牛津译林版 (2019)必修 第三册Reading教案

Book 3 Unit 3 The world online

Extended reading

Smartphone: a smart choice?

Teaching Aims

By the end of the section, students will be able to:

1. find out how Alan’s life changed after he stopped using his smartphone;

2. reflect on what they would do if they had to live without a smartphone for a week;

3. reconsider how they should use smartphones in their life;

4. design a public service advertisement calling for people to reduce their use of smartphones.

Teaching important points

1. To analyze the writing techniques of the blog;

2. To raise awareness of cutting back on the use of smartphones.

Teaching Procedures

Step 1 Lead-in

The teacher has a free talk with students about smartphones.

Step 2 Before reading

The teacher has students read the title of the blog “Smartphone: a smart choice?” written by Alan and answer the following questions.

  Do you think smartphone is a smart choice?

  Why did Alan use such a title for his blog?

Would you please guess what Alan might talk about in his blog?

Step 3Reading

The teacher has students read the blog post and finish Part A on Page 40.

What was Alan’s life like before and after he stopped using his smartphone? Make a list of these differences.

The teacher has students find sentences in the blog that show what Alan learned from his experience of quitting using his smartphone for a week.

Step 4 After reading

The teacher has students write a summary of this blog.

The teacher has students discuss the question in Part B on Page 40.

What would you do if you had to live without a smartphone for a week?

The teacher motivates students to give some suggestions to those smartphone addicts.

Step 5 Appreciating

The teacher guides students to discuss the writing techniques of this blog.

1. In which person is the blog written? Why?

2. What are the first sentences of each paragraph?

3. What do all the above sentences mean to Alan? How are they presented?

4. In what way did Alan show readers the changes in him after quitting using his smartphone for a week?

5. Can you find the adjectives Alan used in his blog to show the changes in his feelings?

6. Which adjective do you think is the most impressive when it comes to showing positive changes in Alan? How do you understand it? Why?

Step 6 Discussion

 The teacher invites students to read the title of the blog again and answer the following question.

Why did Alan use a title in the format of a question? What’s the function of such a title?

Step 7 Analysis

The teacher inspires students to reflect on what they have learned from the blog by asking them a question and invites students to share the stories of their familiar smartphone addicts who manage to cut back on smartphone use by using the writing techniques in the blog.

Step 8 knowledge point

 Point 1. addict

I was a smartphone addict. 我是一个智能手机上瘾者。

用法详解: addict n. [C]对…人迷的人

例：Gradually, his interest in collecting stamps becomes a habit and he becomes a stamp__________。  渐渐地,他对集邮的兴趣变成了一种习惯,他成了一个邮票迷。

归纳拓展: 相关词语积累:

(1)  addicted adj.对…着迷的,沉迷的;有瘾的,上瘾的

be addicted to..沉溺于,对…人迷(to为介词)

(2)  addiction n. [U, C]瘾,嗜好,入迷

(3)  addictive adj.使人上瘾的;使人入迷的

例：As you know, Tom used to be a video game addict and he __________ it for many years. Luckily, he made great efforts to get rid of his__________ last year.

正如你所知道的那样,汤姆曾经是个电子游戏迷,并且他对其入迷很多年了。幸运的是,去年他尽全力戒掉了他的游戏瘾。

Point 2 .take up

Sometimes I had the uncomfortable feeling that this little machine had taken up too much of my time, and that I could have done something more meaningful than just looking at a tiny screen all day, but it was not easy to quit the habit.

有时我感到焦虑:这台小机器占用了我太多的时间,我本可以做一些更有意 义的事,而不是整天盯着一个小屏幕看,但想改掉这个习惯却没那么容易。

take up

用法详解:

(1)占用(时间),占据(空间)

例：Writing the paper __________ most of his weekend.

写那篇论文占用了他周末的大部分时间。

例：Extended re I must get rid of this large table; it __________ much room.

我得把这个大桌子拿走, 它太占地方了。

(2)开始从事;学着做,开始做

例：When she graduated, she__________ journalism.

她毕业后从事新闻工作。

Professor Johnson__________cycling as a regular form of exercise after he retired.

约翰逊 教授退休后开始骑自行车,把这作为一项经常的锻炼方式。

(3) 继续,接下去

例：Let's__________ the text where we stopped yesterday.

让我们从昨天停下的地方继续学习 这篇课文。

Point 3. quit

用法详解 :

(1) vt. &vi.停止;戒掉

常见搭配：quit (doing) sth.停止(做)某事

例：Doctors are doing research to find out what will happen physically when people__________医生正做研究以弄清人们戒烟时身体会发生什么(变化)。

(2)  vt. &cvi.离开(工作职位、学校等)

常见搭配:  quit school退学

quit one's job辞职

quit as...辞去…职务

例：Susan had ____________________ and was working as a volunteer in the neighborhood when I visited her last year.

苏珊辞去了她的高薪工作,去年我拜访她时,她在社区当义工。

He has decided to__________ captain of the team.

 他已决定辞掉球队队长的职务。

Point 4 be used to

I was used to checking the news and my friends' social media updates every few minutes, but now I did not know what to do with myself.

我习惯每过几分钟就查看新闻,看看朋友们的社交媒体消息,但现在我却不知道要如何打发时间。

用法详解: be used to(=get used to)意为"习惯于",其中to是介词,其后跟名词、代词或v-ing等形式。

例：Driving on the left may be every strange at fist but you will __________it.

刚开始你可能会感觉靠左行驶很奇怪，但你会习惯它的

归纳拓展: 与used相关的其他搭配

(1) used to do sth.意为“过去常常做某事",表示过去经常发生的动作或者存在的状 态，但现在已不再发生或者存在。

例：We__________ live in a big house, in front of which lay a small pond.

我们过去住在一个 大房子里，房子的前面有一个小池塘。

(2) sth. be used to do....是use sth. to do..的被动形式,意为"某物被用来做……", to 是不定式符号。

例：Computers can __________many things.

电脑可以用来做很多事情。

Point 5 appreciate

Best of all, I began to appreciate the beauty in life with my own eyes, instead of through my smartphone camera.

更好的是,我开始用自己的眼睛, 而不是通过智能手机镜头,欣赏生活的美。

用法详解:

(1)vt.欣赏,赏识,重视

例：You can't really__________foreign literature in translation.

看翻译作品不能让人真正 欣赏到外国文学原著的美妙之处。

(2) vt.感激，感谢

常见搭配:

appreciate (sb./sb.'s) doing...感激(某人)做…

I would appreciate it if.如果…,我将不胜感激。

例：I'd__________ you could let me know in advance whether or not you will come.

如果你能提前让我知道你是否要来,我将不胜感激。

特别提醒:

(1)appreciate后面不能接不定式。

(2)appreciate不用于进行时。它表示"感谢"时,常接"事"作宾语,与thank刚好 相反,thank常构成"thank sb. for sth. (因某事而感谢某人)"结构。

Point 6 cut back on

I cannot escape from the modern world, but I can cut back on the amount of time I spend on my smartphone every day, and I do.

我无法逃离现代世界,但我可以减少每天花在智能手机上的时间,而且我也就是这么做的。

用法详解: cut back on意为"减少,削减,缩减",其中on是介词。该短语与 cut down on同义。

例：He__________ coffee and cigarettes, and ate a balanced diet.

他喝咖啡和吸烟都比以前少了，饮食也均衡了。

After my dad lost his job, we had to__________ household spending.

爸爸失业后,我们不得不减少家庭开支。

归纳拓展: cut构成的其他短语:

          cut down砍倒(及物)；减少,削减(及物、不及物均可)

cut off停止,中断;使 与外界隔绝

cut in插嘴，打断(谈话)

cut out裁剪;删除

例：The doctor advised him to __________ his working hours.

医生劝他减少工作时间。

 Point 7 belong to

We hope to build an active community belonging to all art lovers and create an attractive space in which they can freely talk and share ideas.

我们希望建立一个属于所有艺术爱好者的活跃社区,创造一个有吸引力的空间,在那里他们可以自由地交流和分享想法。

用法详解:

belong to意为"属于;是……的成员"

例：Professor Williams keeps telling his students that the future __________the creative.

威廉斯教授不断告诉他的学生未来属于有创造力的人。

He__________the football club.

他是这家足球俱乐部的成员。

特别提醒:

(1) belong to无被动语态和进行时态。

(2) belong to中的to是介词,后接名词或代词作宾语

归纳拓展: 相关词语积累: (1)belong vi.应在(某处)

例：It is a good habit to teach children to lay things where they __________when they are young.

在孩子小的时候教他们把东西放在应该放的地方是个好习惯。

(2) belonging n. [U]归属 belongings n. [pl.]所有物;财物

例：When I came here, I felt a strong sense of __________.

来到这儿的时候,我有一种强烈的归属感。

Having sold most of his __________, he almost had nothing left in the house.

他已经卖掉了大部分财物，房子里几乎什么都没有留下。

Step 9 Homework

1. Write a speech to call for people to cut back on smartphone use, including a story of a smartphone addict, why we should cut back on smartphone use and how to make it.

2. Finish the workbook.

Point 1. addict

I was a smartphone addict. 我是一个智能手机上瘾者。

用法详解: addict n. [C]对…人迷的人

例：Gradually, his interest in collecting stamps becomes a habit and he becomes a stamp addict.   渐渐地,他对集邮的兴趣变成了一种习惯,他成了一个邮票迷。

归纳拓展: 相关词语积累:

(4)  addicted adj.对…着迷的,沉迷的;有瘾的,上瘾的

be addicted to..沉溺于,对…人迷(to为介词)

(5)  addiction n. [U, C]瘾,嗜好,入迷

(6)  addictive adj.使人上瘾的;使人入迷的

例：As you know, Tom used to be a video game addict and he was addicted to it for many years. Luckily, he made great efforts to get rid of his addiction last year.

正如你所知道的那样,汤姆曾经是个电子游戏迷,并且他对其入迷很多年了。幸运的是,去年他尽全力戒掉了他的游戏瘾。

Point 2 .take up

Sometimes I had the uncomfortable feeling that this little machine had taken up too much of my time, and that I could have done something more meaningful than just looking at a tiny screen all day, but it was not easy to quit the habit.

有时我感到焦虑:这台小机器占用了我太多的时间,我本可以做一些更有意 义的事,而不是整天盯着一个小屏幕看,但想改掉这个习惯却没那么容易。

take up

用法详解:

(1)占用(时间),占据(空间)

例：Writing the paper took up most of his weekend.

写那篇论文占用了他周末的大部分时间。

例：Extended re I must get rid of this large table; it takes tip too much room.

我得把这个大桌子拿走, 它太占地方了。

(2)开始从事;学着做,开始做

例：When she graduated, she took up journalism.

她毕业后从事新闻工作。

Professor Johnson took up cycling as a regular form of exercise after he retired.

约翰逊 教授退休后开始骑自行车,把这作为一项经常的锻炼方式。

(4) 继续,接下去

例：Let's take up the text where we stopped yesterday.

让我们从昨天停下的地方继续学习 这篇课文。

Point 3. quit

用法详解 :

(1)vt. &vi.停止;戒掉 常见搭配quit (doing) sth.停止(做)某事

例：Doctors are doing research to find out what will happen physically when people quit smoking.

医生正做研究以弄清人们戒烟时身体会发生什么(变化)。

(3)  vt. &cvi.离开(工作职位、学校等)

常见搭配:  quit school退学

quit one's job辞职

quit as...辞去…职务

例：Susan had quit her well-paid job and was working as a volunteer in the neighborhood when I visited her last year.

苏珊辞去了她的高薪工作,去年我拜访她时,她在社区当义工。

He has decided to quit as captain of the team.

 他已决定辞掉球队队长的职务。

Point 4 be used to

I was used to checking the news and my friends' social media updates every few minutes, but now I did not know what to do with myself.

我习惯每过几分钟就查看新闻,看看朋友们的社交媒体消息,但现在我却不知道要如何打发时间。

用法详解: be used to(=get used to)意为"习惯于",其中to是介词,其后跟名词、代词或v-ing等形式。

例：Driving on the left may be every strange at fist but you will be use to it.

刚开始你可能会感觉靠左行驶很奇怪，但你会习惯它的

归纳拓展: 与used相关的其他搭配

(1) used to do sth.意为“过去常常做某事",表示过去经常发生的动作或者存在的状 态，但现在已不再发生或者存在。

例：We used to live in a big house, in front of which lay a small pond.

我们过去住在一个 大房子里，房子的前面有一个小池塘。

(2) sth. be used to do....是use sth. to do..的被动形式,意为"某物被用来做……", to 是不定式符号。

例：Computers can be used to do many things.

电脑可以用来做很多事情。

Point 5 appreciate

Best of all, I began to appreciate the beauty in life with my own eyes, instead of through my smartphone camera.

更好的是,我开始用自己的眼睛, 而不是通过智能手机镜头,欣赏生活的美。

用法详解:

(1)vt.欣赏,赏识,重视

例：You can't really appreciate foreign literature in translation.

看翻译作品不能让人真正 欣赏到外国文学原著的美妙之处。

(2) vt.感激，感谢

常见搭配:

appreciate (sb./sb.'s) doing...感激(某人)做…

I would appreciate it if.如果…,我将不胜感激。

例：I'd appreciate it if you could let me know in advance whether or not you will come.

如果你能提前让我知道你是否要来,我将不胜感激。

特别提醒:

(1)appreciate后面不能接不定式。

(2)appreciate不用于进行时。它表示"感谢"时,常接"事"作宾语,与thank刚好 相反,thank常构成"thank sb. for sth. (因某事而感谢某人)"结构。

试比较:

例：I greatly appreciate your help.

我十分感谢你的帮助。

Thank you very much for your help.

非常感谢你的帮助。

Point 6 cut back on

I cannot escape from the modern world, but I can cut back on the amount of time I spend on my smartphone every day, and I do.

我无法逃离现代 世界,但我可以减少每天花在智能手机上的时间,而且我也就是这么做的。

用法详解: cut back on意为"减少,削减,缩减",其中on是介词。该短语与 cut down on同义。

例：He cut back on coffee and cigarettes, and ate a balanced diet.

他喝咖啡和吸烟都比以前少了，饮食也均衡了。

After my dad lost his job, we had to cut back on household spending.

爸爸失业后,我们 不得不减少家庭开支。

归纳拓展: cut构成的其他短语:

          cut down砍倒(及物)；减少,削减(及物、不及物均可)

cut off停止,中断;使 与外界隔绝

cut in插嘴，打断(谈话)

cut out裁剪;删除

例：The doctor advised him to cut down his working hours.

医生劝他减少工作时间。

 Point 7 belong to

We hope to build an active community belonging to all art lovers and create an attractive space in which they can freely talk and share ideas.

我们希望建立一个属于所有艺术爱好者的活跃社区,创造一个有吸引力的空间,在那里他们可以自由地交流和分享想法。

用法详解:

belong to意为"属于;是……的成员"

例：Professor Williams keeps telling his students that the future belongs to the creative.

威廉斯教授不断告诉他的学生未来属于有创造力的人。

He belongs to the football club.

他是这家足球俱乐部的成员。

特别提醒:

(3) belong to无被动语态和进行时态。

(4) belong to中的to是介词,后接名词或代词作宾语

归纳拓展: 相关词语积累: (1)belong vi.应在(某处)

例：It is a good habit to teach children to lay things where they belong when they are young.

在孩子小的时候教他们把东西放在应该放的地方是个好习惯。

(2) belonging n. [U]归属 belongings n. [pl.]所有物;财物

例：When I came here, I felt a strong sense of belonging.

来到这儿的时候,我有一种强烈的归属感。

Having sold most of his belongings, he almost had nothing left in the house.

他已经卖掉了大部分财物，房子里几乎什么都没有留下。