人教選擇性必修第一冊Unit2UsingLanguage(II)Welcomeorrejectfuturechanges教學目

Lead-inThefirstfatalcrashinwhichadriverlesscarhitapedestrianoccurredinArizonainMarchof2018.Althoughtherewasa“driver”insidethevehicleatthetimeoftheaccident,hewasn'tdriving,andthecarwasinself-drivingmode.Doyoulikedriverlesscar?12TounderstandtextualstructureandlinguisticcharacteristicsofargumentativewritingTowriteanargumentativeessayontheprosandconsoffuturescientificandtechnologicaldevelopment目標一：TounderstandtextualstructureandlinguisticcharacteristicsofargumentativewritingActivity1:Readthetextandthendecidewhetherthestatementsonpagearetrue(T)orfalse(F).1.Apersondiedinanaccidentwhiledrivingacar.2.TheAmishavoidnewtechnologybecausetheydonotwanttohavegoodlives.3.Manydisastershavebeenpreventedbyweather-trackingcomputerprogrammes.4.Buildinglargenetworksthroughsocialmediahelpsusfindnewopportunities.5.Theauthorusesahealthmonitortoknowhowmuchexercisehe/sheneeds.FFFTTActivity2:ReadParagraph1,trytofindouttheanswerstothequestionsbelowandfillinthechart.1Whoarementionedinthefirstparagraph?2Whataretheirattitudestowardsdriverlesscars?3Canyoufindanyevidencetosupporttheirattitudes?Shouldwefightdriverlesscars?SideAttitudeOpinion

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soon.Activity3:Readparagraphs2~4,findthetopicsentenceofeachparagraphanditssupportingevidence.Shouldwefightnewtechnology?ParagraphTopicsentenceSupporting

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Therearemanydifferentgroupsofpeoplearoundtheworldwholive

happilyintheabsenceofnewtechnology.Probablythemostwell-knownaretheAmish...Theyadvocateasimplelifewithanemphasisonhardwork,family,andcommunity.TheAmish'squalityoflifeis

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Newtechnologyhasprovidedpeopleeverywherewithmanybenefitsovertheyears.Thelatestweather-tracking

computerprogrammes…,

whichsavesmanylives.TheInternethasmadeitpossiblefor...onoppositesides

oftheworld.Ithasalsomadefindingopportunities...usingsocialmedia.Ihavebenefitedquitealotfrom

technologicaladvances.Ifoundmycareeras...throughasocialmedianetwork.Myhealthmonitor,getintothebestshapeofmylife.Iwillalwayslookonthepositivesideofchangeandacceptitratherthanresistit.Activity4:Answerthefollowingquestionsaboutthetext.1

Inwhichparagraphsdoestheauthor:describetheissue?__________giveanopinion?___________discusstheadvantages?___________discussthedisadvantages?__________2Findthesignpostwordsorphrasesinthetext.Howdotheyhelptellusthepurposeoftheparagraphs?Para.1Para.4Para.3Para.2hence;nevertheless;ontheonehand;ontheotherhand;forexample;moreover;personally;neverthelessTheyareusedtointroducetheprosandcons,andtointroducetheauthor'sownopinion.3.Whydidtheauthordecidetowriteaboutthistopic?4.Whichoneshowsthestructureofthetext?Becausetheauthorreadanewspaperarticleandwantedtoreflectedonit.123443214321ABCB目標二：TowriteanargumentativeessayontheprosandconsoffuturescientificandtechnologicaldevelopmentActivity:Usewhatyouhavelearnttoexpressyouropinioninanessayaboutthechangesthatcouldbecausedbyadvancesintechnology.Task1Decideuponatopic?Whydoyouwanttowriteaboutthistopic??Whatisyourownopiniononthetopic?Shouldweadvocateorfightagainstrobots?Task2SharedifferentopinionsaboutitAdvantages:

Disadvantages:candodangeroustasksforhumanbeingscanimprovetheefficiencyofworkcanmakeourdailylifeeasier1.leadtopeople'spoorcreativity,flexibilityandself-motivation2.makepeopleoutofworkTask3WriteanargumentativeessayIntroductionparagraph:Bodyparagraph(s):Closingparagraph:differentopinionsandthethesisstatementadvantagesanddisadvantagesoftheadvancedtechnologyrestatementofthewriter’sopinionTask4Usethechecklisttocheckandimproveyourdraft.Usethechecklisttogivefeedbackonyourdraft.√

Doestheessaysaywhatthewriterthinksaboutthetopic?√

Doesthebodydiscusstheadvantagesanddisadvantagesoftheadvance?√

Aresignpostsusedtohelpthereaderunderstandthepurposeofeachparagraph?√

Doestheconclusionstatethewriter'sposition?Shareyouressaywiththerestoftheclass.Samplewriting:Shouldweadvocateorfightagainstrobots?Robotsisplayinganimportantroleinbothindustryandourdailylife,butpeople'sopinionsaboutrobotsdiffer.Ontheonehand,Somepeoplethinkthatrobotsareveryimportanttohuman'sfuturedevelopment.

Forexample,

theycandodangeroustasksforhumanbeings.Moreover,theyarehelpfultoimprovetheefficiencyofwork.Ontheotherhand,othersthinkthattheyaredangerousandhavenegativeeffectsonthes