高中英语 Unit3《Tomorrow’s World》reading课件4 牛津译林版必修4

1、Unit 3 Tomorrows world,Task Writing a proposal,Skills building 1: distinguishing between facts and opinions,Fact information that is proved to be true. Include: Statistics Names Dates Places,Opinion feeling or belief that is not founded on certainty or proof. Start with: In my opinion, I (dont) beli

2、eve / think (that) It seems (that) looks like ,Read the guideline and tell facts from opinions:,A Put a tick in the correct boxes,China has a total land area of over 9.6 million km2. On 15th October 2003, the first Chinese person went into space. I believe our painting is worth quite a lot of money.

3、 Suzhou is over 80 km away from Shanghai. It seems that people prefer living in flats. I think that people who litter should be fined. Mr. Wang came home to find his computer broken.,Fact Opinion,B Listen and circle the correct words,Fact Fact Opinion Fact Opinion Opinion,Read the letter and complet

4、e the sheet below,Step 1 completing a note sheet,Name of student: class: Date of visit to computer room: Time: Computer number: Problems with computer: Solution tried: Other problems: Comments:,Name of student: class: Date of visit to computer room: Time: Computer number: Problems with computer: Sol

5、ution tried:,Cao Ying,Senior High 1,Sunday, 2 March,10 a.m. 2 p.m.,PC No.7,The keyboard had letters missing, the mouse wouldnt move the cursor around the screen properly, would not print.,Tried other PCs, but they were in worse condition.,Note sheet,Other problems: Comments:,Old and slow, often cras

6、h, not connected to the Internet, can only run one program at one time, keyboards with missing letters, mouse not working properly,Need to have new computers,Skills building 2 asking for information,When you interview someone, what information would you find? Unusual time of the interviewee doing a

7、particular activity Frequency of the interviewee doing it. Reasons for doing it Problems found when doing it. Recommendations for improvement,What questions would you ask? When/what time do you usually ? How often do you ?How many times a week/a month/ do you? Why do you ?For what reason(s) do you ?

8、 What problem(s) have you got when you? What do you think can be done to solve the problem(s)?,Complete the questions according to the answers.,_ do you usually go to your local cinema to watch a film?I usually to to the cinema to watch a film on Saturday evenings. _ do you go there to watch a film?

9、I go there to watch a film twice a month. _ do you think so many people would like RealCine?Lots of people would like RealCine because they can experience something that they might never experience in real life.,When,How often,Why,Complete the questions according to the answers,_ do you think RealCi

10、ne could have?Tickets for this kind of film might be too expensive. _ do you think can be done to solve this problem?I think more developed computer techniques can be used to reduce the cost of making such films.,What problem,What,A Listen to an interview and complete the interview form,Step 2: find

11、ing out about the computer room,Interview form Usual tie of use Frequency of use Reasons for use Problems found Recommendations for improvement,In the afternoon,Three times a week: Monday, Thursday, Friday,For school work.,Keyboard, CPUs, RAM, no DVD-ROM drives, too small handdrives, no Internet con

12、nection, no sound card, slow and ugly PCs, very old software,Buy new computers and software,B Interview (pair work),a students: has just used the computer in the computer room. feels quite disappointed at the present state of the computer room. a reporter: consider that computers should be changed f

13、or new and better ones. wants to find out more about the computer room.,Questions,When do you usually use the computer room? How often do you use the computer room? What types of activities do you do in the computer room? What problems have you had in the computer room? How do you think the computer

14、 room can be improved?,Do not be personal Do not tell jokes or try to be funny. Do not use contractions or unnecessary abbreviations. Do not use slang.,Always be polite. Use a serious tone. Use formal greetings and endings. Use titles and surnames. Use Dear Sir/Madam if you dont know the persons nam

15、e,Skills building 3: formal writing,A business proposal, a report or a letter to a stranger: the style is formal and businesslike,Formal or informal?,Im sure youll agree itd be absolutely cool to buy some more computers. Dear Sir/Madam When the book fell off the bookshelf and hit him on the head, I

16、laughed so much that tears were running down my face! Thank you for your time and understanding.,I,F,I,F,5. Im sure the teacher wont mind you using the computer. 6. I would like to propose some new purchase for the computer room. 7. So nice to hear from you again, Geoffrey. 8. I dont like your staff

17、. Theyre really rude and very unhelpful.,I,F,I,I,Problem,Suggested solution,Step 3: writing a proposal for a new computer room,Impractical design, students do not want to study there,Redesign,Students found the design of the room impractical. They re not interested in studying there because of this.

18、,The room should be redesigned,Problem,Suggested solution,Monitors, keyboards and mouses are too old,Replace,The monitors, keyboards and mouses are too old,They should be replaced,Not enough computers,Buy more,There are not enough computers,More should be bought,Problem,Suggested solution,Only one p

19、rinter,Buy more,There is only one printer,More should be bought,Outdated software,update,Software is outdated,It should be updated,Problem,Suggested solution,no Internet access,connect,There is no Internet access,Computer should be connected to Internet,the RAM and hard drives are too small,update,T

20、he RAM and hard drives are too small,It should be updated,Problem,Suggested solution,Too hot in summer,Install air-conditioning,It is too hot in summer in the room,Air-conditioning should be installed,Closes too early,Extend opening hours,The room closes too early,Opening hours should be extended,B

21、Write a proposal,Your school is planning to build a new gym. You would prefer the school to improve the computer room instead. Write a proposal to your principal to explain why.,Useful phrases: A survey on students opinions was carried out. Students believe/feel/find/think that It was suggested that

22、 As more and more subjects involves the use of IT, In order to prepare ourselves for the future, I am sure that most parents would (not) ,You may want to mention: The governments desire for more IT in education The development of more IT lessons in all subjects The importance of computer skills in f

23、urther studies and future careers Parents opinions,A sample,Dear Sir, Recently, a survey about the school computer room was carried out in our school. The students find the design of the computer room impractical. They are not interested in studying there because of this. I am writing this proposal

24、to you to voice our opinion that the computer room needs improving.,There are not enough computers in our computer room. The computers that we use at the moment are old and slow, and they often crash, which wastes a lot of time. The computers there are not connected to the Internet, so we can not get the information that we need for our homework. There is only one printer in the room, which always goes wrong. In addition, the room is too hot in summer.,As more and more subjects are involved in IT, the computer room is playing a very important role in our studies nowadays. We are