Unit 5 Digital Age
? Teaching Material
Forward English for Practical Purposes, Book 1, Unit 5
? Teaching Aims:
In this unit, students are supposed to
1. know about the expressions often used in digital age and use these
expressions to talk about digital products;
2. understand the listening information about digital age
3. understand the main idea of Text A, and master the useful sentence structures
and words and expressions;
4. master phonetic skill: stop consonants;
5. do some grammar practice– preposition;
6. know about some writing strategies and learn how to write Email
? Teaching Emphasis
1. to master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 2. to know how to write an email.
? Teaching Difficulties
1. to understand the main idea of Text A, master the key language points and
grammatical structures in the text.
2. to use the expressions learnt to talk about digital world freely. ? Teaching Approaches
Communicative approach and Computer-Assisted Instruction
? Teaching Aids
a projector
a multi-media computer system
? Teaching Procedures and contents (8 periods)
Part A Lead in
Task 1 Study the pictures and discuss the questions in small groups. 1. How much do you know about the product in the first picture? 2. Do you need stories or play games on a digital reading device?
3. Do you know any other digital reading devices? Give some examples Task 2 Listen to the short dialogues and fill in the blanks. Task 4 Listen to the recording, and complete the passage.
Task 5 Discuss the following questions with your partner about your interest to
digital products.
1. Which one do you prefer, traditional textbooks or e-books?
2. What do you think of the future of digital learning technology?
Text A
Can College Students Learn as Well on iPads?
Language and Cultural Points in the Text Para.1 Device
n. a piece of equipment that has been designed to do a particular job
e.g. My father has fitted a device to his car which opens the garage door
automatically.
父亲在车上装了一个能自动开启车库门的装置。 My friend invented a device that automatically closes windows when it rains. 我朋友发明一种装置，可以使窗户在下雨时自动关闭
In the long run
over a long period of time
e.g. In the short term we expected to lose money on this book, but in the long term
we hope to make profits. 短期来说，我们在这本书上可能要赔钱，但长远来说我们有希望赚大钱。 We should cut our expense in the long term. 我们必须长期削减开支。
Lighten
v. to reduce the amount of work, debt, worry, etc. that somebody has; to become or
make something become brighter
e.g. I took some of the parcels from her to lighten her load. 我从她那儿拿过来几包东西以减轻她的负担。
The measures will lighten the tax burden on small businesses. 这些措施将减轻小型企业的纳税负担。
Para.2 Clip
n. a short part of a film/movie that is shown separately e.g. They showed a clip from her new film on TV last night. 昨晚他们在电视上播放了她新片子的片段。
The clip was recorded on a digital video camera. 这段影像被录制在一个数码相机上。
Monotony
n. being boring; lack of variety
e.g. They broke the monotony of the weary journey with songs and jokes. 他们唱歌或说笑话使这个令人疲惫的旅程不至于单调乏味。
She watches television to relieve the monotony of everyday life. 她天天靠看电视来解闷儿。
Concentrate
v. to give all your attention to something without thinking about anything else e.g. I can’t concentrate with all that noise going on. 吵闹声不绝于耳，我无法集中精神。
This year the company has concentrated on improving its efficiency. 这家公司今年已经把力量集中在提高效率方面。
Para. 4 Take off
(of an idea, a product, etc.) to begin to become popular, successful, or well-known
e.g. The design first took off in American colleges.
这种式样首先在美国大学里流行起来。
It was at this point that her acting career really took off. 正是从这个时候起，她的表演事业真正开始走红了。
Jump into
to enter eagerly into an activity
e.g. We jumped into the discussion right away. 我们立即积极参加讨论。
We want to encourage students to jump into the running of the college. 我们想鼓励学生参与学院的管理工作。
Complex
a. difficult to understand, explain, or deal with
e.g. What he said was too complex for me to understand. 他说的太复杂了，我不理解。
Can you solve the complex problem? 你能解决这个复杂的问题吗? Flip
v. to turn over into a different position with a sudden quick movement
e.g. The phone book is indexed alphabetically, so you may flip instantly to any
number you wish.
由于电话号码簿按字母顺序作了索引，你可以立即翻到你所要的号码。 She flipped through the magazine looking for the letters page. 她浏览杂志寻找读者来信页。
Back and forth
from one place to another and back again repeatedly
e.g. He paced back and forth in his room. 他在房间里来回踱步。
They discussed it back and forth, without getting very far. 他们反复地讨论，没有很大进展。
You’re all over the book a lot more often You spend much more time reading the book.
Para.6 Test-drive
v. to use something for a time to see if it is useful, if one likes it, etc.; to drive a
vehicle that you are thinking of buying so that you can see how well it works and if you like it
e.g. Tom could hardly wait to test-drive his new computer. 汤姆等不急要马上试试他的新电脑。
Why not test-drive the new BMW? 为什么不试驾一下这辆新宝马？
Predict
v. to say that something will happen in the future
e.g. The fortune-teller predicted that I would marry a doctor. 算命先生预言我会同一位医生结婚。 It is impossible to predict what will happen. 预知未来的事情是不可能的。
Platform
n. an opportunity or a place for somebody to express their opinions or make
progress in a particular area
e.g. She used the newspaper column as a platform for her feminist view. 她以报纸专栏为平台，宣传她的女权主义观点。
Television should provide a platform for the customer’s viewpoint. 电视应当为顾客提供发表意见的机会。
Para.7 Solution
n. a way of solving a problem or dealing with a difficult situation e.g. The solutions to the questions are at the back of the book.
习题解答见书后。
We bought a second car; it was the solution to all our problems. 我们又买了一辆汽车，它解决了我们所有的问题。
Para.8 Inevitable
a. unable to be avoided or prevented from happening
e.g. Death is inevitable; it comes to everyone. 死亡无可避免，它要降临到每个人头上。
Given the current financial situation, it was inevitable that the pound would be devalued.
鉴于当前的金融形势，英镑贬值是不可避免的。
The possibility for the textbook to… interesting to watch.
With e-book innovations, the textbook might become interactive and thus lively, so it will be interesting to watch what will happen in the next several years.
Come alive
to become interesting and exciting
e.g. The game came alive in the second half. 比赛在下半场变得有看头了。
The man in the picture came alive as the artist worked. 画家画着画着，画中人就渐渐显得栩栩如生了。
Innovation n. the introduction of new ideas, methods of doing something e.g. Necessity was the mother of innovation. 需要是创新之母。
The key to innovation is the talents. 创新的关键是人才。
Part B
Text B The Web Way to Learn a Language ( home reading)
Part C Phonetics and Writing
Phonetics : Stop Consonants
爆破音包括[p],[b]; [t],[d]；[k],[g] [p] 清音双唇音。
舌位：舌身自然放平于口腔内；
唇形：双唇紧闭，这样将气流挡在口腔内，在形成一定气流压之后猛张双 唇，气流爆发而出，形成[p]音，声带不振动。 [b] 浊音双唇音；
舌位：[b]的舌位同[p]一样； 唇形同[p]一样，声带振动。 [t] 清辅音，齿龈音。
舌位：舌尖抵住上齿龈，然后放开，使气流爆破而出，吐气较强； 唇位：微开；声带不振动。 [d] 浊辅音，齿龈音，闭塞爆破音。
舌位：舌尖抵住下齿，然后放开，让气流爆破而出，吐气较弱；