初中英语早读阅读理解训练 The Wright Brothers 课件（共14张PPT）+课文原文+课文音频

The Wright Brothers 目 录 CONTENTS 01 02 03 Pre-reading While reading After reading Reading tasks Language points Practice What do you know about the Wright Brothers? * At one time, people only dreamed about flying. The Wright brothers, Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright, were dreamers who changed the world. They were the inventors of the first successful airplane. From a young age, the brothers were interested in flying. When Wilbur was 11 and Orville was 7, their father gave them a flying toy. When they were older, Wilbur and Orville opened a bicycle shop in Ohio, America. They used their bicycle shop to design a small airplane and flew it for the first time on December 17, 1903. The airplane stayed in the air for twelve seconds. That day, they made four short flights. However, only a few US newspapers reported that important event. The Wright brothers kept working on their airplane until 1905. For the next two years, they hardly flew. They needed a patent for their invention and to find customers to buy it. They contacted the US government. However, the government was not interested. The government didn’t believe them. The brothers went to Europe in 1908. There they made more than 200 flights. People were amazed. The brothers became famous. News of their success was now on the front page of newspapers. When they came back to America in 1909, they were heroes. They sold their airplane to the US Army in 1909. Airplanes today use the same basic design elements of their airplane. Answer the following questions. 1. When did the Wright Brothers fly their airplane for the first time? 2. Why did the Wright Brothers hardly fly in 1906 and 1907? 3. Do airplanes today use some design elements of their airplane? They were busy applying a patent for their airplane. On December 17, 1903. Yes, they do. Choose the correct answer. ( )1. From Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3 we can know that the Wright brothers _______.