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Unit 1 Living with technology Word Power

Brainstorming Make a list of more household appliances. Give a brief description of the devices on the list.

Audio devices Video devices CD players, MD players, MP3 players video cameras, digital cameras Vocabulary

Educational products Others educational software, electronic dictionaries, electronic translators computers, mobile phones

Description and Functions of household appliances: Household appliances Refrigerators can have a freezer at the top or at the bottom.

Electric rice cookers have been popular for a long time. They can also be used to cook other things.

Microwave oven are useful for both cooking and reheating food.

Modern washing machines use digital controls.

Electric woks are usually coated with Teflon and easy to clean.

Vacuum cleaners are the best way to keep carpets clean.

1. When you are very hot in a room, I can make the room cool for you. 2. When I work, I make the room clean by “eating” dirt. an air conditioner a vacuum cleaner

3. In hot summer, I can keep food fresh and not going bad. 4. When your clothes are dirty, I will work and make it clean. a refrigerator a washing machine

5. I can blow wind by the three “hands” in my “head”, but I can’t change the temperature in the room. an electric fan

Discussion Which appliances are the most useful? Complete the following table with as many as you can think of, placing the items in order of importance( with the most important one first).

Different ways Most useful devicesWhy For study electronic dictionary electric calculator

Different ways Most useful devices Why For entertainment For the Household computer TV refrigerators air-conditioner washing machines

Answers for activity C: 1. ______________ 2. _________________ 3. ______________ 4. _________________ 5. ______________ 6. _________________ 7. ______________ 8. _________________ 9. ______________ 10. ________________ 11. _____________ 12. ________________ electronic goodshousehold appliances audio devicesCD players MD players MP3 video cameras educational software translatorsfreezer section vacuum cleanersmicroware oven

Translate the following sentences. 1. 空调可以使室内温度降低, 而电扇不能。 An air conditioner can make the temperature in a room lower, but an electric fan can’t.

These days fewer people use electric woks, and more and more families prefer electromagnetic stoves and microwave ovens. 2. 现在很少人使用电炒锅, 越来越多的 家庭喜欢用电磁炉和微波炉。

Most families use electric rice cookers to cook rice and refrigerators to preserve food. 3. 大多数家庭用电饭锅做饭, 用 冰箱保存食物。

4. 吸尘器能够轻松地清除键盘上的 灰尘。 A Vacuum cleaner can easily get rid of the dust on a keyboard.

To go over the new words you’ve learnt in this lesson. To preview the next part Grammar and usage. Homework