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Developingideas新標(biāo)準(zhǔn)《英語》高中選擇性必修第二冊Activity1Lookatthemessagesandanswerthequestions.

1Whichmessageiseasiertounderstand?Whichmessagedoyouprefer?Why?2Whichwaydoyouusetosendmessages?Howdoyouunderstandthem???????

????Iwillbeingrunninglateandwillbetheresoon.?????OK,donotrush.para1Whatdoes“while”lead?時間狀語Whatisthesubjectof“waiting”?IWhy?Whilewaitingoutsidethecafeteria,Ireceivedthefollowingmessagefrommyfriend.para5Pleaseanalyzethesentencestructure.Nowtherearemorethan3,000emojisthatexpanduponthewayinwhichwecommunicate.para6Pleaseanalyzethesentencestructure.Beadjtodo表被動Peoplelikethembecausetheyaddemotionalmeaning,andarequickandeasytouse.para8Pleaseanalyzethesentencestructure.Makesb(to)dosthButthismakesothers,especiallyeducators,worrythatwearelosingtheabilitytocommunicateproperlyusingthewrittenword,oreventhespokenword.Activity2Lookatthetitleofthepassageandpredicttheauthor’sattitudetowardsemojis.

Nowreadthepassageandcheckyourprediction.Activity3Choosetheauthor’spurposeinwritingthepassageandgiveyourreasons.1Toguidereaderstouseemojisproperly.2Todiscussthedevelopmentandinfluenceofemojis.3Tocriticisetheincreaseduseofemojis.4Toentertainreaderswithexamplesofhowemojishavebeenused.Think&Share1DoyouthinktheShakespeareserieswithemojisisaneffectivewaytoencourageyoungreaderstoreadtheclassics?Giveyourreasons.2Whatdoyouthinkaboutthewaypeopleuseemojis?3Whatlifestylechangesdoeseachreadingpassageinthisunitfocuson?Whatisthecommonmessageconveyedinbothpassages?Think&Share3

Thefirstpassagefocusesonchangesofpeople’sreadinghabits,whilethesecondpassagefocusesonchangesofthewaywecommunicate.Bothpassagesconveychangesofourlivesandsocietyinwhichwelive.Activity4

Workingroups.Giveatalkaboutthesentencefromthepassage.

1Readthesentenceanddecidewhetheryouagreeordisagreewithit.2Providethreereasonstosupportyourideasandgiveevidenceforeachreason.Makenotes.Activity4

Workingroups.Giveatalkaboutthesentencefromthepassage.

Nowthinkaboutwhatyouhavelearntfromtheopinionsofyourclassmates.Havetheyhelpedtochangeyouropinioninanyway?WritingaboutachangeActivity5Readthepassageandanswerthequestions.

1WhydoestheauthorstartthepassagebywritingaboutSuperman?2Whatwilldisappearinthefutureaccordingtothepassage?Whatisthemajorreasonforthisphenomenon?3Whatsupportingargumentsdoestheauthorgivetomakethepointconvincing?Activity5Readthepassageandanswerthequestions.

1TheauthorstartsbywritingaboutSupermaninordertoformaninstantconnectionwithreaders,aseveryoneisfamiliarwithSuperman.Italsosetsthetoneofthepassagebyintroducingsomelight-heartedhumour.2Phoneboxeswilldisappearinthefuture.Themajorreasonisthatalmosteveryonehasamobilephoneandtheydon’tneedphoneboxesanymore.3Thesupportingargumentsareasfollows:1）Phoneboxesaredifficulttofind.2）Itisconvenienttotakeoutamobileandmakeacallatthetouchofabuttonthantopressaseriesoflongnumbers.3）Rememberingothers’telephonenumbersisnoteasy.4）Itismoreconvenienttoborrowamobilephonefromsomeoneelsethanwalkaroundlookingforaphonebox.Activity6Nowwriteyourpassage.Thinkaboutsomethingthatmightdisappearinthefutureandcompletethetable.SomethingthatwillnotbearoundinthefutureReasonsSupportingargumentsActivity6TheElectricFan:aThingofthePastThedaysofkeepingcoolwithelectricfansarenumbered.Inrecentyearstherehasbeenasignificantdecreaseintheiruse,andtheirobviousshortcomingscomparedtoairconditionersmaketheircompletedisappearanceinthenearfuturepossible.Firstly,electricfansarefarlesseffectiveincoolingaroom.Whilethebreezetheyproducecanfeelpleasant,itdoesnotlowertheoveralltemperature.Notonlydoairconditionersachievethis,buttheirsettingscanbeadjustedsothattheycanreachaspecific,idealtemperature.Secondly,electricfansareoftenlessefficientattheuseofspace,astheyusuallyneedtobeplacedoneitherthefloororatable;in