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Unit 4 Our World
Section D
Topic 3 The Internet makes the world smaller.
Learning Objects
What will we do today
Learn some new words and useful expressions;
Know some ways to learn English on the Internet;
Talk about what life in the future will be like;
Try to imagine a new thing that is usful.
Look and learn
Look at the pictures and learn some words and useful expressions.
I like learning English very much. That’s why I try my best to improve my English in different ways.
I bought a dictionary to look up new words.
Look and learn
Look at the pictures and learn some words and useful expressions.
I was weak in grammar before. So I learn a lot from the grammar lessons online.
To improve my English speaking, I often chat with English-speaking friends.
As a result, I am good at English now.
Free talk
Do you learn English on the Internet
If yes, how do you do it online
Do you get a good result
What do you think of learning English online Please say your opinion in a word.
Read and choose
Read the passage and choose the correct expressions from the box on Page 104 to complete it .
Would you like to learn English on the Internet Your search results ______. For example, at online grammar websites, there is advice about how to correct your English grammar. Famous English-speaking writers ______ on their websites. On the Internet, you ______ and then read their emails to you. If you want to change English words into Chinese or Chinese words into English, then there are websites that can do this for you. English websites from Canada or America ______ .you can listen to English stories, poems and songs. Finally, it is possible to ______ in an online dictionary. Learning English on the Internet is easy and fun!
A. can help you to improve your listening skills
B. can be very interesting
C. can tell you about writing
D. look up new words
E. may write emails to friends in other countries
B
C
E
A
D
Read and understand
Read the passage and understand it.
Would you like to learn English on the Internet Your search results can be very interesting. For example, at online grammar websites, there is advice about how to correct your English grammar. Famous English-speaking writers can tell you about writing on their websites. On the Internet, you may write emails to friends in other countries and then read their emails to you. If you want to change English words into Chinese or Chinese words into English, then there are websites that can do this for you. English websites from Canada or America can help you improve your listening skills. You can listen to English stories, poems, and songs. Finally, it is possible to look up new words in an online dictionary. Learning English on the Internet is easy and fun!
Key points
advice about sth. / doing sth. 关于……的建议
E.g.
医生给了他一些关于保健的建议。
The doctor gives him some advice about keeping healthy.
老师应该经常给学生一些关于学习的建议。
Teachers should often give students some advice about studying.
Key points
change English into Chinese 把英语变成汉语
change sth. into sth. 把……变成……
E.g.
我们应该把知识变成力量。
We should ________________________ power.
请把这些冰变成水。
Please ____________________ water.
change knowledge into
change the ice into
Key points
look up new words 查找新单词
look up 查找…… (代词it , them 作宾语时,放在短语中间)
E.g.
如果你不认识这个单词,可以在词典里查找。
If you don’t know the word, you can __________
in the dictionary.
look it up
Read and answer
How can the Internet help us learn English
Would you like to learn English on the Internet Your search results can be very interesting. For example, at online grammar websites, there is advice about how to correct your English grammar. Famous English-speaking writers can tell you about writing on their websites. On the Internet, you may write emails to friends in other countries and then read their emails to you. If you want to change English words into Chinese or Chinese words into English, then there are websites that can do this for you. English websites from Canada or America can help you improve your listening skills. You can listen to English stories, poems, and songs. Finally, it is possible to look up new words in an online dictionary. Learning English on the Internet is easy and fun!
Grammar
Writing
Reading
Listening
Looking up new words
Retell
Try to retell the passage with the help of the key words.
Paragraph 1: would like, search results
Paragraph 2: advice, correct English grammar,
writers, tell you about writing, write emails to
friends, read their emails
change…into…
Canada, America, improve your listening skills, listen to, stories, poems, songs
finally, look up new words
Paragraph 3: easy, fun
Free talk
The Internet has improved a lot, and it’s becoming a more and more important part of our lives. Then, what will life in the future be like
Read and fill
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the given words.
Life in the future will be different from life today. Scientists will make computers much _______ (small) and ______________ (useful). People will work _______ (few) hours than they do now and this will _______ (make) life _________ (easy). Traveling will be much __________ (cheap) and ________ (many) people will go to other countries for holidays.
smaller
more useful
fewer
make
easier
cheaper
more
Read and fill
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the given words.
We will use ________ (much) land to build new cities and ______ (little) land for cows and sheep. This __________ (make) meat ________________ (expensive). No one will eat it every day if they eat more fruit and vegetables, and we will become __________ (healthy).
more
less
will make
more expensive
healthier
Project
Becoming an Inventor
Look at the following pictures and talk about what they can do for us, using the expressions in the box.
do boring jobs learn English surf the Internet
carry people from place to place
Example :
People use computers to write reports.
Project
Becoming an Inventor
Imagine and draw a new thing. Then write a passage about its appearance and uses.
Grammar
Subject + Vt. + Object + Object complement
The Internet makes the world smaller.
It also helps us to find information much faster.
The Internet makes our lives easier and more interesting.
This helps make life easier.
Functions
I’m sure the Internet will be more and more important to us.
I’m not sure if it is good to shop online.
Guess what !
Exercise
Choose the best answer
1. Pens are helpful to humans. Students use pens for _______.
A. write B. writes C. wrote D. writing
2. —_______ is not easy to draw pictures with this pen.
—You are right.
A. There B. This C. That D. It
3. —Where are you going to work next year
—_______ Maybe in Hefei or Nanjing.
A. I’m not so sure. B. I think so.
C. That’s a good idea. D. I hope not.
4. Don’t make me _______ the clothes. I’m too tired!
A. washing B. to wash C. wash D. washed
Summary
We learn:
some words and expressions: result, grammar,
English-speaking, dictionary, improve, look up,
expensive, …
how we can learn English online.
something about life in the future.
We can:
Imagine a new thing and talk about its appearance and uses.
Homework
Read 1a and 2 aloud and fluently and finish the workbook. ( Levels A, B & C)
Share the way of learning English online with others. ( Levels A & B )
Write a passage a robot you want to have. ( Levels A)
Optional:
Read a video: What will modern cities be like in the future
https://www.21cnjy.com/help/help_extract.php
What will modern cities be like in the future