Module2ScienceandtechnologyOxfordEnglishUnit

3ComputersStudyskillsMorepracticeLookatthetitle,thepicture,thefirstandthelastparagraphsofthearticle.Thenanswerthefollowingquestions.MorepracticeParagraph1Paragraph__Paragraph__Paragraph__Paragraph__425Readthespeechandtellwhateachparagraphisabout.3Paragraph2Paragraph3Paragraph4Atruestoryhappenedtoastudentatourschool.Somestudentsplaycomputergamesfortoolong.It’saseriousproblemandbadfortheirhealth.Someexpertswilltalkaboutthebadeffectsofplayingcomputergamesandgiveadvice.Paragraph5Teachersandparentscanworktogethertostopstudentsfromspendingtoomuchtimeplayingcomputergames.Paragraph1GreetingsAReadthescriptofaspeechbyaheadteacherandanswerthequestionsbelow.Goodafternoon,parentsandteachers.Thankyouforattendingthismeeting.Lastweekend,oneofourstudentswenttohospital.ThestudentplayedcomputergamesontheInternetalldaySaturdaywithoutstoppingtodrink,eatorsleep.Finally,hebecameveryill.Somestudentsplaycomputergamesfortoolong.Thisisaseriousproblem.Inthepast,studentsusedtoplayoutsidemoreoften,butnowtheyspendmoretimeinfrontofcomputers.Thisisbadfortheirhealth.

Tomorrowwe’llhavesomeexpertsheretotalktothestudentsaboutthebadeffectsofplayingcomputergames.They’llalsogivesomeadviceonhowtousecomputersforstudying.Ihopewecanallworktogethertostopstudentsfromspendingtoomuchtimeplayingcomputergames.Thankyouforyourtime.ComputergameproblemsInternetAddiction1Whoisattendingthemeeting?2Whydidthestudenteill?3Whatistheseriousproblem?4Whowilltalktothestudentstomorrow?5Whatwilltheytalkabout?Parentsandteachersareattendingthemeeting.BecauseheplayedcomputergamesontheInternetalldaySaturdaywithoutstoppingtodrink,eatorsleep.Somestudentsplaycomputergamesfortoolong.Someexpertswilltalktothestudentstomorrow.Theywilltalkaboutthebadeffectsofplayingcomputergames.Peter’smotherhasjustattendedthemeetingandiswritingalettertoherson.Completetheletter.DearPeterI’dliketotellyousomethingreallyserious.Iattendedtheparents’meetingthisafternoonandyour(1)__________teachertoldusaverysadthing.Oneofyourschoolmateswentto(2)__________becauseheplayedcomputergamesonthe(3)__________alldaylastSaturdaywithout(4)__________todrinkoreat.Hedidn’tgotobedeither.(5)__________,hebecamevery(6)__________.Ithinkyouknowaboutit.Butdoyouwanttobelikehim?Sometimesyouplaycomputergamesforalldaywithoutstop.Itisavery(7)__________problem.Youshouldstopdoingthat.headhospitalInternetstoppingFinallyillseriousWhenIwasyounglikeyou,I(8)__________togooutsidemore(9)__________andenjoynature.However,youspendyourtime(10)_____________computersinstead.That’llbeharmfultoyour(11)__________.Tomorrowsome(12)__________willvisityourschoolandtellyouthebad(13)__________ofplayingcomputergames.Youshouldlistencarefully.Also,pleasefindouthowyoucanusethecomputerfor(14)__________.Iwillhelpyouandyoushouldtrytostopyourselffrom(15)__________somuchtimeoncomputergames.Trustmeandtrustyourself.LoveMumusedofteninfrontofhealthexpertseffectsstudyingspending1.Thankyoufordoingsth.=Thanksfordoingsth.for是介詞,表示解釋原因。punishsb.fordoingsth.apologizefordoingsth.(makeanapologyfor…)2.attendthemeeting(+會議/婚禮/課程)attendawedding/classes=goto….3.ontheInternet4.stoptodosth./stopdoingsth.eill/sick=beill/sick6.bebadforone’shealth=doharmtoone’shealth=beharmfultoone’shealth7.haveaneffecton/of對……有影響Lackofsleepcanhaveaneffectonyourstudyatschool.Languagepointseffectiveadj.averyeffectivemedicineineffective8.someadviceon/aboutsth.關于……的建議9.stopsb.(from)doingsth.阻止某人做某事=keepsb.fromdoingsth.=preventsb.(from)doingsth.10.spendtime(in)doingsth.=spendtimeonsth.LanguagepointsB

Howcanyoungpeoplestopthemselvesfromplayingcomputergamesfortoolong?Discussthiswithyourclassmates.Studyskills

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Press“Enter”andwaitforyourwebsitetoappear.Typeintheaddressofthewebsitethatyouwouldliketovisit.Turnonthecomputer.1234Putthefollowingstepsinthecorrectorder.Researchskills(2):UsingasearchengineThereisalotofinformationontheInternet.Youcanfindtheinformationyouneedbyusingasearchengine.Doyouknowofanysearchengines?What’sthepriceoftheC4091monitor?thepriceoftheC4091monitorc.priceofC4091monitorWhatshouldwetypeinifwewanttolearnaboutthepriceoftheC4091monitor?關鍵詞提煉：我要搜索的是什么？然后提煉出最具代表性的關鍵詞。Whatwordsshouldwetypeinifweonlywanttofindinformationabout“howtoformthecomparativeofadjectives”?Herearetheresultsofoursearch.notexactlythesamewordsnotinthesameorder細化搜索條件：搜索條件越具體，搜索引擎反饋的結(jié)果也會越精確。exactlythesamewordsandinthesameorder“精確匹配”搜索。還可以使用雙引號

“…”來進行精確匹配查詢。還可以使用+:在關鍵詞之間使用+。searchengine搜索引擎keywordn.關鍵詞specificadj.具體的Canyoubemorespecific?doublequotationmark雙引號singlequotationmarkquote[kw??t]v.引用Whatdidyouquote?SpeakingModule2ScienceandtechnologyOxfordEnglishUnit

3ComputerslifeatprimaryschooltravellingbytheundergroundlifeatjuniorhighschooltravellingbybusvsvsShareyourideasTalktimeUnderlinethewordsintheparagraphthatarestressed.?Stressnouns,verbs,adjectives,adverbsandnumbers.?Donotstresswordslikea,the,isandhaveexceptforspecialreasons.Wealreadyknowtworulesaboutsentencestress:Salesman:CanIhelpyou,sir?Allen:Yes,Ineedamonitor.HowmuchistheC4095?Salesman:Itcosts￥1,298,andit’sournewestmodel.Allen:Whataboutitsweight?Salesman:It’slightandonlyweighs4kg.Allen:Doesitsellwell?Salesman:Yes,itisthemostpopularmodelinourshop.Wehavesold50thismonth.Puttwounderlinesunderthewordsthatwemightgiveextrastresstointheconversationbelow.Thinkofareasonwhywemightgivethesewordsextrastress.Thesewordscontainveryimportantinformationtothespeakers.?Giveextrastresstothemostimportantwordinthesentence.You,thespeaker,mustdecidewhatthemostimportantwordis.Hereisthethirdrule:Johnborrowedabookfromtheschoollibraryyesterdayafternoon.ThinkaboutwhatinformationTonywantstoknowandgiveextrastresstothewordsinyouranswers.Johnborrowedabookfromtheschoollibraryyesterdayafternoon.Tony:Whoborrowedabookfromtheschoollibraryyesterdayafternoon?WhatdidJohndoyesterdayafternoon?WhatdidJohnborrowfromtheschoollibraryyesterdayafternoon?WheredidJohnborrowabookyesterdayafternoon?WhendidJohnborrowabookfromtheschoollibrary?A1Readtheconversationbelowandpractiseitinpairs.Giveextrastresstothewordsunderlinedtwice.Frank:Whichkindofcomputersarebetter,desktopsorlaptops?Amy:Laptops,Ithink.Frank:Why?Amy:Laptopsarelighter.They’reeasiertocarryaroundthan

desktops!Frank:Yes,butdesktopsareoftencheaperthanlaptops.AndI

don’treallyhavemuchmoney.Amy:Well,thenadesktopisprobablyabetterchoiceforyou.

A2Readtheconversationbelowanddrawanextralineunderthewordsyouwouldgiveextrastressto.Thenpractiseitinpairs.Createyourowndialoguebasedonthefollowingsituation.Remembertogiveextrastresstosomewords.Anexamplehasbeengiventoyou.LastSunday,Susanmetheroldclassmate,Sally,onherwaytothecinema.Insteadofwatchingafilm,theytalkedinacafefortwohours…Susan:Long

timenosee.How’severything

going?Sally:Everythingisfine.Youlookgreat!Whatdoyoudonow?Susan:I’masecretaryatacompany.Sally:Whatkindofcompany?Susan:Acomputer

company.…writeemailsreadtheonlinenewschatwithfriendsdoonlineshoppinglistentomusic…playcomputergameslookforusefulinformationSpeakupQuestionnaire(Usingcomputersathome)1.Doyouhaveacomputerathome?Brainstormquestions2.Doyouusuallyuseacomputerathome?…When…Where…What…Howmuch…Howlong……

B1Ingroups,doasurveyaboutusingcomputersathome.Usethefollowingquestionstohelpyou.Youmustaddatleastonemorequestionofyourown.1Doyouhaveacomputerathome?2Howoftendoyouusethecomputer?3Whatdoyouusuallydoonthecomputer?4Howmuchtimedoyouspendplayingcomputergameseveryweek?5Howdoyouusethecomputertohelpyoustudy?6Yourownquestion(s):____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

B2Goaroundtheclassandinterviewotherstudents.Makenotesoftheiranswers.Theneachgroupshouldreporttheirfindingstotheclass.Usethefollowingplantohelpyou.Wefoundthat...oftheclasshavecomputersathome....usecomputersalmosteveryday,and...don’tusecomputersveryoften....often...onthecomputerathome.…WritingModule2ScienceandtechnologyOxfordEnglishUnit

3ComputersWhichdoyoulike/dislike?Why?snake,spider,crocodiledog,cat,birdsummer,winter,springswimming,dancing,runningbike,bus,theundergroundShareyourideasWritingTopOfficefoundthattheydidnothaveanyC4091monitors.IfyouwereTomGreen,thesalesmanfromTopOffice,howwouldyoutellMabelWangthatyoudidnothaveanyC4091monitors?WriteanemailtoMableWang.Whattowrite?Readthefirstandlastparagraphsoftheemailandanswerthetwoquestions.WhydidTomGreenwritetheemail?WhatdidTomGreenprobablywriteintheemail?Lookatthetableandfindthedifferencesbetweenthetwomonitors.sell(sold,sold)morepopularC