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1、Thumbs Down to Texting ContentToo many people are texting now, especially university students and teenagers. But most of them dont know the risks of spending so much time using computer, video games and mobile phones.But what are the risks？ Teaching ObjectivesA. Language Objectives: a. To develop re
2、ading strategies to answer multiple-choice questions b. To learn some new words and can understand the meaning of the context. c. Some phrases: swelling, wrist, button, treat, risk, over and overB. Ability Objectives: a. To develop students abilities of speaking, and reading.b. To train students abi
3、lity of working in groups. c. To improve the students reading abilities, especially their skimming and scanning ability. C. Emotion Objectives: a. We value a lot about the participation of each student. In this way, students confidence in learning English is heightened. b. helping students know the
4、risks of spending so much time using computer, video games and mobile phones. The Important Points and The Difficult Points: a. new words and phrases b. The main idea of each paragraph c .To get the students to use their own words to retell the text.text. Teaching Methods:Task-based language teachin
5、gCooperative methodsQuestion-and-answer activity teaching method Teaching Aids:multimedia, blackboard, more passages Teaching Procedures:StepLead-in 导入导入Ask the students: Do you Do you have a mobile phone? Do you often send text messages to your friends and family?Step Skimming 跳读跳读1. read the passa
6、ge quickly and underline the words you dont know.T : Try to understand them in the context. If you still dont know, you can discuss with you partners. 2. Get the general idea of each paragraphParagraph 2:Paragraph 3:Paragraph 4:When they finish, ask them to work in pairs to check their work.Then the
7、 teacher checks the answers. Step III Intensive reading 精读精读Read the passage again and answer questions:1. What is becoming very popular now? _2. Does the word “once“ mean “one time“ in the second passage? _3. What kind of people are easier to have the problem of RSI? _4. What can also cause RSI exc
8、ept texting? _5. Which is easier to cause the problem of RSI, using smaller mobile phones or larger ones? _Step IV After reading: 1. Exercises:Choose the correct words or phrases to put into the sentences below and change the form where necessary.button, treat, over and over, texting Dr. Smith said
9、that he had found a way to _ cancer. My grandma told me the story _. I really dont want to listen. The gate will open if you push the _. John spent over 100 dollars on _ each month and most of the messages are for his girlfriends.2. Discussion How does too much texting affect our hands? What should
10、teenagers do if they dont want to have RSI?Step V More readingsPassage 1:With the development of modern telecommunications, mobiles are widely used by most people. They have one or two or even more mobiles for their own convenience. They use mobiles to make phone calls as well send text messages. Th
11、erefore making phone calls and sending text messages on the mobile are equally popular. People take both ways for different purposes. In my opinion sending text messages is silent. Thus safe enough to avoid being overhead by others. Besides with text messages, we can express what we feel reluctant t
12、o tell face to face witch each other. By means of text messages sent our friends can “read” the friendship between the lines made by fingers on the screen. Whats more, text messages can carry exact information, like bank accounts, email addresses and so on. The “quietness”, “exactness”, and” indirec
13、tness” of text messages really help us a lot. However, by making phone calls, we can talk directly to each other and get responses immediately, thus making communications more efficient and effective. In addition, with the voice heard from the other end, we could feel much closer to the friends we a
14、re talking to as if they were just before us. Besides, for most people dialing some numbers can be a lot easier than typing some words on the keyboard. In the light of the foregoing, sending text messages and making phone calls each have it own respective advantages. Its up to us choose what to use
15、for own purposes. We could choose to dance our fingers for words needed or move our fingers for numbers required, whatever necessary.Passage 2:With the rapid development of society, people today raise the argument that compared with writing letters, sending messages are more convenient and letters should taken place of. Towards the issue, my point of view is that letters ought to be preserved. As an ancient form of transforming words from each other, letters always express the true feeling of ones heart vi
