北师大版高中英语必修二 unit4 lesson3 Virtual Reality reading

CyberspaceVirtual RealityPart A Reading: Virtual RealityBefore you start1. Which of these uses for virtual reality are possible now?(1) virtual reality holidays(2) learning to fly using virtual reality technology(3) playing virtual reality computer games(4) bisiting virtual reality museums on the InternetRead to learn2. Read the text and judge the following statements is true (T) or false (F).(1) Tom will help Cathy finish a project on the history of the Internet this weekend.()(2) Tom will have a virtual holiday this weekend.()(3) Airtual university will be more interesting than a real university.()(4) A virtual reality holidays spend less time than real holidays.()(5) You needn’t go to the real place in virtual re ality holidays.()(6) The Science Museum online doesn’t exist in fact. ()Virtual RealityTom: Hi, Cathy. What are you up to this weekend?Cathy:Don’t ask, Tom. I have lots of work to do. If I don’t finish my project on the history of the Internet fo r next Monday’s lesson, the science teacher will be angry. What about you? Do you have anything planned for Saturday and Sunday?Tome: It depends on the weather. If it’s good, Dad, Mum and I will probably go camping. But we won’t go if it rains. Hey, if I stay home, I’ll help you with your project if you like.Cathy: Thanks for the offer. Tom, can you suggest any good books for my projects? If you tell me some title s, I’ll look for them in the library.Tome:Use the library computer. If you go to the Scienc e Museum website, you’ll find lots of good information. I’ll send you the website address when I get home.Cathy:Thanks. Just think, if we had virtual reality holidays, we wouldn’t have any problems with the weather. What’s more, we wouldn’t have to spen d a long time travelling on planes to get to our holiday destination s.Tome: What do you mean?Cathy: Well, in the future, we’ll be able to use modern technology to go anywhere we like. We won’t have to go there in the flesh at all! Wouldn’t that be great? I feel excited just thinking about it.Tome: I don’t understand. Cathy, do you mean we’ll use the computer to travel around the world, entering and exit ing countries in seconds and visiting all the historical site s!Cathy: That’s right! Just imagine never having to pack a suitcase! We would not only be able to travel around the world, but also go to study in any world famous universities we wanted to .Tome: That could be really exciting! But I still find it hard to imagine. You would see it but you couldn’t dip your toe s in the sea or eat the foods you saw. You would not experience it.Cathy:Well, if they invented virtual reality holidays, I’d go on an around-the-world tour. Tom, what would you like to do if someone gave you the chance?Tom: I don’t really know. Personally, I’m more interested in virtual universities than virtual reality holidays. I’d like to go to a world-famous university like Stanford. But I guess, a virtual university just wouldn’t be the same, would it?Cathy: True, but just think—you would be able to study in such a world-famous university without going out of your room!3. Choose the right answers.(1) What does Cathy have to do this weekend?A．Finish a project on the history of the Internet.B．Go camping with her family if the weather is fine.C．Help Tom with his project.D．Look for books in the library.(2) According to Cathy，if we had a virtual reality holiday，we________.A．wouldn’t worry about the weatherB．would only spend a short time travelling on the plane to get to the holiday destinationC．would go anywhere with anyone we likeD．all would like to have an aroundtheworld tour(3) What does Tom advise Cathy to do?A．Look for books in the library. B．Use the library computer to look for information.C．Go to a science museum. D．Go camping with Tom and his family.(4) How does Tom think about the virtual holiday?A．It’s worth expecting to have a chance.B．It’s as interesting as travelling somewhere in the flesh. C．It’s hard to imagine.D．He is very interested in it.(5) As for the virtual reality，________.A．Tom prefers virtual holidays to virtual universitiesB．Cathy prefers virtual holidays to virtual universitiesC．Tom prefers virtual universities to virtual holidaysD．Cathy prefers virtual universities to virtual holidaysvoice your opinion4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of a virtual university? Would you like to go to such a university? Why?课后作业（一）词汇1．He_____(浸) his finger in the water to see how hot the water was.2．A heavy________(吸烟者) may list the disadvantages of smoking，which will be helpful for him to give it up.3. I hear that a new hospital will occupy the________(位置) of the old factory.4．The content of this article is familiar to me.Could you tell me what the________(标题) is? 5．These clothes were p________into boxes and shipped to Canada.6．London is one of the most popular holiday d________in the world.7．When the movie was over，all the audience e________from the back door.（二）用所给单词的适当形式填空1．When a pencil is partly in a glass of water, it looks as if it _____________ (broke)．2．I didn't see your sister at the meeting.If she had come, she _______________ (meet) my brother. 3．Should he agree to go there, we _________ (send) him there.4．I wish I ________ (see) the film.5．The teacher advised that we ____________ (make) good use of every minute here.6 ．His suggestion is that we _________ (do) our work more carefully.7．I love you as if you ________ (be) my son.8．If he comes, he ________ (bring) his basketball.（三）完成句子，每空一词1 ．If you ________ ________ ________ ( 来的早一点) that day, you might have met her.2．If it ________ ________ (下雨) tomorrow, the race would be put off.3．Who do you ________ ________ ________ (建议派去) to work there?4 ．If you ________ ________ ________ ( 邀请了我们), we would have come.5．I am sure he hasn't sent the letter.If he ________ ________(寄了) it, I _______ ______ ______ (收到) it.6．It is time that he ________ ________ ________ (减肥)．（四）选择填空1. —John went to the hospital alone. —If he________me about it, I would have gone with him.A．should tell B．Tells C．told D．had told2. If you had studied harder, you________at college now.A．would study B．would be studying C．would have studied D．are studying 3. Had I known about this computer program, a huge amount of time and energy________.A．would have been saved B．had been saved C．will be saved D．was saved4. Our former math teacher moved to Shanghai last year; otherwise, he________us.A．would still have taught B．will still teach C．still taught D．would still be teaching 5. If he________my advice，he wouldn’t have lost his job.A．followed B．should follow C．had followed D．would follow6. —Ann is in hospital. —Oh，really？I________know.I________go and visit her.A．didn’t；am going to B．don’t；would C．don’t；will D．didn’t；will7. Daniel’s family_______their holiday in Huangshan this time next week.A．are enjoying B．are to enjoy C．will enjoy D．will be enjoying8. Dr.Smith，together with his wife and daughters，________visit Beijing this summer.A．is going to B．are going to C．was going to D．were going to9. If their marketing plans succeed，they________their sales by 20 percent.A．will increase B．have been increasing C．have increased D．would be increasing 10. No decision________about any future appointment until all the candidates have been interviewed.A．will be made B．is made C．is being made D．has been made11. He did not regret saying what he did but felt that he________it differently.A．could express B．would express C．could have expressed D．must have expressed 12. This printer is of good quality.If it break down within the first year, we would repair it at our expense.A．would B．should C．could D．might13. John promised his doctor he_______not smoke, and he has never smoked ever since.A．might B．should C．could D．would（五）完成句子1．一条新的铁路已被修建起来将武汉和合肥连接到一起。

Unit 4 CyberspaceLesson 3 Virtual RealityLanguage and Ability Objectives:1. Knowledge GoalsWords : imagine , destination, suggest , dip, exit, millionaire, Phrases: be up to, depend on, in the flesh, have problems with , what’ more2. Ability Goals:1.Catch key information as soon as possible.2.Talk about virtual reality by discussing, interviewing or debating.3.Express your ideas about virtual holiday and virtual university.一、教学目标Learning Strategies1. Master the strategies of guessing the meaning of words from context, and learn how to use the language in new context.2. During pre-reading, some questions related to virtual reality are delivered to help students make better preparations for reading the dialogue.3. In while-reading, fast-reading and careful reading activities are employed to make students think independently and cooperatively. 二、教学过程Teaching Procedures:Step I: Pre-readingLead-in activities1. Exchange greetings with thestudents and arouse the students’ interest in saying something about what they know about virtual reality.2. Show a short video to students to enable them fully understand what is virtual reality and its practical uses in our study and life.Step II While-readingPart one: Scanning1. Ask the students to scan the passage to find out how many virtual reality situations are mentioned in the dialogue? What are they?Part two: Reading for details1. Match the words or expressions with the correct meaning.The teacher guide the students to look at the word on the screen, then students have to match the words or expressions with the correct meaning.① be up to (L1) a. in person② title (L13 ) b. the place one wants to go to③destination ( L22) c. the name of a book or a passage④ in the flesh (L26) d. be busy with⑤ pack a suitcase (L34) e. to leave⑥ to exit (L31) f. put things into suitcase for traveling purposes2. Filling in the chartAsk the students to read the text carefully to use proper language to fill in the chart.Virtual universityeducationVirtual reality holidaysVirtual RealityCathy’s planTom’planIf she doesn’t finish the project on the history of the Internet,the science teacher will beangry.nowfutureHe will go camping withhis parents if the weather is good.She would study in famous universities without going out of her rooms. He would go to any place he likes without the problems of weather, time,and the means of transportation.3. Ask students to find out things we would do and would not do if we had virtual holidays and virtual universities.we wouldn’t…we would…If we hadvirtual realityholidays,-have any problems with theweather.- have to spend a long time traveling on planes to get toour holidaydestinations.- have to go there in the flesh.- have to pack a suitcase.- experience it.- be able to use moderntechnology to goanywhere we like.- use the computer totravel around the world.- enter and exit countriesin seconds and visit allthe historical sites.If we hadvirtualuniversities,- go to study in any worldfamous universities wewanted to without goingout of our room.4. Learning to use the First Conditional and Second Conditional1. Ask the students read the first 17 lines in the dialogue and find all the sen tences with “if…” then ask them to summarize the rule of First Conditional .The First conditional is used to talk about things which are possible in the present or the future -- things which may happen:if clause main clauseIf you study hard, you will pass the test.if clause if + subject + simple present verbmain clause subject + will + verb2 .Show the following sentences from the text and ask students to summarize the rule of Second Conditional .… if we had virtual reality holidays, we wouldn’t have any problems with the weather. (L18-19)… if they invented virtual reality holidays, I’d go on an around-the-world tour. (L41-42)… what would you like to do if someone gave you the chance? (L43) The Second Conditional is used to talk about 'impossible' situations or things which are unreal (not true or not possible) in the present orthe future --things which don't or won't happen:if clause main clauseIf I had a million dollars, I would buy a big house.if clause main clauseif + subject + simple past verb subject + would + verb3 .Ask student to do a chained talkExample:T: If I were a millionaire,I would buy a new house.S1: If I had a new house,I would make a room into a cinema.S2: If I had a cinema at home,I would watch movies every day.Language in useIf the God gave me a chance..... If I were a teacher, …Step III. Post-reading Activities1. Ask the students to complete the short summary of the text with the words in the box. Change the word forms if necessary.be up to suggest virtual project destinationwonderful interest imagineTom asked Cathy what she _____ that weekend. Cathy said she had to finish the_______ on the history of the Internet . Tom himself planed to go camping that weekend.Tom ______Cathy going to the Science Museum website and find information. Cathy welcomed his idea and she felt excited about the idea of having________ holidays. With it, people wouldn’t have an y problems with the weather and wouldn’t have to spend a long time travelling to get to their holiday ______. In the future, we’ll be able to use modern technology to go anywhere we like. Tom doesn’t understand virtual holidays and finds it hard to ________.As for virtual university, Cathy thought it________, because people would be able to go to study in any world famous university. Tom weremore_______ in virtual universities than virtual reality holidays. But he thought it would not be the same as physical university.2. Voice your opinionSuppose that you could go to University of Science and Technology of China, which is physical. Meanwhile, you could also attend Stanford through virtual university to get your degree. Which one would you choose? ( some cues are shown on the screen)Step IV: Teacher’s summaryNow class, virtual reality technology can change our life to some extent, On the one hand, we enjoy the convenience and excitement it brings to us, on the other hand, we should restrain our dependence on virtual world, young people shouldn’t be addicted to virtual computer games, as for virtual holidays we just see the scenery and can’t experience the pleasure of travelling with your families and friends. In terms of virtual university you can lea rn some professional knowledge in one field, but don’t forget that learning how to improve your social skills and communicate with different sorts of people is an indispensable part of college education, meanwhile, the learning atmosphere of a university is of great significance to your success. Just think if so many people can study in world famous universities through virtual university, those famous universities will become a “degree factory”. Don’t you think that the value of your degree from the university will be at a discount? So evenwe have virtual university in future, some specific requirements are still needed for some universities, especially, world famous university. Now class I think you have a better understanding of the advantage and disadvantage of virtual reality, so we should be optimistic about the future of virtual reality, and keep a positive attitude toward study and life. Step V: AssignmentHaze weather in Hefei is very serious now, Do you have some good suggestions? Write a short passage about what you would do to reduce it, if you were the mayor of Hefei.。