The best way to predict the future is to create it. Peter Drucker,Unit 2 Looking into the future,Smart homes to make life easier,Prediction,1. Intended audience: 2. Purpose:,entertain? inform/introduce? describe? persuade?.,to introduce and get people excited about the idea of smart homes.,People who are interested in smart homes.,Pragmatic Analysis,a popular science article (科普说明文),Para2. Intelligent controls,Para3. Regular health checks,Para4. No more disasters,Para5. The situation of smart home,Smart homes: Benefits,Para1: a brief introduction of smart homes,Skimming for main ideas,Have you ever forgotten to lock the door of your house? Or, have you ever forgotten to switch off the TV or computers? These kinds of things happen to us all the time, waste resources, and can sometimes lead to problems. However, in the not-too-distant future, we will be living in smart homes that will lock the door for us when we are away and remember to switch off the TV when we forget. These smart homes will keep us secure, save us energy, and provide a more comfortable environment to live in.,Textual Pattern Analysis,1.How does it introduce the topic? 2.What will be the advantages of smart homes?,These smart homes,will keep us secure, save us energy, and provide a more comfortable,environment to live in.,Smart homes can make life easier,Intelligent Controls Today, we have to use swithes for our lights, knobs for our appliances, and remote controls for our TVs and air conditioners. In the future, we will be using advanced technology every day for automatic control of just about everything in our home. The future home will use integrated sensors to tell when you leave home each morning, and then go into an energy-efficient mode all by itself. You will no longer have to think about turning switches on and off yourself. Your home will also learn your daily routine and preferences, so everything will be ready for you when you get home each evening. Your lights will come on the instant you enter the door and along with your favourite music or TV programmes, and you will find your dinner already preared for you. All controls will respond to voice commands, so if you want to change your routine, you just say aloud what you want and the home system will obey.,Textual Pattern Analysis,1.Whats the topic sentence? 2.How does automatic control work? Examples?,In the future, we will be using advanced technology every day,for automatic control of just about everything in our home.,The future home will use integrated,sensors,Your,All controls will respond to voice commands,home will also learn your daily routine and preferences,Regular Health Checks In addition, your smart home will be monitoring your health for you every day. Your bed, for example, will record how well you sleep every night. It will also be checking your body weight. If you start to have sleep or weight problems, it will send a warning to your phone. It will also give you suggestions on a healthier diet and how to sleep better. Smart toilets will be keeping constant track of your health as well. They can warn you early on if there is something abnormal or if you have a critical illness, such as cancer, and potentially save your life.,Textual Pattern Analysis,1.Whats the topic sentence of this paragraph? 2.How does the writer develop this paragraph? 3. How will your smart home monitor your health?,In addition, your smart home will be monitoring your health for you every,day.,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,No More Disasters Smart home will be able to prevent serious damage from accidents. For example, if a water pipe starts leaking, of if there is a short in the electrical wiring, your smart home will detect it and provide you with the relevant information. This way, you will be able to fix the problem before your home becomes flooded or catched fire.,Textual Pattern Analysis,This smart technology is not a fantasy. Many of these new innovations are already available and being used in some homes. In this sense, the home of tomorrow is already the home of today. Nevertheless, it will take some years before most new homes begin to use this new technology.,Conclusion：This smart technology is not a fantasy, but it will take some years.,Textual Pattern Analysis,1.How do you understand “the home of tomorrow is already the home of today”? 2.Whats the main idea of this paragraph?,Read the text again and fill in the table below.,lock the door for us when we are away,Switch them on or off automatically,Be well prepared for us in advance,detect problems and provide us with the relevant information,lock the door for us when we are away,keep constant track of our health and warn us of something wrong or a critical illness early on,come on the instant we enter the door,Record how well we sleep every night and check our body weight; send a warning to our phone and offer us suggestions on a healthier diet if we have problems.,1. What is the purpose of the questions raised in the first paragraph? A. to intr