1、牛津高中英语(模块七 高二下学期)Advance with English Task(2ndperiod)板块：教学设计课件Unit3Getting news from the InternetUnit 3 课件描述：学生学会如何用英语读解图表和曲线图，对图表和曲线图提出详细问题并讲解图表所示的事实和数据。学生通过网上调查“人们观看和收听新闻”的不同途径并写出此报告。通过这些活动，提高与上述内容相关的听说读写能力。Skills building 2:forming more detailed questions Read the guidelines1.Start with informati
2、on that you know and build on it.If you know or have just learned that 60%of people prefer football to table tennis,you can then ask:Does a persons age affect their answer?Do men and women answer differently?Is football becoming more popular,or is table tennis becoming less popular?2.Ask positive an
3、d negative questions.Dont just ask about what people like,prefer or choose to do.Also ask what they do not like or do not prefer.For example:Other than table tennis,what sport do people not like to play?What sport do people prefer table tennis to?3.Find out why.Once you have the facts,you can try to
4、 find out why they are true.This kind of information will be helpful if you need to support or explain the fact you have learned,e.g.Why is football more popular?Step 2:asking more detailed questionsStudent 1:Form questions from the prompts in the left column.Write down your questions before you ask
5、 your partner for his/her opinion.Student 2:Answer your partners questions.Form your opinions using the prompts in the right column.1 What is the most popular way to get news for people under 18 years old,people from 18 to 50 or people 50 and older?For people under 18,the most popularway to get news
6、 is from television.Peoplefrom 18 to 50 would most like to get news from newspapers as well as television whilepeople over 50 prefer getting news by listening to the radio.2 What news source do you think is fastest growing?I think that Internet news is fastestgrowing.3Who is the Internet mostly used
7、 by?4 Is there any difference between where men and women get news?The people between 15 and 40 years old,especially those who are university-educated.No,there isnt.5 What do people think are the best Internet news sites?6 How can I know which Internet news sites to trust?The ones that are linked to
8、 or are partof major TV networks.You can look for supporting facts throughcross-checking facts with other sites,especially the sites run by organizations you already know.7 The most popular way to get news is to read newspaper,but some people have switched to the Internet.Do you know why?What do you
9、 think are the problems with newspapers?I think it is mainly because newspapers are too big and most of them are messilyprinted.News on the Internet is updated each hour while news in newspapers cannot be updated.8 Why do you think some people prefer television?9 Why do you think some people still p
10、refer radio?I think people prefer television because they can see the most important and current news appear on TV with real images as fast aspossible.These people can listen to news while drivingor doing housework at the same time.No timeis wasted.10 Do you think that next generation will prefer In
11、ternet news more than any other news source？No,because computers are still too expensive for many people.I think TV and newspapers will still be most popular for many years.Skills building 3:reporting on facts and figures What shall we pay attention to when we write a report?For example,when you are
12、 asked to write a report on how the students in your class think they should spend their time,what should you include?Which of the following are facts and which are opinions?1 Computers are too expensive for people.2 I think reading newspapers is the easiest way to get news.3 You can not only see re
13、al images on TV but also hear them talk.4 News on the Internet is updated every hour.5 Some people consider Internet news to be unbelievable.factopinionfactfactopinionGetting information（bar chart） The bar chart shows the weight in kilograms of some fruit sold one day by a local market.We can see th
14、at 52 kg of apples were sold,40 kg of oranges were sold,and 8 kg of star fruit were sold.Getting information（flow/line chart）The chart shows how Johns weight varied from the beginning of 1991 to the beginning of 1995.The weight scale runs vertically,while the time scale is on the horizontal axis.Fol
15、lowing the gridlines up from the beginning of the years,we see that Johns weight was 68 kg in 1991,70 kg in 1992,74 kg in 1993,74 kg in 1994,and 73 kg in 1995.Getting information（pie chart）The pie chart shows the fractions of dogs in a dog competition in seven different groups of dog breeds.We can s
16、ee from the chart that 4 times as many dogs competed in the sporting group as in the herding group.We can also see that the two most popular groups of dogs accounted for almost half of the dogs in the competition.Suppose 1000 dogs entered the competition in all.We could figure the number of dogs in
17、any group by multiplying the fraction of dogs in any group by 1000.In the toy group,for example,there were 0.12 1000=120 dogs in the competition.Step 3:e-mailing a report Dear sir,I went to listen to two speeches about the ways people get news.From the first speaker,I know there are different types
18、of news,such as sports results,weather,politics and current affairs,and some of them are more suited to sources like radio,newspapers,and television.There is no doubt that the Internet is increasingly popular,but the number of people who get their news from the Internet is still small.I have collect
19、ed some figures from two charts,each of which is a survey of 500 people.According to the two charts,the percentage of people who turn first on the Internet for news on emergency,opinions,weather,breaking news and sports results is respectively only 2 per cent,5 per cent.However,for news on emergency
20、 and breaking news,the percentage of people who turn first to local TV comes to 53 per cent and 48 per cent.Why will people not turn first on the Internet to get news?The second speaker gave the following reasons:first,the Internet is still not accessible to everyone;second,information on it is ofte
21、n uncontrolled;third,people do not always trust the news online.Yours,(Students own name)Homework1 Please review what weve learned today.2Please Finish Parts A and B in writing on page 125.1.Review what we have learned in class.2.Go over the exercises in class.3.Finish the workbook exercises(P120).Homework
