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课件网) Unit 4 Digital life Developing ideas Reading for writing Teaching Objectives Students understand the comparison between “old schools” (past) and Margie’s school (future) in the story. Learn to use comparative structures (e.g., In the past..., but in the future...) to describe differences. Reflect on how digital technology shapes education. Look at the two pictures and compare the two schools. Use the words to help you Picture 1: The students come to the classroom and learn the knowledge from the books. Teachers are people. Picture 2: The students look at the screen and learn.Teachers are machines. About the real book About the school 1.Who found the real book Tommy. 2.What was the book like 3.What did Margie and Tommythink of the book 4. What was the book about The book was very old with yellow pages. They thought it was strange to read the words, andTommy thought it was a waste. It was about school. 1.Who found the real book 2.What was Margie's school like 3.What were Margie's thoughtsabout the old schools Because it's an old kind of school, from hundreds of years ago. Margie's school in 2157 was different from the old schools. Her classroom was right next to her bedroom.Her teacher was a machine. The machine could give lessons,such as a maths lesson mentioned in the passage. It had a screen and an opening for Margie to put in her homework. Margie thinks the old schools are fun. The kidscould laugh and shout in the playground. They couldsit together in the classroom and go home together afterschool. And the teachers were people. She thinks thestudents must have loved schools in the old days. 1In her diary, on 17 May 2157, Margie wrote:“Today, Tommy found a real book!” 2 It was a very old book. They turned the old, yellow pages. It was strange to read the words. They stood still on the pages, instead of moving across a screen. 3“What a waste!" said Tommy.“When you finish the book, you just throw it away, I guess. Our television screen must have a million books on it! I wouldn't throw it away. in年in月in季节、on加具体某一天，at加具体时辰 turn into 转换到 it is/was+adj. (for sb.)to do sth. instead of 代替而不是 throw （it/them）away,扔掉 throw down 扔下 电视屏幕 4 Margie asked, “What's the book about 5“School.” 6 “Why would anyone write about school " 7 “Because it's an old kind of school, from hundreds of years ago. They had a teacher, but it was a person. There was a special building, and all the kids and teachers went there. 8 Margie wanted to read about those funny schools. But her mother called, “Margie! School!” what’s...about ...是关于什么的？ write about 写关于...的内容 many kinds of 很多种类的 成百上千的 阅读关于...的内容 9 Margie's classroom was right next to her bedroom. Her teacher was a machine. It was on and waiting for her. The screen was lit up. The machine said:“Today's lesson is on maths. Please put yesterday's homework in the opening. 10 Margie did s ... ...
