選擇性必修一Unit2LOOKINGINTOTHEFUTURE

ReadingandThinking導學案

【活動主題】本版塊的活動主題是“交流對智能家居的看法”（Exchangeviewson

smarthomes）。學生通過閱讀一篇介紹未來智能家居的說明文，了解技術發展給

生活帶來的便利，并思考這些變化可能會產生的問題。

【學習過程】

Pre-reading

TASK1Beforeyouread,discusssomequestionsingioup.

QI:Guessthemeaningof"smart"inthefollowingsentences?

S1：She'sasmartwoman,butshe'snogenius.（）

S2：Theyneedasmartphonetokeepupwiththeirwork.（）

Q2:Doyouhaveanyttsmart,,things?Whatarethey?

????p?e?

Q3：Whatdoyouthinka“smart“housecandothatotherhousescannot?

Thinking:Cansmarthomesmakeourlivesmoreconvenient?

Fastreading

TASK2Skimthetextandanswerthesequestions

1.Whatisthetypeofthistext?

A.AnaiTation（記敘文）B.Apopularscienceexposition（科普說明文）

C.Anargumentation（議論文）D.Asciencefictionstory（科幻故事）

2.Whoistheintendedaudienceofthistext?

3.Whatisthepurposeofthetext?

A.Tosellintegratedsensors.

B.Tochangetheoldhouses.

C.Todecoratehomewithsmarttechnology.

D.Togiveusaninsightintosmarthomes.

4.Whereisthetextlikelytobetakenfrom?

A.AsciencemagazineB.Aresearchreport

C.AhealthmagazineD.Abookreview

Carefulreading

TASK3Readeachparagraphandanswerthequestions

Para.1

QIWhydoesthewriterstarttheparagraphwithtwoquestions?

Q2Whatarctheadvantagesofsmarthomesmentionedinthispassage?

Q3Whatisthewriter'sattitudetowardssmarthomes?

Para.2

QIHowdowecontrolourhometoday?Howwillwecontrolourhomeinthe

future?

Q2Howdocstheauthordeveloptheparagraph?

Para3

QIWhatwillsmarthomesdotomonitoryourhealth?Pleasegivesomeexamples.

Q2Whatdoestheword“monitoring“mostprobablymean?

A.Watching.B.Entertaining.C.Treating.D.Recovering.

Para4

QIHowdosethesmarthomesmakesurethatnomoredisastershappeninyour

home?

Q2Whatdoestheword“short”inthe4thparagraphmean?

A.smalllengthordistanceB.asuddenstop

C.lastingortakingasmallamountoftimeD.nothavingenoughofsth

TASK4DecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsareTrue(T)orFalse(F).

1.PeoplelivinginsmarthomeswillnotworryaboutwhethertheyturnofftheTV.

()

2.Inthefuture,advancedtechnologywillbeusedinfewappliances.()

3.Youwillchangethehomesystembyraisingyourvoice.()

4.Thesmarthomewillshowtheconditionofyourbody.()

5.Thesmarttoiletswillpossiblysaveyourlife.()

6.Itwillbeimpossibletoavoidafloodwhenthepipeleaksinasmarthome.()

TASK5Readthetextagainandfillinthetablebelow

Inthefuture,whatwillsmarthomesdoabout...?

doorsdinners

TVs,computersbeds

waterpipes,electrical

toilets

wires

lights,favouritemusic,orTVprogrammes

Postreading

TASK6Fillintheblanksbelow.

Asmarthomeisonethaticomputersintothestructureofthebuilding

itself.Inthisway,manyofthethingsthatwenowdoourselveswillbecome

a.Forexample,thesmarthomecouldcontroltheairconditioningand

lightssothatyouwouldnolongerhavetoturnsonandoff,makingyour

homemoreenergy-e.Thesmarthomecouldalsomitselfto

makesurethateverythingisworkingasitshould,andsendyouwifthere

isaproblem.Suchsmarthomescouldevenbeprogrammedtodyourhealth

problems,andthengiveyouradviceastothefoodyoushouldeatorifyou

shouldsecadoctor.Soinasense,smarthomeswillleadustolivingsmarterlives.

Discussion

TASK7Workingroups.Discussthesequestions.

1.Inwhatwayisthehomeoftomorrowalreadythehomeoftoday?

2.Whatmightbesomeofthedisadvantagesofsmarthomes?

Homework

Ifyouareabletocreateasmartdeviceforyourhome,whatwillyoucreate?