湖南省茶陵县高中英语 Unit 3 Tomorrow’s World Reading课件 牛津译林版必修4

1、12Unit 3 Tomorrows world 3ReadingNot just watching a film4Warming upEnjoy the video.5Can you imagine what you feel when you are actually in the film, and everything felt like it was real-life?Lets learn some information about different kinds of films.63D filmIt is a film people watch with a special

2、pair of spectacles, which gives a three-dimensional effect with images in the dimensions of width, height and depth.784D filmIt is a 3D film with an added environmental effect, such as water or wind.9 Have you ever watched any of these films? How do you feel about these kinds of film? Which films do

3、 you like best, normal films, 3-D films or 4-D films? Why?10 What is the name of the product?2. How many of the users senses does this product connect with?Read the business presentation on Page 42 quickly and answer these questions.RealCine.Four of the uses senses: sight, hearing, smell and touch.1

4、13. What are the advantages of using RealCine for urban planning? Using RealCine, engineers can enter the design of a neighbourhood into a computer, and then walk around the neighbourhood, see how it looks and make changes before construction is carried out. It is in the long term cheaper and more p

5、ractical.121. What technology is behind this product? The technology behind this product is virtual reality.2. What do users wear so they feel that they are really in a new world? The wear special VR headsets and gloves.Read again carefully and answer the questions according to what you have read.De

6、tailed reading133. What did the teenager experience in RealCine? He attended a World Cup final as the captain of the Brazilian football team and scored the winning goal.4. Why do some people think that users will be disappointed by RealCine? Because VR is not real.145. How could firefighters be trai

7、ned with this new technology? They could train safely without the risk of getting injured in a burning building.6. What might people use RealCine for? They can use it in making films, treating people with social problems, training and education, and also urban planning.15Pay attention to the structu

8、re of the article. Discuss the article and analyse the structure by finding the main idea of each part of the article.16StructureMain ideaIntroductionMain body(Para 1)(Paras 2-7)the abstract of the presentation how RealCine works; why RealCine is better than a film; how it can be used in other ways1

9、7True (T) or false (F).1. RealCine helped the teenager become more confident by creating a basketball game for him. ( )2. RealCine cant help the people who have trouble in walking walk as normal people. ( )3.With the help of RealCine, the seventy-year-old grandfather saw and touched a lion in Americ

10、a. ( )FTF184. RealCine can allow students to experience the world as an animal while learning biology. ( )5. According to the text, the authors attitude towards the future of RealCine is optimistic. ( )TT19Find out in which paragraph(s) the following information can be found.InformationIn which para

11、graph(s)1. How RealCine works2. Why it is better than films3. How it can be used in other waysPara 3Para 2Paras 4-720How can RealCine excite the users four senses? SenseThings neededEffects in RealCineSightHearingSpecial VR headsetsSpecial VR headsetsUsers can see in 3-D all around themUsers can hea

12、r the sound all around them21SmellTouchSmall openings in the headsetsSmells are given out to match the environmentSpecial glovesUsers can touch the people and objects they see22Look at the following sentences, think about the characteristics of the language used in this article.1. The RealCine exper

13、ience will amaze you, and you will agree that this is an extraordinary technology that deserves to be developed further.2. Imagine that a VR user goes sightseeing in the Himalayas.233. In scientific studies it has been shown that VR can be a good treatment for people who have social problems.4. Howe

14、ver, with VR we are able to do things that could never be achieved in real life.5. Finally, RealCine provides fantastic technology for urban planning.24 As a decision maker, do you think you would finally be persuaded to invest or develop RealCine? Why or why not? What do you think of the language u

15、sed in these sentences?25a safe b harm yourself or someone elsec when a person cannot use part of his/her body because of an illness, injury, etc.d visiting a place as a touristMatch the new words with their meanings in Part D.26e a district or an area of a town f a number of computers that are conn

16、ected togetherg accepting what happens without trying to change thingsh being useful or easy for someone27Answers: passive _ 2. sightseeing _ 3. network _ 4. disabled _5. convenience _ 6. secure _ 7. injure _ 8. neighbourhood _gdfchabe28Complete the letter using the given words in Part E.Answers:_ 2

17、. _ 3. _ 4. _5. _ 6. _ 1.7. _presentationusersdisappointedurbanconfidentput forwardstudio29Reading strategy1. A business presentation is an introduction of a new product or business idea.2. As a proposal is to be given to those making decisions, it has to be _.clear and persuasive303. A good present

18、ation usually includes _ _.4. In order to make the proposal objective, _ is preferred.specific information and convincing facts or examplesthe passive voice31 Do you think watching a Harry Potter film or the film Inception in RealCine would be more exciting and interesting than in a cinema? Why or why not? Could virtual reality be used in schools? How could it make classes more exciting?32Those who support virtual reality believe that, with this technology, people can do almost everything, even things that cannot be realized in normal lif