(共15张PPT)
Unit 3 The Internet
Ⅱ.Reading and Thinking
Teaching Aims
1
Understand the text and learn the advantages
the Internet brings to us.
3
Know some basic reading skills, such as prediction, scanning ,skimming, summary.
2
Use the benefits of the Internet to promote ourselves and help the people around us.
Comprehending
Learn the passage 文本阅读
Activity1: Prediction
Look at the title and discuss:
Title: Stronger Together:
How we have been changed by the Internet
1. What do you think the text will say?
2. How do you think the writer feels about the topic?
关注标题是很快获得文章主旨大意的有效途径。
1. The text will say that we have been changed a lot by the
Internet and that it has brought us together.
2. The writer may feel positive about this topic because he
says we are “stronger together”.
1. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Jan developed a serious illness.
B. Jan decided to start an IT club.
C. Jan started a charity website.
D. Jan’s life has been changed by the Internet.
2. Jan’s attitude to the Internet is ______. ?
A. negative B. neutral
C. grateful D. not mentioned
Para Main idea
Para.1 People’s lives have been changed by online communities and 1.___________________.
Para. 2 Jan developed a serious illness which made her stuck at home, but 2. _____________________ can remove the distance between people.
Para. 3
Jan decided to start 3. ___________to teach old people how to use computers and the Internet.
Para. 4
Jan has started 4. _______________________to learn more about how to use the Internet to make society better.
Para. 5
Jan’s life has been greatly 5. ____________ by the Internet.
social networks
surfing the Internet
an IT club
taking online classes
improved
Activity2: Skimming
Read the text and answer questions(P29).
1. Why did Jan quit her job?
How did the people in the online community help her?
3. Why did she start the IT club?
What is the “digital divide”?
What is Jan’s next goal?
6. What can we learn from her experiences?
Activity3: Scanning
the 2nd paragraph
Viewpoint: People’s lives have been changed by online communities and social networks.
Supporting evidence: Jan Tchamani’s experience
an English teacher
in Birmingham, UK
developed a serious illness
a 50-year-old woman
Q1:Why did Jan quit her job
out of work
stuck at home
with only her computer to keep her company
lonely and bored
?
the 2nd paragraph
Solution:
surfing
the Internet
listened to music
watched films
played games
explored the world
felt less
lonely and bored
because
also because
Q2:How did the people in the online community help her?
joined an
online group
talk about her problems
get support and advice from other
where she could
Entertaining
Online community
benefits
Cause
Effect
She was inspired.
Q3: Why did she decide to start an IT club?
teach older people how
to use computers and
the Internet.
Many people have been helped
by the club.
learned how to apply for work and found a great job
He works and can take care of himself.
His daughter has time to study at university.
started a small online company with two friends.
She no longer feels lonely.
Her company has become successful.
the 3rd paragraph
a 59-year-old
man
a 61-year-old
woman
the 4th paragraph
Jan has started taking online classes to learn more about how to use the Internet
to make society better.
Q4:What is the “digital divide”?
To bridge the gap to
make sure everyone
knows how to use new
technology.
has access to the Internet
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to start a charity website to raise money for children in poor countries.
Q5:What's Jan's next goal?
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①
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Help herself out
Help people at similar age
with similar problems out
Help children in poor countries
to make society better
the 5th paragraph
Jan’s life has been greatly improved by the Internet.
Q6:What can we learn from her experiences?
Try to organize the structure of the text.
Jan's life has been changed
The internet helped her deal with her illness.
She started an IT club to help others online.
Her next goal is to start a charity website.
example of a 59-year-old man
example of a 61-year-old woman
Activity4: consolidation
Much has been written about the wonders of the World Wide Web. There are countless articles (1)______(tell) us how the Internet has made our lives more convenient. But the Internet has done a lot (2)_____(much) for people than simply make life more convenient. People’s lives (3)_______________ (change) by online communities and social networks so far. ?Take Jan for example, who developed a serious illness that made her (4)_____(stick) at home with only her computer to keep (5)___(she) company. She joined an online group (6)______ she could share problems, support and advice with others. She considered the ability to remove the distance between people as one of the greatest (7)_______ (benefit). She was so inspired (8)____ she started an IT club in which many people have been helped. She has started to learn more about how to use the Internet to make society better. Her next goal is to start a charity website to raise money (9)___ children in poor countries.
Jan’s life has been (10)______ (great) improved by the Internet.
telling
more
have been changed
stuck
her
where
benefits
that
for
greatly
Homework
2
1
Finish exercises of this lesson (课时作业一).
Preview the language points of the text.