2lst Century College English: Book I Unit 8 Text A Foreword CLICI
Unit 8: Text A Foreword 21st Century College English: Book 1
Unit 5: Text A Lead-in Activities Text Organization Reading Writing skills Language Points Guided practice ° Assignment
Unit 5: Text A • Lead-in Activities • Text Organization • Reading & Writing Skills • Language Points • Guided Practice • Assignment
Lead-in activities Questions for Discussion What do you know about bill gates and his company microsoft? 2. How does information highway influence us? 3. What kind of technological innovations might we see in the next 20 years?
1. What do you know about Bill Gates and his company Microsoft? 2. How does information highway influence us? 3. What kind of technological innovations might we see in the next 20 years? Lead-in Activities Questions for Discussion
Text Organization The Structure of TextA Bill Gates and his friend believed, the first truly personal computer brought the world great changes. Para. 1 The upcoming communications revolution. Para.2-7 The purpose for which Bill Gates wrote the book. Para.8-12
Text Organization The Structure of Text A The upcoming communications revolution. The purpose for which Bill Gates wrote the book. Para. 2-7 Para. 8-12 Bill Gates and his friend believed, the first truly personal computer brought the world great changes. Para. 1
Reading writing skills Metaphor is a way of thinking of one thing in terms of another thing makes a COmparision between two unlike elements. This comparison iS IMPLIED rather than stated Make a list of all the words and phrases you can find with which Gates refers to computer technology as if it were a road, journey, or adventure 2. Do you think this comparison of computer technologies to a journey is an effective one? If so, explain how the image of travel fits well with the new technologies. If not what would be a better comparison?
Reading & Writing Skills Metaphor is a way of thinking of one thing in terms of another thing makes a COMPARISION between two unlike elements. This comparison is IMPLIED rather than STATED 1. Make a list of all the words and phrases you can find with which Gates refers to computer technology as if it were a road, journey, or adventure. 2. Do you think this comparison of computer technologies to a journey is an effective one? If so, explain how the image of travel fits well with the new technologies. If not, what would be a better comparison?