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课件网) Unit 3 Our digital lives Reading What smart devices do you have at home List as many as you can. Smart speaker Smart clothes hanger Smart air-conditioner Nowadays, people use smartphones, smartwatches and smart home devices. In the future, even more things will be connected to the internet. The network of interconnected smart devices is called the Internet of Things(IoT). 物联网：物联网是指通过信息传感设备，按约定的协议，将任何物体与网络相连接，物体通过信息传播媒介进行信息交换和通信，以实现智能化识别、定位、跟踪、监管等功能。 P36 Look at the picture below and discuss what a smart home is like. door lock flood sensor robot cleaner air conditioning lights activity sensor Wi-Fi multimedia thermometer What is a smart home like In a smart home, a lot of devices are connected to the internet. You can control these devices even when you are not at home. Can you give some examples ... When it’s bedtime, the lights become less bright. The system switches off the air conditioning, except in the bedroom. When I go to bed, the activity sensor tells the system to switch off all the lights. The system plays some quiet and relaxing music until I fall asleep. How will the internet change our lives in the future Students could take a virtual trip to anywhere in the world by wearing special glasses in class. Our fridges may order milk and eggs online for us before they run out. We can control every device by talking even when we are not at home. … Read the transcript of a podcast interview to learn about how the internet will further change our lives. A podcast(播客) is an audio file similar to a radio broadcast, that can be downloaded and listened to on a computer or MP3 player. Text type:_____ Interviewer:_____ Interviewee:_____ The interviewee’s opinion: _____ _____ _____ interview the host Dr Li The internet will further change our lives in the future. Task 1 Task 2 Match main ideas a. The internet will change the way the transport system works. b. The internet will change the way we use energy. c. Life will continue to change as more things will be connected to the internet. d. The internet will change the way we look after our health. Complete the table below with the information from the transcript of the podcast interview on page 37. Task 3 P38 1 Writers often use examples to support their opinions and this helps the reader understand the opinions better. Can you find examples in the interview Finding examples that support opinions probably wear small devices all the time, and they’ll check our health and warn us about health problems. automatically tell the smart city network when they are full. drive themselves, and they will share data with the smart city network. Task 4 1. Does Dr Li take a positive, negative or neutral(中立的) attitude towards the changes brought by the internet 2. Can you find examples from the interview to support Dr Li’s opinion P38 2 Read the transcript of the p ... ...
