Unit 3 Tomorrow.doc

Unit 3 Tomorrows world welcome to the unitTeaching goals1. knowledge goal:Help students to learn some information about RealCine.2. Ability goal:Help students to read a business presentation and learn the basic characteristics of a business presentation.3. Emotion goal:Help students to imagine what tomorrows would be like.Teaching focus and difficulties:1. The vocabulary about future and technology.2. Students use English to describe the future world.Teaching methods:1. individual work,pair work2. DiscussionTeaching aids:The multimediaTeaching procedures:Step 1 Lead-inShow a fragment of the film 2012 to students and ask them the following questions:(1) Do you know what film it is?(2) How do you think the effect of the building and bridge falling in the film?(3) Will you feel it scared if you were actually in the film?Why?T: With the development of technology and science, there is a product that can realize our dreams,which called RealCine. Today we will learn something about RealCine.Step 2 Fast readingAsk students to skim and scan the presentation and try to find the answers to the three questions in part A.Answers:1. A virtual reality cinema called RealCine.2. All four of our senses-senses of sight,hearing, smell and touch.3. Engineers can enter the design of a neighborhood into a computer,and then use VR to walk around the neighborhood, see how it looks and make changes before construction is carried out.Step 3 Detailed questions.Ask students to read the article carefully and complete Part C1.Answers:1. The technology behind RealCine is virtually reality.(VR)2. They wear special VR headsets and gloves.3. He became the captain of the Brazilian football team and scored the winning goal in a World Cup final.4. Because VR is not real.5. They could use RealCine to train safety,without the risk of getting injured in a burning building.6. They can use it in making films,treating people with social problem, training and education, and also urban planning.Step 4 Structure and main ideaT:Now we have found the answers to the questions in Part A and Part C1,can you find the specific location about the information in Part C2.Answers:InformationIn which paragraph(s)1.How RealCine worksPara 3,42.Why it is better than filmsPara 2,5,63.How it can be used in other waysPara 7Step 5 Summary T:We have done fast reading and careful reading of the presentation,so let us have a try,finish Part E as a summary of the presentation. Answers:(1) presentation(2) users(3) disappointed(4) urban(5) confident(6) put forward(7) studioStep 6 Debate and DiscussionT:From the reply of the presentation, we can see there is a different attitude towards virtual reality(VR). What do you think of VR? There are two opinion about VR.AttitudesupportoppositeOpinionwith VR, people can do almost everything that can not be realized in normal life.Real life and interpersonal communication should never be replaced. We should experience real life by ourselves.T:Will you support VR or oppose it? And the whole class will be divided into two groups ,one group support VR, and the other group opposite it. Discuss with your partner and try to find as many reasons support your opinion as possible. The group which have the most reason will have a prize. Step 7 Homework1. Review the pas