2021-2022学年度高一第40期总第870期 (6版)
Wearing the future (Page 6)
江苏省新沂市中学  张蕊

I. Lead-in: Think and talk.
Show pictures of different clothes.
Are these clothes made of the same materials?
What do you think they are made of?
Can you guess how these clothes were made? Using 3D printing techniques.

II. Making a prediction
Wearing the future
What materials will be used?
What kind of technology will be applied？

III. Reading for structure
Para 1: Introduction (Technology is changing our clothes)
Paras 2-4: Regulating temperature (Chinese research team used 3D printing techniques to make clothes that can regulate body temperature)
Paras 5-7: Creating energy (Korean scientists made clothes that can generate electricity)
Para 8: Sending signals (American students made clothes that can send signals to cellphones)

IV. Reading for details
Part 1 (Para 1):
Q: What will the following text be about?
A: Some of the ways in which technology is changing the clothes people wear.

Part 2 (Paras 2-4):
Q1: What techniques have the Chinese research team developed to produce the fabric?
A1: 3D printing techniques.

Q2: How can the material regulate the wearer’s temperature?
A2: A polymer is trapped inside a fabric that can alternate between a crystal and a non-crystal form. While it can absorb heat in its crystal form, it can release heat in its non-crystal form, therefore regulating the wearer’s temperature. 

Q3: What is the significance of the creation of this clothing?
A3: It is the first time a scalable and controllable 3D printing strategy has been used to create such clothing.

Part 3 (Paras 5-7):
Q1: What have scientists in South Korea developed?
A1: A wearable fabric that generates electricity as it bends and stretches.

Q2: What features of the clothing are mentioned?
A2: ① It contains nanogenerators that turn friction into electricity.
② The energy can be effectively stored.
③ It feels like normal clothes.
④ Wearers only need to move naturally.

Part 4 (Para 8):
Q1: How was the clothing produced?
A1: Stitching conductive thread into cotton t-shirts.

Q2: What device can receive signals from the clothing?
A2: Cellphones.

V. Language study
A. Can you find these expressions in the text?
1. check out                    查看
2. with the ability of            有……的能力
3. alternate between A and B    在A与B之间交替
4. It is the first time (that) ...    首次……
5. a variety of                各种各样的
6. be proud of                为……骄傲
7. serve as                    充当

B. 
With summer quickly approaching, it’s the time of the year in which people like to switch out their wardrobes for the new season.
随着夏天的迅速临近，又到了一年之中人们喜欢更新衣橱迎接新季节的时候了。
分析：
① 本句话的主句为it’s the time of the year； 
② with复合结构作伴随状语；
③ in which引导的定语从句修饰the time of the year，in which也可替换为when。

用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
1. With so many things   to do  (do), she can’t play games now.
2. With my homework   finished  (finish), I went to bed.
3. With his dog   leading  (lead) the way, we found his house.

VI. Discussion
Do you want to buy the clothing mentioned in the text? Why or why not?
What other things can be made using 3D printing?