U12 Reading club 1-2021-2022学年高二英语教学课件+音视频素材（北师大2019版选择性必修四）

Reading Club 1 Ancient Chinese Inventions Read the passage and complete the table inventions Time Inventor How significance Paper-making gunpowder printing The Compass 2000 years ago made from bamboo Put/ beaten/ dried one of the first nations to start producing historical records, maps and literature Inven tions Time Inventor How significance Paper-making Watch a video and get more information eighth century AD discovered how they could make something explode used in wars and led to the development of many different kinds of weapons Inven tions Time Inventor How significance Gun powder 1045 AD Bi Sheng by carving wooden blocks with characters made it much quicker and easier to reproduce written work and led to the first ever mass production of books and literature Inven tions Time Inventor How significance printing by the third century by floating small pins of magnetic metal in bowls of water By the 11th century, the Chinese were using highly developed compasses to navigate their ships at sea. Inven tions Time Inventor How Significance The Compass Think and share 1. When did these Chinese inventions first appear in history? Paper-making appeared first among the Chinese inventions. 2. Which one do you think is the most important to enhance the quality of life for humans? For me, paper-making is the most important one. Thanks to the invention, we can have historical records and hence we can learn about the ancient civilization, which is of great importance for us to have an understanding of the development of history. What are China’s Four Great New Inventions? Watch the video and give the answer. The four great new inventions of China in modern times are Alipay, high-speed train, online shopping, and bike sharing. think and share Which of the new Chinese inventions do you think is the most important one? Why? From my perspective, bike-sharing is the most important one. It is so conv