1、Unit 5 The World Wide Web,In this unit you will: 1.learn about the basics of the World Wide Web from experts, and their major achievements and applications; 2. familiarize yourself with the words and expressions related to the theme of the unit; 3. identify main ideas in oral discourse and take note
2、s when listening to lectures; 4. enhance listening skills through non-theme-related audio and video materials; 5. use proper expressions and sentence structures to askand answer questions in an international conference.,Learning objectives,Part I Theme-Related Activities,Part II Listening Strategies
3、,Part III Extensive Listening,Part IV Communication Skills,Part V Assessment Log,Part I Theme-Related Activities,Section I Science Report I,Section II Speech,Section III Science Report II,1. What do you know about the World Wide Web and mobile networks? 2. What is your experience of using the Intern
4、et or the mobile network?,Lead-in questions:,Unit 5 Part I Section I Lead-in questions,Word Bank,Unit 5 Part I Section I Word Bank,Notes,Unit 5 Part I Section I Notes,Task 1 Watch the video clip and then decide whether the following statements are true or false.,Task,Unit 5 Part I Section I Task 1,1
5、.Google began as a school project supported by Ford and General Motors. 2. Every little dot on the electronic globe represents a Google search. 3. Larry Page and Sergey Brin and their employees have changed a great deal since they became rich. 4. Almost everything on Googles home page is free. 5. Th
6、e right side of the screen displayed the top 10 Web sites Google found related to flowers.,F,_,F,_,T,_,F,_,F,_,Task 2 Watch the video clip for the second time and then complete the following sentences.,Task,Unit 5 Part I Section I Task 2,1. To Google means with the assistance of Googles supercompute
7、rs. 2. The number of Google searches displayed on the globe was . 3. Several years ago, Page and Brin worked in . 4. If one types in a search, Googles computers for every mention of the word in half of second.,to get an instant answer,two hundred million times a day,_,_,a converted garage,_,will sea
8、rch the entire Internet,_ _,Unit 5 Part I Section I Task 2,5. The Googleplex feels more like a college dorm. 6. Page, Brin, and their employees are doing everything they can to . 7. Googles brand image is about. 8. Google Desktop enables one to . 9. Googles style is to race them out in beta form tha
9、t means “not finished yet” and let users. 10. Google makes money through what they call “ ”.,than a corporate office,_ _,keep the money from becoming a distraction,_,sponsored links,_,innovation, the Internet, and trust,_ _,search ones own computers hard drive,_ _,play with them for free and make su
10、ggestions,_ _,Task 3 Watch the video clip again and then work in pairs to describe working conditions at Google and the companys goals. Afterwards, each group will give a brief report to the class.,Task,Unit 5 Part I Section I Task 3,【Script】,Script,Unit 5 Part I Section I Script,Word Bank,Unit 5 Pa
11、rt I Section II Word Bank,Unit 5 Part I Section II Word Bank,Unit 5 Part I Section II Word Bank,Unit 5 Part I Section II Word Bank,Notes,Unit 5 Part I Section II Notes,1. Eric Emerson SchmidtEric Emerson Schmidt (1955) is an engineer, a former member of the board of directors of Apple Inc. From 2001
12、 to 2011, he served as the CEO of Google. 2. MWCThe Mobile World Congress is the combination of the worlds largest exhibition for the mobile industry and a congress featuring prominent Chief Executives representing mobile operators, vendors and content owners from across the world. The event, initia
13、lly named as GSM World Congress and later renamed as the 3GSM World Congress, is still often referred to as 3GSM.,1. What is the topic of Mr. Eric Schmidts speech?A. The Internet.B. Cloud computing.C. Mobile networks.D. IP addresses. 2. According to Mr. Eric Schmidt, which one of the following will
14、have the largest market share in three years?A. iPhones.B. Laptops.C. Smart phones.D. Desktops.,Task 1 Watch the video clip and choose the best answers to the questions below.,Task,Unit 5 Part I Section II Task 1,3. In the near future, chips are expected to have the following qualities:_ .A. high pe
15、rformance, low powerB. high speed, low powerC. high speed, high powerD. high performance, high power 4. One can know almost anything if he wants to, because of rapid advances in _ .A. chipsB. SIM cardsC. micro-blogsD. networks,Unit 5 Part I Section II Task 1,5. What is likely to happen to SIM cards
16、in the future?A. They will become obsolete if not changed.B. They will be used to track user identity.C. They will greatly increase in capacity.D. They will change into micro-SIM cards.,Unit 5 Part I Section II Task 1,1. In Indonesia, on what platform do most people do Google searches?2. How did the
17、 teenage girl in Haiti call for help?3. What are Mr. Eric Schmidts three components of progress in the industry?,Task 2 Watch the video clip for the second time and give a short answer to each of the following questions.,Task,On mobile instead of on desktops.,By updating her Facebook status.,_,_,Uni
18、t 5 Part I Section II Task 2,Computing, connectivity, and cloud computing.,_,Unit 5 Part I Section II Task 2,4. What technology will the United States deploy at almost the same time as Europeans do?5. What is the simplest way to think about cloud computing?,LTE.,_,The information does not have to be
19、 stored in a SIM any more.,_ _,Task 3 Watch the video clip again and speak for two minutes on the topic. Prepare to answer one or two questions from classmates or the teacher after the presentation.,Task,Unit 5 Part I Section II Task 3,【Script】,Unit 5 Part I Section II Task 3,For Reference:,Unit 5 P
20、art I Section II Task 3,Suggested questions and answers:1. Would you choose a “smart phone”? Why or why not?,Top of the line smart phones, such as the newest iPhone 4S, are too expensive. However, Nokia and Blackberry are more affordable, especially if one is willing to get an older model. A top-of-
21、the-line smart phone may well be worth the investment. With a good smart phone, one does not need a laptop, so he can buy a desktop instead, which is cheaper and more powerful.,_ _ _ _ _ _ _,Unit 5 Part I Section II Task 3,2. What do you think about cloud computing?,I have mixed feelings. On the one
22、 hand, getting free (legal) access to powerful software is quite appealing. On the other hand, I am not sure I trust any company with all of my private information. I just feel safer when my financial information and personal documents are only on my own hard drive.,_ _ _ _ _ _,Script,Unit 5 Part I
23、Section II Script,Word Bank,Unit 5 Part I Section III Word Bank,Unit 5 Part I Section III Word Bank,Notes,Unit 5 Part I Section III Notes,Matt CuttsMatt Cutts works for the Search Quality group in Google, specializing in search engine optimization issues. He is well known in the SEO community for en
24、forcing the Google Webmaster Guidelines and cracking down on link spam. Cutts is generally an outspoken and public face of Google. In this report Matt Cutts explains in detail how Google search works.,1. What does one actually search when running a Google search?A. The entire web.B. All the web page
25、s.C. The index of the web.D. Every website. 2. The software programs that index the web are called “spiders” because .A. they surf the Internet very quickly like spidersB. they crawl webpages like spidersC. the Internet appears very much like a spiders webD. the Google index is formed like a spiders
26、 web,Task 1 Watch the video clip and choose the best answers to the questions below.,Task,Unit 5 Part I Section III Task 1,3. A Google search asks all of the following questions to rank search results EXCEPT ?A. how many key words does this page containB. is this page from a quality webpageC. what i
27、s its URLD. are the words close to the URL 4. The formula rates a web pages importance by investigating .A. the frequency of the page being bookmarkedB. the average click ratio of the pageC. the outside links pointing to the pageD. the download speed of the page,Unit 5 Part I Section III Task 1,5. T
28、he results are sent back based on each pages .A. overall qualityB. page rankC. relevanceD. overall score,Unit 5 Part I Section III Task 1,d,Task 2 Watch the video clip for the second time and then put the following steps for doing a Google search in the correct order.,Task,Unit 5 Part I Section III
29、Task 2,1. a.Weigh the available web pages by importance. 2. b.Type in the search. 3. c.Combine all the factors together. 4. d.Get the overall score of the web pages.e.The software searches the index to find related web pages. 6. f.Return the search results. 7. g.Answer questions about the web pages
30、found.,b,_,e,_,g,_,a,_,c,_,【Script】,f,_,_,Script,Unit 5 Part I Section III Script,Part II Listening Strategies,Understanding Lectures: Note-taking 1,Understanding Lectures : Note-taking 1,Unit 5 Part II,Task Listen to the audio clip and do the following exercise.,Task,Unit 5 Part II Task,Pre-listeni
31、ng Activities: 1. You are a student in the astronomy department, about to attend a lecture about stars. Research stars, andmake a prediction about the main ideas, special vocabulary involved, and the order in which information will be presented. 2. Study the words in the box before the lecture.,1) W
32、hat is the connection between all the words? 2) Use your knowledge of word-building (prefix, suffix, and root) and the subject to guess the meaningof each word. 3) Listen and check your guess.,Unit 5 Part II Task,Prof. Swan Astronomy 2011-3-1 Topic: stars Main idea: * : sightclose for lookfar I. dou
33、ble True/ binary (bin)in mutual gravityorbit mutual1803 SW Herscher ,is single double,_,Optical,_,1000s of light yrs,_,first term “bin”,_,Unit 5 Part II Task,While-listening activitiesComplete the following notes, according to what you hear. Try to balance key ideas and details that support them.,II
34、. No:1 / 4bin *swill be bin*s10% 3 ternary III. Some think: bin with planets 1 *I ? 2 suns 同时1 * always in sky & no nightEarth boring to aliens,75%,_, 2 *s,_,a sunand sun 同时,_,Unit 5 Part II Task,IV. visibleManytele-scopeBino-Somepowerful primary comes V. examples1. in Big DippereyesOptical orbitSpe
35、ctrobin ,for too close / 1* brighter ,_,Mizar-Alcor,_,Unit 5 Part II Task,2. eclipsing binAlgol bright butVI. ColorPretty sightsContrasting Albireo ( ) but some (yellowgreen whitepurple)Observe next time,dim 1/3 for hours/3 days for comes btwn,_ _,diff ages,_,goldblue,_,Unit 5 Part II Task,Post-list
36、ening Activities:,1. Check your listening strategies using the checklist. 2. Check your predictions.,【Script】,Unit 5 Part II Task,Word Bank,Unit 5 Part II Word Bank,Unit 5 Part II Word Bank,Notes,Sir William HerschelSir William Herschel is a German-born British astronomer, technical expert, and comp
37、oser. He is most famous for the discovery of Uranus, two of its major moons, Titania and Oberon, in addition to two moons of Saturn and infrared radiation. He is also known for the twenty-four symphonies that he composed.,Unit 5 Part II Notes,Script,Unit 5 Part II Script,Part III Extensive Listening
38、,I News Reports,II Interview,III Science Report,IV Conversations,V Passage Listening,VI Compound Dictation,Word Bank,Unit 5 Part III I News Reports I,Unit 5 Part III I News Reports I,1. Why did Ijad Madisch create ResearchGate?A. To allow people to connect with each other efficiently.B. To inform th
39、e public about the latest scientific discoveries.C. To offer assistance to those who are beginners in science.D. To provide a space for scientists to communicate in their research. 2. The venture capital firm that supported ResearchGate financially also backed .A. Facebook B. YahooC. Twitter D. Goog
40、le,Listen to the report and then do the following exercise.,Unit 5 Part III I News Reports I,3. One reason why Kim Bertrand did not sign up for ResearchGate is that .A. she is from Harvard and she is a leading scientist in her fieldB. she feels the other users waste her time with open-ended question
41、sC. she got spam in her inbox when she signed upD. she is not satisfied with the answers she gets from ResearchGate,Unit 5 Part III I News Reports I,【Script】,Script,Unit 5 Part III I News Reports I,Word Bank,Unit 5 Part III I News Reports II,Listen to the report and then do the following exercise.,U
42、nit 5 Part III I News Reports II,1. What is the main subject of this news report?A. The development of mobile phones.B. The functions of smart phones.C. The medical use of smart phones.D. The unusual functions of iPhones. 2. What did the five radiologists read, using their smart phones?A. The patien
43、ts data. B. CAT scan images.C. X-ray photos. D. X-ray results.,Unit 5 Part III I News Reports II,【Script】,3. What percentage of diagnoses did the radiologists make incorrectly when using their smart phones?A. 1%. B. More than 1%.C. Less than 1%. D. 21%.,Script,Unit 5 Part III I News Reports II,Word
44、Bank,Unit 5 Part III I News Reports III,Unit 5 Part III I News Reports III,Listen to the news report and then answer the questions orally afterwards. Compare what you have said with the reference answers provided.,According to Harry Raduege, data valued at what amount was stolen in 2008?2. What was Harry Radueges biggest concern in Houston?3. What should the U.S. government consider when attempting to improve cyber security?,$1 trillion worth of data was stolen in 2008.,_,Unit 5 Part III I News Reports III,The computer-run electronic control system.,
