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8A Unit 4
1. Reading
Great inventions
伟大的发明改变了世界_________________________. 它们帮助人们过更好的生活__________________________________________. 下面是历史上三个最重要的发明_________________________________________________________________________.
The wheel
轮子有可能是历史上最伟大的发明______________________________. 它发明之后,旅行变得更快更舒服__________________________________________________. 几千年前,人们开始把轮子用在四轮马车上___________________________________________________. 在19世纪早期__________________________, the first trains began to carry passengers. 在20世纪初,汽车变得受欢迎___________________________________. 没有轮子,我们就不会有这些发明____________________________________________.
The telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invented one of the first practical telephones in 1876. 从那以后,人们已经能够远距离通话了____________________________________________________. Today 全世界数百万人拥有电话__________________________________________. 它们允许人们随时随地彼此联系______________________________________________________________.
The light bulb
Thomas Edison developed the first practical light bulb in 1879. 电灯泡发明之前_____________ __________, people had to use oil lamps, gas lamps or candles to see at night. 用电灯泡,人们可以在夜晚和白天一样做尽可能多的事情__________________________________________
____________________.你能想象没有它们的生活吗___________________________________?
1. What three inventions does the article talk about?
2. What is the greatest invention in history?
3. When did cars become popular?
4. How many people own mobile phones today?
5. What did people use to see at night before the invention of the light bulb?
二. More practice
A pen giant
Do you know Laszlo Biro? Maybe(同义词语______) you do not, but you probably(同义词语_______) use his(指代的是_______) ________(invent) every day, and you may even have it(指代的是_______) in _______(you) hand right now(同义词语______)!
Biro (1899-1985) was the inventor of the ballpoint pen(改写为Biro ______ the ballpoint pen). He was born in Budapest, Hungary. 在20世纪30年代________________, 当他当报纸编辑的时候_______________________________, he used a fountain pen almost every day. However, he had to refill i