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课件网) Unit 4 Digital life Reading for writing 学习目标 To get the main idea and structure of the passage and learn to make predictions. To write a short passage to describe people’s digital life in 50 years’ time. Where are they What are they doing They are in the classroom and having classes. 新课讲授 Look at the two pictures and compare the two schools. Use the words to help you. machine book screen teacher classroom people These pictures show the difference between a traditional class and a “future” class. In the traditional class, students sit together in the classroom. Both teachers and students use books and a blackboard. But in the other class, the teacher uses machines and a screen to teach. It seems more high-tech! 1. Where do you think the boy and the girl are How does it look like 2. What’s in the boy’s hand 3. What do you think they are talking about school, home , .... modern , full of technology, ... A book. Think and Share 1. What is the girl doing 2. What does this picture want to tell us She is imagining what a school looks like. What is the passage about It tells how Margie learns about the old schools through a real book and compares them with her “machine school”. Skimming Read the passage. Who teaches Margie A machine teaches Margie. Scanning Complete the table. About the real book 1. Who found the real book 2. What was the book like Tommy found the book. It was a very old book with yellow pages. The words on it stood still instead of moving across a screen. 3. What did Margie and Tommy think of the book Tommy thought it was a waste because people might throw it away after reading. In contrast, their television screen could have a million books and books wouldn’t be thrown away. Margie was curious about what the book was about. 4. What was the book about It was about school. About the school 1. Why did the writer of the book write about school Because it was about an old kind of school from hundreds of years ago. It was very different from Margie’s school. 2. What was Margie's school like Margie's classroom was next to her bedroom, and her teacher was a machine. She learned through a screen. 3. What were Margie's thoughts about the old schools Margie thought the old schools were full of fun. She imagined how kids from the neighbourhood coming together, laughing and shouting in the playground, sitting in the classroom as a group, and going home together after school. With human teachers and classmates, the kids loved their schools very much. 1. Who do you think “they” refers to in the title “They” refers to the students in the old schools. 2. What fun do you think they have E.g. They can run in the playground, chat with their teachers and classmates ,... Further Thinking Answer the questions. 1. How might Margie feel when she saw a “real book” She might feel curious and excited. 2. Were the children familiar with “real” books How can you tell The chil ... ...
