m7unit 1 living with technology
period one welcome to the unit
teaching aims:
1．develop students’ speaking ability by expressing their opinions in the discussion.
2．students participate in a discussion about electronic technology.
teaching procedures:
step 1 brainstorming:
1.what electrical and electronic products do you use in your studies and in your life?
2.which do you think is the most useful? why? is there anything that you don’t think is useful? why?
3.what do you think life without these products would be like? are they helpful or just make you lazier?
step 2 sharing information:
picture 1
what kind of tv do you have at home?
what differences can you find between the early tv and the modern tv?
picture 2
what did people need when they wanted to record music in the past?
look at the picture.what devices do people need to record music now?
picture 3
how do you look up a new word in a paper dictionary?
how do you look up a new word in an electronic dictionary?
which do you prefer?why?
picture 4
how did people keep in touch with each other in the past?
what recent developments have been made to mobile phones?
答案见《教参》p3-4或
课件上
step 3 discussion
man has made remarkable progress in this area in the last few decades. what’s your opinion on this?
please list some advantages and disadvantages. 答案见《教参》p4或课件上
step 4 language points
1、now we can record music using computers.
record: vt. 记录；记载
n. 记录；成绩；履历；比赛的最高记录
recording n. 录音，录音制品 recorder n. 录音 record player 电唱机
eg: i record the score in a notebook.. 我在笔记本上记下了分数。
eg: you should keep a record of how much you spend. 你应该把花的钱数记下来。
she holds the world record for the 100 meters. 她保持着100米的世界记录。
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