Unit2LookingintotheFutureReadingandThinking課件高中英語人教版選擇性

Unit2Lookingintothefuture

ReadingandthinkingAIiswidelyusedinmanyfieldsinourdailyroutine.SmarthomestomakelifeeasierPrediction1.Intendedaudience:2.Purpose:entertain?inform/introduce?describe?persuade?....

tointroduceandgetpeopleexcitedabouttheideaofsmarthomes.Peoplewhoareinterestedinsmarthomes.apopularsciencearticle(科普說明文)Para2.IntelligentcontrolsPara3.RegularhealthchecksPara4.NomoredisastersPara5.ThesituationofsmarthomeSmarthomestomakelifeeasierPara1:abriefintroductionofsmarthomesSkimmingformainideasHaveyoueverforgottentolockthedoorofyourhouse?Or,haveyoueverforgottentoswitchofftheTVorcomputers?Thesekindsofthingshappentousallthetime,wasteresources,andcansometimesleadtoproblems.However,inthenot-too-distantfuture,wewillbelivinginsmarthomesthatwilllockthedoorforuswhenweareawayandremembertoswitchofftheTVwhenweforget.Thesesmarthomeswillkeepussecure,saveusenergy,andprovideamorecomfortableenvironmenttolivein.1.Howisthetopicintroduced?2.Whatwillbetheadvantagesofsmarthomes?Thesesmarthomeswillkeepussecure,saveusenergy,andprovideamorecomfortableenvironmenttolivein.

abriefintroductionofsmarthomes

Today,wehavetouseswithesforourlights,knobsforourappliances,andremotecontrolsforourTVsandairconditioners.Inthefuture,wewillbeusing

advancedtechnologyeverydayforautomaticcontrolofjustabouteverythinginourhome.Thefuturehomewilluseintegratedsensorstotellwhenyouleavehomeeachmorning,andthengointoanenergy-efficientmodeallbyitself.Youwillnolongerhavetothinkaboutturningswitchesonandoffyourself.Yourhomewillalsolearnyourdailyroutineandpreferences,soeverythingwillbereadyforyouwhenyougethomeeachevening.Yourlightswillcomeon

theinstantyouenterthedoorandalongwithyourfavouritemusicorTVprogrammes,andyouwillfindyourdinneralreadyprearedforyou.Allcontrolswillrespondtovoicecommands,soifyouwanttochangeyourroutine,youjustsayaloudwhatyouwantandthehomesystemwillobey.Howdoesautomaticcontrolwork?①②

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Benefit1:IntelligentControls

Inaddition,yoursmarthomewillbe

monitoringyourhealthforyoueveryday.Yourbed,forexample,willrecordhowwellyousleepeverynight.Itwillalsobecheckingyourbodyweight.Ifyoustarttohavesleeporweightproblems,itwillsendawarningtoyourphone.Itwillalsogiveyousuggestionsonahealthierdietandhowtosleepbetter.Smarttoiletswillbe

keepingconstanttrackofyourhealthaswell.Theycanwarnyouearlyonifthereissomethingabnormalorifyouhaveacriticalillness,suchascancer,andpotentiallysaveyourlife.1.Howdoesthewriterdevelopthisparagraph?2.Howwillyoursmarthomemonitoryourhealth?_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Benefit2:RegularHealthChecks

Smarthomewillbeabletopreventseriousdamagefromaccidents.Forexample,ifawaterpipestartsleaking,ofifthereisashortintheelectricalwiring,yoursmarthomewilldetectitandprovideyouwiththerelevantinformation.Thisway,youwillbeabletofixtheproblembeforeyourhomebecomesfloodedorcatchesfire.Benefit3:NoMoreDisasters

Thissmarttechnologyisnotafantasy.Manyofthesenewinnovations

arealreadyavailableandbeingusedinsomehomes.Inthissense,thehomeoftomorrowisalreadythehomeoftoday.Nevertheless,itwilltakesomeyearsbeforemostnewhomesbegintousethisnewtechnology.Conclusion：Thissmarttechnologyisnotafantasy,butitwilltakesomeyears.Thesituationofsmarthomebefore和sinceDoitbeforeyouforget.Itwillbemanyyearsbeforethesituationimproves.ItwassometimebeforeIrealizedthetruth.Hehasn’tphonedussincewemovedhere/since2021.盡早做，免得忘了。這種狀況要過好多年才能得到改善。過了很長一段時間我才悟出真相。自從我們搬到這里/自從2021年以來，他沒給我們打電話。1.Inwhatwayisthehomeoftomorrowalreadythehomeoftoday?2.Whatmightbesomeofthedisadvantagesofsmarthomes?Manyofthenewinnovationsarealreadyusedinsomehomestoday.Thisistrueespeciallyofautomaticcontrolsforthingssuchaslightsandairconditioners.Onedisadvantageisthatifthereisaproblemwiththesystem,youmayfindyourselflockedoutofthehouse,orunabletoturnyourTVofforon.Securityisanotherbigconcern,asstrangersmaybeabletohackintotheysystemtocollectinformationaboutyourlifeandusethatforevilpurposes.Criticalthinkingsthhappenstosbleadtokeepussecureadvancedtechnologyenergy-efficientmodebyitselfdailyroutinecomeontheinstantfindyourdinnerpreparedrespondtomonitoryourhealthkeeptrackofprevent...from...shortn.providesbwith...fixyourproblemcatchfireinthissense某事發(fā)生在某人身上導(dǎo)致保證我們安全先進(jìn)的技術(shù)節(jié)能模式獨(dú)自日常生活開啟一...就發(fā)現(xiàn)晚餐準(zhǔn)備好了回復(fù)監(jiān)測你的健康狀況跟蹤防止……短路；短缺向某人提供...解決你的問題著火從這個意義上說1.Yourlightswill

comeon

theinstantyouenterthedoorandalongwithyourfa