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4.Tointroducethebasicreadingskillsofthisunit:
Lookingformajordetailsofaparagraph,inorderforthestudentstounderstanditclearly;
5.Tohelpthestudentsmasterhowtodevelopaparagraphofageneralstatementsupportedbyaproblem-solutionpattern.
ChiefPoints&
DifficultPoints
1.Getthemainideaofthepassage.
2.Mastersomeusefulexpressions&
sentencestructuresinthepassage.
3.Understandthestructureofthetext.
Prerequisites
Beforecomingforclass,studentsshould
1.Identifysomeimportantwordsforthetopic.
2.Scanthetextformainideas.
3.Visitlibrarytoresearchaboutinformationconcerningtheunit.
Teaching
Methods
Themixtureoflistening,speaking,reading,practicingandwriting
ReferenceBooks
Teacher’sBookofNewHorizonCollegeEnglish
LongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglish(English-Chinese)
OxfordAdvancedLearner’sEnglish-ChineseDictionary
LongmanDictionaryofAmericanEnglish
TeachingContents
TimeAllotment
SectionA
I.Warm-upActivity
1.TopicDiscussion
i.Student’sDiscussion
ii.Teacher’sSummary
2.QuestionsontheTopicandthePassage
II.BackgroundInformation
III.TextStructureAnalysis
IV.StructuredWriting
V.DetailedStudyoftheText
1.WordsandPhrasesStudy
2.LanguagePoints
VI.TextSummary
1.Student’sPresentation
2.Teacher’sSummary
VII.After-textAExercises
SectionB
I.ReadingSkill
II.Warm-upActivity
1.TopicDiscussion
IV.TextStudy
1.ParagraphMeaning
2.WordsandPhrasesStudy
3.LanguagePoints
4.SummaryorMainIdeaofthePassage
i.Student’sPresentation
V.NewWordsDictation
VI.After-textBExercises
VII.SupplementaryExercises
15m
5m
10m
50m
30m
10m
20m
Assignments
1.Handinthehomework-books.
2.Finishtheotherafter-textA&
Bexercisesafterclass.
3.SupplementMoreExercises
i.English-ChineseTranslation(5sentences)
ii.Chinese-EnglishTranslation(10sentences)
4.PreviewUnit5
SectionA
TheTelecommunicationsRevolution
1)Whataretheadvantagesanddisadvantagesforthedevelopingcountriestoinvestvastsumsofmoneyinthetelecommunicationsrevolution?
Manydevelopingcountriesareplanningtoinvestvastsumsofmoneyintheirtelecommunicationsnetworkstoallowthemtocompetewithdevelopedcountries.What’smore,bydoingthis,itallowsthedevelopingcountriestobecomeimportantpartsoftheinformationsuperhighway.However,someexpertsfearthatsomedevelopingcountriesaretryingtodotoomuchtoosoon.
2)Workinpairsandfindouthowsixcountriesandregionsrealizetheirtelecommunicationstransformation,followingthisformat:
Country:
Russia
Situation:
rustingnationalphonesystem;
stronginmathematics&
science;
economyinrecession.
Solution:
installingoptionalfiber;
strategicplan;
pump$40billionintheproject
China
backwardness;
newtechnologiesbecomingcheaper
digitalswitchesandhigh-capacityopticalfiberlinksincapitalcities;
majorpartsoftheinformationsuperhighway;
turningShanghaiintoatopfinancialcenterwithpowerfulnetworks
Hungary
700,000peoplearewaitingforphones;
problemoffunds;
businessesaccepthigh-pricewirelessservice
solda30%staketotwoWesterncompanies;
leasedrightstobuildandoperateadvanceddigitalmobilesystems;
speedupphonesystembymeansofwireless
LatinAmerica
wirelessdemandandusage:
explodereason:
Latincustomerstalklongeronthephone;
wirelessmarket:
money-makingbusiness
haveoperationsofwirelessservice;
BellsouthCorporation:
annualrevenuepercustomerisabout$2,000($850inUS)
Thailand
peoplewastetimeintrafficjams;
difficulttocallorfaxfromtheofficebecauseoflongwaitinglistforphonelines(2millionnames)
turntowireless;
businesspeoplestuckintrafficjams;
usemobilephonetokeepcontact
Vietnam
personincomeisjust$220
maketheboldestleaps;
allmobilephonesmustbedigitalmodel;
add300,000linesannually;
useexpensiveopticalfiberwithdigitalswitching,insteadofcheapercopperwires;
gofornext-generationtechnology
1)Accordingtothewriter,whatwouldhappenifthetransformationunderdiscussiontakesplace?
Thelivingstandardsinthedevelopingworldwillbegreatlyimproved.
2)Whatdoestheauthormeanbydescribingplacesas“deafanddumb”?
Theauthorreferstothoseplaceswithouttelecommunicationsfacilitiessuchastelephones,whichhindersexchangeofinformation.
3)Whyareadvancedcommunicationsseenasawaytoleapoverwholestagesofeconomicdevelopment?
Becauseadvancedcommunicationsandsubsequentwidespreadaccesstoinformationtechnologiesenablethedevelopingregionstoshortentheprocessofchangingfromlabor-intensiveassemblyworktoindustriesthatinvolveengineering,marketinganddesign.
4)WhydosomeexpertsbelieveitisinappropriateforVietnamtorequirethatitsmobilephonesallbeexpensivedigitalmodels?
BecausetheybelieveVietnamisdesperateforanyphonesanditlacksexperienceinweighingcostsandchoosingbetweentechnologies.
5)WhycanwirelessphoneprovidersmakemoreprofitsinLatinAmericathananyotherplaces?
BecauseLatinAmericancustomerstalktwotofourtimesaslongonthephoneaspeopleinNorthAmerica.
II.Backgroundinformation
Telecommunications
Telecommunications,fromGreek,means“communicationsatadistance”.Telecommunicationsthroughvoice,data,andimagecommunicationischangingtheworld.TheInternetandtheWorldWideWebhavealreadycreatedaglobalsystemfor
theaccessofinformation.E-mailmakesiteasytokeepincontactinstantlywithcolleaguesandfriendsaroundtheglobe.
Opticalfiber
Opticalfiber(or“fiberoptic”)oftenreferstothemediumandthetechnologyassociatedwiththetransmissionofinformationaslightpulsesalongaglassorplasticwireorfiber.Opticalfibercarriesmuchmoreinformationthanconventionalcopperwireandisingeneralnotsubjecttoelectromagneticinterferenceandtheneedtoretransmitsignals.
InformationAge
TheInformationAgeisaneraoffundamentalandglobalchangeinintellectual,philosophical,culturalandsocialterms.Today'
sInformationAgebeganwiththetelegraph.Itwasthefirstinstrumenttotransforminformationintoelectricalformandtransmititreliablyoverlongdistances.NewtechniquesofencodinganddistributingdigitalinformationarepromotingtheprogressoftheInformationAgethroughoutsociety.
Informationsuperhighway
AnamefirstusedbyformerUSvice-presidentAlGoreforthevisionofaglobal,high-speedcommunicationsnetworkthatwillcarryvoice,data,video,andotherformsofinformationallovertheworld,andthatwillmakeitpossibleforpeopletosende-mail,getup-to-the-minutenews,andaccessbusiness,governmentandeducationalinformation.TheInternetisalreadyprovidingmanyofthesefeatures,viatelephonenetworks,cableTVservices,onlineserviceproviders,andsatellites.IntheUS,theinformationsuperhighwayisalsoknownasNationalInformationInfrastructure.Theinformationsuperhighwaycanbeunderstoodtobeahighwaywhichhascomputertechnologyandmoderntelecommunicationstechnologyservingasthebaseoftheroadandfiber-opticcablesservingasthesurfaceoftheroad.The"
vehicles"
arethemultimediamachinesequippedwithcomputer,televisionandtelephone,andhighspeedtransmissionandexchangeofvariousmultimediainformationformthewebcoveringthewholenation.Ifthenationalsuperhighwaysallovertheworldarelinkedtogether,theglobalinformationsuperhighwaywillbecreated.
Thepassagedealswithoneofthepopularandcurrenttopicsoftoday---thetelecommunicationsrevolution.Thepassageexploresthetopicfromdifferentaspects:
theadvantagesoftelecommunicationstechnologies,questionsthatshouldbeconsideredwhendevelopingthenewtechnologiesindevelopingcountries,howdifferentcountriesmakeuseofthetelecommunicationstechnologies,andlastlytheconclusions.Thepassagecanbedividedintofourparts:
Thefirstpartismadeupoftwoparagraphs,Paragraphs1and2.Thetwoparagraphsfocusontheadvantagesoftelecommunicationsrevolution,especiallyfordevelopingcountries:
boostinglivingstandardsandpromotinginternalandforeigninvestment;
helpingthemstepdirectlyintotheInformationAgeandleapoverwholestagesofeconomicdevelopment;
makingthemchangefromalabor-intensivemodeltoahigh-techmodeltogainahugeadvantageovercountriesstuckwitholdtechnology.
ThesecondpartisParagraph3.Theparagraphputsforwardaquestionforconsideration:
howfasttodeveloptelecommunicationstechnologiesindevelopingcountries.TakingVietnamasanexample,thepassagesuggeststhatdevelopingcountriesshouldweighcostsandchoosebetweentechnologies.Thisisalsoatransitionalparagraphleadingto