It makes our life more_____. colorful the advantage the disadvantage -- the Internet popular live work learn play mouse potatoes someone who sits in front of the computer screen all day. It is getting more and more_____ It has changed the way we _____, _____,_____,_____. “_____ ... ...
