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课件网) Unit 6 Electricity everywhere 主题范畴： 人与自然；人与社会 主题群： 环境保护；科学与技术 子主题： 环境污染及原因，环保意识和行为；科学技术与工程，人类发明与创造 Key question What role does electricity play in our daily lives understand why electricity is important. explain different ways of producing electricity. observe safety rules for using electricity. talk about how to save electricity. Unit objectives 单元目标 I can: New words battery n. 电池 electricity n. 电；电能 *switch-off adj. 关闭（电灯、机器等）的 task n. 任务；活动 while n. 一段时间；一会儿 *tablet n. 平板电脑 fridge n. 冰箱 yogurt n. 酸奶 apartment n. 公寓套房 household adj. 家庭的 have something in common 有相同的特征（或特点等） light bulb 电灯泡 air conditioner 空调机；空调设备 video game 电子游戏 run out of 用完；耗尽 go bad 变质 First thoughts How important is electricity What do you know about electricity How can we use electricity safely and wisely How can we save energy in our daily lives Think Before you read How much do you know about electricity Try the quiz below. (1) Which of the following can be found in nature Which is man-made What do the pictures have in common (2) Below are three different ways of producing electricity. Write the correct phrases in the blanks. solar power water power wind power Discuss in pairs why electricity is important in our daily lives. Why do you think electricity is important to us Because electricity makes our lives easier. Can you give an example Air conditioners keep our homes cool in summer. They run on electricity. 你为什么认为……？ 运转 In our daily lives, what kinds of things needs electricity Read the story and find out what Daisy’s weekend without electricity was like. Reading Task 1 Making predictions Can you guess what happens in the story It is about a weekend living without electricity. Reading strategy: You can make predictions by looking at the title, the writer’s name and the beginning of each paragraph. Answer the questions with the information from the story on page 85. A switch-off weekend by Daisy from Grade 7 Last week, our science teacher, Mrs Brown, taught us about electricity and how important it is. Then she gave us a special task: to try living without electricity for a weekend. Our family thought it sounded interesting, so we decided to do it together. What did Daisy learn in her science class last week She learnt about electricity and how important it is. What was the special task Mrs Brown gave the students To try living without electricity for a weekend. Task 2 What does Daisy’s family usually do at the weekend Complete the notes below. However, it turned out that it was very hard to live without electricity. After it got dark, my little brother Benny and I could only read and write by candlelight. We usually watch a movie together on Friday nights, but the TV doesn’t work without electricity. Instead, we played video games for a while, bu ... ...
