LeadinHowtosolveit?Howdoesthedooropen?becontrolledbythephone——remotecontrolswitchonthelightsanddrawthecurtainsautomaticallyasmarthome1.Canyounamesomesmartdevicesinyourlife?Whatfunctionsdotheyhave?smartphonesmartwatchsmartbraceletsmartspeakerLead-in2.Whenwesaysomethingthatissmart,whatdoweactuallywanttosay?Whatdoesitmeanwhenwesaythatsomethingis“smart”?sweepthefloorautomaticallydetectanyabnormalityremotelyandconstantlyusepasswordsandourfingerprintstoopenthedoorsinstantly

connecttolaptopsorphoneswirelesslysmartkeyboardTechnologiciallyintelligent!SmartHome1）Whatisthetextabout？2）Whattypeofwritingisit？3）Whatisthestructureofthetext？4）Whatisthewritingpurpose？5）Whatarethetargetreaders？scanningWhatsmarthomeisandthebenefitsitcanbringtoourlife2.What'sthetypeofthistext?3.What'sthestructureofthistext?

TitleIntroductionBodysubtitle1subtitle2subtitle3ConclusionAnarration

AnexpositionAnargumentationAsciencefictionstoryscanning4.What'sthewritingpurpose?5.Whoaretheintendedreaders?

Tointroducesmarthomes.homeownerswhoareinterestedinturningtheirhomessmarter.ReadingHaveyoueverforgottentolockthedoorofyourhouse?Or,haveyoueverforgottentoswitchofftheTVorcomputer?Thesekindsofthingshappentousallthetime,wasteresources,andcansometimesleadtoproblems.However,inthenot-too-distantfuture,wewillbelivinginsmarthomesthatwilllockthedoorforuswhenweareawayandremembertoswitchofftheTVwhenweforget.Thesesmarthomeswillkeepussecure,saveusenergyandprovideamorecomfortableenvironmenttolivein.Para1IntroductionWhydoesthewriterstarttheparagraphwithtwoquestions?Toarousereaders’interestToleadtothetopic2.Whycouldsuchquestionsattractreaders'attention?

Thesharedexperience

(empathy共鳴)

problemssolutionsadvantagesReadingHaveyoueverforgottentolockthedoorofyourhouse?Or,haveyoueverforgottentoswitchofftheTVorcomputer?Thesekindsofthingshappentousallthetime,wasteresources,andcansometimesleadtoproblems.However,inthenot-too-distantfuture,wewillbelivinginsmarthomesthatwilllockthedoorforuswhenweareawayandremembertoswitchofftheTVwhenweforget.Thesesmarthomeswillkeepussecure,saveusenergyandprovideamorecomfortableenvironmenttolivein.Para1Introduction3.Whataretheadvantagesofsmarthomesmentionedinthispassage?Keepussecure;Save

usenergy;Provideamorecomfortableenvironment

tolivein.4.Whatisthewriter’sattitudetowardssmarthomes?A.positiveB.neutralC.negative

Para.2Intelligentcontrols

Whatdoweusetocontrolthehouseholdappliancestoday?

aknobswitchesToday_______controlManualaremotecontrolInthefuture,wewillbeusing____________________everydayfor_____________________ofjustabouteverything

inourhome.

advancedtechnology

automaticcontrol?Today,wehavetouseswitchesforourlights,knobsforourappliances,andremotecontrolsforourTVsandairconditioners...However,inthenot-too-disrantfuture,wewillbeusingadvancedtechnologyeverydayforautomaticcontrolofjustabouteverythinginourhome....Howdoesthewriterdevelopthisparagraph?——Bycontrastandlistingexamples.Todayfuturegointo

anenergy-efficientmodelearn

yourdailyroutineandpreferencesturnswitchesonandoffplay

musicorTVprogrammesprepare

dinnerrespondtovoicecommandsntelligentfficientutomatically

energy-e______i__________

a___________controlledRegularHealthChecksInaddition,yoursmarthomewillbemonitoringyourhealthforyoueveryday.Yourbed,forexample,willrecordhowwellyousleepeverynight.Itwillalsobecheckingyourbodyweight.Iyoustarttohavesleeporweightproblems,itwillsendawarningtoyourphone.Itwillalsogiveyousuggestionsonahealthierdietandhowtosleepbetter.Smarttoiletswillbekeepingconstanttrackofyourhealthaswell.Theycanwarnyouearlyonifthereissomethingabnormalorifyouhaveacriticalillness,suchascancer,andpotentiallysaveyourlife.NoMoreDisastersSmarthomeswillbeabletopreventseriousdamagefromaccidents.

Forexample,ifawaterpipestartsleaking,orifthereisashortintheelectricalwiring,yoursmarthomewilldetectitandprovideyouwiththerelevantinformation.Thisway,youwillbeabletofixtheproblembeforeyourhomebecomesfloodedorcatchesfire.Para.3&4Whatdothesetwoparargraphshaveincommoninregardtothewritingtechnique?examplesatopicsentenceexamplesatopicsentencePara.3&4Whatexamplesaregiventoshowhowsmarthomesmonitoryourhealth?preventdamage?Yourhealthwillbe

e__________monitored.Yourhomewillbes________.ffectivelyecureRegularHealthChecksInaddition,yoursmarthomewillbemonitoringyourhealthforyoueveryday.Yourbed,forexample,willrecordhowwellyousleepeverynight.Itwillalsobecheckingyourbodyweight.Iyoustarttohavesleeporweightproblems,itwillsendawarningtoyourphone.Itwillalsogiveyousuggestionsonahealthierdietandhowtosleepbetter.Smarttoiletswillbekeepingconstanttrackofyourhealthaswell.Theycanwarnyouearlyonifthereissomethingabnormalorifyouhaveacriticalillness,suchascancer,andpotentiallysaveyourlife.NoMoreDisastersSmarthomeswillbeabletopreventseriousdamagefromaccidents.Forexample,ifawaterpipestartsleaking,orifthereisashortintheelectricalwiring,yoursmarthomewilldetectitandprovideyouwiththerelevantinformation.Thisway,youwillbeabletofixtheproblembeforeyourhomebecomesfloodedorcatchesfire.keyverbs

bedrecordyoursleepwarnyourweightproblemsgivesuggestionsondiets

toiletkeeptrackofyourhealthwarnyouearlyondetectpossibleproblemsproviderelevantinformationPara.5Thissmarttechnologyisnotafantasy.Manyofthesenewinnovationsarealreadyavailableandbeingusedinsomehomes.Inthissense,thehomeoftomorrowisalreadythehomeoftoday.Nevertheless,itwilltakesomeyearsbeforemostnewhomesbegintousethisnewtechnology.What’stheauthor’sattitudetowardssmarthome?Howdoyouunderstand“thehomeof...thehomeoftoday”?supportivebutrationalManyofthenewinnovationsarealreadyusedinsomehomestoday.Thisistrueespeciallyofautomaticcontrolsforthingssuchaslightsandairconditioners.Nota

Fantasy;aRealitySummarySmartHomestoMakeLifeEasierintelligentcontrolsregularhealthcheckdisasterpreventionintegratedsensorstoswitchmodeprepareeverythingreadyforyoubedtoiletrecordsleepqualitycheckbodyweightadvisehealthydietsnedwarningsonillnessdetectproblemsandprovideinformationbenefitsprovidesecuritysaveenergyprovidecomfortableenvironmenttechnologically-intelligentuser-friendlyWhatiswrong?Whatwillyouconsidertomakeitbetter?pulledoutteeth,changeinvoiceperhapsaddfacialrecognitionfingerprintcodetraditionallockandkey…DiscussionWhatmightbesomeofthedisadvantagesofsmarthomes?Ifthesystembreaksdown,youmayfindyourselflockedoutofthehouseorunabletoturnonyourTV.Ifhackershackintoyoursystem,

yourpersonalinformationwillbestolenforevilpurposes.Forolderpeople,itwillbedifficulttooperatethesystem.Arethereanypreparationswecandoforthecomingageofintelligence?“Thebestwaytopredictthefutureistocreateit.”——PeterDruckerWeneedtoworkhardtoembrace(擁抱)challengesandimproveinnovation(創(chuàng)新)。預(yù)測(cè)未來(lái)最好的方式是創(chuàng)造未來(lái)。Paraphraseswitchoff/oninthenot-too-distantfuturekeepussecuresave

us

energyremotecontroladvancedtechnologyautomaticcontrolgointoanenergy-efficientmodedailyroutineandpreferencesthemomentkeepconstanttrackofacriticalillnessdetectprovideyouwithrelevantinformationcatch

fireavailableTurnon/offtheTVInthenearfuyure保證我們安全節(jié)約能源遠(yuǎn)程控制先進(jìn)的技術(shù)akindofcontrolconductedbymachineitself進(jìn)入節(jié)能模式日常生活與偏好一……就……持續(xù)記錄Aseriousdisease檢測(cè)給你提供相關(guān)信息著火可用的ParaphrasefantasyIn

thissensenevertheless幻想在這個(gè)意義上howeverThankYouReading1.Withintelligentcontrols,whatcanwedointhefuture?todayinthefutureWewillbeusing__________________everydayfor_________controlofjustabouteverythinginourhome.switchesknobsremotecontrolsadvancedtechnologyautomaticcontrastPara2IntelligentControlsReadingPara2IntelligentControls

Wewillbeusingadvancedtechnologyverydayforautomaticcontrolofjustabouteverythinginourhome.gointoanenergy-efficientmodelearnyourdailyroutineandpreferencesturnswitchesonandoffplaymusicorTVprogrammespreparedinnerrespondtovoicecommandsWhatdoestheword“everything”

referto?ReadingPara2IntelligentControlsIntelligentcontrolsmakeourhome______________.

energy-e_____fficienta___________controlledi____________r____toenjoyutomaticallyeadyntelligentgointoanenergy-efficientmodelearnyourdailyroutineandpreferencesturnswitchesonandoffplaymusicorTVprogrammespreparedinnerrespondtovoicecommandsReading1.Basedonthecontext,canyouguesswhatthemeaningof“monitoring”ishere?A.

Watching. B.

Entertaining.C.

Treating. D.

Recovering.2.Howistheparagraphdeveloped?A.Bygivingexample. B.Bygivingexplanations.C.Bycomparing. D.Byinferring.Para3RegularHealthChecksDevicesFunctionsAdvantageswillbemonitoringyourhealthbedstoiletsrecordhowwellyousleepcheckyourbodyweightsendawarningtoyourphonegiveyousuggestionsonkeepconstanttrackofyourhealthwarnyouearlyonpotentiallysaveyourlifeReadParagraph3andcompletethetables.Para3RegularHealthChecksDevicesFunctionsAdvantagessmartwaterpipe/electricalwiringReadParagraph4andcompletethetables.Para4NoMoreDisasterswillbeabletopreventseriousdamagefromaccidentswillbeabletofixtheproblemintimeprovideyouwiththerelevantinformationdetectproblemsSumupenergy-efficient