Welcome to our class Guess What is it

Welcome to our class!

Guess: What is it ? l l No mouth, but can talk No legs, butofcan Acomputer picture a walk computer No head, but can think Human being’s good friend

Brainstorm: What can we do with a computer? l l l Play games Chat with our friends Search for information Travel around the world at home Do some shopping …

Task 1 Skimming l l l How many paragraphs are there in the passage? What’s the topic sentence of each paragraph? How many parts can it be divided into?

Computers have become very important introduction in many areas of work and play Para. 1 computers advantages Para. 2 -3 disadvantages Para. 4

Task 2 Advantages (details) space Medical areas business personal use robots, place and cancel orders play games and watch movies, do shopping, send e-mails and chat on line find diseases easily and solve problems help astronauts and pilots

Task 3 Disadvantages (multiple choices) l 1. what will happen if we work on the c computer too long? A. We will be hungry. B. We will get a stomachache. C. We will get headaches or sore eyes. D. We will get weight.

l 2. What will happen if we play computer B games too much? A. We will lose money. B. We won’t study well and get enough exercise. C. We won’t have time to sleep. D. We will get bad points.

Task 4 Blank filling Computers have become veryimportant ____ in many areas. l Computers are very useful intechnology _____ and business. In ______, space computers can help pilots. With the help of astronauts ____ and ______ computers, doctors can finddiseases _______ easily. And in factories, robotscontrolled _______ by computers can do dangerous work. People’s changed too. lives at home have ____ l Computers also have brought problems ____. l

Task 5 Summary and conclusion space advantages medical areas business important personal disadvantages get headaches or sore eyes won’t study well and get enough exercise Conclusion should to use computers properly Title We. How :

Debate: Are there more advantages or disadvantages in using computers? Positive: (goup 1 -3) Negative: (group 4 -5) There are more advantages There are more disadvantages

Discussion: How to use computers properly? l l 1. Get the useful and healthy information. 2. Don’t spend too much time working on the computer. 3. Don’t play too many computer games. 4. Don’t do anything illegal on the computer

Homework l l 1. Read the article properly 2. Find something new about the use of computers on the Internet.