1、,main,u6,VocabularyFocus,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,Informationoverload,ManypeopletodayuseIMs(instantmessages)tocommunicateinstantlyovertheInternet.WhataresomeoftheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofsendingIMs?,Pairwork.Categorizethephrasesbelow.Canyouaddmoreideastothelist?,LessonA1.1,addsst

2、resstotheworkplacespeedsupdecision-making,Keys,speedsupdecision-making,savestime,fosterscommunication,makesiteasiertostayintouch.,distractsfromregularworksavestime,fosterscommunicationmakesiteasiertostayintouch,AdvantagesofsendingIMs,DisadvantagesofsendingIMs,addsstresstotheworkplace,distractsfromre

3、gularwork.,VocabularyFocus,LessonA1.2,DearDr.Micro,Ineedyourhelp.Iamdrowningininformationoverloadatwork.Betweenthetelephonecalls,voicemailsystems,emailmessages,andfaxes,itsbecomingtoomuch.AttheofficeIamoftentryingtocarryonaconversationwhiletypingamemoandcheckingthetimeformynextconferencecall.,Readth

4、islettertoanadvicecolumnist.WhatisMs.Silvasproblem?Noticethewordsinblue.,Informationoverload,Ispendmydayssittinginfrontofmycomputerortalkingtoclientsonthetelephone.Ihavealmostnoface-to-faceinteractionwithpeopleduringtheday.Andatnight,itsthesameproblemasItrytoansweremailandIMsfrommyfriendsandfamily.I

5、thoughtallthistechnologywassupposedtomakemylifeeasier,butitsrapidlybecomingarecipefordisaster.Ifeelchainedtomycomputer.NadiaSilva,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,VocabularyFocus,LessonA1.3,DearMs.Siva,Technologycanhelpussavetimeandmoney,butonlyifweuseitwisely.Therearesomethingsyoucandotohe

6、lpyoursituationitisnthopelessbyanymeans.Cutbackonthemultitasking:Whenyoutrytodomorethanonetaskatonce,youlosefocusandbecomelessefficient.2.Spendmoretimewithfamily,coworkers,andfriends:Acomputerisnotafrienditisanimpersonalmachinewithitsownlimitations.Getoutatnightandtakeanexerciseclassoranartclasssome

7、thingyouenjoy.Seeingotherpeoplepromotesasenseofcommunityandbesides,itsfun!3.Getsomeexercise:Sittinginfrontofacomputeralldayisasedentaryactivityyouneedtofindsomethingactivetodo.Whydontyoutaketimeatlunchforabrisk20-minutewalkwithaco-workerandgetcaughtuponofficegossip?,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATech

8、nostress,VocabularyFocus,LessonA1.3,Heavydependenceoncomputersandothermachinescanbeunhealthy.Followthesuggestionsabove,though,andyoullfeelfreerthanyouhaveinalongtime.Itriedthemmyselfandfoundthemtobeliberatingindeed.Goodluck!Dr.Micro,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,LessonA1.4,VocabularyFocu

9、s,MatchthewordsorphrasesinthearticleinBwiththeirdefinitions.,Keys,b,c,a,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,VocabularyFocus,LessonA1.5,Keys,b,a,f,e,d,c,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,Pairwork.WhichofthewordsorphrasesinCcanyouassociatewithIMS?,C,LessonA1.9,Talkaboutatimeyouhadaproble

10、mwithtechnology(forexample,yourcellphonedidntwork).Howdidyoufeel?Whatdidyoudo?,Whentechnologydoesnotwork,Listening,PropernamesKnoxStreetDelmarStreetOtherwordsandphrasesanchorblackoutitsamessgettothebottomofyounameitlootingtakeadvantageofallinallstaytuned,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,Lan

11、guageNotes,HerearesomewordsandphrasesyouwillhearinA,BandC.Readthemaloud.,LessonA1.10,(Track5-6-1),Listening,Listentothenewsreport.Thencirclethecorrectanswersbelowthatdescribethereport.,Thisisadaytime/reportonradio/abouta/stormthathappenedinthe/winter.,Keys,evening,TV,blackout,summer,LessonBExtremega

12、dgets,LessonATechnostress,RealEnglishgettothebottomof(something)=findthetruthorcauseofaproblem,Speakersusethesephrasestolinkcauseandeffect:wasthecauseofwasresponsibleforAsaresult,Talkingaboutcauseandeffect,LessonA1.11,Listenagain.Whatcausedthesethreethingstohappen?Writeyouranswers.,Listening,(Track5

13、-6-2),CAUSE,EFFECT,noelectricity,elevendeaths,extrapoliceonthestreet,1.,2.,3.,Keys,onepieceofbrokenequipment,record-breakingheat,looting,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,houseswithoutpower:_lengthoftimewithnoelectricity:_deaths:_recenttemperatures:_coolingcenters:_storesbrokeninto:_,Listeni

14、ng,LessonA1.12,(Track5-6-3),Listenagainandcompletetheseitemswiththeappropriatenumberornumericalexpression.,Keys,100,000,8hours,11,over100degrees,adozen,several,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,LessonA1.13,Pairwork.Haveyoubeeninablackout,abadstorm,anearthquake,orasimilarevent?Whathappened?Ta

15、lkwithyourpartneraboutyourexperience.,Listening,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,Imprettygoodatit.,Pairwork.Readaboutthesituationbelow.Payattentiontothewordsinblue.WhoshouldJimgotoforhelp?Why?,Speaking,LessonA1.14,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,Sayingyoureableornotabletodosomethi

16、ng,Jimscomputerhascrashedandhedoesntknowwhattodo.ReadwhatthesedifferentpeoplesaidtoJim.,Paolo:Kim:Jesse:,Imightbeabletohelpyou.Iknowsomethingaboutcomputers.Letmelookatit.Imprettygoodatfixingthings.Whatshouldyoudo?Ihaventgotaclueaboutit.AskEmi.,Imprettygoodatit.,Speaking,LessonA1.15,Emi:Jacques:Glori

17、a:,Iknowsomethingaboutcomputers.Imbusynow,butIcanhelpyoulater.Imsorry,butImnogoodatfixingthings,especiallycomputers.Idonthavethefaintestideahowtofixit.Callarepairservice.,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,Keys,PaoloandKimarethebestpeopletoaskforhelpnow.EmicouldhelpJimlater.,Imightbeabletocha

18、ngeatireifIhadto.ImprettygoodattypingonanEnglishkeyboard.Imprettygoodatgolf.Ihaventgotaclueaboutscubadiving.,Imprettygoodatit.,Readthestatementsbelow.Whatdoyounoticeaboutthewordsthatfollowtheexpressionsinblue?,Speaking,LessonA1.16,mightbeableto+infinitive;,prettygoodat+gerund;,prettygoodat+noun;,hav

19、entgotaclueabout+noun;,Keys,Allarewaysoftalkingaboutabilities.,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,5.Iknowsomethingaboutcomputers.6.Imnogoodatkaraoke.7.Imnogoodatspeakinginfrontofagroupofpeople.8.IdonthavethefaintestideahowtocookItalianfood.,Imprettygoodatit.,Speaking,LessonA1.17,Agree,Disagre

20、e,Allarewaysoftalkingaboutabilities.,knowsomethingabout+noun;,benogoodat+noun;,benogoodat+gerund;,donthavethefaintestideahowto+infinitive,Keys,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,Pairwork.ReadthestatementsinBagain.Thinkaboutyourownanswerforeachstatement,andcheck()AgreeorDisagree.Thenexplainyou

21、ranswerstoapartner.,Speaking,LessonA1.18,Notme!Iwouldntknowwhattodo!,ImightbeabletochangeatireifIhadto.Mydadshowedmehowtodoit.,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,Pairwork.Istheresomethingyourpartnerknowshowtodoorisgoodatthatyourenot?Askyourpartnertoexplainhowtodoit.,Speaking,LessonA1.19,Lesso

22、nBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,OptionalListening,Notyourtypicalstore,HerearesomewordsandphrasesyouwillhearinA,B,andC.Readthemaloud.,LessonA1.20,PropernamesScienceinActionJeffSandersSteveSchwartztheExtraFutureStoreManhattanHotelOtherwordsandphrasesswipespecialradiofrequencyidentificationchips(R

23、FID)debitcardhaveapoint,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,LanguageNotes,OptionalListening,(Track5-6-4),Keys,LessonA1.21,Listentothefirstpartoftheradioprogram.ThenfillintheboxestoshowtheshoppingprocessintheExtraFutureStore.,enterthestore,choosea(1)_,swipe(2)_thoughacomputeron_,shoppingcart,yo

24、urstoreIDcard,thecartshandle,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,OptionalListening,LessonA1.22,informationaboutspecialsappearonthe(6)_,makeyourselection,amaponyourcartshowsyouwheretofind(7)_,pay,adsaboutsuggestedproductstogowithyourchoice,thecomputer(4)_comesonanda(5)_ofthestoreappears,screen,

25、map,computerofyourcart,theproduct,Keys,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,Listentotherestoftheprogramfortheinformationtocompletethesentences.,1.TheExtraFutureStoremakesthiskindofshoppingexperiencepossiblewith_.2.Eachchiphasa_andis_aproduct.3.An“RFIDreader”isusedto_aboutaproduct,suchasits_,ont

26、heshoppingcartscomputer.4.RFIDchipshelpyoufind_morequickly.5.The_arereadbyascanner.,(Track5-6-5),Keys,attachedto,radiofrequencyidentificationchips,displaytheinformation,OptionalListening,LessonA1.23,priceandlocation,theproductsyouneed,uniqueIDnumber,RFID-taggeditemsinyourcart,LessonBExtremegadgets,L

27、essonATechnostress,Pairwork.NowlistentothewholeinterviewandtalkabouttheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofusingRFIDchips.Writethemdowninthechartbelow.,(Track5-6-6),Keys,OptionalListening,LessonA1.24,Reasonsfor,Reasonsagainst,Shopperswillbeabletofinditemsinastoremorequickly.,shopperswonthavetowaitinlinetopa

28、y;,yourlocationcouldbetracked;,peoplesprivacyisatstake.,itemswillbereadbyascanner;,yourcardwillbechargedautomatically;,storescansavemoneybyorderingfewerofthelesspopularitems;,shopperswillpayless,too.,UsingRFIDchipsinstores,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,Charactersinthevideo:,(1),(2),TVrep

29、orter,LessonB1.1,Interviewees(shoppers):Man1,Man2,Woman,Americanman,Watahara,Kanzaki,ExtremeGadgets,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,BeforeYouWatch,Herearesomewordsandphrasesyouwillhearinthevideoclip.Readthemaloud.,LessonB1.2,PropernamesAkihabaraVeinMouseOtherwordsandphrasesontheprowlforhot

30、spothightechtechjunkiesscoresoupupgaugegizmogamefor,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,ExtremeGadgets,LanguageNotes,hotspot_a.movingquietlyandcarefullyhuntingorlookingforsomethinghightech_b.peoplewhoareaddictedtotechnicalextremegadgets3.ontheprowlfor_c.(informal)succeedingettingtechjunkies_d.

31、highlyadvancedtechnology5.score(v.)_e.alivelyplaceofentertainment,BeforeYouWatch,Matcheachwordorphrasewiththecorrectmeaning.,Keys,LessonB1.3,d,a,b,e,c,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,ExtremeGadgets,LessonB1.4,Keys,e,a,c,b,BeforeYouWatch,d,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,ExtremeGa

32、dgets,BeforeYouWatch,Inthisvideoclip,theTVreporterinterviewsshoppersintheTokyodistrictofAkihabara,wherehigh-techgadgetsaresold.Lookatthepicturesandreadthestatementsbelowthemcarefully,andthenthinkaboutthefollowingquestionsbeforeyouwatchthevideo.,LessonB1.6,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,Ex

33、tremeGadgets,LessonB1.7,WheneverIcomehere,Ifindsomethingnew.Soitsalwaysalwaysamazing.,Akihabaraistheplaceforextremegadgetslikethelatestultra-thinnotebookormicrovideocamera.,TheVeinMousecanidentifyauserbyscanningthehand.,TherearemanygizmosattheFutureLifestyleLab.,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnost

34、ress,ExtremeGadgets,BeforeYouWatch,1.Thetopicofthevideois“Extremegadgets.”WhatdoyouthinktheCNNreporterwillincludeinthisreport?2.Doyouknowanyitemsthatyouthinkcanbeconsideredasextremegadgets?Notethemdown.3.WhatkindofpeopledoyouthinkarelikelytovisitAkihabara?4.DoyouthinkJapaneseconsumersaremorewillingt

35、otryoutnewthings?Why?5.Whatkindofextremegadgetsareyouinterestedin?,LessonB1.12,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,ExtremeGadgets,Thetopicofthevideois“Extremegadgets.”WhatdoyouthinktheCNNreporterwillincludeinthisreport?,1.,Probablyshewillintroducesomefancyhigh-techgadgetsthatcanonlybefoundinAk

36、ihabara.,LessonB1.13,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,ExtremeGadgets,Doyouknowanyitemsthatyouthinkcanbeconsideredasextremegadgets?Notethemdown.,2.,Ithinkthingslikecellphones,MP4players,digitalcameras,USB,etc.canperhapsbeconsideredasextremegadgets.,LessonB1.14,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATe

37、chnostress,ExtremeGadgets,WhatkindofpeopledoyouthinkarelikelytovisitAkihabara?,3.,Youngpeoplewhoareverykeenonnewtechnologytechheads.,LessonB1.15,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,ExtremeGadgets,DoyouthinkJapaneseconsumersaremorewillingtotryoutnewthings?Why?,4.,Yes,IdothinkJapaneseconsumersar

38、emorewillingtotryoutnewthingsbecausetheythinkowningthelatestitemsisasymboloftheirsocialstatus.,LessonB1.16,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,ExtremeGadgets,Whatkindofextremegadgetsareyouinterestedin?,5.,Iaminterestedinsmalldigitalcameras.,LessonB1.17,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress

39、,ExtremeGadgets,WhileYouWatch,LessonB1.18,Watchthevideoonceortwiceandlistenforanswerstothesequestions.Takebriefnotesontheanswers.Thencompareanswerswithapartner.,Whydosomany“techjunkies”peoplewholiketechnicalgadgetsverymuchandusethemalotliketogotoJapan?Whatisthepurposeofthe“VeinMouse”andhowdoesitwork

40、?Whatisthepurposeofthe“healthytoilet”andhowdoesitwork?Whatisspecialabouttherefrigeratorshowninthevideo?,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,ExtremeGadgets,Keys,LessonB1.18,TheygotoseethenewesttechnicalgadgetsthattheycanonlyfindinJapan.ItidentifiesPCusersbeforetheylogon.Itrecognizestheusersvein

41、patternandchecksitagainstothersstoredinitssystem.Itprovidesahealthcheckup.Itanalyzeswhatsinthebowltomeasurebodyfatandbloodsugarandthene-mailstheresultstotheusersdoctor.Ithasacamerainsidethatletsyoucheckthecontentsbyusingamobilephone.,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,ExtremeGadgets,Techheads

42、areallhittingthe_,theTokyodistrictofAkihabara.WheneverIcomehere,Ifind_.Icanneverfindthosecellphonesin_.Theyarenot_.Akihabaraistheplacetofindthis_.,WhileYouWatch,Watchthevideoonceagain.Completetheoutlinebelowwiththemainpointsofwhateachpersonsaysintheinterview.,LessonB1.19,TVreporter:Man1:Man2:Woman:,

43、Keys,hotspotofhightech,somethingnew,Germany,availableyet,electronicstuff,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,ExtremeGadgets,WhileYouWatch,LessonB1.20,TVreporter:_fromallovertheworldcometoAkihabaratoscorethekindof_thatareonlyavailablein_.Americanman:Thereare_herethathaventbeenintroducedinthe_.T

44、Vreporter:Likethe_,acomputermousethatcanidentifyauserby_.,Keys,extremegadgets,Japan,newproducts,UnitedStates,VeinMouse,Techjunkies,scanningthehand,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,ExtremeGadgets,WhileYouWatch,LessonB1.21,Watahara:Thetechnology_alreadyexisted.TVreporter:Thissouped-upmouserec

45、ognizes_and_itagainstothersstoredinthesystem.Thehealthytoilet_whatsinsidethebowlandthen_theresultstothedoctor.Kanzaki:Thereisacamerainsideofthefridge,soyoucancheckthecontentsfrom_usinga_.TVreporter:Thefridgewill_inthenextfewyears.Nota_whenJapanissogamefor_.Japaneseconsumersaremorewillingto_.,toident

46、ifythevein,theveinpattern,checks,analyzes,emails,outside,mobilephone,retail,surprise,gadgets,trynewthings,Keys,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,ExtremeGadgets,Definitely.Why?Theyre_thisinnovation,very_goingoutandshoppingforthosethings.Owningthelatestgearisa_.Imherefor_.Thisisoneplacewheresh

47、oppingcanbea_.,WhileYouWatch,LessonB1.22,Man1:TVreporter:Man1:TVreporter:Man3:TVreporter:,usedfor,keenon,statussymbol,lookingandwatching,spectatorsport,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,ExtremeGadgets,Keys,Keys,WhileYouWatch,AlloftheextremegadgetsondisplayinJapanhavealreadyappearedintheUnite

48、dStates.Thetechnologyusedinthe“VeinMouse”hasalreadybeenusedinofficegadgets.The“healthytoilet”measurestheusersweightandtemperature.Therefrigeratorshowninthevideowillbesoldtopublicinthenextfewyears.Accordingtothereporter,extremegadgetsareastatussymbolinJapan.,.5.,T/FT/FT/FT/FT/F,Readthestatemen

49、tsbelow.Thenwatchthevideoagainanddecidewhetherthestatementsaretrueorfalse.CircleT(true)orF(false).Correctthefalsestatementswithyourclassmates.,LessonB1.23,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,ExtremeGadgets,T/FT/FT/FT/FT/F,AlloftheextremegadgetsondisplayinJapanhavealreadyappearedintheUnitedStat

50、es.Thetechnologyusedinthe“VeinMouse”hasalreadybeenusedinofficegadgets.The“healthytoilet”measurestheusersweightandtemperature.Therefrigeratorshowninthevideowillbesoldtopublicinthenextfewyears.Accordingtothereporter,extremegadgetsareastatussymbolinJapan.,WhileYouWatch,Noneoftheextremegadgetsondisplayi

51、nJapanhavealreadyappearedintheUnitedStates.,LessonB1.24,.5.,Thetechnologyusedinthe“veinmouse”hasnotbeenusedinotherofficegadgets.,The“healthytoilet”measurestheusersbodyfatandbloodsugar.,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,ExtremeGadgets,Discussion.Workinasmallgroup.Askandanswerthesequest

52、ions.1.Which,ifany,oftheextremegadgetsshowninthevideowouldyouliketoown?Givereasonsforyouranswer.2.Wouldyouliketovisitthe“FutureLifestyleLab”?Whyorwhynot?3.DoyouagreewiththeideathatJapaneseconsumersaremorewillingtotrynewthingsthanpeoplefromothercountries?Whyorwhynot?,AfterYouWatch,LessonB1.25,LessonB

53、Extremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,ExtremeGadgets,LessonB1.26,Roleplay.ATVInterview.Workinpairs.AreporterfromaTVprogramcalled“TechNews”isinterviewingavisitortotheFutureLifestyleLab.Onestudentwillplaytheroleofthereporter,theotherthevisitor.Readtheroledescriptionsbelowanddecidewhowillplayeachrole.Afte

54、rafive-minutepreparation,begintheinterview.,AfterYouWatch,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,ExtremeGadgets,LessonB1.27,AfterYouWatch,Youareareporterfor“TechNews.”Youwanttoknowthevisitorsimpressionsofgadgetshe/shehasseenattheFutureLifestyleLab.Bepreparedtoaskquestionsaboutwhatgadgetshe/shehas

55、seen,whichgadgetwasmostimpressive,whetherornothe/shewouldbuyanyofthegadgets,andsoforth.YouareavisitorattheFutureLifestyleLab.Bepreparedtoanswerquestionsaboutthegadgetsyouhaveseen,whichgadgetwasmostimpressive,whetherornotyouwouldbuyanyofthegadgets,andsoforth.,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress

56、,ExtremeGadgets,Reporter:Visitor:,Communication,Pairwork.Howmuchdoyouknowabouttechnology?Readanddiscussthequestionswithapartner.Trytochoosethecorrectanswerforeach.,LessonB1.28,Activity1:Technologynowandthen,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,ExtremeGadgets,LessonB1.29,Moderncommunicationhasbe

57、enrevolutionizedbythisinvention,whichoriginallywascalledARPAnet.,2.ThemoderngasengineusedincarstodaywasdesignedandbuiltbyKartBenzandGottliebDaimler.Theyareknownforthiskindofautomobile.,3.Theairplaneandhelicopterwerefirstimaginedby_.,Answers:1.b2.a3.a,LessonBExtremegadgets,LessonATechnostress,ExtremeGadgets,a.thepersonalcomputerc.thetelephone,b.theInternetd.theWorldWideWeb,a.Mercedesc.Porsche,b.BMWd.Volkswagen,a.LeonardodaVincic.WilburandOrvilleWright,b.JohannesGutenbergd.GalileoGalilei,Lesson