changed the world").Henry Ford became one of the world's most famous automobile began hiscareer sa machinist demonstrated his mechanical inventiveness with the construction of a single-cylinde gasoline-powered vehicle. Ten years later,in 1903,he founded the Ford Motor Company and began to develop assembly-line techniques to produce an affordable automobile.The result was the four-cylinder Model T Ford,and by 1914 it had captured nearly half the U.S. automobile market Ford's early reputation as a good employer,who introduced a 5 minimum wage. was subsequently hurt during the 1920's and 1930's when he began to employ labor spies at his plants and sanctioned violence against union organizers.His enduring achievement was,within his own lifetime,to make automobile ownership possible for million the world. (③)Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin was a superstar of silent comedies and one of the greatest icons of the 20th-century film.He was born on 16 April,1889 in London and died on 25 December,1977 in Corsier-sur-Vevey in Switzerland. Chaplin had a rotter childhood and an early start on stag performing even as a child in vaudeville(歌舞杂耍).He went to Hollywood in 1914 and be gan acting in silent comedies for Mack Sennett.By 1915 he controlled most aspects of his films,in which he usually appeared as a character called simply "The Little Tramp":a lovably shabby dreamer with a small moustache.a derby hat.baggy trousers and outsize. shapeless shoes.Chaplin was one of the founders of United Artists Studios (along with actors Do glas Fairba ks and Mary Pickford and director D.W.)an was one of the first movie makers to have complete control over his features His best-known films include The Gold Rush (1925).City Lights (1931).Modern Times(1936),The Great Dictator(1940),Limelight(1952 and A King in New York (1957. Famously outspoken and sympathetic to communism,Chaplin left the United States in 1952 because of increased political pressure.He settled n witzerland where he and his wife Oona raised eight children,including actress Geraldine Chaplin In 1972 he returned to the United States to accept a special Oscar,and in 1975 he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. 3.Introductory Remarks Step Two Global reading Give the students 10 minutes to read the text as quickly as they can,and ask them to think about these questions in the process of reading. 1 Ouestions (1)According to the text what images does technology conjure up for most people? (2)What is the esymbol of techno 8y% (3)Does this symbol ruy represent mode?Whyor why not? (4)In what way are the old symbols of technology outdated?Can you suggest a new symbol for technology today? (5)What trend can we see from the advance in the means of transportation?Is thischanged the world"), Henry Ford became one of the world's most famous automobile manufacturers. He began his career as a machinist apprentice, but at the age of 30, he demonstrated his mechanical inventiveness with the construction of a single-cylinder gasoline-powered vehicle. Ten years later, in 1903, he founded the Ford Motor Company and began to develop assembly-line techniques to produce an affordable automobile. The result was the four-cylinder Model T Ford, and by 1914 it had captured nearly half the U. S. automobile market. Ford's early reputation as a good employer, who introduced a $ 5 minimum wage, was subsequently hurt during the 1920's and 1930's when he began to employ labor spies at his plants and sanctioned violence against union organizers. His enduring achievement was, within his own lifetime, to make automobile ownership possible for millions around the world. (3) Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin was a superstar of silent comedies and one of the greatest icons of the 20th-century film. He was born on 16 April,1889 in London and died on 25 December,1977 in Corsier-sur-Vevey in Switzerland. Chaplin had a rotten childhood and an early start on stage, performing even as a child in vaudeville (歌舞杂耍). He went to Hollywood in 1914 and began acting in silent comedies for Mack Sennett. By 1915 he controlled most aspects of his films, in which he usually appeared as a character called simply“The Little Tramp”: a lovably shabby dreamer with a small moustache, a derby hat , baggy trousers and outsize, shapeless shoes. Chaplin was one of the founders of United Artists Studios (along with actors Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford and director D. W. Griffith) and was one of the first movie makers to have complete control over his features. His best-known films include The Gold Rush (1925), City Lights (1931), Modern Times (1936), The Great Dictator (1940), Limelight (1952 ) and A King in New York (1957). Famously outspoken and sympathetic to communism, Chaplin left the United States in 1952 because of increased political pressure. He settled in Switzerland, where he and his wife Oona raised eight children, including actress Geraldine Chaplin. In 1972 he returned to the United States to accept a special Oscar, and in 1975 he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. 3. Introductory Remarks Step Two Global reading Give the students 10 minutes to read the text as quickly as they can, and ask them to think about these questions in the process of reading. 1. Questions (1) According to the text what images does technology conjure up for most people? (2) What is the classic symbol of technology? (3) Does this symbol truly represent modern technology? Why or why not? (4) In what way are the old symbols of technology outdated? Can you suggest a new symbol for technology today? (5) What trend can we see from the advance in the means of transportation? Is this