UNIT3THEINTERNET

PeriodIVListeningandTalkingStepI學(xué)習(xí)理解Learnbackgroundinformationaboutapps.Inashortspaceoftime,appshavebecomeanessentialpartofoureverydaylives.Thetermisashorteningoftheterm“softwareapplication”.Appsarecomputerprogrammesdesignedespeciallyforuseonmobiledevicessuchassmartphonesandtablets.Theyareusuallydifferentfromprogrammesformoretraditionaldesktoporlaptopcomputers,inthewaytheyarepresentedandthewaytheyrespondtotheuser.Appscanbeprogrammedtoperformawiderangeoftasks.Newdevicesusuallyhavecertainappsalreadyinstalled,suchasforwebbrowsing,buttherearehundredsofthousandsofotherappsavailableforfreeorforpurchasefromonlinestoresaccessiblefromone’sdevice.Successfulapps,suchasgames,canearnalotofmoneyforcompanies.Lookattheappsandtalkabouttheappsyouliketouse.Xiao

Boislookingfora(n)________apptohelphimgetinshape.Laurawouldlikeanappforgetting________andanotherthatwillmakeher________better.LauraandXiaoBoaretalkingaboutapps.Listentotheir

conversationandfindoutwhatappstheywant.exerciserichgradesWhoXiaoBoLauraWhichappanexerciseappanappforgettingrichWhataretheappsusedtodo?It(1)____________howmuchyouexerciseandwhatyoueat.Italsohelpsyou(2)________________.Thisappwouldhelpme(3)____________.Ithelpsyou(4)__________________

_____________forwhateveryou’relookingfor.Everytimeyoupayforsomethingwithyourphone,it(5)________________intoabankaccount.Youcould(6)__________withthisapp.keepstrackofmakeafitnessplan

getfitfasterfinddiscountsandthebestprice

putsalittlemoneysavealittle1.□BothofXiaoBo’sappskeeptrackofthestepshetakes.2.□XiaoBo’ssecondappcanhelphimmakeafitnessplan.3.□Lauraneedsanappthatwillhelphergetdiscounts.4.□Lauraneedsanappthatwilladdmoneytoherbankaccount.Listenagain.Arethesentencestrue(T)orfalse(F)?FTFTDiscussthequestion.?Canyouthinkofsomemodalverbsusedtomakeaprediction?Completelyoralmostcertain:must,couldn’t,can’tExpectingtobecertain:shouldMaybecertain/notcertain:might,may,couldListenoncemoreandtickthesentencesyouhear.Underlinethewordsusedtoexpresspredictions,guesses,andbeliefs.

Itmighthelpmewalkmore.

Myguessisthatitwouldn’twork.

Iimaginethisappwouldhelpmegetfitfaster.

Isupposethatwouldbegood.

Iguessyoucouldsavealittlewiththisapp.

Isupposetherewouldbesomeproblems,too.

Ibelievethisappcouldhelpmegetthinner.Predictions,guesses,andbeliefs√√√√Listsomewordsusedtoexpresspredictions,guesses,andbeliefs.Givesomeexamples.?Expressingpredictionspredict(e.g.Hepredictedtheelectionresultwouldbeclose.)belikely/expectedto(e.g.Thenumberofpeopleusingmobilephonestopurchasegoodsislikely/expectedtodoublebytheendof2025.)will(e.g.Moreandmorepeoplewillbeparticipatinginsocialnetworkviatheirphones.)?Expressingguessesimagine(e.g.Iimagineshe’shiswife.)guess(e.g.Iguessthatthecarhasbrokendown.)suppose(e.g.Pricewillgoup,Isuppose.)perhaps/probably/possibly/Itmaybe/maybe(e.g.Maybetherehasbeenanaccident.)Listsomewordsusedtoexpresspredictions,guesses,andbeliefs.Givesomeexamples.StepII應(yīng)用實(shí)踐Discussthefollowingquestionwithapartner.?Whatadvantagesanddisadvantagesdothegameappshave?Advantages:relax;havefun;developone’spotentialandcreativity;...Disadvantages:maybeaddicted;timeconsuming;...Lookatthedescriptionsofsomeapps.Thenrole-playthe

conversation.A:Iguessmyfavouriteappis...onaccountofthevarietyoffunctions.Peoplecanchatonline,shareimportantfiles,storepicturesandotherstuff.It’sconvenientenough,especiallyforstudents.B:Ibelievethatyoungpeoplelike...more,becauseitisusedhighlyfrequentlyamongfriendsandfamilies.Besides,payingviatheappissafeandefficient.

?Whichappdoyouthinkwouldbemorepopularoruseful?√Whatisthenameoftheapp?√Whatistheappabout?√Whatdoyouusetheappfor? √Whowillbeinterestedintheapp?√Howdoyoupersuadeotherstousetheapp?Designausefulappingroups.Thequestionsbelowcanhelpyou:Presentyourideastotheclass.StepIII遷移創(chuàng)新Rateother’sperformanceaccordingtotheevaluationform.AssessmentitemRatingo