unit1 living with technology
word power
teaching aims:
一、students will be able to recognize words related to electrical and electronic goods;
二、students will be able to use these words to complete a short passage and write their own;
三、students will be able to be more creative to discuss their dream goods;
四、students will be able to know some effective ways to learn vocabulary.
teaching procedures:
step 1 revision of reading
a. fill in the blanks with proper words
1. mp4 is s____ to mp3 in many aspects.
2. the clock has stopped! did you remember to w____ it?
3. new technology is being a____ to almost every industrial process.
4. i read a r____ of the year’s sport events in the last issue of this magazine
5. the workers on strike are d____ better pay.
6. a c____ is someone who buys and uses products and services.
7. he shows a high d____ of skill in his work.
8. fast-food restaurants are s____ up all over town.
9. the company hopes to l____ the new drug by next october.
10. best buy sells various kinds of e____ appliances, such as washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners, etc.
11. s____ are a series of light waves, sound waves etc that carry an image, sound, or message, for example in radio or television.
12. i got an e____ shock from that faulty light switch.
keys:
superior, wind, applied, review, demanding, customer, degree, springing, launch, electrical, signals, electric
b. fill in the blanks with correct forms of verb
1. regular public broadcasting followed shortly after, first ____ (begin) on 11 may 1928 in new york.
2. they could record and play sounds on a tape ____(wind) around a round object.
3. a mini cd player can record music and is very easy to carry, ____ (be) very small, as the name “mini” indicates.
4. a lot of his time was spent ____ (review) his lessons for the coming tests.
5. the new technology ____ (apply) to almost every industrial process.
6. i ____ (introduce) to the american literature in mr. kolinsky’s class at college.
7. the workers on strike demanded their working conditions ____ (improve).
keys:
beginning, wound, being, reviewing, is applied, was introduced, (should) be improved
c. translate the following sentences into english
⒈ 有些人认为数字电视比卫星电视好，因为传输同样的图像时数字电视的
