江西省南昌市湾里区第一中学高中英语《Unit4 Pygmalion Listening and speaking》课件 新人教选修8

1、Using language (II)Unit 32021/8/8 星期日1 Choose one machine you use every day and think about what you would do to improve it. Would you change the shape, the size or the motor?Free talk2021/8/8 星期日22021/8/8 星期日3 Listen to the tape and tick the words you hear. washing machine bicycle drum carpet clean

2、er refrigerator courtListening(Page 26)2021/8/8 星期日4 ObjectThe problemJames Dysons improvementWashing machineWashing machines at that time do not clean the clothes as well as by hand.He invented a machine using two half drums which move in opposite directions.Listen again and make notes on James Dys

3、ons invention.2021/8/8 星期日5Phrases ring off 挂断电话Ill have to ring off now, I have a train to catch. ring up 打电话If this man rings up for me again, dont put him through. ring back 回电话Im busy now. Ill ring back later.2021/8/8 星期日6Listening(Workbook, Page 62)Do you have a mobile phone? What functions do

4、you like your phone have?How much do you know about 3G phones?2021/8/8 星期日73G or 3rd Generation offers services including wide-area wireless voice telephone, video calls, and wireless data, all in a mobile environment. Compared to 2G and 2.5G services, 3G allows simultaneous use of speech and data s

5、ervices and higher data rates. 2021/8/8 星期日84G is a step up from 3G. It is a successor to 3G standards. A 4G system provides mobile ultra-broadband (超宽带) Internet access, for example to laptops with USB wireless modems, to smartphones, and to other mobile devices. Conceivable (可能的) applications incl

6、ude amended mobile web access, IP telephony, gaming services, high-definition mobile TV, video conferencing, 3D television, and cloud computing.2021/8/8 星期日9What functions are already included in a mobile phone?Which ones do you find useful?What else do you expect a mobile phone to do for you?2021/8

7、/8 星期日10Listen to the tape and tick the descriptions you have heard.a mobile that thinksa mobile that spends your moneya mobile that can teach you Englisha mobile that plans your holidaya mobile that does videotapinga mobile that is a computera mobile that wakes you upa mobile that orders your food2

8、021/8/8 星期日11Listen to the tape again and answer these questions.Which mobile does Ruth think she will buy and why?What extra applications do mobiles have now?What extra applications will they have with the 3G mobileWhy is Ruth worried?What advantages do the 3G mobiles offer?What do you think might

9、go wrong?2021/8/8 星期日12Listen to the tape again and answer these questions.Which mobile does Ruth think she will buy and why?What extra applications do mobiles have now?What extra applications will they have with the 3G mobile?Ruth wants to buy the mobile that turns itself on when it receives import

10、ant calls. She missed three yesterday when her mobile was switched / turned off.Mobiles can videotape and act as a computer now.They will be able to plan holidays, book air tickets, hotel and an appropriate place to stay. They will authorize paying for them too.2021/8/8 星期日134. Why is Ruth worried?5

11、. What advantages do the 3G mobiles offer?6. What do you think might go wrong?Ruth is worried because it might spend her money.The advantages are that they help people who are busy at work to order goods at the cheapest price or book holidays, air tickets, etc.The mobile many spend money unwisely or

12、 spend more than a person can afford. You may forget the spending and not include it in your accounts of your personal income.2021/8/8 星期日14Listening task Before listening to the tape, be sure you know the meanings of the words below. tent roundabout caravan metal guidebook(Workbook, Page 67)2021/8/

13、8 星期日15tent roundabout a shelter made of a large sheet of canvas, nylon, etc. that is supported by poles and ropes fixed to the ground and is used especially for campinga circular platform for children to play on in a park, etc. that is pushed round while children are sitting on it2021/8/8 星期日16cara

14、vanmetal guidebooka vehicle which can be pulled by a car, which contains cooking and sleeping equipment, and in which people live or travel, usu. for holidaysany of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. something t

15、hat offers basic information or instruction 2021/8/8 星期日17Listen and fill in the chart with the ideas of the two girls and make your own suggestions.The girls suggestionsReasons for Reasons against1. A roundabout2. A tent3. A caravan 1. Has four wheels and a floor2. The appearance3. Can move, big en

16、ough to carry a family1. Wheels go forwards and backwards, not round and round2. Made of metal and not cloth3. No room to sleep in it, not easy to park at night.2021/8/8 星期日18How to discuss possible answers and come to a conclusion? Put forward a suggestion; Give a reason to support your suggestion;

17、 Provide another reason to show that the idea cannot be right. Suggest another possibility with a reason.2021/8/8 星期日19Speaking Task Look at the picture. In pairs discuss what this invention of Leonardo Da Vinci was. Several alternative explanations are provided, but only one is correct. Be prepared

18、 to give yourideas to the class with your reasons.2021/8/8 星期日20Sample dialogueS1: Now Let me see. There are four possibilities suggested here. So lets examine them one by one.S2: OK. The first one is a water lift. Do you think that means it takes water from the ground to a higher place?S1: I suppos

19、e so. Well, this drawing shows a thick rope and perhaps a water wheel. Do you think water could travel up a rope?S2: I dont think so. Do you think its a moving series of small buckets rather than a rope?S1: I suppose it cold be and in that case that would work as a water lift. Lets look at the next

20、possibility anyway?2021/8/8 星期日21S2: Do you think its a messenger for sending messages? That doesnt sound very useful. Id have thought birds would have been better and easier. so I dont think its that.S1:Nor me. Now what about it being a water slide? If so it seems odd it should change direction hal

21、fway.S2: I agree with you. Thats odd and I dont think its a water slide. Now is it a lift?S1: I suppose it could take items up to the higher floors, but you would need someone to move them from the first lift to the second, wouldnt you?S2: Yes and theres no one there. So I dont think thats possible

22、either. I think it must be the water lift.S2: So do I.2021/8/8 星期日22Look at these Chinese inventions and in pairs discuss what you know about them.2021/8/8 星期日23Picture 1: An abacusThe abacus was and is used to solve complicated mathematical problems. Ancient Chinese people used small pieces of bamb

23、oo before the abacus was invented. By the 14th century, the abacus was used all over China. 2021/8/8 星期日24Picture 2: A printing pressAround 700 AD the Chinese invented block printing. The first moveable printing machines was invented by a commoner, Bi Sheng, in the Song Dynasty. Each piece of type was made of wet clay upon which was carved one Chinese character.2021/8/8 星期日25Picture 3: A south pointerIt is widely accepted t