全新版大学英语综合教程B4-Unit-2-Smart-Cars省公开课金奖全国赛课一等奖微课获奖PP.pptx

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,全新版大学英语4Unit 2,Smart,Cars,Thinking before listening,Write down three questions about cars of the future.,1/39,Listen to the passage again and say what changes will be made in driving:,-cleaner?,-Safer?,-More comfortable?,Tips:,cleaning driving:electrically powered,environmentally clean.,Safe driving:controlled by computer,More comfortable:a versatile interior with the adults and children in a family circle.,2/39,Names of car parts,windscreen/windshield,sidelight/parking light,headlight,brake light,rear light/tail light,number plate/license plate,bumper,exhaust pipe,rearview mirror,wing mirror/side mirror,reflector 反射镜,gear stick/gear shift,ignition,点火装置,dashboard,仪表板,speedometer,速度计,mileometer/odometer,里程表,brake/,handbrake,accelerator/gas pedal,steering wheel,horn,boot/trunk,tyre/tire,3/39,Warm-up Questions,1)What do you think is the most profitable and powerful industry of the 20,th,century,computer,automobile,petroleum or airplane?,2)What do you think will be the most profitable and powerful industry in the 21,st,century,communication,astronautics,biology or construction?,3),What is the greatest invention in the world so far?,4),If you could afford a car,would you buy one?Which brand would you like to have?,4/39,本单元四级关键词汇,alert application approximately bunch convert correlate decrease eliminate expansion frequency hazard highway incorporate lane lucrative magnetic manufacture monotonous mount pollution presently prototype satellite vapor vibrate outline implication thereby feasible realistic component diverse permanent implement equivalent appropriate assembly exposure mature introduction perceive,5/39,本单元主要短语,as well,be poised to(do),get/be stuck in(sth.),in the air,send out,start up,take control of,turn sth.into/become a reality,at the start of,by means of,6/39,Part One(para.1-3),New technology will have a dramatic impact on cars and highways in the 21,st,century.,1.(L.68),Sales of the automobile industry stand at about a trillion dollars,making it the worlds biggest manufacturing industry:,1)How do you understand the word“stand”?,“stand”is used to show a particular level or amount.,-Inflation currently stands at nine per cent.,-Your bank balance stands at$460.,2)Translate the sentence into Chinese.,汽车工业销售额达一万亿美元左右，从而成为世界上最大制造业。,7/39,For Part 1,Questions and Answers1)How important was the automobile industry in the 20,th,century?,2),Did the automobile industry change a lot in the last seventy years?,3),What will happen to cars and roads in the 21,st,century?,4)Why does the author say the key to tomorrows“smart cars”will be sensors?,8/39,1.,How important was the automobile industry in the twentieth century?,There were 500 million cars worldwide.Sales of the automobile industry stood about a trillion dollars,making it the worlds biggest manufacturing industry.,2.,What will happen to cars and roads in the twenty-first century?,The car,and the roads it travels on,will be revolutionized in the twenty-first century.,3.,Why does the author say the key to tomorrows“smart car”will be sensors?,A sensor is a device that converts measurable elements of a physical process into data meaningful to the computer.And we want to create a kind of car(smart car)which can see and hear and smell and talk and act.,9/39,Part Two(para.4-9),With the aid of advanced technology,smarts cars will be so designed that they can help eliminate traffic accidents,determine their own precise locations and warn of traffic jams.,6.(L.19),eliminate,:,vt.remove,esp.sb./sth.that is not wanted or needed;get rid of,消除；毁灭；排除,-The police have eliminated all the other suspects.,-,她已被取消了,参加游泳比赛资格。,-She has been eliminated from the swimming race.,Pattern:,eliminate sth.from sth.,-Can we ever eliminate hunger from the world one day?,10/39,7.(L.21)in the air:,悬而未决,-,我们计划还未确定。,Our plans are still in the air.,8.,(L.21),start up,:,begin or begin working,running,happening,发动，开启；开始,-Put the key in the ignition and turn it to start the car up.,-,玛丽发动引擎，向她故乡驶去。,Mary started up the engine and drove for her hometown.,11/39,CF:alert&attentive,alert,指思维灵敏而高度集中，注视者可能发生事件，尤其是危险，恐怖事件，并快速做出反应。,-A hunting-dog must be alert.,-The guards were alert to any danger.,哨兵警觉着一切危险情况。,attentive,强调能够把注意力集中于某事上而不分心、不走神。,-I wish you would be more attentive to what your teacher has told you.,希望你能多注意老师对你说话。,-He was absolutely attentive to research into the cause of cancer.,他专心致志研究癌症起因。,12/39,10.(L.2628),Should you make a serious driving mistake(e.g.change lanes when there is a car in your“blind spot”)the computer would sound an immediate warning:,Analyze the structure of this sentence:,-If you should see Harry,give him my regards.(You might see him.),“if+subject+should+verb”is often replaced by“should+subject+verb”,-Should you see Harry,give him my regards.,13/39,11.,(L.29),prototype:,n.the first model or design of sth.from which other forms are copied or developed.,原型；样品,Prototype equipment,Prototype machine,Prototype model,NB:proto-,前缀，表示“最初，原始”，,Protocluster,原星团,（,cluster,丛）,Protogalaxy,原星系,galaxy,星系，银河）,Protovirus,原始病毒（,virus,病毒）,14/39,12.(L.31),monotonous:,adj.dull and never changing or varying;constant and boring,单调；一成不变,-The teachers voice was so monotonous that it sent me to sleep.,-,我在汽车工厂工作颇为单调乏味。,My job in the car factory is rather monotonous.,15/39,13.(L.33),hazard:,n.,危害；危险There are many serious hazards associated with smoking.,-,穿越非洲旅行有许多危险。,There are many hazards in a journey across Africa.,Collocation:,At all hazards,不顾一切风险；在任何情况下,In hazard,在危险中，受到威胁,By hazard,偶然，碰运气,Be on the hazard,在危险中,16/39,22.,(L.52),convert,:v.change from one form or use to another,Pattern:convert sth.to/into sth.,（使）转变，（使）改变,-I want to convert some Hong Kong dollars into American dollars.,-Coal can be converted to gas.,-,那座楼房改成学校了。,That building has been converted into a school.,17/39,24.,(L.55),correlate:,vt.,使（与,）相互关联,-Research workers find it hard to correlate the two sets of figures.,-Smoking and lung cancer are closely correlated.,Pattern:,correlate sth.with sth.,-They are trying to find out if these behavior patterns correlate with particular changes in diet.,-,把理论和实践联络起来。,18/39,Questions for Part Two:,1.How would sensors help reduce traffic fatalities?,2.What is the function of the radars hidden in the bumpers?,3.How will a smart car alert a driver who feels drowsy?,4.What makes it possible for smart cars to determine their approximate location?,19/39,Questions for Part Two:,1.How would sensors help reduce traffic fatalities?,Almost half of car accidents come from drunk drivers.If a driver is drunk the car can sense via electronic sensors that can pick up vapor in the air,and refuse start up the car.,2.What is the function of the radars hidden in the bumpers?,The radars hidden in the bumpers can scan for nearby cars which alert the drivers to some serious driving mistakes.,20/39,3.How will a smart car alert a driver who feels drowsy?,A smart car is equipped with a tiny camera which is hidden in the dashboard and can be trained on a drivers face and eye.If a drivers eyelids close for a certain length of time and his or her driving becomes erratic,a computer in the dashboard could alert the,driver.,4.What makes it possible for smart cars to determine their approximate location?,With the help of the radio signals from orbiting satellites,the sensors in smart cars can determine the cars precise location.,21/39,Part Three(para.10-13),GPS and“telematics”will make it possible to build smart highways,which will benefit us in more than one way.,28.(L.57),be poised to do:,be ready to take action at any moment,做好准备随时（做,）,-It is reported that U.S.forces are poised to attack Iraq.,-The automobile company is poised to launch its new advertising campaign.22/39,29.,(L.65),mount,:,v.,将,固定住；将,置于架上,-Mounting the engine in this way was an improvement,-,她把照片裱贴在她日志本上。,She mounted the photograph on the back of her diary book.,23/39,30.,(L.67)On an eight-mile stretch of Interstate 15 ten miles north of San Diego:,1),How much do you know about the Interstate in the U.S.?,Interstate is one of a system of highways extending between and connecting the major cities of the United States.,2),What does“stretch”mean?,It means a continuous or unbroken length.,3),Translate the sentence into Chinese;,在圣迭戈以北,10,英里,15,号州际公路一段,8,英里长路面上。,24/39,CF:decrease,reduce&lessen,decrease,一词使用广泛，特指数量降低。,-,The number of traffic accidents decreased last year.,去年交通事故数量降低了。,-Water consumption had to decrease to avoid a drought.,reduce,词义很广。既可指大小、数量、范围或程度缩小，也可指等级、地位或经济情况下降。,-They reduced the size of the apparatus by two-thirds.,他们把该装置体积缩小了三分之二。,25/39,-This has greatly reduced the threat presented by typhoons.,这大大降低了台风造成威胁。,lessen,是比较正式用词，用于客观地表示程度、价值或数量降低，而不带任何偏见。,-Production in textile industry has also lessened sharply.,纺织工业产量也已急剧下降。,-The value of money lessens during inflation.,通货膨胀时货币贬值。,26/39,Questions for Part Three:,1.What are the prospects for applications of GPS2.What is“telematics”expected to achieve in increasing the efficiency and safety transportation?,3.What are traffic engineers doing on Interstate 15 close to San Diego?,4.What hopes do promoters of the smart highway have for its future?,5.What are the advantages of smart highway?,27/39,1.What are the prospects for applications of GPS?,As the price of microchip is dropping drastically,the prospects for applications of GPS are very optimistic.,2.What is“telematics”expected to achieve in increasing the efficiency and safety transportation?,“Telematcs”is expected to put smart cars on smart highways to increase the efficiency and safety of highway transportation.,3.What are traffic engineers doing on Interstate 15 close to San Diego?,The traffic engineers are installing a system that calls for computers;with the help thousands of three-inch magnetic spikes buried in the highway,to completely control the driving cars on heavily trafficked roads.,28/39,4.What hopes do promoters of the smart highway have for its future?,They hold an optimistic view toward the smart highway.By,telematics may well be applied to one of the major highways in the U.S.By,it is very likely for telematics to be adopted in thousands of miles of highways in the United States if the price of microchips drops to below a penny a piece.,5.What are the advantages of smart highway?,Smart highways will turn to be environment-friendly,saving fuel,reducing traffic jams,decreasing air pollution,and serving as an alternative to highway expansion.,29/39,Global Reading,True or False,1)There are so many people killed in the car accidents that car accidents reports can be found in newspaper nearly everyday.,2)A smart car can alert the driver if he becomes drowsy.,3)The computer in the car will totally eliminate the cases of getting lost and getting stuck in traffic.,4)The computer in the car sends out a radio signal that can be detected by a satellite.,5)By establishing the relation between the rotations in the steering wheel and the cars position on a map,the computer can tell us where the car is.,30/39,True or False,1)There are so many people killed in the car accidents that car accidents reports can be found in newspaper nearly everyday.,(F),The number of people that are killed or badly injured in car accidents is so vast that we dont even bother to mention them in the newspaper anymore.,2)A smart car can alert the driver if he becomes drowsy.,(T),31/39,3)The computer in the car will totally eliminate the cases of getting lost and getting stuck in traffic.,(F),The computer can have a positive impact on these problems,but it is unlikely to cure them.,4)The computer in the car sends out a radio signal that can be detected by a satellite.,(F),The satellite sends out a signal that can be detected by receiver in a cars computer.,5)By establishing the relation between the rotations in the steering wheel and the cars position on a map,the computer can tell us where the car is.,(T),32/39,For Part 23,Text Analysis,Task:summarize the features of smart cars.,Tips:,1.Smart cars can eliminate most car accidents.,2.Smart cars can alert the police and provide precise location if stolen.,3.Smart cars can monitor ones driving and the driving conditions nearby.,4.Smart cars can alert the sleepy driver5.Smart cars can locate your car precisely and warn of traffic jams.,33/39,Language focus,An efficient reader will make a guess based on knowledge of word-formation or knowledge of the word in the context.,E.g.,“blind spot”?,-Should you make a serious driving mistake(e.g.,change lanes when there is a car in your“,blind spot,”)the computer would sound an immediate warning.,-There might be an accident if you change lanes when there is a car in your“,blind spot”.,How could it happen?How come you dont know the existence of the car?It must be that you dont know the existence of the car?It must be that you cannot observe the car from the rear-view mirror.,34/39,“,blind spot”:,a portion of the road behind a car,which a driver cannot observe from the rear-view mirror.,“Global Positioning System”(L.42)and“atomic clocks”(L.46)?,Word-formation may also provide much information about the meaning of a word.,e.g.what is,telematics,?,The prefix“tele-“means“distant”,the suffix“-matics”may be the end part of“informatics”.So,telematics,must be,a branch of knowledge concerned with long-distance transmission.,“prototype”(L.29)and“interstate”(L.67)?,35/39,Useful expressions:,1),计算机革命,2),制造业,3),长途司机,4),被严重低估,5),威胁生命重大隐患,6),处理问题,7),主动影响,8),与无线电信号调谐,9),在任何一个特定时间,10),量子理论法则,11),准确频率,12),发出无线电信号,13),换算出,14),导航能力,15),几乎无限,16),手杖,17),遥控,18),潜在应用,19),要求,20),完全控制,21)被编成组,22)一齐行驶,23)对环境保护有利,36/39,the laws of the quantum theory,precise frequency,send out a radio signal,be converted into,navigational capability,virtually limitless,walking sticks,remote control,potential use/application,call for,take complete control of,be bunched into groups,travel in unison,environmental boon,the computer revolution,manufacturing industry,long-distance driver,be grossly underestimated,life-threatened hazard,cure the problem,a positive impact,be tuned to radio signals,at any given time,37/39,Proverbs and quotes,1)Activity is the only road to knowledge,行动是通往知识唯一道路。,2)Love is ever the beginning of knowledge as fire is of light.,知识总是从兴趣开始，如同光总是从火开始一样。,3)Knowledge is a treasure,but practice is the key to it.,知识是一座宝库，而实践是开启宝库钥匙。,38/39,4)The foundation of knowledge must be laid by reading.General principles must come from books,which,however,must be brought to the test of real life.,-Samuel Johnson,British writer,读书是积累知识基础。基本原理起源书本，但须经实际生活检验。,-英国作家,S.,约翰逊,5)Imagination is more important than knowledge.,-Albert Einstein,American Scientist,想象力比知识更为主要。,美国科学家,A.,爱因斯坦,39/39,