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1、,LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE,Reading and thinking,The best way to predict the future is to create it. -Peter Drucker.,I. VIEWING AND SPEAKING,What can you see in the picture?,2. What do the boy, the road and the universe stand for?,The boy: human beings The robot: science and technologyThe universe: inf
2、inite future,The best way to predict the future is to create it. -Peter Drucker.,Watch a video about Zuckerbergs home and,use an adjective to describe his home.,Leading in,What does it mean when we say that something such as a phone is “smart”?,Discussion,To say that something is smart means that it
3、 can make decisions on its own without a human telling it what to do,and that it also learns how to do things itself.,Skimming,Skim the text and answer these questions.1.What is the purpose of the text?To give us a brief introduction about the future smart homes.2. Who is the intended audience of th
4、is text?Common people who are interested in the advanced technology or smart homes.,Learning tipsIdentify purpose and audience The types of phrases used in a passage help identify its purpose. For example, the phrase in my opinion tells us that the passage is likely meant to persuade. And a text tha
5、t uses imperatives is likely meant to instruct. A passages content helps identify its audience. For example, a passage that gives tips on looking after pets would have pets owners as its audience.,Smart Homes to Make Life Easier,These smart homes will keep us secure, save us energy, and provide a mo
6、re comfortable environment to live in.,Intelligent Controls,Regular Health Checks,No More Disasters,This smart technology is not a fantasy.,Title,Introduction,Examples,Conclusion,Analyse the structure,Please find out topic sentences of each paragraph.,These smart homes will keep us secure, save us e
7、nergy, and provide a more comfortable environment to live in.,In the future, we will be using advanced technology every day for automatic control of just about everything in our home.,In addition, your smart home will be monitoring your health for you every day.,Smart homes will be able to prevent s
8、erious damage from accident.,This smart technology is not a fantasy.,1,2,3,4,5,Read the text and fill in the table below.,In the future, what will smart homes do about?,lock the door for us when we are away,already prepared,switch off TVs and computers when we forget,record how well we sleep, check
9、our body weight, send a warning to our phones when we have sleep or weigh problems, and give us suggestions on a healthier diet and how to sleep better,come on the instant we enter the door,detect the problem and provide us with the relevant information,keep constant track of our health and warn us
10、early about something abnormal,Complete the summary using the correct forms of the words from the text.,A smart home is one that i_ computers into the structure of the building itself. In this way, many of the things that we now do ourselves will become a_. For example, the smart home could control
11、the air conditioning and lights so that you would no longer have to turn s_ on and off, making your home more energy-e_. The smart home could also m_ itself to make sure that everything is working as it should, and send you w_ if there is a problem. Such smart homes could even be programmed to d_ yo
12、ur health problems, and then give you r_ advice as to the food you should eat or if you should see a doctor. So in a sense, smart homes will lead us to living smarter lives.,ntegrates,utomatic,witches,fficient,onitor,arnings,etect,elevant,1. In what way is the home of tomorrow already the home of to
13、day?,Post-reading,Work in groups,2. What might be some of the disadvantages of smart homes?,In what way is the home of tomorrow already the home of today?,Post-reading,Work in groups,Many of the new innovations are already used in some homes today. This is true especially of automatic controls for t
14、hings such as lights and air conditioners.,What might be some of the disadvantages of smart homes?,Post-reading,Work in groups,One disadvantage is that if there is a problem with the system, you may find yourself locked out of the house, or unable to turn your TV off or on. Security is another big concern, as strangers may be able to hack into the system to collect information about your life and use that for evil purposes.,
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