课件28张PPT。Unit 4 Cyberspace
1 Tomorrow’s worldWatch a short videoQ: What kinds of new technologies does the video mention?Let’s have a time travel!Go back to 20 years ago…Cassette tapeGo back to 20 years ago…telegramText messageGo back to 20 years ago…Credit cardcashGo back to 20 years ago…Online matchmaking
Sites (相亲网站)A face-to-face dateMove forward to 20 years later…How do you think technology
will change our lives?Move forward to 20 years later…Unmanned carMove forward to 20 years later…Move forward to 20 years later…
A word that describe the place where messages, information, pictures are when they are sent from one computer to another.
(网络空间)CyberspaceMake a predictionLook at the title of the article. Which of these topics do you think it will mention?
1) The Internet
2) Artificial human
3) Time travel
4) Robot
5) Global warming
6) Virtual reality(虚拟现实)The Future of CyberspaceFast readingMatch the paragraphs with these headings.
pessimistic opinions
seeing the future
optimistic opinions
the Internet growth
Paragraph 1Paragraph 2Paragraph 3Paragraph 4Careful readingParagraph 1: the Internet growth
Q: How has the Internet grown in the last thirty years?
The Internet has grown from only 200 computers in 1983 to around 50 million now.Paragraph 2-3: pessimistic and optimistic opinionsMatch the vocabulary with the definition in Ex4.
hackerterroristchaoscrashThe netA person who enters
other people’s computer
programmes in secret.hackerSomeone who does terrible things
to harm countries, governments,
and people.terroristA terrible situation in which everything
goes wrong.chaosI arrived home to find the house in chaos.Have an accident by violently
hitting somethingcrashComputer system that allows millions
of people around the world to share
information.the NetCrime in cyberspace:
hackersTerrorists
attack , cause
chaos
*find out about holiday
offers
*book tickets
*get informationTwo different attitudes towards the future of cyberspace*Shopping on-line,
*Get entertainment
*TV and the mail
service will
disappear
*E-mail*Buy booksPassage 4: seeing the future
The use of computers with sounds and pictures that make you feel as if you are in a real situation.
virtual realityQ:How will we live in virtual reality according
to the text? (work, shop, study)SummaryQ: What possible changes do some experts believe the Internet can bring to our lives? List as many as possible.
Example:
1. We are going to see a huge growth in shopping on the internet.
2. We will work in a virtual offices.Post-reading Argument on the future of the Internet
Four students in one group.
Two have the pessimistic attitude.
Two take the optimistic attitude.
Step 1: express your opinions.
Step 2: support your opinions.
Step 3: argue against the opposite.
In my opinion, personally, I agree…, I believe…, You are right, I can’t agree with youSee You!