Transcript Unit 14

Unit 14
objectives
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Indirect speech introduced by
1. a simple present verb reporting past
events
2. a simple past verb reporting questions and
answers
3. a simple past verb reporting a conversation
Language Structure Practice(1课时)
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The table says that there was…
…asked…what was wrong
…asked… if she could…
Dialogues (2课时)
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Dialogue 1
Broad questions
Questions on specific
details
Main idea
Language teaching
points and practice
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Dialogue 2
Reporting, part 2
Substitution practice
New Words and Expressions
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prescribe v. advise or order the use of (esp. a
medicine, remedy, etc.); declare with authority that
sth should be done or is a rule to be followed.
e.g. The doctor prescribed radiotherapy for him.
The law prescribes what should be done.
swallow v. cause or allow (esp food or drink) to go
down the throat; accept ( an insult) without protest.
e.g. He swallow the insults and kept on working.
swallow one’s words
swallow an idea.
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elaborate v. work out in detail; describe or explain sth in detail
a. very detailed and complicated; carefully prepared and finished
e.g. elaborate a plan;
The director asked me to elaborate on my proposal.
An elaborate lace pattern.
awful a. extremely bad or unpleasant; terrible; very bad; dreadful
e.g. an awful condition; awful weather
I had an awful day at the office.
Readings (2课时)
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Reading 1
Sample questions
New words and
phrases
Language teaching
points
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Reading 2
Sample questions
Language teaching
points
Language points:
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1. automate v. cause sth to operate by automation
e.g. automate a factory; automated teaching.
Auto- self
e.g. automobile, automation, autobiograghy,
autogragh
2. multinational a. involving many countries
e.g. a multinaitional
organization/operation/agreement
multi- many
e.g. multimedia, multiple, multiply
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3. intruder n. person or thing that intrudes,
esp sb who entres another’s property illegally.
Intrude v. put into a place or situation where
one is unwelcome or unsuitable
e.g. intrude oneself on/unon sb/sth
intrusion n.
e.g. The film star claimed that the police
action was an intrusion on her private life.
Guided Writing (1课时)
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Paragraph writing
Note to make arrangements
Background Information
Artificial Intelligence
Effects of computer
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Before we know it, technology is going to pass us by.
With the invention of the computer and the Internet,
the possibilities are endless. Society is changing by
leaps and bounds, with no chance of a stopping
point in the near future. All this change is dealing
with computers and the effects that it will have on
the way we live tomorrow. The Internet affects us in
every way, most importantly with our social lives, our
jobs, and our entertainment.
Artificial Intelligence
The Internet
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Our social lives are not just communicating with telephones and
mail anymore. Going “on-line” is the new way we like to
communicate with people. Chat rooms on the Internet are open
for people to talk and explore with other people who may live on
the other side of the world or the other side of the street. E-Mail
is also another popular way to correspond with others. Users can
electronically send mail to another person with an on-line mailbox,
simply by typing in their message and sending it by the click of a
button. Two seconds to send e-mail to someone on the other
side of the world is much quicker than a week or more through
the ordinary mail.
Robert
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