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Unit 4
Lesson 21 Books or Computers?
新课导入
1. How many books have you read this year?
2. Do you read ebooks? Do you like them?
Free Talk
1.能熟悉并能正确运用本课时的重点单词和短语
2.能够用英语简单描述书籍的发展历史和有关电
子书知识
学习目标
预习检测
1. Let's keep on our homework.
A.do B.doing C.to do D.does
2. It took me two hours the work.
A.finish B.to finish
C.finishing D.finishes
B
B
3.There is a shop_______different kinds of fruit.
A.selling B.buying C.making D.putting
4. No matter_____you do, I will follow you.
A.where B.how C.what D.when
5.______ancient times, we didn’t have books at all.
A.On B.For C.With D.In
A
C
D
知识梳理
1. People passed on their knowledge by telling stories.
pass on 传递;前进;去世
What sort of values do you want to pass on?
He passed on at the age of 72.
Many a student fails to pass on the examination.
2. They wrote each word by hand.
by hand 用手;手工
He moved the huge stone by hand.
We arranged lead letters by hand before a newspaper was printed.
3. It took a long time to write just one book!
辨析: cost, spend, take与 pay
cost 物+ cost+人+金钱 The ticket cost me ten dollars .
spend 人+spend+时间/金钱+on+名词/代词 I spent all my pocket money on books .
take It +takes/took+人
+时间+to do It took me an hour to walk there .
pay 人+pay+金钱
+ for+物 He paid $5 for that book .
4. Then, the printing press appeared and changed the world.
printing press 印刷机
The newspaper is the most novel product of the printing press.
press,n. 压;按;新闻;出版社
He felt the press of modern life.
v. 压;按
Press this button to start the engine.
5. appear, vi. 出现;呈现;来到
When night falls, stars appear.
He is anxious to appear a gentleman.
A woman appeared at the far end of the street.
6. With modern technology, it was possible to print books quickly.
It is/was+ adj.+ to do sth. 做某事……
(It作形式主语,真正的主语是to do sth.