
Unit 2 Smart CarsBeforeReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfterReadingSupplementary ReadingListening ComprehensionWarm-upQuestionsBackground Information
Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading Detailed Reading Before Reading Unit 2 Smart Cars Listening Comprehension Warm-up Questions Background Information

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Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading Detailed Reading Before Reading Unit 2 Smart Cars Listening Comprehension Thinking Before Listening Thinking While Listening Listening and Speaking

Unit 2 Smart Cars2GlobalReadingBefore ReadingDetailed ReadingAfterReadingSupplementaryReadingBackground InformationAutomobileIndustryGlobal Positioning SystemIntelligent Transportation SystemKBack
Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading Detailed Reading Before Reading Unit 2 Smart Cars Background Information Automobile Industry Global Positioning System Intelligent Transportation System

Unit2Smart CarsOGlobal ReadingAfterReadingBefore ReadingDetailed ReadingSupplementaryReadingThinkingBeforeListeningThe title of the passage you are going to listen to is"Cars of theFutureedRWrite down three questionsaboutcars ofthefuture.Back
Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading Detailed Reading Before Reading Unit 2 Smart Cars Listening Thinking Before Listening The title of the passage you are going to listen to is “Cars of the Future”. Write down three questions about cars of the future

Unit 2Smart Cars-Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingSupplementaryReadingThinkingWhile ListeningListen to the passage and find out if it answers tthequestionsyouaskedinExercise1.KBack
Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading Detailed Reading Before Reading Unit 2 Smart Cars Listening Thinking While Listening Listen to the passage and find out if it answers the questions you asked in Exercise 1

Unit 2Smart Cars2Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingSupplementaryReadingWhat kind of car will we be driving in 2010? Ratherdifferent from the type we know today, with the next 20years bringing greater change than the past 50.Their vision isof a machine with three wheels insteadeERaaaof four,electrically powered,environmentallyclean,andable to drive itselfalong“intelligent”roads equippedwith built-inpower suppliers.Future cars will pick uptheir fuel during long journeys from a power source builtinto the road,or store it in small quantities for travelingin the city.Instead of today's seating arrangements - two infront, two or three behind, all facing forward - the 2010car will have a versatile interior with adults and childrenin a family circle.KBackNext
Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading Detailed Reading Before Reading Unit 2 Smart Cars What kind of car will we be driving in 2010? Rather different from the type we know today, with the next 20 years bringing greater change than the past 50. Their vision is of a machine with three wheels instead of four, electrically powered, environmentally clean, and able to drive itself along “intelligent” roads equipped with built-in power suppliers. Future cars will pick up their fuel during long journeys from a power source built into the road, or store it in small quantities for traveling in the city. Instead of today’s seating arrangements — two in front, two or three behind, all facing forward — the 2010 car will have a versatile interior with adults and children in a family circle

Unit 2SmartCarsSBefore ReadingGlobalReadingAfterReadingDetailedReadingSupplementaryReadingThis view of the future car is based on a much moresophisticated road system, with strips built intomotorways to supply power to vehiclespassing alongthem.Cars will notetneedaddrivers,because computerswillprovide safe driving control and route finding.Allthe driver will have to do is say where to go and thecomputer will do the rest. It will become impossibleforcars to crash into one another. The technology alreadyexists for the car to become a true automobile.Back》Prev
Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading Detailed Reading Before Reading Unit 2 Smart Cars This view of the future car is based on a much more sophisticated road system, with strips built into motorways to supply power to vehicles passing along them. Cars will not need drivers, because computers will provide safe driving control and route finding. All the driver will have to do is say where to go and the computer will do the rest. It will become impossible for cars to crash into one another. The technology already exists for the car to become a true automobile

Unit 2 Smart Cars2Before ReadingGlobal ReadingAfterReadingDetailedReadingSupplementaryReadingListeningand SpeakingListentothepassageagainandsaywhat changeswill make drivingDetailed Reading-cleaner?-safer?-morecomfortable?Tips:cleandriving:electrically powered,environmentallycleansafedriving:controlled bycomputermore comfortable:a versatile interior with the adultsand children in afamily circleKBuck
Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading Detailed Reading Before Reading Unit 2 Smart Cars clean driving: electrically powered, environmentally clean safe driving: controlled by computer more comfortable: a versatile interior with the adults and children in a family circle Listening and Speaking Listen to the passage again and say what changes will make driving: — cleaner? — safer? — more comfortable? Tips:

Unit 2 Smart CarsBefore ReadingGlobalReadingAfterReadingDetailed ReadingSupplementaryReadingWarm-up Questions1.What do you think is the most profitable andpowerfulindustryofthe 2Othedcentury,computer,automobile,petroleum or airplane?2. What do you think willbe the most profitable andpowerful industry in the21st century,communication,astronautics,biologyorconstruction?3. What is the greatest invention in the world so far?KBackNextS
Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading Detailed Reading Before Reading Unit 2 Smart Cars Warm-up Questions 1. What do you think is the most profitable and powerful industry of the 20th century, computer, automobile, petroleum or airplane? 2. What do you think will be the most profitable and powerful industry in the 21st century, communication, astronautics, biology or construction? 3. What is the greatest invention in the world so far?

Unit2Smart CarsBeforeReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfterReadingSupplementary Reading4.If you could afford a car,would you buy one? Whichbrand would you like to have?DetaiGMfordHONDABUCKJAGUARSUNWEANBackPrev.CM
Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading Detailed Reading Before Reading Unit 2 Smart Cars 4. If you could afford a car, would you buy one? Which brand would you like to have?