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What would you do if you stay alone at home
Free Talk
Free Talk
Can you live without a smartphone during Summer Holiday Why
Prediction
Smartphone:
a smart choice
Can you predict what will be talked in the passage and what opinion the writer would hold
What the question mark, “ ”, may suggest
peoples’ opinions on this issue differ.
Why did Alan use such a title for his blog
to set readers’ thinking so that people will be more careful
Useful expressions.
1.全神贯注看着某物
2.醒来
3.伸手去拿
4.占用
5.不知不觉陷入,不知不觉沾染上
6.飞驰而过
7.撞倒某人,使某人双脚离地
8.下决定做某事
9.习惯于做某事
10.似乎,好像,仿佛
1.be glued to
2.wake up
3.reach for
4.take up
5.slide into
6.shoot past
7.knock sb off one’s feet
8.make up one’s mind to do
9.be used to doing
10.as if
Find out the following expressions.
11.蔓延,伸展
12.捡起,拿起
13.全神贯注,沉浸于
14.取得进步
15.最好的是
16.而不是
17.也
18.注视,盯着
19.逃脱
20.减少,削减
21.利用
11.stretch out
12.pick up
13.be lost in
14.make progress
15.best of all
16.instead of
17.as well
18.fix one’s eyes on
19.escape from
20.cut back on
21.take advantage of
Fast reading
2
Read the blog quickly and divide it into three parts
Summarize the main idea of each paragraph.
01
1
Read the blog quickly and divide it into three parts
Part 1:
Para. 1-2
Para. 3-5
Para. 6
Part 2:
Part 3:
01
Main body Paras 3–5:
Introduction Paras. 1-2:
Conclusion Para 6:
Life beyond smartphones is richer and more beautiful.
Para3:
_____________________________________________
Para4:
_____________________________________________
Para5:
_____________________________________________
I was a smartphone addict and I want to make a change.
The first day was the
hardest and I felt disconnected from...
I began to feel free to do lots of things and was able to appreciate…
My offline
relationships benefited as well.
What happened during the week without a smartphone.
Read the blog and complete the chart below.
Intensive reading
2
Before Alan stopped using his smartphone (paras. 1-2)
02
1
After Alan stopped using his smartphone (paras. 3-6)
Eyes ______________ the little screen whenever he walked down the street, had dinner with friends or lay in bed at night.
The first thing he did when waking up in the morning was _________ ______________.
Always ________________ connections when he went to a new restaurant or coffee shop.
_______________ in his smartphone would make him feel stressed.
Had the ______________________ that this little machine had taken up too much time and he could have done something meaningful.
Global reading
What was Alan's life like before he stopped using smartphone
were glued to
reaching
for his phone
asked for Wi-Fi
A dead battery
Action description
uncomfortable feeling
Psychological description
02
02
a smartphone addict.
Read Paras. 1-2 carefully and answer questions
02
Before he stopped using his smartphone
What made Alan decide to quit the bad habit
shoot past
knock me off my feet
Para 3 Para 4 Para 5
What was Alan's life like after he stopped using smartphone
Global reading
Para 3(group1)
The first day was the _________.
I was not _______ of what to do with myself.
I _________________ his pocket for my smartphone.
I felt ________________, as if I had missed something of value.
Very soon, time ______________.
The empty hours stretched out in front of me, and I ________________ from everyone and everything.
hardest
aware
kept reaching for
lost and anxious
slowed down
felt disconnected
Action description
Psychological description
His great anxiety
Global reading
Para 4(group2)
It was ______ at first.
Then somehow I began to feel ______.
I finally ___________ the classic novel and ____________ the beautiful language.
I ______________ of my feelings, thoughts and daily activities.
I _________________ and felt ____________ than I had in days.
Best of all, I ___________________ the beauty in life with my own eyes.
scary
free
picked up
kept a journal
was lost in
went out for a run
Action description
Psychological description
His colorful life
more alive
began to appreciate
Read Paras. 3-6 carefully and answer questions
02
After he stopped using his smartphone
appreciate the beauty in life with my own eye
Feel free
A new self
Global reading
Para 5(group3)
My offline relationships __________ as well.
I _____________________ with an old friend and had a chance to really ___________________________.
I also made sure to _________________ with my parents.
We had never _____________ each other.
benefited
Psychological description
His better relationships with friends and families
went for a long walk
enjoy each other's company
spend more time
felt closer to
Action description
What did Alan learn from his experience of quitting using his smartphone for a week
appreciation for life
importance of real life
richer and more beautiful life beyond smartphones
I am going to take advantage of life.
Further thinking
How did Alan show his change
Make comparison
Give examples
Use proper adjectives
Alan stopped using his smartphone
Make comparison
before
after
Looked at his smartphone all the time
Reach for his smartphone first in the morning
Always asked for Wi-Fi connections in a new place
Felt it necessary to make a change but did not know how
Had time for reading, writing and exercise
Appreciated the beauty in life with his own eyes
Maintained offline relationships with both friends and family
Use proper adjectives
Find the adjectives Alan used in his blog to show the changes in his feelings.
Para 1, “glued, stressed, uncomfortable, difficult”
Paragraph 3, “hardest, lost, anxious, empty, disconnected”
Paragraph 4, “scare, free, lost, beautiful, alive, soft, rich, earthy”
Paragraph 5, “ long, deeper, brief, closer”
Paragraph 6, “real, more important, richer, more beautiful”
Which adjective do you think is the most impressive when it comes to showing positive changes in Alan How do you understand it Why
The adjective “ free” in Line 19 on Page 40.
The adjective “free” here is used to perfectly show how Alan enjoyed himself after he quit using his smartphone for some time.
Actually it’s a pun. It means Alan began to enjoy not only his physical freedom but also his mental freedom.
Appreciation
Be the owner of smartphones rather than a slave to them.
Should students be allowed to bring mobile phones to school
HOMEWORK
The “for ” side
The “against” side
The group believes that students should be allowed to bring mobile phones to school.
The group believes that students should not be allowed to bring mobile phones to school.
Useful Expressions
Debate
Introducing arguments
Arguing against opposition speakers
My first/second argument is ...
There are many examples for this…For instance,…
In fact, you can find many examples for this in real life.
There are similar cases, such as…
The first opposition speaker has told us…; on the contrary…
He/she also said that…;but in fact…
He/she was claiming that…;but as my lead speaker already told you,…
Thank you