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Unit 4
Great inventions
What are the four great inventions of ancient China?
Before you read
1. What three inventions will the article talk about?
2. Which invention do you think is the greatest
invention? Why?
Look at the photos, the title ,the introduction and the sub-
headings of the article. Then answer the questions below.
Part 1
Great inventions
Type The wheel The telephone The
light bulb
Who
When
——
——
Alexander Graham Bell
1876
Thomas
Edison
1879
The history of the wheel
1.a few thousand years ago
2. in the early 19th century
3. at the start of the 20th century
B. Cars became popular.
A. The first trains began to carry passengers.
C. People started to use wheels on carriages.
C
A
B
Part 2
Part 2
Before the invention of the light bulb
Now
light bulb
What can people use at night?
oil lamps,
gas lamps or candles
Part 3
Life after the inventions
The wheel Travelling became_________ and ____________________.
The telephone People can _________________ each other anytime, anywhere.
The light bulb People can do___________________________
as they can in the daytime.
faster
more comfortable
keep in touch with
many things in the evenings
短语集中营
live a better life 过着更好的生活
three of the most important inventions 三个最伟大的发明
faster and more comfortable 更快更舒服
a few thousand years ago 几千年前
in the early 19th century 在19世纪初
at the start of(at the beginning of)
在.......开始
since then 自从那时起
part1
更快更舒服
过着更好的生活
在.......开始
a few thousand years ago
三个最伟大的发明
in the early 19th century
自从那时开始
短语集中营
over long ditances 跨过很长的距离
millions of 数百万的
across the world/ all over the world
全世界
allow sb. to do sth. 允许某人做某事
keep in touch with sb. 与某人保持联系
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