1. Living with technology
Unit 1
Living with technology
Welcome to the unit

2. Science and technology
has greatly influenced our life.
How has our life been changed in the past few decades?

3. How did people keep contact with each other in the past?
Example
How did people keep contact with each other in the past?

4. How do people keep contact with each other later?
Example
How do people keep contact with each other later?
electric/ electrical devices

5. What other electrical and electronic devices do you
Brain Storming
What other electrical and electronic devices do you
have at home?

6. TV set
remote control

7. refrigerator
washing machine

8. air-conditioner
microwave oven

9. flatiron
vacuum cleaner

10. electromagnetic oven
electric rice cooker

11. laptop
desktop

12. DVD
digital camera
microphone

13. MP3
MP4

14. electronic calculator
tape recorder

15. electric shaver
hair dryer

16. Discussion
What can our human beings benefit from the development of electric and electronic appliances?

17. What do you think life would be like without these products?
Discussion

18. TV and audio devices: a review
Reading
TV and audio devices: a review

19. Pre-reading
As we all know, TV set plays a very important role in our daily life.
Would you please briefly describe the development of it?

20. Picture 1: Compare the TV in the picture with the
TV in your home:
1.antennae on top / 2.the small screen /
3.only black and white pictures/
4.no remote control(the control panel
was on one side of the screen)…

21. Pre-reading
Besides watching TV, most people like listening to the music.
How did people listen to/record the music in the past?
How do we do this nowadays?

22. How did people record music in the past?
---put the tapes into the recorder, then play the
tape with music at one side and play the record
button at the other side to record the music
onto the blank tape.

23. How do people record music using a computer?
Copy the music from a CD to the computer
using recording software.The music will then be
digitalized and stored in and played by an MP3
player.

24. Fast reading:

25. Reading strategy: understanding subtitles
Subtitles appear after titles and give you more information about the text than the titles. TV
(In order of time)
Audio devices
(By types of equipment)
Early history of TV
The modern age: cable TV, satellite TV, digital TV
Early history of audio devices
Tape recorders and players
Sound goes digital

26. Simple questions
1. When did regular public TV broadcasting begin around the world?
2. What is WebTV?
3. What was invented in 1954?
It began on 11 May 1928 in New York and in London on 20 August 1929.
It is the TV set combined with the World Wide Web.
The cassette recorder.

27. Careful reading:

28. Year
Event
1877
First public showings of wireless TV transmissions were made in the USA.
1948
Cable TV began in the USA; 3 American scientists invented the transistor.
1951
1954
Invention of transistor led to the development of cassette recorders.
First LPs (long-play records) came onto the market.
1962
1982
1987
International standards for digital TV were established.
1992
First WebTV set-top boxes came onto the market.
First recording of a human voice was made.
1925
Colour broadcasts began in the USA.
1958
Satellites began to be used to broadcast TV.
First CDs produced by using digital technology were made available.
Development of MP3 technology started in Germany.
1989
Development of MD player began.
1996

29. 1. When and where was the first long-distance TV broadcast made?
A. In 1925 in the USA B. In 1926 in the UK.
C. In 1928 in the UK D. In 1928 in both the USA and the UK.
2. Who might be the inventor of the first T V?
A. Vladimir Zworykin from Russia.
B. Philo Farnsworth in the USA.
C. John Logie Baird from Scotland.
D. It remains uncertain.
3. How many countries have put digital TV into operation according to the passage?
A. Only one B. Already two.
C. At most three D. At least four.

30. 4. Who might have attributed to the development of the Walkman?
A. Two Japanese engineers.
B. Three American scientists.
C. Thomas Edison D. Emile Berliner.
5. What is the main factor that causes the spring up of music websites all over the Internet?
A. The popularity of Walkman.
B. The development of the MD player.
C. The development of MPs technology.
D. The wide use of Discman.
6. How is the passage organized ___________________.
A. by paragraphs B. in chronological order
C. by concepts D. by sub-topics

31. Activities—pair work
Organize students into groups of two. One acts as an engineer and the other one acts as a journalist. The electrical engineer will answer the questions raised by the journalist about the development of the TV sets or audio devices.

32. Discussion:
1.More and more people are using computers for information and entertainment. Do you think we will still need books and TVs in the future? Why or why not?
2.What are the possible disadvantages of having a lot of technology in our lives?

33. Living with technology
Unit 1
Living with technology
Word Power

34. A guessing game
A household appliance that can be stationed on the wall and can make our room warm in winter and cool in summer. What is it? ( )
An air-conditioner
A usually automatic machine for washing clothes and linens. What is it? ( )
A washing machine
An electrical appliance that cleans surfaces by suction(吸力, 抽气). What is it? ( )
A vacuum cleaner

35. An appliance with different channels for providing different programs to enjoy, such as The Outlook on channel What is it? ( )
a TV
An appliance, a cabinet, or a room for storing food or other substances at a low temperature What is it? ( )
a refrigerator

36. air-conditioners
TVs
washing machines
refrigerators
vacuum cleaners
household appliances

37. Words related to electronic and electrical goods

38. Read part A and B on page 6, then finish the exercise in part C

39. For study For entertainment For the household computer mobile phoneTV
DVD
digital camera
video game player
……………..
electric rice cookers
electric woks
refrigerators
microwave ovens
air-conditioner
washing machines
electric blanket
vacuum cleaners
……………..
electronic dictionary
electric calculator
tape recorder
educational software
electronic translators
projector
loud-speaker
……………..

40. Competition
Guessing Game

41. Rules
Choose one student to stand in front of the class and guess the devices in the pictures on the screen.
Other group members try to describe the devices one by one, but can’t mention the words themselves.
The time limit: half a minute (try to guess out as many words as you can. The group who can get the most words will be the winner.）

42. The development of science and technology brings comfort and convenience to our life, but it also brings us some negative effects.

43. making a list of pros and cons
Unit 1
Living with technology
project
making a list of pros and cons

44. Different functions of mobile phones

45. making phone calls
taking photos

46. listening to music
sending short messages

47. With GPS technology in it
Surfing the Internet
With GPS technology in it

48. scanning
Mobile phones have become part of people’s life and there have been an argument about the safety of using them for many years. What’s your opinion?
What might be the writer’s attitude towards
mobile phone use? Why do you think so?

49. Read the passage again and fill in the form below:
Main points
Supporting details
The report is based on the findings of research that was carried out in Sweden, comparing 1,617 patients found to have brain tumors between 1997 and 2003 with the same number of healthy people.
Using a mobile phone doubles the risk of developing brain cancer.
The study, conducted with 200 mice, of which half were exposed to radiation while the other half did not receive any radiation, shows that the first half were found to have more than twice the cancer rate of the second half after eighteen months.
Digital mobile phones are an actual danger.
The reasons why there is no definite scientific evidence available now about the effects of mobile phones on people’s health.
Enormous profit from the telecommunications industry prevents the bad results of findings from being revealed.

50. Limiting the amount of time you spend on your mobile phone
Moving the phone away from the body by using a handsfree kit or loudspeaking mode if available or why not consider texting as an alternative
Checking the SAR of a phone before you buy it, although the power which a phone transmits is controlled by the network and in many situations is far lower than its maximum power
Turning your phone off when you don’t need to use it …
Possible
solutions

51. Practice
As we have learnt how to make a statement and how to support it, now you are expected to complete the project to make a list of pros and cons.

52. Advantages and disadvantages of computer use/ Mp3/ TV
Choose a topic and discuss with your partners on this topic. Then write a list of the advantages and disadvantages of ……

53. Living with technology
Unit 1
Living with technology
Task

54. Skills building 1:
Introduce some expressions which shows whether a statement is important or not.

55. Listen to the tape carefully
Identify the most important information and less important
These days , I have been considering buying a new mobile
phone. First of all, I like the ones with MP3 function
in particular, this way, music will accompany me wherever
I go. However, a major consideration is the radiation from
the mobile phones, So, I prefer one that will do least
harm to the user. Certainly, it doesn’t matter so much
whether it could be used as a camera, for I think the picture
a mobile phone could take is not clear enough and it wastes
a large quantity of power.

56. Step 1: taking notes of requirements Part A. First Listening:
Weight and size: _____________________________
Cost:_______________________________________
Appearance:_________________________________
Translation:__________________________________
Pronunciation:________________________________
Extra functions:_______________________________

57. Further listening Which type does your uncle prefer,
a dictionary with English translation only ,or with two kinds of translation? Why?
2. Is your uncle willing to buy an modern one at a high price?
3. Does the function of pronunciation matter a lot according to your uncle?
He prefers a dictionary with two kinds of translation,
for he thinks that ,this way ,his son can look up words
in both languages
No, he doesn’t want to spend more than 700 yuan on it
Yes , he thinks that will help his son to pronounce
the word properly

58. Part B: Listen to the explanation of the function
of two new electronic dictionaries on sale
Take notes of useful information in the
following two columns
Attention : this part only tells the relevant information,
such as the languages, the cost, the word
capacity etc. The rest information is included
in Part C

59. Keys to part B Mark 204D: Languages: Word capacity:
Weight:
Cost:
Extra functions:
Extra features:
Chinese and English
Over 102,000
650 yuan
A voice function, wildcard
search function

60. Stylus Pen Ⅲ:
Languages:
Appearance:
Word capacity:
Weight;
Cost:
Extra functions:
Extra features:
English-Chinese
Just like a pen
100,000
1,200 yuan

61. Part C: Please find out more information about
the two new types through Reading the
following leaflets, try to complete the lists
above.

62. Stylus Pen Ⅲ:
Languages:
Appearance:
Word capacity:
Weight;
Cost:
Extra functions:
Extra features:
English-Chinese
Just like a pen
100,000
20 grams
1,200 yuan
Quick and correct translations,
an inbuilt Speaker and a clear
LCD screen
Suitable for people with a reading disability

63. Till now, according to the requirements of your
uncle, you can more or less decide what advice
you could give to your uncle, after comparing
the two types, you think the first type--- Mark 204D
will meet his requirements. Then you decide to make
a telephone call to the customer service department
for more information about the battery it uses and
its guarantee.

64. asking for information by telephone
Skills building 2:
asking for information by telephone

65. Try to make an appropriate telephone call
Read part 1 on page12 , ask the following question.
1. What should be paid attention to when making
a telephone call?
Be polite
Be clear and to the point
Ask for clarification if you don’t understand

66. Practise speaking with your partner.
Salesperson: Good morning, this is customer service
department, …..
Customer; Good morning. Could you please give me
some information about the Mark 204D
electronic dictionary. I’d like to know
what batteries it uses.
Salesperson: Certainly. It uses three AAA batteries.
Customer: How long can the batteries last after they
get charged?
Salesperson: They can last about 70 hours.
Customer: Good. Do you have the guarantee on the
dictionary?
Salesperson: Sure, we have. But it covers faults but
not loss of the dictionary.

67. Skills building 3:
writing to give advice

68. Writing an email to your uncle:
Useful words and expressions:
I would advise you to buy….
I would recommend the first one to you .
I think you may/ could/ would buy…..
It seems to me that….
In my opinion…..
When you are state the reasons to support your advice,
you’d better put it in order of importance.
first of all, in addition, what’s more, furthermore,
besides, what comes first is…, at last/lastly, finally
to conclude, to sum up, in conclusion. In a word…

69. About the content of the email
Try to cover the following aspects of the
electronic dictionary in your .
The cost
The word capacity
The language
Extra functions and features
Appearance and weight
The battery and the guarantee of it.

70. Living with technology
Unit 1
Living with technology
Grammar

71. 介词
1 表时间的介词
1)at, by, in, on
at, by 表时间的点： at 表示“在……（几点钟）”； by 表示
“到……时候”（含有“不超过”，常与过去或将来完成时态连用）
on表示日期及某天的上午、下午、晚上等。
in表示 泛指的早、中、晚及年、月等。
at breakfast, at lunch, at supper, at dinner
at midnight, at daybreak, at dawn, at sunrise, at noon, at sunset,
一……就
The baby cried at the sight of its mother.
He felt proud at the thought of his son’s achievement.
She went pale at the news.
on Monday, on April 5, on New Year’s Day, on New Year’s Eve
On the morning of July 6th, on a cold night, on a quiet evening
但morning, afternoon 前有early , late用in,
Late in the afternoon of a chilly day,
At about three o’clock in the early morning of the next day.

72. On 加动名词，reach, arrive, hear, see, slip, snatch或名词
On arriving at the hotel, he was greeted by the president.
On his arrival at the hotel, he was greeted by the president.
On hearing the bad news, she burst into tears.
2)in, for 后面接一段时间
in+一段时间表示“在……之内”或“……以后（用在将来时态中）”。
for+ 一段时间表示动作的延续。
He finished his work in two hours.
He will come back in two hours.
He waited in the room for two hours.
He slept for half a day.
3)after, since
after 表示在某具体时间之后；since自某具体时间以来，用完成时。
Father came home after the meeting ./ eight o’clock.
He has been studying French since he came to Paris.

73. 4)till, until的用法有两个：
(1)肯定句“直到……时候”，动词必须是延续性的。
He waited till/until ten o’clock.
They worked until it was dark.
(2)在否定句中“直到……才”。
Tom didn’t return till/until midnight （till不放句首）
He didn’t go home until it was dark.
I didn’t recognize him until he took off his glasses.
Not until yesterday did I realize that he was a cheat. (not until 放句首，引起主句倒装。）
Not until he told me the whole thing did I realize that he was a cheat. (从句不倒装）

74. 2.表示运 动或移动的介词
across, through, along, into, onto, up, down, out of, off多和具有运动意义的动词搭配.如: show…into, get through
1)across, through, along
across 越过,横穿(从一边到另一边).
Can you swim across the river ?
through 穿过,通过(从一端到另一端).
The train passed through the tunnel.
We walked through the forest.
along 沿着.
They took a walk along the street/ river....
2)in, into
in”在…..里(内),是表静态的介词,和 come, move等动词连用时是副词; into”进入,入“, 与表运动的动词搭配,是介词.如:
Mother is in the kitchen. The cat is on the desk.
Come in, please The cat jumped on.
He came into the room The cat jumped onto the desk.

75. 3.表示方向、方位的介词
in , on, to
in ; to; on
Dalian lies in the north of China.
Japan lies (to the) east of China.
Vietnam lies on the south of China.
2) to, for
to 表示“去，向”（常与位移性动词连用）。如： go, come,
move等; for 表示“目的地”，常与leave, set out, sail等词连用。
但表示“朝什么方向去”， 用in the direction of…
I will leave for Shanghai tomorrow.
He will sail for America.
My father is going in the direction of our school.
3) at, to
at表示“对准……（目标）” ; to表示“朝……方向”。如：
He came up to me.
The child threw a stone at the dog.

76. 4. by, in, on, with 表示方式的介词
by表示途径和手段及交通工具。如：
He made a living by selling newspapers.
She succeeded by means of perseverance.
You may go there by taxi.
当特指某一交通工具时，要用介词in, on 等，并且要后续冠词
或形容词性物主代词。如：
He promised to drive me to town in his own car.
in表示方式，常与下列词搭配，如： in a way, in ink, in English
Answer my question in English.
He worked out the problem in a way that is different from that of
others.
on表示途径，常与 radio, phone, TV等词连用。
He studied English on the radio.
with表示工具，方式。
Cut it with a knife.

77. 5. besides, but, except, except for
besides表示“除……之外，（还，也）”;except 表示“除……外
（其余都）“，常和all, every, no, none, nothing等含有整体肯定
或否定意义的词连用; except for 也表示“除……之外”， 含有
“只是……”，“只不过……”的意思，它和except 不同的是:与
except 连用的整体词和except所跟的词常常是同类的，是指整
体除去一部分;而与except for 连用的整体词与except for所跟的
词往往不是同类，是指整体中除了一个细节。如：
All his pictures are well painted except this one.
It’s a nice picture except for the colour of the roof.
The composition is well written except for some spelling mistakes
but表示“除……外，（其余或都不）”，和 except用法相似。
注意下列句中but后面动词的形式。
Last night, I did nothing but watch TV.
He has no choice but to keep silence.
Old John enjoys nothing but fishing.
We study Chinese, maths, physics besides English.

78. 6.表示原因或理由的介词
of, from, for , with , through, at
die of /from疾病， 悲伤， 冻， 饿等
die of a broken heart, die of grief, die of old age
He trembled with fear.
He died for the freedom of the people.
He will reward for your help.
I’ m pleased at your telling the truth.
They were dead tired with a day’s walking.
The man bent with age.
He lost his job through carelessness.

79. 7. 表示价格，比率，速度
The house was valued at 5,000 dollars.
The apples are sold at two yuan a kilo.
The car ran at full speed.
The car ran at a /the speed of 120 kilometres an hour.
The car ran with great speed.
The goods were sold at reasonable prices.
The clock strikes at regular intervals(间隔）.
8. By
按……计算
Eggs are sold by the dozen.
Cleaning women in big cities are paid by the hour.

80. 表示数量、空间、时间等的相差
John is my junior/ junior to me by four years.
He missed the target by an inch.
Today’s temperature is below yesterday’s by two degrees.
9. 表示属性，特性
of, with
a man of wealth; a girl of wisdom
The meeting is of importance
Your suggestion is of value to me.
a dictionary with a blue cover
a coat with two pockets
socialism with Chinese characteristics

81. Exercise

82. B D D D 1.No one helped me . I did it all myself .（2005全国卷I，22．）
A．for B．by C．from D．to
2. We hadn’t planned to meet. We met ______ chance. （2005全国卷III，10．）
A．of B．in C．for D．by
3. John became a football coach in Sealion Middle School ____ the beginning of March.（2005上海卷25.）
A. on B. for C. with D. at
4. He suddenly saw Sue _____ the room. He pushed his way ____ the crowd of people to get to her. （2005湖南卷25.）
A. across, across B. over, through
C. over, into D. across, through B D D D

83. A C B C 5.—You know. Bob is a little slow ____ understanding, so…
— So I have to be patient ______ him.（2005重庆卷30.）
A. in ; with B. on; with C. in; to D. at; for
6. I feel that one of my main duties ________a teacher is to help the students to become better learners．(2004广东卷22)
A．for B．by C．as D．with
7. It was a pity that the great writer died ________his works unfinished．(2004福建卷30)
A．for B．with C．from D．of
8. He got to the station early，________missing his train．(2004江苏卷24)
A．in case of B．instead of
C．for fear of D．in search of A C B C

84. 9. The accident is reported to have occurred _______the first Sunday in February．(2004上海卷25)
A．at B．on C．in D．to
10. ________two exams to worry about，I have to work really hard this weekend．(2004北京卷33)
A．With B．Besides
C．As for D．Because of
11. You can’t wear a blue jacket _____that shirt—it’ll look terrible．(2004湖南卷32)
A．on B．above C．up D．over B A D

85. 12. The shop doesn’t open until 11 a．m．, _____it loses a lot of business．(2004北京春季卷29)
A．for B．or C．but D．so
13.In order to change attitudes ________employing women，the government is bringing in new laws．(2004北京春季卷25)
A．about B．of C．towards D．on
14. I am sorry it’s ________my power to make a final decision on the project．(2004上海春季卷26)
A．over B．above C．off D．beyond
15. They had a pleasant chat ________a cup of coffee．(2003北京卷33)
A．for B．with C．during D．over D C D D

86. 16. The conference has been held to discuss the effects of tourism _____ the wildlife in the area．(2003上海卷26)
A．in B．on C．at D．with
17. The speech by the mayor of Shanghai before the final voting for EXPO 2011 is strong1y impressed ________my memory．(2003上海春季卷22)
A．to B．over C．by D．on
18. --What do you want ________those old boxes? (2002北京卷33)
--To put things in when I move to the new fiat．
A．by B．for C．of D．with 、
19. Luckily，the bullet narrowly missed the captain ________an inch．(2002上海卷22)
A．by B．at C．to D．from B D D A

87. D A C A 20. --You are so lucky．
--What do you mean _____that? (2002京、蒙、皖春季卷23)
A．or B．in C．of D．by
21. Marie Curie took little notice _____the honours that were given to her in her later years．(2002上海春季卷21)
A．of B．on C．about D．from
22.The home improvements have taken what little there is _______my spare time．(2001全国卷27)
A．from B．in C．of D．at
23. The sunlight came in ________the windows in the roof and lit up the whole room．(2001上海卷24)
A．through B．across C．on D．over D A C A

88. B
24. Ross was wild with joy ________the result of the examination．(2001上海春季卷23)
A．to B．at C．by D．as
25. ________production up by 60％，the company has had another excellent year. (2000全国卷18)
A．As B．For C．With D．Through
26. I know nothing about the young lady ________she is from Beijing．(2000上海卷32)
A．except B．except for
C．except that D．besides C C

89. Living with technology
Unit 1
Living with technology
task