1、Unit1 Living with technologyReading 1Teaching aims:1. students will be able to read an article from a book about the evolution of video and sound devices;2. students will be able to know the reading strategyunderstanding headings;Teaching procedures:Step 1 Lead-inWhere is this piece of writing taken
2、 from?What is it about?Step 2 Checking preview1. P2 A2. John Logie Baird. Two minutesThomas Edison. The Portable cassette players.2. New words.P4 D1e, 2d, 3h, 4c, 5f, 6a, 7bStep 3 Reading strategies 1What do you think is the best way to get the most important information in such a long passage?Follo
3、w the chronological order.P4 C2 1887Emile Berliner invented a record player that used discs to record on. 1925The first public TV broadcasts were made, in the USA. 1929Regular public broadcasting began in London. 1938The first colour TV programme was broadcast. 1962Satellites were used to broadcast
4、TV. 1967Regular colour TV broadcasts began in the UK. 1982The first CDs were made available. 1993The VCD was born. 1995The DVD was invented.Step 4 Reading strategies 2How is so much information organized? Take a close look at the structure of the passage and youll find out:Subtitles are helpful!Step
5、 5 Reading for detailsP4 C11F 2T 3F 4F 5T 6TStep 6 Understanding difficult sentences1. Regular public broadcasting followed shortly after, first beginning on 11 May 1928 in New York.Regular public broadcasting followed shortly after. Regular public broadcasting first _ on 11 May 1928 in New York. 2.
6、 Satellites were used to broadcast TV beginning in 1962.Satellites were used to broadcast TV and this _ in 1962.3. broadcast the signals they get from satellite receivers to the population living nearby. broadcast the signals they get from satellite receivers to the population _ _ nearby.4. adopt ma
7、ny of the principles first discovered by Fransworth.adopt many of the principles _ _ _ _by Fransworth.5. and so satellite dishes can often be seen distributed throughout the countryside and the remote areas. and so you can often see _ _ _ throughout the countryside and the remote areas.6. it was not until 1938 that the first colour TV progra mme was broadcast.The first colour TV programme _.7. Technology is now changing faster than most people can keep pace with. Most people _.Step 7 Writing a summaryCan you briefly introduce the evolution of video and sound devices?Step 7 Homework
