1. Living with technology
Module 7
Unit 1
Living with technology

2. Welcome to the unit

3. I. Lead –in
What electrical and electric products do you have at home?

4. TV set
remote control

5. refrigerator
washing machine

6. air-conditioner
microwave oven

7. desktop
laptop

8. DVD
digital camera
microphone

9. MP4
MP3

10. telephone
cellphone

11. electronic calculator
tape recorder

12. II. The development of electric devices

13. Development of TV
black-and-white TV
colour TV
LCD screen

14. laptop
desktop
Palm
development
of computer

15. Development of audio (音响) device
gramophone (留声机)
CD player
radio/tape recorder
MP3

16. beeper telephone letter/telegram development of communication
cellphone

17. Development of dictionary
electronic dictionary

18. Advantages or disadvantages
III. Discussion:
Advantages or disadvantages

19. Advantages:
1) meet people’s needs
2) improve people’s lives to some degree
Disadvantages:
1) radiation may be harmful to people’s health
2) when people buy new electrical or electronic
devices ,they throw away the old ones, which
not only cause waste, but also be harmful to
the environment

20. Summary With people’s hard work and intelligence,
human beings own lots of useful and handy
electric and electronic devices. These devices
do make us save a lot of time and energy.
Besides, they free us from heavy housework.
But we should not depend completely on them.
We human beings should make reasonable use
of them so that we can relax ourselves and
find pleasure and happiness in our life.

22. Word power

23. Guessing Game

24. It can be stationed on the wall
It can be stationed on the wall. It can make our room warm in winter and cool in summer.
An air-conditioner

25. It’s a type of oven which cooks food
very quickly using microwaves.
A microwave oven

26. A cabinet or room in which food is kept cold.
A refrigerator

27. A electric machine for washing
clothes.
A washing machine

28. A electrical appliance that takes up
dust, dirt, etc. by suction.
A vacuum cleaners

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

30. Household appliances:
Description and Functions of household appliances:
freezer section
Refrigerators
Electric rice cookers

31. microwave ovens
washing machines

32. Works with Teflon
Vacuum cleaners

33. Refrigerators
___________can have a freezer section at the top or the bottom.

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

35. Microwave ovens
_______________are useful for both cooking and heating food.

36. washing machines
Modern _______________ use digital controls.

37. Electric works
___________are usually coated with Teflon and easy to clean.

38. Vacuum cleaners
_____________ are the best way to keep carpets clean.

39. Do exercises on page 7

40. Thank you!