New Entertainment Technology
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China International Import Exhibition (CIIE)
entertainment
technology
brainstorm
How many kinds of entertainment can you list?
entertainment
(technology)
singing karaoke
dancing
i-phone
i-pad
i-touch
reading books
e-books
concert
drama
Seeing films
watching TV
listening to music
surfing the Internet
playing video games
online games
Skimming
Read the passage and answer the questions:
1. How many entertainment technologies are introduced in the article? And what are they?
Initial Reading
What section does this text probably come from?
A. education ______
B. science
C. advertisement
D. entertainment
B
Skimming
Skimming
2. What is genre (体裁) of this passage?
A. Narrative essay
B. Expository essay
C. Argumentative essay
D. Drama
3. What does it usually contain?
What is it?
What features does it contain?
How does it work?
Skimming
New
Technology
An Imax Dome Theatre
A home entertainment system
MP3 player
Image maximum
图像最大化
Hemispherical
(半球状的)roof.
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Key words (features)
Imax Dome Theater
Screen:
Sound:
Film content:
Scanning
An Imax Dome Theatre
How does it work?
It can make you feel like part of the action while you are watching a film.
The screen surrounds the audience.
The sound system has 44 speakers behind the screen.
surrounds audience
has 44 speakers, very real
nature
Voice your heart !
Do you still remember your experience when
you first watched movie in IMAX Dome theatre?
Could you please describe your feeling?
screen: (sense of sight)
sound: (sense of hearing)
feeling:
Can we enjoy a similar effect
at home?
You can achieve a similar effect in your own sitting room with a
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Key words (features)
Home Entertainment System
Screen:
Location:
sound:
Home entertainment system
a flat-screen TV, clear
suspended on the wall
stereo speaker, clear
What makes both the picture and sound clear?
Digital technology.
A home entertainment system
What is the special feature?
You can achieve a similar effect in your own sitting room.
How does it work?
A wide, flat-screen TV is suspended on the wall.
Stereo speakers are arranged round the viewers.
v.达到,获得 Achieve a goal
Achieve success
Let me hear your voice!
Do any of you have a home entertainment system?
If so, would you please describe it?
Word Guessing
Which of the following can replace the underlined
word “suspended” in paragraph 2 ____.
A. hung B. played C. attached D. surrounded
A
Trends of Technology
Read paragraph ? and answer the following questions:
1. What can we use MP3 player for?
2. Why do people prefer Mp3 players to CDs or cassettes?
We can listen to high-quality music
Most MP3 players are
smaller than cigarette lighters.
It can record
hundreds of hours of music
You can listen to it
while you are working
It is easy to carry
Small size
Portable
capacity
advantages
How does it work?
Using digital technology.
Summary writing (about 60 words)
This passage introduced three new ______ in entertainment technologies including Imax Dome theatre, home entertainment system and Mp3 players.
The first one makes us feel ________ while watching film, with 44___________ behind the screen which __________ the audience.
The second one uses a ______________ TV, _____________on the wall.
The last product is ________ due to its __________ and ______________.
trends
speakers
flat-screened
suspended
lifelike
surrounds
popular
capacity
convenience
Trends
books
TV
movie
music
Photos
Shopping
AI robot
Robot
Can you introduce some new entertainment
technologies in the CIIE? (current trends)
1
2
4
3
5
6
New trend in reading books
Reading e-books with an e-reader or a mobile phone
Trend in shopping
Online
shopping
Traditional shopping
TV shopping
New trends in watching TV
Flat-screen TV screen
Interactive
TV
.
.
New trends in listening to music
cassette
CD
.
New trends in singing
New technology in photo taking
In presentation, please cover following aspects
What is the new technology?
What are the special features/advantages?
How does it work?
PSP
AR Game
Game boy.
Trend in Game
VR Game
Feature1
convenience
Feature2
Intelligence
Feature3
Interaction
Feature 4
Exchange
Feature1
convenience
Feature2
Intelligence
Feature3
Interaction
Feature 4
Exchange
C.I.I.E
Group discussion
Use your imagination, and introduce a trend in future
which has never been fully developed now
(future trend)
Singing
Shopping
Playing video games
Robot Service Restaurant
Space travel technology
Reading
AI Robot
Photo
Big Data
Cloud
Bio-tech
Internet Of Things
Future always belongs to the young generation. Future is coming…
What will be the next innovative technology?