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1、UnitTwoTechnologyPartOneWarmingupListeningActivities1Directions:Listentothefollowingdialogueandfillintheblankswiththemissingwordsorphrases.Thedialoguewillbespokenonlyonce.Mike:Yourphonelooksgood!CanIhavealook?Lily:Yes,hereyouare.Itisasmartphone.Mike:T
2、heimpactoftechnologyinmodernlifeisunmeasurable.Lily:Iagreewithyou.Inourmodernlife,ithasbecomeveryeasytogetaccesstorelevantinformationatanytimeanywhere.WecansurftheinternetandtalktomyrelativesusingamobilephoneorvideochattingserviceslikeQQ.Mike:Besidest
3、hat,italsoencouragesinnovationandcreativity.Inthepast,itusedtobeverydifficulttostartabusiness,becausetheylackofcapitalandbusinessinformation.Today,itisveryeasytostartabusinesswhileathome.Lily:Inaddition,moderntechnologyhasmadeitsimpleforstudentstolear
4、nfromanywherethroughonlineeducationandmobileeducation.Butsometimesthewayweimplementvarioustechnologiesendsupharmingourlivesorthesociety.Mike:That’sright.Socialisolationisontheincrease.Peoplearespendingmoretimeplayingvideogames,learninghowtousenewmoder
5、ntechnologies,andtheyneglecttheirreallife.Technologyhasreplacedouroldwayofinteracting.Lily:Ontheotherhand,moderntechnologyhasreplacedmanyhumans.Itisabadnewstoemployeesbecausetheygetreplacedbyarobot.Mike:Besides,ithasbeenthemainaidintheincreasingandend
6、lesswars.Whentheweaponsgetintothehandsofcriminals,theywillusethemfortheirselfishreasons.Lily:Hightechnologyhastwosides.Whethertechnologygoestherightwaydependsonhowweuseit.2Directions:Listentothefollowingpassageandfillintheblankswiththemissingwordsorph
7、rases.Thepassagewillbereadtwotimes.Theadventofsmartphones,socialmediaandothertechnologieshasalteredthewaypeopleinteractwitheachother.Justwatchagroupofpeopleoutforamealtogether,allontheirphonestextingpeoplewhoaren’tthere.Technologymayalsobepoisedtochan
8、gethewaywerelatetoanimals—byremovingtheliving,breathingonesfromourhomes.Themainthreattopetsisnotsocialmedia,butratherrobotsandvirtualFarmVillelikeanimals.Theseinanimateobjectsofouraffectionarecertainlyeasiertocareforthanaretherealones.Andtheys