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Book3 Unit3 The world of science
Are you familiar with these pictures?
take online classes
那个在悬崖边上网课的女孩
Katrina is taking classes online. Let's listen and fill in the mind map.
less work
teachers
friends
difficult
Wi-Fi hotspots
platform
Advances in technology have
changed how students study
traditional class
modern class
Look at pictures and talk about how the way we live has changed over time.
Ancient times
Modern times
What are the reasons behind these changes?
Living condition: window, light, kitchen
The way we learn: brush pen vs computer
Now let’s read an interview and find out what inventions are mentioned.
1.What’s the passage mainly about?
A.Richard’s opinion of the four great inventions in Ancient China.
B.An interview with the author of the book The New Age of Invention.
C.Something about the great Western inventions.
D.Something about the modern inventions.
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Read and finish the tasks.
Fast-reading
10
2 Read the passage and match the paragraphs with main ideas.
Para 1- 2
Para 3 -4
Para5-8
Para 9- 12
A. The advances in different areas thanks to technology.
D. The possibility of making time machine.
C.Greeting between the interviewer and Richard.
B. The inspiration for more invent ions.
Para 13- 14
E. The on- going great age of invention.
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Task
3
Read and find out what inventions are mentioned.
golden ages of invention
ancient china
western inventions
gunpower
papermaking,
printing
the compass
the steam engine
the telephone
the radio
the new age of technology
tech-based
virtual reality
wearable tech
flexible battery
3D printer
intelligent
walking house
eco-friendly
solar technology
time machine
Task
4
Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions.
1. How does Richard prove we are in the great new age of technology?
2. What are the inspirations to invent things?
By giving examples.
A desire to solve a problem and
an incredible desire to think and create.
gunpower, papermaking
printing, the compass
the steam engine
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