Unit+2+Loo king+into+the+Future+Reading+and+Thinking 高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册

Unit

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1ReadingandThinkingLearningobjectives经过本节课的学习，学生能够：1.

获取、梳理并评价智能家居的功能，理解智能家居如何让

生活变得更容易，并推断作者对智能家居的态度。(重点)2.识别写作目的和目标读者，分析文本的语篇结构和说明方

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