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课件网) Unit 1 Relationships Teaching Objectives A.What activities does Mark do online B.What social networking has done to Mark and Mark’s friends？ C.Why Mark can’t drop social networking Step1：Lead-in Do social networking and the Internet help improve our relationships with others Step2 Pre-reading. Predict what Mark will talk about. Tip: Pay attention to the picture, title... Step3：Fast-reading : the structure of this passage from para 1-3 from para 4-6 from para7-8 Step4:Careful-reading Activity 1： read (para1-3) and share. Mark’s routine activities online post updates on social media check through all his social networking apps read his emails answer text messages Careful reading (Activity2) What social networking has done to Mark and Mark’s friends and family. Read and find the impacts效果，影响. Impact Social networking _____my life in so many ways. I constantly feel _____. whether on friends’ get-together or a family holiday, physically but not mentally together. Para 4 Para 5 Para 6 Para 4--6 dominates depressed, dissatisfied and alone. Careful reading Read again and find some examples or details to prove the impacts. Impacts Dominate set deadlines: 8pm-10pm for homework 7.50 pm: scroll through posts and photos 9.30 pm: download song after song, video after video Para 4 Careful reading Read again and find some examples to prove the impacts. Impacts Depressed Dissatisfied Alone keep delaying important things in real life Chatter away online so much but have nothing to say when we meet Para 5 Careful reading Read again and find some examples to prove the impacts. Impacts Physically but not mentally together a dinner get-together: my best friend took a call for 30 minutes; Some kept texting friends online a family holiday: my sister spent hours reading about her favourite popstar Para 6 Activity3: It seems that social networking has a negative influence on Mark’s life. But why can’t he drop social networking (para7-8) ★ Afraid of missing all the important appointments, invitations and news updates ★Needing it for his studies Phones are an important tool in our life We are hard-wired in How do you understand “ We are hard-wired in, but we’re more disconnected than ever ” And how to treat social networking correctly It suggests that young people today have been brought up with social networks and that they are an important part of our lives which we can't live without. However, our addiction to social networks can lead to a loss of friendships or meaningful relationships due to less face-to-face contact in real life. Step5 Post-reading: think and share in groups Mark lives in a university dorm with a couple of great roommates and he often associates _____his friends online. Yet he still feels lonely. According to research, over two-thirds of young people find it easier _____(make) friends online than it is“in real life”. On the surface, they have an active social life ... ...
