Unit2 Looking into the Future教案

（Readingand Thinking：Smart Homes to Make LifeEasier）

文本簡(jiǎn)析

本單元的主題是“展望未來(lái)（Lookinginto the Future）”，閱讀文本的話題是“智能家居使生活更加便利（SmartHomes to Make Life Easier）”。文中，作者介紹了未來(lái)家居的智能化水平，展示了科技發(fā)展能給生活帶來(lái)很多便利，并引發(fā)讀者思考這些變化可能產(chǎn)生的問(wèn)題。在“未來(lái)”和“科技”的主題語(yǔ)境下，作者選擇家居生活作為描寫和說(shuō)明的對(duì)象，縮短了讀者與主題語(yǔ)境以及文本內(nèi)容的距離，有利于引起閱讀興趣，引發(fā)讀者共鳴。

本文是一篇科技小品文。全文五個(gè)段落呈現(xiàn)了說(shuō)明類文本常見(jiàn)的BTEC的內(nèi)容結(jié)構(gòu)：第一段介紹了背景（Background）和主題（Topic），即在目前家居生活不夠安全和節(jié)能等背景下，提出未來(lái)智能家居可以給我們提供更安全、更節(jié)能和更舒適的生活這一主題；第二至第四段用“智能控制、健康檢查和防范災(zāi)害”三種功能解釋了文本主題（Explanation）；第五段是總結(jié)（Conclusion），智能家居時(shí)代已經(jīng)到來(lái)但其推廣普及還需要一段時(shí)間。本文的寫作目的是為了讓讀者了解未來(lái)家居的智能化水平及其為生活帶來(lái)的便利，引導(dǎo)學(xué)生結(jié)合文章主題和內(nèi)容形成對(duì)未來(lái)科技發(fā)展的積極期待和全面思考，形成對(duì)未來(lái)科技客觀理性的態(tài)度。

在本文的閱讀教學(xué)中，首先要關(guān)注文體特征，包括文本標(biāo)題、小標(biāo)題以及語(yǔ)篇標(biāo)識(shí)語(yǔ)，并利用這些特征理解文本結(jié)構(gòu)、寫作目的和目標(biāo)讀者；其次，在了解未來(lái)家居智能化水平和給生活帶來(lái)的便利時(shí)，可同時(shí)整理相關(guān)的話題語(yǔ)言；此外，文本用問(wèn)句開(kāi)頭、多處運(yùn)用對(duì)比和引證的寫作手法，并用語(yǔ)法結(jié)構(gòu)“will be doing”來(lái)表明態(tài)度，這些都是很好的使用寫作技巧的范例，能提高學(xué)生運(yùn)用合適的寫作技巧來(lái)表情達(dá)意的意識(shí)和能力；最后，在對(duì)“智能家居有什么特征”和“為何智能家居一時(shí)還不能普及”等問(wèn)題的探討中，學(xué)生的深度思維能力尤其是批判性思維能力可以得到有效訓(xùn)練。

第1課時(shí)

一、教學(xué)內(nèi)容

理解全文，明確文本的內(nèi)容結(jié)構(gòu)；細(xì)讀前兩段，以“smart”和“easier”為核心梳理文本，了解關(guān)于未來(lái)家居的智能化水平程度和對(duì)我們生活的影響，學(xué)習(xí)相關(guān)語(yǔ)言。

二、課時(shí)目標(biāo)

1. 通過(guò)速讀題目和小標(biāo)題，提取文本的內(nèi)容框架，了解寫作目的和目標(biāo)讀者。

2. 通過(guò)細(xì)讀前兩段，了解未來(lái)家居的智能化水平以及它們給生活帶來(lái)的便利，并學(xué)習(xí)相關(guān)語(yǔ)言，如：keep us secure, save usenergy, and provide a more comfortable environment to live in。

3. 通過(guò)分析用問(wèn)句開(kāi)頭和對(duì)比等寫作手法的作用，提升學(xué)生運(yùn)用寫作技巧表達(dá)意圖的意識(shí)和能力。

4. 通過(guò)角色代入式復(fù)述，鞏固內(nèi)容和語(yǔ)言。

三、教學(xué)過(guò)程

Activity1: Warming-up

本活動(dòng)為落實(shí)所有課時(shí)目標(biāo)做鋪墊。

Discuss thepossible differences between the household appliances of today and in thefuture.

The teacherinitiates the discussion by mentioning her experience of choosing householdappliances for her two houses, the old one twenty years ago and the new onelast year.

T: Greatchanges have taken place in household appliances. What will happen to them inthe future, e.g., another twenty years later?

【設(shè)計(jì)意圖】通過(guò)討論現(xiàn)在和二十年前家用電器的差異，學(xué)生了解科技發(fā)展給家居生活帶來(lái)的變化，并展望二十年之后的情況。這個(gè)話題接近生活，每個(gè)學(xué)生都有話可講，同時(shí)也為后續(xù)“智能家居讓生活變得更加便利”作好思維的比較性鋪墊。另外，用家電作為切入點(diǎn)引起有關(guān)智能家居的話題也可以為閱讀解決一些詞匯障礙，如：appliance，switch，knob，remotecontrol，automatic，voicecommand等。

Activity2: Reading for the writing purpose and the intended audience

本活動(dòng)旨在實(shí)現(xiàn)課時(shí)目標(biāo)1。

Read thetitle and the three subtitles.

Q1: What isthe purpose of the text? (To introduce smart homes.)

Q2: Who isthe intended audience of this text? (People who welcome smart homes / newtechnology.)

【設(shè)計(jì)意圖】通過(guò)閱讀文本題目及其三個(gè)小標(biāo)題，了解文章的體裁和結(jié)構(gòu)，推測(cè)寫作目的和目標(biāo)讀者。

Activity 3: Reading Paragraph 1 for thetopic

本活動(dòng)旨在落實(shí)課時(shí)目標(biāo)2和3.

ReadParagraph 1 and answer the following questions:

Q1: Whatproblems do we have today?

Forget tolock ...; forget to switch off ...

Q2: What doyou think of living in a regular home today?

Annoying /high resource-consuming / dangerous /...

Q3: How willthese problems be solved in the not-too-distant future?

We will beliving smart homes that will lock…and switch off…

Q4: Whatdifference will smart homes make to our life?

…keep ussecure, save us energy, and provide a more comfortable environment to live in…

Q5: How doesthe writer introduce the topic?

Bycontrasting.

Q6: Why doesthe author use two questions at the very beginning of Paragraph 1?

To getreaders attention or raise their interest.

【設(shè)計(jì)意圖】在“Smart Homes to MakeLife Easier”統(tǒng)領(lǐng)下，引起對(duì)家居生活現(xiàn)狀和存在問(wèn)題的共鳴，接著了解智能家居能給生活帶來(lái)的變化，呈現(xiàn)主題；同時(shí)，學(xué)生感知在文本開(kāi)頭設(shè)問(wèn)引起讀者興趣和用比較凸顯主題意義的寫作手法，提高用寫作手法表情達(dá)意的意識(shí)和能力。

Activity4：Predicting about Paragraphs 2-5 andthen confirming the predictions

本活動(dòng)旨在落實(shí)課時(shí)目標(biāo)2和目標(biāo)3。

1.Make aprediction about the contents in the following parts.

Q: What doyou think will be talked about in the following parts?

Possiblepredictions:

- anintroduction to the technology which makes future homes smart;

- someexample functions of smart homes;

- theexpense of smart homes;

- therelationship between smart technology and humans;

...

2. ReadParagraphs 2-5 inpidually to confirm the predictions.

3. Sharereading experience with other readers.

Q: Whatimpressed you most while reading? Why does it impress you? Or do you have anyquestions? If yes, what are they?

【設(shè)計(jì)意圖】學(xué)生預(yù)測(cè)文本內(nèi)容，形成“想知內(nèi)容”，接著去文本中驗(yàn)證自己的預(yù)測(cè)。這種帶著任務(wù)的閱讀可以幫助學(xué)生自然地走進(jìn)文本，不僅滿足了學(xué)生的好奇心，也厘清了文本的基本脈絡(luò)。另外，在驗(yàn)證預(yù)測(cè)后再跟進(jìn)閱讀體驗(yàn)分享，學(xué)生在聚焦、分享自己的興趣點(diǎn)或探討問(wèn)題的同時(shí)可以進(jìn)一步熟悉文本，思維深度也逐漸增加。

Activity5: Reading Paragraph 2 for its connection to the topic

本活動(dòng)旨在落實(shí)課時(shí)目標(biāo)2和3。

1. ReadParagraph 2 carefully and try to find out its link to the topic.

Q1: Whatproblems do we have today?

Today, we have to use… for …

Q2: What doyou think of living in a regular home today?

Answers mayvary.

Q3: How willthese problems be solved in the future?

In thefuture, we will be using advanced technology every day for automatic control ofjust about everything in our home.

Q4: Whatdifference will smart homes make to our life?

*What cansmart homes do?

*Whatdifference will they make?

*Whattechnological support do they need?

Theinformation of Q4 can be sorted out like this:

Q5: How doyou understand the word “intelligent”? Why?

Answers mayvary. For example:

Multifunctional.Because it can function in many ways, even at the same time.

【設(shè)計(jì)意圖】在第一段即主題段的統(tǒng)領(lǐng)下閱讀第二段，并建立第二段和主題之間的聯(lián)系。第一個(gè)聯(lián)系點(diǎn)是文段的建構(gòu)方法，作者繼續(xù)用今天和未來(lái)作比較的方法建構(gòu)第二段，以此凸顯“智能控制”給生活帶來(lái)的便利；第二個(gè)聯(lián)系點(diǎn)是所有“智能控制”的功能和便利之處都是圍繞主題展開(kāi)的，即“安全、環(huán)保和舒適”。在此基礎(chǔ)上，學(xué)生開(kāi)始探索智能家居的技術(shù)支持，透過(guò)表象看本質(zhì)，為最終把思維的落腳點(diǎn)放在科技上做好準(zhǔn)備。最后，學(xué)生對(duì)intelligent 一詞進(jìn)行多維理解，并用文本中的信息來(lái)支撐自己的理解，拓寬主題范圍。

Activity6: Talking about the topic and using its language

本活動(dòng)旨在落實(shí)課時(shí)目標(biāo)4。

If you aretaking part in an English speech contest about future life, please give aspeech titled “Smart Homes, Easier Life”. You are supposed to include:

1. a basicintroduction to our present life,

2. thefunctions of future smart homes, and ...

3. thedifference smart homes will make to our life.

Ifnecessary, you may as well use questions at the beginning to interest yourreaders.

【設(shè)計(jì)意圖】該任務(wù)是鞏固話題內(nèi)容和語(yǔ)言的活動(dòng)。根據(jù)“目前問(wèn)題—解決方法—產(chǎn)生變化”的思路，學(xué)生再次回顧文本，比較現(xiàn)在和未來(lái)的家居生活差異，凸顯智能家居給生活帶來(lái)的變化，加深對(duì)智能家居功能和作用的印象，從而深刻理解高科技對(duì)人類生活產(chǎn)生的積極意義。

Assignment:

1.Polishyour writing of speech—“Smart Homes, Easier Life”, and prepare for a classpresentation in the next period;

2.Build alanguage bank related to smart homes.

【設(shè)計(jì)意圖】通過(guò)潤(rùn)色演講稿，學(xué)生可以再次復(fù)習(xí)話題內(nèi)容和語(yǔ)言，提高語(yǔ)言輸出需要精致的意識(shí)和習(xí)慣；通過(guò)自己動(dòng)手整理話題詞匯，學(xué)生積累語(yǔ)言知識(shí)，增加語(yǔ)料庫(kù)，促進(jìn)主動(dòng)學(xué)習(xí)的意識(shí)和能力。

第2課時(shí)

一、教學(xué)內(nèi)容

細(xì)讀文本第三至第五段，繼續(xù)以“smart”和“easier”為核心理解和評(píng)價(jià)文本信息，理解文本主題，形成對(duì)科技發(fā)展的個(gè)性化理解和態(tài)度。

二、課時(shí)目標(biāo)

1.通過(guò)細(xì)讀、分析第三、四兩段，了解“定期健康檢查”和“防范災(zāi)難”兩種功能及相關(guān)話題語(yǔ)言，關(guān)注文段結(jié)構(gòu)和語(yǔ)篇標(biāo)識(shí)語(yǔ)in addition，并學(xué)習(xí)使用例證的說(shuō)明方法。

2.細(xì)讀第五段，了解智能家居的普及程度，分析其尚未普及的原因，了解智能家居可能存在的隱患。

3.結(jié)合智能家居的功能和特點(diǎn)，探討名人名言“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”，挖掘文本的深層價(jià)值，引導(dǎo)學(xué)生客觀看待科技發(fā)展。

4.用小組討論的形式表達(dá)自己對(duì)科技發(fā)展的態(tài)度，遷移使用文本內(nèi)容和話題語(yǔ)言，促進(jìn)思維能力發(fā)展。

三、教學(xué)過(guò)程

Activity 1: Making a presentation

本活動(dòng)為所有課時(shí)目標(biāo)作鋪墊。

Activate theknowledge of the text topic and key information about Paragraphs 1-2

1. Presentthe prepared speech — “Smart Homes, Easier Life”.

2. Reviewthe topic of the text.

Q: Whatdifference can smart homes make to our life?

Keep ussecure, save us energy, and provide a more comfortable environment to live in.

【設(shè)計(jì)意圖】通過(guò)演講活動(dòng)，激活對(duì)文本主題和第一、二兩段核心信息的記憶，回憶文本內(nèi)容，使用相關(guān)話題語(yǔ)言；同時(shí)，通過(guò)分享，學(xué)生之間可以相互學(xué)習(xí)、取長(zhǎng)補(bǔ)短。這部分也是本節(jié)課的熱身活動(dòng)，最后的關(guān)注點(diǎn)落到文本主題上。

Activity2: Reading Paragraphs 3-4 for their connection to the topic

本活動(dòng)旨在落實(shí)課時(shí)目標(biāo)1。

ReadParagraphs 3-4 carefully and find their link to the topic.

Q1: What cansmart homes do for us according to Paragraphs 3-4?

Monitor ourhealth and prevent disasters from happening.

Q2: How willsmart homes monitor our health and prevent disasters from happening?

Q3: How doesthe writer organize information in Paragraphs 3-4?

Paragraph 3:

Paragraph 4:

Q4: Whatdifference will smart homes make to life in terms of these two paragraphs?

Keeping ussecure.

Q5: How doesthe writer connect these two paragraphs to the former parts?

By using “inaddition”.

Q6: What’sthe writer’s attitude to smart homes?

Answers mayvary here. In addition to other possible ideas, the teacher mentions that thewriter uses “will be doing” to show his favor to smart homes. “Will be using”is often used when something is happening with certainty. Besides, peopleusually use it to show their favor to the thing that is about to happen.

【設(shè)計(jì)意圖】結(jié)合主題意義，學(xué)生細(xì)讀第三、四兩段，了解智能家居在未來(lái)如何保證我們的安全。在理解內(nèi)容、習(xí)得話題語(yǔ)言的基礎(chǔ)上，學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)說(shuō)明類段落的建構(gòu)方法，關(guān)注語(yǔ)篇標(biāo)識(shí)語(yǔ)in addition的用法，并學(xué)習(xí)willbe doing在表達(dá)作者態(tài)度方面的作用，了解結(jié)構(gòu)、語(yǔ)篇標(biāo)識(shí)語(yǔ)和語(yǔ)法結(jié)構(gòu)在表情達(dá)意方面的作用，提高這方面的意識(shí)和能力。

Activity3: Reading Paragraph 5 for the conclusion of the topic

本活動(dòng)旨在落實(shí)課時(shí)目標(biāo)2和目標(biāo)3。

ReadParagraph 5 to transfer focus from advantages to disadvantages.

Q1: Arethese smart homes only a fantasy?

It is not afantasy.

Q2: Whatdoes “in this sense” in the third sentence mean?

Many of these new innovations are alreadyavailable and being used in some homes.

Q3: Can youparaphrase the sentence “The home tomorrow is already the home of today”?

The era ofsmart homes has already come.

Q4: Are theyenjoying their popularity?

Not yet. Itwill take some years before most new homes begin to use this new technology.

Q5: Why willit take some years before most new homes begin to use this new technology?

Some possibledisadvantages:

high cost;imperfect technology; risk of leaking personal information; unpopularity amongsome people, e.g. senior citizens; ...

Q6: Willsmart technology outsmart humans one day?

Answers mayvary.

Q7: Why dohumans create high-tech products like smart homes since smart technology poseschallenges to us?

Answers mayvary. In addition to other possible answers, the teacher shares herunderstanding of the sentence —The best way to predict the future is to createit.

【設(shè)計(jì)意圖】通過(guò)思考“智能家居是否只是一個(gè)幻想”，學(xué)生了解智能家居目前的發(fā)展情況，并探究其尚未普及的原因，批判性思考智能家居潛在的缺點(diǎn)；在此基礎(chǔ)上，學(xué)生思考并表達(dá)智能家居和人類的關(guān)系，理解人類發(fā)展科技是為了給自己創(chuàng)造更好的生活，提升對(duì)文本主題意義的理解。隨后，教師提問(wèn)引導(dǎo)，師生共同探討德魯克的名言“The best way to predictthe future is to create it.”，明確人類發(fā)展科技是為了給自己創(chuàng)造更美好的生活，而科技的發(fā)展前景由人類自己決定，培養(yǎng)學(xué)生對(duì)科技發(fā)展的客觀和理性的態(tài)度。

Activity4. Voicing your opinions about the topic and using its language

本活動(dòng)旨在落實(shí)課時(shí)目標(biāo)4。