1、Unit 1Living with technology ReadingThe evolution of video and sound devicesReadingWhat are they?TV setsLeading-in:What does the TV in your home look like?How big is it?Is it in color or in black and white?What audio devices do you choose to enjoy music?What functions else do you need in an audio de
2、vice besides playing music?Do you want to know more about TV and audio devices?Read the text quickly and answer the following questions:1.Who made the first recording of a human voice?2.Who developed the system used for most early TV broadcasts?3.What were developed in the late 1960s?1.When did regu
3、lar public TV broadcasting begin around the world?It began on 11 May 1928 in New York and in London on 20 August 1929.2.What is satelite TV?Satellites allow live TV to be broadcast over vast distances,with everyone receiving the same broadcast at the same time.3.What was available in 1982?The the fi
4、rst CDs were made available.1.Colour TV became popular within just a few years after it was invented.()2.Until 1972,most people used black-and-white TV.()3.People without satellite dishes do not benefit at all from satellite TV broadcasts.()4.Some of the first tape recorders used plastic tape to rec
5、ord on.()FFFTReading5.Records and cassettes do not offer as good a sound quality as CDs.()6.New technology will soon make many of the things talked about in the article out of date.()TTYEAREVENT18771887First recording of a human voice was made.The modern record player was born.Reading(PartC2):192519
6、29The first public TV broadcasts were made.Regular public broadcasting first beginning in London.YEAR EVENT1938196219671982The first colour TV programme was broadcast.Satellites began to be used to broadcast TV.Regular colour TV broadcasts werebegan in the UK.First CDs produced by using digital tech
7、nology were made available.YEAR EVENT19931995The VCD was born.the DVD was invented.Subtitles appear after titles and give your more information about the text.They can show you how a text is organized.You may not need to read the whole text if you can find what you are looking for under one or twosu
8、btitles.Reading Strategy:If you could own only one electronic device,what would you choose?Why?More and more people are using computers for information and entertainment.Do you think we still need books and TVs in the future?Why or why not?What are some possible disadvantages of having a lot of technology in our lives?Homework 1.Read the text and underline the important phrases in it.2.Read the article in Part A on page 100 and in Part B on page 104 of the Work.
