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Book Four Unit TwoBook Four Unit Two

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Book Four Unit TwoBook Four Unit Two

Smart CarsSmart Cars

Activities

• Understanding a movie clip• Brainstorming about car-related word

s and terms• Guessing road signs• Discussing about how the intelligent

vehicles function• Text Analysis

Enjoying a movie clip

Car-related words and terms

• About cars• Driver• Safe-belt• Airbag• Rear-view mirror• Side-view mirror• Steering wheel• Transmission (automatic/standard)

Car-related words and terms

• Lights (tail/parking/side-marker/head)• Parking brake • Throttle /Brake/Clutch • Turn signal lever• Wiper• Horn• Engine• Tires

Car-related words and terms

• About driving

• Driving License

• Road signs/signals/markings

• Lane

• Intersection

• Traffic lights

• Left/right turn

• U-turn

Car-related words and terms

• Passing• Passing lanes• Merging• Curves• Pedestrians• School zones• Collision

Road sign guessing

Road Sign

Road sign guessing

Danger School Road Sign

Road sign guessing

40 mph Speed Limit Ahead

Road sign guessing

Parking Pay Here Sign

Road sign guessing

Caution Deer Sign

Road sign guessing

Roundabout Sign

Road sign guessing

Emergency Telephone

Road sign guessing

Roadworks Ahead Sign

Discussing

• Do you know how the smart cars

function?

How it works: Smart car

• A radar unit mounted on the station

wagon's front bumper senses objects

ahead and sends that information to the

central computer.

How it works: Smart car

• A camera mounted inside the top center

of the windshield scans the road for

visual cues to the car's alignment within

a lane, such as lane stripes. Additional

sensors in the front and rear wheels help

determine turning angle and speed,

respectively.

How it works: Smart car

• Based on pre-loaded road data and

information sent from the radar, camera

and sensors, the computer constantly

sends new commands to small motors that

control the car's throttle, steering and

brakes.

How it works: Smart car

Text Analysis

• What jumps out first at a browser of this text may be those terms in quotation marks or with capitalized first letters —

• "blind spot"• Global Positioning System• "atomic clocks"• "telematics"• "automated driver"• What do they mean? How do we find out?

Text Analysis

• An efficient reader knows.

• He/She can make a guess based on knowledge

of word-formation or knowledge of the world or

the context.

Text Analysis

• "Should you make a serious driving mistake (e.g., change lanes when there is a car in your 'blind spot') the computer would sound an immediate warning " (Line 26)

• A blind spot must be a portion of the road behind a car, which a driver can not observe from the rear-view mirror.

Text Analysis

• “We already have twenty-four Navstar satellites orbiting the earth, making up what is called the Global Positioning System.” (Line 41)

• “They make it possible to determine your location on the earth to within about a hundred feet.” (Line 43)

Text Analysis

• Global Positioning System (GPS):

• space-based radio-navigation system, consisting of 24 satellites and ground support. GPS provides users with accurate information about their position and velocity, as well as the time, anywhere in the world and in all weather conditions.

Text Analysis• What is an atomic clock?

• It vibrates at a precise frequency, according to the laws of the quantum theory. (Line 46)

• "telematics"

• The prefix "tele-" means "distant“

• the suffix "-matics" may be the end part of "informatics".

• "GPS is actually but part of a larger movement, called 'telematics’ (Line 52)

Text Analysis

• What is an automated driver?

• "The plan calls for computers, aided by thousands of three-inch magnetic spikes buried in the highway, to take complete control of the driving of cars on heavily trafficked roads. Cars will be bunched into groups of ten to twelve vehicles, only six feet apart, traveling in unison, and controlled by computer.” (Line 59)

Assignment

• Individual Task:

• P43 Text Organization

• Exercise 1 & 2

• Group Work:

• Discussion: What are the smart cars like in your mind?