目录

  • 1 Unit 1   Campus Culture
    • 1.1 Introduction
    • 1.2 Understanding iExplore 1 in English
    • 1.3 Language points and Language focus
    • 1.4 Building your language
    • 1.5 Sharpening  your skills
  • 2 Unit 2  Friendship we live by
    • 2.1 Get prepared and Warm-up
    • 2.2 Understanding the text iExplore 1 and Read in details
    • 2.3 Language Points
    • 2.4 Building your Language
    • 2.5 Sharpening  your skills
    • 2.6 listening skills of news report in CET 4
  • 3 Unit 3 The art of communication
    • 3.1 Get prepared and Warm-up
    • 3.2 Understanding the text iExplore 1 and Read in details
    • 3.3 Language Points
    • 3.4 Building your Language
    • 3.5 Writing Skills
    • 3.6 Sharpening  your skills
  • 4 Unit  4 On the Road
    • 4.1 Warm up and understanding iExplore 1
    • 4.2 Language Points
    • 4.3 Building your Language
    • 4.4 Sharpening  your skills
  • 5 Unit 5 Loving Family
    • 5.1 Warm up and understanding iExplore
    • 5.2 Language Points
    • 5.3 Building your Language
    • 5.4 Sharpening  your skills
  • 6 Unit 6 To be or not to be
    • 6.1 Warm up and understanding iExplore
    • 6.2 Language Points
    • 6.3 Building your Language
    • 6.4 Sharpening  your skills
  • 7 Unit 7 Evolving technology
    • 7.1 Warm up and understanding iExplore
    • 7.2 Language Points
    • 7.3 Building your Language
  • 8 Unit 8 Culture and tradition
    • 8.1 Warm up and understanding iExplore
    • 8.2 Background information and understand the text
    • 8.3 Review
Warm up and understanding iExplore

Unit 7  Evolving Technology 

I  Content

  •  Get prepared for this unit

---Learning objectives

---Main idea of the two texts

  • Warm-up

  • Understanding the text- iExplore 1

  •  Language Building

 

II   Feedback about your tasks

 

III  Introduction of unit 7

Learning objectives:

 

  • talk about technological development using new vocabulary

  • use the proper tense and aspect when writing about science and technology

  • list China’s important technological innovations in the past and at present

  • introduce one of China’s technological achievements

 

 

Main idea of the two texts

iExplore 1       Chinese Technology  中国科技

A foreigner states his views on china's technological developments in ancient and modern times.

 

iExplore 2    How will virtual reality change our lives虚拟现实技术将如何改变我们的生活?

Introduces one specific technology-virtual reality: about its development and possible influences on our lives

 

IV  Warm up

Viewing and speaking

Task 1  (U校园)Text book Page148

Watch a video clip and you may have a new idea about ancient Chinese machines.

 

 Task 2  (U校园)

China is rich in scientific and technological innovations. Besides the mechanical innovations, in what other fields had the ancient Chinese made significant achievements?

 

Further discussion

Watch the video clip and answer the following questions.


1. According to the video, why do people choose to use the online ride-sharing app?

2. What is the influence of the merger between Didi and Uber China?

3. What are your suggestions to improve the service of online ride-sharing app?


Explain Viewing and speaking

 

V Understanding the text   

iExpolre 1   Chinese Technology  中国科技

The main idea, structure
课文大意,结构

 A foreigner states his views on china's technological developments in ancient and modern times.

 

The text can be divided into 3 parts:

Part 1. Leading to the topic: para. 1--para3

Part 2. The topic: para. 4--para. 10  

The contemporary technological achievements of china is introduced in this part

 

Part 3.Supporting the topic: para. 11--para. 13

China's top-down goal and bottom-up efforts to further develop and apply technological innovations

 

VI Language Building

preserve    designate    dig deep

uncover    come as a surprise

deploy     witness

 

 


VII  Enjoy learning through practice and action

政府工作报告中30个双语关键词

 


VIII Preview 

Read words and expressions of Unit 7

Read the text Chinese Technology and try your best to finish the exercises of Textbook P152

 

Read the text Para.2, Para,3 and Para.10 to answer the questions of Textbook P152

 



Reading in detail    Chinese Technology  中国科技