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Great inventions
Unit 2
Will books be replaced by the internet?
Unit Task——Have a debate
Will books be replaced by the Internet?
VS
Brainstorm
Q1: What is the greatest invention in the world?
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Brainstorm
Paper and printing make it possible to produce books.
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past
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Q2:How was book developed?
1. Fast reading: read and match the main ideas with the paragraphs.
Reading skill 1:
To find information in a passage quickly, you can read the heading
and the first sentence in each paragraph. This will often tell you what
the passage is about.
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2. Careful reading: read and complete the table.
Reading skill 2:
To find detailed information quickly and correctly, you need to work out how the author develop the passage. It’s clear that this passage is followed time order.
When Developments Results
About 2,000 years ago
During the Sui and Tang Dynasties
Today
2. Careful reading: read and complete the table.
Time Developments Results
About 2,000 years ago
People started to write on paper to make books.
Books were only produced one at a time by hand.
There were not many books and they were expensive.
Few people had the chance to learn to read.
2. Careful reading: read and complete the table.
Time Developments Results
During the Sui and Tang Dynasties
and later
Developments in printing made it possible to produce books more quickly and cheaply.
A trade in books resulted.
More people learnt to read.
Knowledge and ideas spread faster than before.
2. Careful reading: read and complete the table.
Time Developments Results
Now
Internet is growing fast.
Machines are used to read.
Computers and the Internet are used in classrooms.
People can find information much more easily.
Newspaper and magazines are already read online.
3. Careful reading: read and complete the map.
Compared with paper and printing, what are the advantages of the Internet?
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