Unit1LivingwithtechnologyProject1Teachingaims:1.studentswillbeabletousewhatthey’velearnedinthisunittocompleteaproject;2.studentswillbeabletolearnhowtomakealistofadvantagesanddisadvantagesofsomemodernelectronicdevices.Teachingprocedures:Step1PresentationofhomeworkReadyouremailonP11toyourpartner.Step2LeadinReadTophoneornottophone?onP14Whatinformationhaveyougotfromthisnewspaperarticle?Step3Readingforgist1.Doestheauthorpresentabalancedviewoftheuseofthephone?2.Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardit?Findoutsomesentencestosupportyouranswer.Step4Buildingupyourvocabulary•Guessthemeaningofthefollowingwordsfromthecontext.•1.…conventionalwayoflife…•2.…rejectcars…•3.…opposehavingtelephones…•4.…haveavalidpoint…•5.…Moreproblemsarise…•6.…theserelationshipsarealwaysshallow…•7.…ridourselvesofmoderntechnology…Step5Readingfordetails•AbouttheAmish•1.HowaretheAmishdifferentfromregularpeople?•2.Whatdotheyvalueaboveallelse?•3.Whatdoestheauthorthinkofthem?Abouttheuseofthetelephone1.Whatarethedrawbacksofthetelephoneaccordingtotheauthor?2.HowdoestheauthordefendtheAmish’spointabouttheuseofthetelephone?3.Whydoestheauthorthinkusingthemobilephonefortextmessageistheworst?4.Whatdoestheauthorsuggestattheendofthepassage?5.Whatisthetoneofthelastsentence?A.Hopeful.B.Humorous.C.Depressed.Step6Gettingtoknowtheauthor’scraft1.Writetheoutlineofthepassage.Part1(Para1-2)IntroductiontotheAmishwayoflifePart2(Para3-6)DisadvantagesofthetelephonePart3(Para7-8)Possiblesolutions2.Doyoufindtheauthorconvincinginpresentinghisideas?Why/Whynot?Step7Difficultsentencestounderstand•1.Whichismoreofafriend:someoneyouoftentalktooverthephone,orsomeoneyouoftentalktofacetoface?•2.Thereissomethingimportantaboutbeingandsharingalifetogetherthatcannotbefoundoveratelephonewire.•3.Forexample,nomatterwhatthecircumstances,whenthephonerings,everythingstopssothatthecallcanbeanswered.•4.…thephonealwaysseemstoberinging,destroyingwhateverpeaceyoumighthave.•5.Meanwhile,realrelationshipsareoftensacrificed,andwhateverpersonalpeaceonehasisdestroyedwheneverthephonerings.•6.TheAmishrejectcarsbecausetheylikehavingtightcommunitieswhereeveryonelivesclosetogether.•7.Whenaskedlaterwhatthecallwasabout,yourfriendalwaysanswers,“Oh,nothingreally.”•8.Whilethesemessagesalwaysseemimportantatthetime,mostpeoplecannotreallyrememberthemthenextday.Step7Summarizethepassagewithin150wordsPara1IntroductiontotheAmishwayoflifePara2DisadvantagesofthetelephonePara3PossiblesolutionsStep8Homework1.Finishthesummary.2.Reviewthepassageandunderlineimportantphrases.PreviewP15B.3.