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Encyclopaedias
Unit 1
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Content
Vocabulary
Reading
More practice
Grammar
Australia’s big attractions
Words & Phrases
Look it up!
(1)some and any
(2)somebody, anybody, nobody, etc.
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Content
listening
Writing
(1)Sentence stress
(2)A person or a thing you are interested in
speaking
A bady dinosaur
The “Human Encyclopaedia”
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encyclopaedia
human being
Italian
inventor
intelligence
artistic
ability
perhaps
notebook
include
even
however
suddenly
fossil
dollar
find out
go for a walk
1. What do you know about encyclopaedias?
An encyclopaedia is a collection (usually a book or set of books) of information about things humans know.
an encyclopaedia
subject
all kinds of subjects
Encyclopaedia Britannica
It is a world-famous encyclopaedia. It is the oldest English-language encyclopaedia.
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(1) invent 是动词,意为“发明”
He invented new treatments to help soldiers.
他发明了新的疗法去帮助士兵们。
(2) inventor是名词,意为“发明者;发明家”
Edison was the inventor of the light bulb.
爱迪生是电灯泡的发明者。
(3) invention 是名词,意为“发明”
The computer is believed to be one of the most useful inventions in history.
电脑被认为是历史上最有用的发明之一。
2. inventor 发明家
【运用】根据句意,用 invent 的正确形式填空。
1. Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born scientist and __________.
2. The students showed their ____________ to each other during the class meeting yesterday.
3.Who __________ the bike?
inventor
inventions
invented
be born 意为出生,多用于一般过去时
Chen Bin was born in 2008.
陈斌出生于 2008 年。
How tall was Amy when she was born?
艾米出生的时候有多高?
3. born 出生, 动词
(1) be born + adj. / n. 意为“生来……”。
Mary was born happy.
玛丽生来就很幸福。
Tom was born English.
汤姆生而为英国人。
(2) be born + in / on 意为“出生在……”
He was born in Guangzhou.
他出生在广州。
(3) be born + to / in / into 意为“降生到……” ,多指降生到某家庭。
In 1867, Madam Curie was born to / in / into a teacher’s family.
1867年,居里夫人出生在一个教师家庭。
birth 是名词,意为“出生”。
at birth 意为“出生时”
John was very strong at birth.
约翰出生的时候就很强壮。
【运用】根据汉语意思完成句子,每空一词。
我出生于一个小城市。
I __________ __________ in a small city.
莉莉出生的时候只有 2.5 千克。
Lily weighed only 2.5kg _______