Unit-1-Definition

Unit1DefinitionLearningContent&Aim1.LearningContent:Thisunitisaproject-basedstudyontechnologyandknowledge.2.LearningAim:Thisunitisaimedatourlearningtoevaluate,synthesizeandorganizetheinformationbyusingdefinitions.Task1:FamiliarizingYourselfwithDefinition1.Whenisadefinitionneeded?Whenananswerisrequiredtosuchaquestionas“whatissth”,adefinitionisneeded.1)artificialintelligence2)environmentalbiotechnology=人工智能=环境生物技术3)DNAsequencing4)artinstallation=基因测序/DNA序列分析=艺术装置5)cloudcomputing6)informationtechnology=云计算=信息技术Task1:FamiliarizingYourselfwithDefinition2.Definition1)Definitioniscondensedknowledge.2)Definitionisthebestwaytoanswersuchquestionas“whatissth?”3)Definitionplaysanimportantroleinbothacquisitionanddisseminationofknowledge(知识的获取与传播).4)Anabsenceofdefinitionorapoordefinitiontendtocausemisunderstanding.Task1:FamiliarizingYourselfwithDefinition3.Reading1GreatLeapsinModernTechnologyQuestions:1)Haveyouheardofthetwotechnologies?(Open)2)Howdothetwodefinitionsdifferfromyourknowledgeofthetwotechnologies?(Open)3)Whatdoyouresorttoforhelpwhenyoucomeacrossanewterminyouracademicstudy?(Open)4)Whatdoyouthinkoftheroleofdefinitioninourunderstandingoftheworldandinthestudyofourdisciplines?(Open)5)Whataremajorcomponentsofagooddefinition?(GuidedandInstructed)Task1:FamiliarizingYourselfwithDefinitionUsingEnglishtoDefine(P3)1.Whataremajorcomponentsofagooddefinition?Agooddefinitionincludes:1)thegeneralclassificationofaterm2)thespecificcharacteristicsthatdifferentiatethetermfromothermembersofitsclass.Tosumupinshort:Term=Class+Characteristics.Task1:FamiliarizingYourselfwithDefinitionUsingEnglishtoDefine(P3)1.Whataremajorcomponentsofagooddefinition?Whatshouldbenoticedwhilemakingtheclassification:a.Correctnessofthecategoryb.Propertyofthesizeofthecategory#nottoobroad(nottoolargesize)#nottoonarrow(nottoosmallsize)Whatshouldbenoticedwhilemakingthedescriptionofcharacteristics:Typicality---Thecharacteristicsshoulddifferentiatethistermfromothermembersofthesameclass.Task1:FamiliarizingYourselfwithDefinitionUsingEnglishtoDefine(P3)2.Whatarethegrammaticalformtoprovidethedetailedinformationofthecharacteristics?1)Arelativeclause(beginningwithwhich,that,who,etc.)2)Apresent/pastparticiplephrase3)Aninfinitivephrase4)AprepositionalphraseTask1:FamiliarizingYourselfwithDefinitionUsingEnglishtoDefine(P3)3.Whatisthetenseusedindefinition?Presentsimpletenseisusedindefinition.4.Pleasetrydefiningafewtermsofyourown(Open)Classactivity:#amobilephone#atextTask1:FamiliarizingYourselfwithDefinitionSciencevs.TechnologyTechnology,ontheotherhand,ismoreofanappliedscience,wheretoolsandknowledgeareusedforthestudyofaparticularscience.///Forexample,thescienceofenergycanhavetechnologyasitsapplication.Inthecaseofenergyasasubjectinscience,solarpanels(太阳能电池板)canbeusedforavarietyoftechnologies,anexampleofwhicharesolar-poweredlights.Task2:UnderstandingLecturesthroughDefinitionListeningStrategy---Definition(Skippedover)GivingaSpokenSummaryTakingthefollowingstepswillhelpyoupresentagoodsummary:a.Note-taking---Takenoteswhilelisteningtolecturesorreadingarticles;b.Note-organizing---Organizethenotesintoalistandunderlinethemainideas;c.Idea-piecing---Usetransitionalwordssuchasfirst,second,finallytopiecetheideastogether;d.Summary-presenting---Practiceinyourmindwithapartneraccordingtothegiventime.Task2:UnderstandingLecturesthroughDefinitionGivingaSpokenSummaryPracticalActivity:Giveaspokensummaryoftheshortpassage“Sciencevs.Technology”onPage4.Step1:Note-taking#Scienceisassociatedwithtechnology#Thetwodifferswhilebeinginterchanged#Definitionofscience&technology#Sciencefocusesmoreon…whiletechnologyfocusesmoreon…#Scienceiscontrolledby…whiletechnologyinvolves…#Scienceisabout…whiletechnologyisabout…#Sciencerequires…whiletechnologyrequires…Task2:UnderstandingLecturesthroughDefinitionGivingaSpokenSummaryPracticalActivity:Giveaspokensummaryoftheshortpassage“Sciencevs.Technology”onPage4.Step2:Note-organizing(letstudentstry)Step3:Idea-piecing(letstudentstry)Step4:Summary-presenting(letstudentstry)Task2:UnderstandingLecturesthroughDefinitionGivingaSpokenSummaryPracticalActivity:Giveaspokensummaryoftheshortpassage“Sciencevs.Technology”onPage4.Note:1.Summarizingissimilartoparaphrasingbecauseitinvolvesrewritingtheoriginaltextwithdifferentvocabularyandstructure.2.Summarizingisalsodifferentfromparaphrasinginthe2aspects:a.Asummaryonlyhasthemainideafromtheoriginaltext.b.Asummaryismuchshorterthantheoriginaltext.Task2:UnderstandingLecturesthroughDefinitionGivingaSpokenSummarySummeryforreference:Thisshortpassagemainlyillustratesthedifferencesbetweenscienceandtechnologyfromthefollowing5aspects:1)Scienceisasystematicknowledgebase,whereaseriesofstepsisfollowedinordertoreliablypredictthetypeofoutcome;technologyismoreofanappliedscience,wheretoolsandknowledgeareusedforthestudyofaparticularscience.2)Sciencefocusesmoreonanalysis,generalizationsandthecreationoftheories;technologyfocusesmoreonanalysisandsynthesisofdesign.3)Scienceiscontrolledbyexperimentation;technologyinvolvesdesign,inventionandproduction.4)Scienceisabou