1、英语选修7译林牛津版Unit 1精品学案(1)(Welcome)译林牛津英语高二下模块七Unit 1:导学案(Welcome to the unit and reading+练习题及答案) 译林牛津高二英语导学案 班级姓名学号等第M7 Unit 1 Living with technologyWelcome to the unit and reading Learning aims:1. Students will be able to read some exhibition boards about the history of television and audio devices;2
2、. Students will be able to know the reading strategy - understanding subtitles;3. Students will be able to talk about the development of other electronic devices.Learning important and difficult points:Learn how to quickly obtain information in a text by understanding the subtitles.Learning methods:
3、 Discussion and taskbased activitiesLearning procedures & ways:Pre-reading 导读 Fast reading for general ideas方法指导:Go through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find answers to the two questions. Just focus on and identify the information needed to answer these questions. 1.Where did the wr
4、iter find this piece of writing?2.What is it about?Detailed reading for important information (Explanation)本文为科技类的说明文,信息量很大,时间跨度很长,但其中内容多为客观事实,从语言学习的角度,只需了解即可。所以阅读的重点应在于如何获取信息和如何进行信息分类等,需要深层次理解的内容其实并不多。但鉴于今后在学习和工作中会遇到大量此类文章,面对信息量巨大且看似枯燥的这篇文章,如何迅速高效地抓住关键信息?通过快速浏览课文, 找出关键字词,如:development、 history、 in
5、1925、 later in 1928等一系列时间指示语,从而抓住文章的脉络,即时间线索,再依次找到有关其发展历史的关键信息。Step 1 Reading the development of TVWhat do you think is the best way to get the most important information in such a long passage?_Fill in the event happening in a particular year.1925 Wireless TV transmissions, USA 1923-1927 _ 1928 _ 1
6、928-1929 _ 1929 _ 1948 _ 1951 _ 1962 _ 1989 _ 1996 _Step 2 Reading the history of audio devices 1877 The first recording of a human voice 1931 _ 1948 _ 1954 _1958_ 1979_ 1982 _ 1986 _ 1987 _ 1992 _Step 3 Detailed questions1. Why is it still uncertain who invented TV?2. Why are digital TV superior to
7、 satellite TV?3. What advantage has the new concept of WebTV brought to people since it was introduced in 1996?4.What were the major disadvantages of the first record player?5.What did the popularity of MP3 result in?Step 4 True or false exercises1.Thomas Edison made the first recording of a human v
8、oice.2. Until 1972, most people used black-and- white TV.3. Satellite TV is delivered with greater clarity than digital TV.4. The first record player was invented before 1877.5. Transistor technology was first used to receive radio programmes, and then to develop cassette recorders.6. CDs were inven
9、ted about ten years before the MD player was invented.7. MP3 technology began in Germany in 1987.Step 5 Read the text again and choose the best answers according to the text: 1) When and where was the first long-distance TV broadcast made? A. In 1925 in the USA. B. In 1926 in the UK. C. In 1928 in t
10、he UK. D. In 1928 in both the USA and the UK. 2) Who might be the inventor of the first T V?A. Vladimir Zworykin from Russia. B. Philo Farnsworth in the USA.C. John Logie Baird from Scotland. D. It remains uncertain.3) How many countries have put digital TV into operation according to the passage? A
11、. Only one. B. Already two. C. At most three. D. At least four. 4) Who might have attributed to the development of the Walkman? A. Two Japanese engineers. B. Three American scientists. C. Thomas Edison. D. Emile Berliner. 5) What is the main factor that causes the spring up of music websites all ove
12、r the Internet? A. The popularity of Walkman. B. The development of the MD player. C. The development of MPs technology. D. The wide use of Discman. 6) From the passage we know that _.A. satellite TV delivers cleaner pictures than digital TV.B.55% of households in China were receiving digital TV sig
13、nals by 2004.C. WebTV is the TV set combined with the World Wide Web.D. more color than black-and-white TV sets were being used before 1967Step 6 Fill in the blanks with words given in the box.broadcasting Germany households recording 200 recorders wireless compact Britain 65 I was really surprised
14、to find out that the first public showings of (1)_ TV transmissions took place way back in 1925. It took another three years before there are any regular public(2)_, first in the USA and in the following year in (3)_.Personally, I think people must have found it quite a delight when colour TV was fi
15、rst broadcast in 1929.However, within the next (4)_ years, people would be able to choose what to match from a variety of (5)_ different channels because of cableTV. It is reported that in 1998, 66 per cent of (6)_ in the USA had cable TV.The other information I got was about the evolution of audio
16、devices, starting with Thomas Edisons first (7)_, then moving on to different kinds of tape(8)_ and finally CDs (meaning (9)_ discs), which were introduced in the 1980s. I was also really surprised to learn that (10)_ was the birthplace of MP3, not Japan or the USA as I had Assumed they would be. Th
17、ese things all bring great convenience and delight to peoples lives.Reading strategy: understanding subtitlesSubtitles appear after titles and give you more information about the text than the titles.Subtitles can show how a text is organized. Read the text again and figure out how this text is orga
18、nized. Complete the following chart.TV (In order of time) Audio devices(By types of equipment) 随堂检测: TV and audio devices: a review TVEarly history*Three men, Vladimir Zworykin, Philo Farnsworth and John Logie Baird, were considered to have made the greatest1._ to the development of TV.*The first pu
19、blic TV broadcast was made in 2._ in the USA.*Color broadcasts began in 1951, over 3._ years after color TV was first shown in 1929.Modern age*Cable TV began in the USA in 1948.* 4._ satellites to broadcast TV began in 1962.* 5._ standards for digital TV were set in 1989 and consumers in the USA had
20、 access to 200 channels in 1994.*Web TV set-top boxes first came onto the market in 1996, which 6._ the TV set with the Internet.Audio devicesEarly history*Thomas Edison 7._ a human voice in 1877 for the first time*Emile Berliner invented the first record player in 1887.*The first LPs were made 8._
21、in 1958.Tape recorders and players *The first tape recorders, which could record and play sounds on a tape, were made in 9._ in 1931.*The transistor was invented by three Americans in 1948.Two young Japanese engineers bought the 10._ and created the transistor radio.*11._ saw the birth of cassette r
22、ecorders.*The Walkman was introduced in 1979.12._ technology*The first CDs came onto the market in 1982.The next new development was the MD player.*MP3 technology was first 13._ by Germans in 1987. Thanks to the popularity of MP3 players, a lot of music websites offerings MP3 music 14._ all over the
23、 InternetM7 Unit 1 Living with technologyWelcome to the unit and readingKeys:Fast reading 1.On the display boards at a media and technology exhibition.2.The development of TV and radio devices.Step 1 Reading the development of TVFollow the chronological order (in order of time) 1925 Wireless TV tran
24、smissions 1923-1927 Early forms of TV invented 1928 first long-distance TV broadcast 1928-1929 Regular public broadcasting 1929 Color TV shown 1948 Cable TV 1951 Color broadcasts 1962 Satellite TV 1989 International standards for digital TV 1996 WebTV set-up boxesStep 2 Reading the history of audio
25、devices1877 The first recording of a human voice 1931 The first tape recorders 1948 Transistor invented 1954 Cassette recorders developed 1958 The first LPs (long-play records) 1979 The Walkman introduced 1982 The first CDs produced 1986 Walkman was added to the Oxford English dictionary 1987 Develo
26、pment of MP3 technology started in Germany 1992 The MD player was developedStep 3 Detailed questions1. Because many people contributed to the development of TV2. Because digital TV allows the same services to be delivered with clearer pictures than before.3. WebTV set-top boxes combines the TV set w
27、ith the World Wide Web. With interactive TV programming, you can play along with game shows, respond to questionnaires and chat to other viewers.4. The first record player had to be wound up by hand and only played a record for two minutes.5. Major corporations are taking over the portable music pla
28、yer market with MP3 players.Step 4 True or false exercisesTrue : 1267 False: 3 4 5Step 5 Read the text again and choose the best answers according to the text: DDBACCReading strategy: understanding subtitlesTV Early history of TV(In order of time)The modern age: cable TV, satellite TV, digital TV Au
29、dio devices Early history of audio devices(By types of equipment) Tape recorders and playersSound goes digital Fill in the blanks with words given in the box.1 . wireless 2.broadcasting 3. Britain 4. 65 5. 200 6. households 7. households 8. recorders 9. compact 10. Germany随堂检测:1. contributions 2. 1925 3. 20 4. Using 5. International 6. combines 7. recorded 8. available 9. Germany 10. patent