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1、Unit 6 Gadgets in a New Era,In this unit you will:learn about innovative gadgets that could make life more convenient;2.familiarize yourself with the words and expressions related to the theme of the unit;3.learn to use these words and expressions;4.use word stress in a sentence and identify the nam
2、es of people and places in spoken discourse;5.practice listening with other non-theme-related audio and video materials;6.use the proper expressions and sentence structures to check in/out of a hotel.,Learning objectives,Part I Theme-Related Activities,Part II Listening and Speaking Strategies,Part
3、III Extensive Listening,Part IV Communication Skills,Part V Assessment Log,Part I Theme-Related Activities,Section I Report About Scientific Discoveries,Section II Dialogue,Section III Report About Scientific Discoveries,Do you happen to know any new gadgets in your life?Can you tell what they are?D
4、o you have the interest to make gadgets of your own?,Lead-in questions:,Unit 6 Part I Section I Lead-in questions,Word Bank,Unit 6 Part I Section I Word Bank,Unit 6 Part I Section I Word Bank,Notes,Unit 6 Part I Section I Notes,Task 1 Watch the video clip and then decide whether the following statem
5、ents are true or false.,Anthony Rowe is an inventor from Carnegie Mellon University.There are several laptops connected to sensors in his home.,(His place is brimming with sensors,not laptops.),T,F,_,_,Task,Unit 6 Part I Section I Task 1,Rowes device cannot detect problems with household electricity
6、 consumption.The system is advanced but it is difficult to fix.This gadget is environmentally-friendly and helps reduce costs.,T,F,F,_,(The amount of electricity consumed will be reflected in a bar graph and a pie chart monitored by Rowe via the Internet.),_,_,Unit 6 Part I Section I Task 1,(It is e
7、asy to install at home and easy to use,which does not need any cabling.),Task 2 Watch the video clip a second time and then complete the following blanks.,Task,Unit 6 Part I Section I Task 2,oven,lights/living room lamp,laptop,iPhone,fan,refrigerator,TV,wireless,remotely turn on/off,activate,wired w
8、ith,monitor,wireless,install at home,cabling,a small radio,forwarding messages,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,Unit 6 Part I Section I Task 2,remotely turn off,power consumption,save,reduce,Saving energy helps the environment,and also reduces costs.,_,_,_,_,_,1.What do you think of this kind of gadgeta device that ca
9、n be remotely controlled when you are not at home?2.Will this gadget make life more convenient?Please explain.3.Are there any drawbacks to this new gadget?4.What gadget would you most like to have in your home?,Task 3 Watch the video clip again and then have a group discussion based on the following
10、 questions.After the discussion,each group will give a brief report to the class.,Task,Unit 6 Part I Section I Task 3,【Script】,Script,Unit 6 Part I Section I Script,Word Bank,Unit 6 Part I Section II Word Bank,Unit 6 Part I Section II Word Bank,Notes,Unit 6 Part I Section II Notes,1.What is first di
11、scussed in the video?A.A cellular phone.B.A GPS tracker.C.Satellite communication.D.An emergency service.2.What type of people will find the GPS tracker most helpful?A.People going camping or hiking.B.Those who like to sleep outside at night.C.People who surf.D.Small children who often get lost.,Tas
12、k 1 Watch the video clip and choose the best answers to the following questions.,Task,Unit 6 Part I Section II Task 1,3.One can only use the tracker after _.A.paying the$130 retail fee B.informing the service about ones destination C.subscribing to it by paying the service fee D.sending a message to
13、 the emergency service4.All of the following is mentioned about the GoPro Wearable HD sports video camera EXCEPT its _.A.high-quality pictures B.wide-angle lens C.underwater use D.high-speed photography images5.The news report does NOT mention the _ of the GoPro Wearable HD sports video camera.A.siz
14、e B.design C.price D.applicability,Unit 6 Part I Section II Task 1,How does one use the GPS tracker to call for help?2.What will happen when one does not really need help but sends for a helicopter?3.What is special about the design of the GoPro Wearable HD sports video camera?4.What makes the devic
15、e shoot HD video or take HD pictures?,Task 2 Watch the video clip for the second time and give a short answer to each of the following questions.,Task,Press the little emergency button on it.,He will be fined.,It is small but easy to be put onto a helmet,handle bars,or surf board.,_,_,_,Unit 6 Part
16、I Section II Task 2,It has a wide-angle lens.,_,Task 3 Watch the video clip again and then work with a partner to summarize it using the following words.,Task,Unit 6 Part I Section II Task 3,【Script】,Script,Unit 6 Part I Section II Script,Word Bank,Unit 6 Part I Section III Word Bank,Unit 6 Part I S
17、ection III Word Bank,Notes,Unit 6 Part I Section III Notes,According to the video clip,_ reveals much about peoples state of health.A.age B.sweat C.a blood test D.body temperature2.Which of the following will benefit first from this research?A.The sports industry.B.The computer industry.C.The medica
18、l industry.D.Research Institutes.,Task 1 Watch the video clip and choose the best answers to the following questions.,Task,Unit 6 Part I Section III Task 1,3.One can predict that in the next 10 years,fabrics will_.A.keep people warmer B.free people from cleaning C.improve sports records D.detect peo
19、ples physical conditions4.Which of the following is NOT correct?A.The technology can be a weapon against sports doping.B.The technology can be a device to track an individual player.C.The technology can be a new method to revolutionize sports advertisements.D.The technology can be a tool for trainer
20、s to know how their athletes are performing.5.What is mainly discussed?A.Bio-conductivity.B.Body Sensors.C.Wearable Technology.D.New Electronic Products.,Unit 6 Part I Section III Task 1,Task 2 Watch the video clip again and then complete the following sentences.,Task,Unit 6 Part I Section III Task
21、2,【Script】,1)Researchers at the Biotex project in Dublin want to develop ways of.2)The of sweat changes as it,so it is important to have it as it is excreted by the body.3)Studying sweat is not meant to traditional methods like blood tests but rather to them.4)In the future we hope to develop this s
22、ystem into a T-shirt,which will beside what we see here.So we will have of a person as they train or exercise.5)The possibilities will grow as researchers.,analyzing perspiration,composition,ages,replace,complement,integrate others sensors,a full physiological picture,overcome new obstacles,_,_,_,_,
23、_,_,_,_ _,Script,Unit 6 Part I Section III Script,Part II Listening and Speaking Strategies,Section I Pronunciation Skill Word Stress in a Sentence,Section II Listening SkillListen for Names of People and Places,Section I Pronunciation SkillWord Stress in a Sentence,In spoken English,important words
24、 that carry information are usually stressed.They are mostly content words such as nouns,verbs,adjectives,and adverbs.When words are stressed,they are higher,louder and spoken more clearly,while other less important,unstressed words are glided over quickly.Non-stressed words are considered function
25、words such as determiners(the,a,some,a few),auxiliary verbs(do not,am,can,were),prepositions(before,next to,opposite),conjunctions(but,while,as),pronouns(they,she,us).Normally,the last important word in the sentence has the most stress.,Unit 6 Part II Section I,Unit 6 Part II Section I,For example:R
26、obotics will probably continue its spread in offices and homes.In this example,the words“robotics”,“continue”,“spread”,“offices”,and“homes”are stressed.More examples:Tom is an eight-year old boy who goes to school in Philadelphia.Glover Stadium doesnt have enough seats for all the fans.He can come o
27、n Sundays as long as he doesnt have to do any homework in the evening.,1.Unfortunately,Jack was not able to finish the task on time.2.The Thompsons are looking forward to you visiting them next January.3.Would you like to come over and play a game of chess with us?4.By the time he receives this lett
28、er,I will have caught the train to Paris.5.Shakespeare wrote passionate,moving poetry.6.As you might have expected,he has just thought of a new approach to the problem.,Task 1 Read the following sentences and mark the stressed words according to the aforementioned rules and then listen to check whet
29、her or not the pronunciation is correct.,Task,Unit 6 Part II Section I Task 1,Unit 6 Part II Section I Task 1,Sometimes when one puts stress on different words in a sentence,the meaning of the sentence changes.Read the following sentence and notice the difference:Among all the employees,I think he d
30、eserves the promotion.(someone else does not think so)Among all the employees,I think he deserves the promotion.(not anyone else)Among all the employees,I think he deserves the promotion.(should get,works hard for)Among all the employees,I think he deserves the promotion.(not anything else)Among all
31、 the employees,I think he deserves the promotion.(of all people,he should get the promotion),Task 2 1)Read sentences in Column A with the stress on different words.Then match the meanings of the sentences in Column B.,Task,Unit 6 Part II Section I Task 2,Column A()1.Sam got a birthday present from h
32、is uncle yesterday.()2.Sam got a birthday present from his uncle yesterday.()3.Sam got a birthday present from his uncle yesterday.()4.Sam got a birthday present from his uncle yesterday.()5.Sam got a birthday present from his uncle yesterday.()6.Sam got a birthday present from his uncle yesterday.,
33、Column Ba.It was given to Sam,not someone else.b.It is not just an ordinary gift;it was for his birthday.c.It happened in the past.d.It is not from another person,but his uncle.e.It was not today,or the day before yesterday.f.It was a present,as opposed to something else.,a,c,b,f,d,e,Unit 6 Part II
34、Section I Task 2,2)Tongue-Twister for Fun I see a sea down by the seashore,but which sea do you see down by the seashore?Loves a feeling you feel when you feel youre going to feel the feeling youve never felt before.Knife and a fork,bottle and a cork:that is the way you spell New York.Chicken in the
35、 car and the car can go:that is the way you spell Chicago.,In listening,one often hears detailed information such as numbers,names of people,places and events,which are sometimes very confusing.If one can identify those complicated names,they can help him understand the information more correctly.Th
36、e most effective way is to listen while taking down notes,especially when one hears more details than he can remember.Try practicing listening to common English names ofpeople and places.,Section II Listening SkillListen for Names of People and Places,Unit 6 Part II Section II,Task 1 Listen to the f
37、ollowing short paragraph and fill in the blanks.,Task,Unit 6 Part II Section II Task 1,Hi,my name is.I was born on October 19,1993,in and I moved to,where I grew up.Now I live with my parents in.When I started school,I made some nice friends named.My favorite subjects in school areEnglish,Math,and S
38、pelling.I want to finish high school and then study medicine at University and be a doctor.,Robert Warren,Virginia,Minnesota,California,Shirley,Eric,Dylan,and Daniel,Johns Hopkins,_,_,_,_,_ _,_,Unit 6 Part II Section II Task 2,【Script】,Task 2 Listen to the dialogue and then do the following exercise
39、.,Task,1.Where does Alejandra come from?A.Budapest.B.Lima.C.Lisbon.D.So Paulo.2.Which country does the speaker intend to go to for vacation?A.Portugal.B.Turkey.C.Bangkok.D.Spain.3.What is mentioned about Istanbul?A.Its natural beauty.B.Its ancient culture.C.Its fantastic food.D.Its frequency as a st
40、op-over place.,Script,Unit 6 Part II Section II Task 2,Task 3 Listen to the following audio clip with both numbers and names of places and then fill in the blanks.,Task,Unit 6 Part II Section II Task 3,O will help identify locations mentioned in old books,articles and documents relating to.It contai
41、ns more than old names of streets and other urban features that are no longer on the map.In most cases these streets have been renamed;in other cases they have disappeared entirely.Several names have migrated.For example,todays is in the,but before was the name of what is now called.,Manhattan,New Y
42、ork City,1,600,King Street,West Village,1794 King Street,Pine Street,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,Unit 6 Part II Section II Task 3,Even more annoying,the same name has sometimes been used at the same time for different streets.Until the there was a in and a on the.had in the,and in the there were at least.,two,192
43、0s,Manhattan Street,Harlem,Manhattan Street,Lower East Side,Greenwich Village,two Cornelia Streets,1820s,1770s,three George Streets,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,In most cases these streets have been renamed;in other cases they have disappeared entirely.Several names have migrated.For example,todays King St
44、reet is in the West Village,but before 1794,King Street was the name of what we now call Pine Street.Even more annoying,the same name has sometimes been used at the same time for two different streets.Until the 1920s,there was a Manhattan Street in Harlem and a Manhattan Street on the Lower East Sid
45、e.Greenwich Village had two Cornelia Streets in the 1820s,and in the 1770s,there were at least three George Streets.,Task 4 Read the following passage after the clip.Pay particular attention to pronunciation and intonation.,Task,Unit 6 Part II Section II Task 4,Part III Extensive Listening,I News Re
46、ports,II Dialogue,III Feature Report,IV Short Conversations,V Passage Listening,VI Compound Dictation,Word Bank,Unit 6 Part III I News Reports I,1.What is reported in the news coverage?A.An elderly woman died of old age.B.A smoking-related fire caused the death of an old woman.C.Smoking does harm to
47、 peoples health.D.An unidentified lady was found dead.2.Which of the following about the old couple is NOT true?A.They were married in 1945.B.They were both eighty years of age.C.They both quit smoking six months ago.D.The wife did not actually stop smoking.,Listen to the report and then do the foll
48、owing exercise.,Unit 6 Part III I News Reports I,3.Why did authorities take Mr.Cass to a nursing home?A.He wanted to commit suicide.B.He could not take care of himself.C.His behavior was unstable.D.He needed company.,Unit 6 Part III I News Reports I,【Script】,Script,Unit 6 Part III I News Reports I,W
49、ord Bank,Unit 6 Part III I News Reports II,What is mainly discussed in this report?A.Cell phone models.B.Cell phone use.C.A new discovery about cell phone usage.D.The danger of cell phones.2.What did the test on mice show?A.Symptoms of memory impairment disappeared in mice.B.Mice exposed to cell pho
50、ne signals were genetically stronger.C.There is no evidence in the study of mice that brain cancer can be cured.D.The experiment has not been conducted long enough to convince the public.,Listen to the report and then do the following exercise.,Unit 6 Part III I News Reports II,3.Dr.Richard Isakson
