牛津译林版高中英语选修七Unit 1《Living with technology》(Project2)教学设计

Unit1 Living with technology Project2教学设计

单 元：Unit1 Living with technology

板 块：Project 2

Thoughts on design:

这是Project板块的第二课时。本板块的核心思想是让学生运用本单元所学的所有知识和技能，在课堂之外，独立或以小组形式开展项目研究。它提供的这篇文章可以说有双重目的，一方面为学生即将开展的项目研究提供范本；另一方面它也是本单元中重要的语篇材料，含有丰富的语言知识可供学生学习。第二课时侧重语言知识的学习和项目研究的前期准备，

如分组、研究重点的确立、不同观点的讨论、小组成员任务分工等。

Teaching aims:

1. students will be able to understand difficult sentences and learn some key words;

2. students will be able to take up responsibilities in teamwork and learn to work

corporately with others.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Important phrases

• the Amish—a Christian

• Many people assume …

• have religious reasons for

• their conventional way of life

• in truth

• vote on whether

• reject cars

• they like having tight communities where everyone lives close

• dislike dealing with

• value seeing each other face- to- face

• oppose having telephones in their houses

• a telephone for emergencies.

• have a valid point

• someone accompanying you

• other disadvantages to the telephone

• no matter what the circumstances

• be absorbed in a book

• destroying whatever peace you might have

• More problems arises

• interrupt the conversation to answer a call

• for some reason • attach greater importance to

• Most mobile phone calls regard rather small matters.

• waste your precious time

• Girls average 80 text messages a day.

• at the time

• focus on building relationships with

• These relationships are quite shallow.

• The use of technology for communication rather than talking face to face

• Real relationships are often sacrificed. in general

• have a higher degree of mental health

• have very calm and stable lives

• they value community and living in peace above all else

• for good measure

• rid ourselves of modern technology

Step 2 Key words

1. reject (v.)

1) to refuse to accept, believe in, or agree with something

Sarah rejected her brother's offer of help.

reject sth. as sth.

Gibson rejected the idea as 'absurd'.

2) to not choose someone for a job, course of study etc.

It's obvious why his application was rejected.

3) to throw away something that has just been made, because its quality is not

good enough

If inspectors find a defective can, the batch is rejected.

4) to refuse to give someone any love or attention

Children feel abandoned or rejected if they don't see their parents regularly.

• Since the Amish value seeing each other face-to-face, they oppose having

telephones in their houses.

2. oppose (v.)

1) to disagree with something such as a plan or idea and try to prevent it from

happening or succeeding

Congress is continuing to oppose the President's healthcare budget.

2) to fight or compete against another person or group in a battle, competition,

or election

He is opposed by two other candidates.

3. arise (vi.)

1) if a problem or difficult situation arises, it begins to happen

A crisis has arisen in the Foreign Office.

More problems like those at the nuclear power plant are certain to arise. 2) if something arises from or out of a situation, event etc, it is caused or started

by that situation etc.

Several important legal questions arose in the contract negotiations.

• arise from/out of

Can we begin by discussing matters arising from the last meeting?

• when/if the need arises / should the need arise

Should the need arise for extra staff, we will contact you.

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4. attach (v.)

1) to fasten or connect one object to another

attach sth. to sth.

Attach a recent photograph to your application form.

a small battery attached to a little loudspeaker

Please fill in and return the attached reply slip.

2) to like someone or something very much, because you have known them or had them

for a long time

be attached to sb./sth.

It’s easy to become attached to the children you work with.

3) to believe that something is important

attach importance/significance etc to sth.

People attach too much importance to economic forecasts.

5. sacrifice (v.)

to willingly stop having something you want or doing something you like in order

to get something more important

sacrifice sth. for sth.

A Labour government chose to sacrifice defence for welfare.

sacrifice sth. to do sth.

He sacrificed a promising career to look after his kids.

sacrifice yourself (for sth)

mothers who sacrifice themselves for their children

sacrifice (n.)

• The workforce were willing to make sacrifices in order to preserve jobs.

She brought three children up single-handedly, often at great personal

sacrifice.

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6. rid (vi.)

• (rid, rid, ridding)

• to take action so that a person, place etc is no longer affected by something