Unit1LivingwithtechnologyReading1Teachingaims:1.studentswillbeabletoreadanarticlefromabookabouttheevolutionofvideoandsounddevices;2.studentswillbeabletoknowthereadingstrategy—understandingheadings;Teachingprocedures:Step1Lead-inWhereisthispieceofwritingtakenfrom?Whatisitabout?Step2Checkingpreview1.P2A2.JohnLogieBaird.TwominutesThomasEdison.ThePortablecassetteplayers.2.Newwords.P4D1e,2d,3h,4c,5f,6a,7bStep3Readingstrategies1Whatdoyouthinkisthebestwaytogetthemostimportantinformationinsuchalongpassage?Followthechronologicalorder.P4C2•1887—EmileBerlinerinventedarecordplayerthatuseddiscstorecordon.•1925—ThefirstpublicTVbroadcastsweremade,intheUSA.•1929—RegularpublicbroadcastingbeganinLondon.•1938—ThefirstcolourTVprogrammewasbroadcast.•1962—SatelliteswereusedtobroadcastTV.•1967—RegularcolourTVbroadcastsbeganintheUK.•1982—ThefirstCDsweremadeavailable.•1993—TheVCDwasborn.•1995—TheDVDwasinvented.Step4Readingstrategies2Howissomuchinformationorganized?Takeacloselookatthestructureofthepassageandyou’llfindout:Subtitlesarehelpful!Step5ReadingfordetailsP4C11F2T3F4F5T6TStep6Understandingdifficultsentences1.Regularpublicbroadcastingfollowedshortlyafter,firstbeginningon11May1928inNewYork.Regularpublicbroadcastingfollowedshortlyafter.Regularpublicbroadcastingfirst____on11May1928inNewYork.2.SatelliteswereusedtobroadcastTVbeginningin1962.SatelliteswereusedtobroadcastTVandthis____in1962.3.…broadcastthesignalstheygetfromsatellitereceiverstothepopulationlivingnearby.…broadcastthesignalstheygetfromsatellitereceiverstothepopulation________nearby.4.…adoptmanyoftheprinciplesfirstdiscoveredbyFransworth.adoptmanyoftheprinciples________________byFransworth.5.…andsosatellitedishescanoftenbeseendistributedthroughoutthecountrysideandtheremoteareas.…andsoyoucanoftensee____________throughoutthecountrysideandtheremoteareas.6.…itwasnotuntil1938thatthefirstcolourTVprogrammewasbroadcast.ThefirstcolourTVprogramme_______________________________.7.Technologyisnowchangingfasterthanmostpeoplecankeeppacewith.Mostpeople_____________________.Step7WritingasummaryCanyoubrieflyintroducetheevolutionofvideoandsounddevices?Step7Homework
