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人教版《新目标英语》九年级
Unit 6 When was it invented?
Section 3a-3c
An Accidental Invention
Reading
Step 1 Lead in
1) What drink is it? Do you know any other drinks?
2) What is your favorite drink? What about your grandfather?
milk
juice
tea
pure water
beer
Step 2 Pre-reading
What is the passage about?
Tea
An Accidental Invention
Tea was invented by accident.
happening by accident; not planned
Step 3 While-reading
3.1 Skimming: Read the whole passage and match the items.
Para 1 A. Lu Yu and his book Cha Jing
Para 2 B. how tea was spread to other countries
Para 3 C. how tea was invented by accident
While-reading
3.2 Scanning: read the paragraph 1 and answer the following questions.
1) When was tea first drunk?
2) Who was tea invented by?
3) How was tea invented? (Mark numbers in the correct order)
It produced a nice smell.
Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water.
The leaves remained there for some time.
1 One day, Shen Nong was boiling drinking water over an open fire.
So, one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented by Shen Nong.
Shen Nong tasted the brown water.
Many people believe that tea was first drunk 5,000 yeas ago.
It is said that a Chinese ruler Shen Nong was the first to discover tea as a drink.
2
3
4
5
6
The person rules the country.
While-reading
3.3 Sum up four steps of inventing tea.
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First, Shen Nong over an .
Second, some leaves from a tea plant and there for some time.
Third, it so he the brown water.
Finally, tea was .
was boiling drinking water
open fire
fell into the water
remained
produced a nice smell
tasted
invented/discovered
stay in the same place
The quality of sth that people sense through their