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Unit4 Inventions
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Great Inventions
Pre-reading
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Game:
Raise your hands as quickly as you can.
Answer the questions correctly.
Get the chance to fly your plane.
advertisement 广告
telephone 电话
wheel 车轮
carriage 四轮马车
century 世纪
passenger 乘客
distance 距离
mobile phone 手机,移动电话
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.[ əd'və: tismənt]
. ['telifəun]
.[ 'sentʃəri]
. [ˌməubail 'fəun]
.[ wi: l]
.[' kæridʒ]
.[' pæsindʒə]
.['distəns]
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lamp 灯
candle 蜡烛
daytime 白天
dust 灰尘
wing 翅膀
introduction 引言
petrol 汽油
.['kændl]
/ dʌst/
.[ wiŋ]
.['petrəl]
.[ˌ intrə'dʌkʃn]
./ 'deitaim/
.[ læmp]
funny 好笑的
comfortable 舒服的
practical 有用的,实际的
special 特别的
create 创造
invent 发明
develop 发展
['fʌni]
[ 'kʌmftəbl]
['præktikl
/ 'speʃl/
[ kri'eit]
[ in'vent]
[ di'veləp]
anytime 任何时间
since then 自那以来
instead of 代替;作为。。 的替换
in the daytime 在白天
.[' enitaim]
.[in'sted əv]
.[sins ðɛn]
.[in ðə 'deitaim]
car
bike
light bulb
telephone
Enjoy our game time
wheel
Task2: Guess what you hear.
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Great Inventions
While-reading
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sub-headings副标题
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Introduction 引言
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B
What are three of the most important inventions in history?
How did great invention help people?
Task1: Look at the title, sub-title and introduction, then answer the following questions.
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A
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What are three of the most important inventions in history?
How did great invention help people?
Task1: Look at the title, sub-title and introduction, then answer the following questions.
They are the wheel, the telephone and the light bulb.
They helped people live a better life.
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Task2:
Listen to the tape and then match the sentences.
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In 1876,
In 1879,
In the early 19th century,
At the start of the 20th century,
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cars became popular.
Alexander Graham Bell invented one of the first practical telephones.
the first trains began to carry passengers.
Thomas Edison developed the first practical light bulb.
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2-(d)
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Task3: Read para. 2
The wheel
The wheel is perhaps the greatest invention in history. After its invention, travelling became faster and more comfortable. A few thousand years ago, people started to use wheels on carriages. In the early 19th century, the first trains began to carry passengers. At the start of the 20th century, cars became popular. Without the wheel, we would not have these inventions.
1. What was the life like after the invention of wheels?
2. Without the wheel, we would not have these inventions. What does “these” refer to(指的是)?
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1. What was the life like after the invention of wheels?
2. Without the wheel, we would not have these inventions. What does “these” refer to(指的是)?
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Task3: Read para. 2
The wheel
The wheel is perhaps the greatest invention in history. After its invention, travelling became faster and more comfortable. A few thousand years ago, people started to use wheels on carriages. In the early 19th century, the first trains began to carry passengers. At the start of the 20th century, cars became popular. Without the wheel, we would not have these inventions.
1. What was the life like after the invention of wheels?
2. Without the wheel, we would not have these inventions. What does “these” refer to(指的是)?
1. After its invention, travelling became faster and more comfortable.
2.“These” refers to carriages, trains and cars.
Alexander Graham Bell invented one of the first practical telephones in 1876. Since then, people have been able to speak to each other over long distances. Today millions of people across the world own mobile phones. They allow people to keep in touch with each other anytime, anywhere.
1. Alexander Graham Bell invented the first practical telephone ( )
2. Today, millions of people across the world own telephones. ( )
Task4: Read para. 3
The telephone
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1. Alexander Graham Bell invented the first practical telephone ( )
2. Since then, people have been able to speak to each other over long distances. ( )
3. Today, millions of people across the world own telephones. ( )
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Alexander Graham Bell invented one of the first practical telephones in 1876. Since then, people have been able to speak to each other over long distances. Today millions of people across the world own mobile phones. They allow people to keep in touch with each other anytime, anywhere.
1.Alexander Graham Bell invented the first practical telephone ( )
2. Since then, people have been able to speak to each other over long distances. ( )
3. Today, millions of people across the world own telephones. ( )
one of the first practical
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mobile phones
Task4: Read para. 3
The telephone
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Thomas Edison developed the first practical light bulb in 1879. Before the invention of the light bulb, people had to use oil lamps, gas lamps or candles to see at night. With light bulbs, people can do as many things in the evenings as they can in the daytime. Can you imagine living without them?
1. How did people see at night before the invention of the light bulb?
2. What was the life like after the invention of the light bulb?
Task5: Read para. 4
The light bulb
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1. How did people see at night before the invention of the light bulb?
2. What was the life like after the invention of the light bulb?
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Thomas Edison developed the first practical light bulb in 1879. Before the invention of the light bulb, people had to use oil lamps, gas lamps or candles to see at night. With light bulbs, people can do as many things in the evenings as they can in the daytime. Can you imagine living without them?
1. How did people see at night before the invention of the light bulb?
2. What was the life like after the invention of the light bulb?
Task5: Read para. 4
The light bulb
People had to use oil lamps, gas lamps or candles to see at night.
People can do as many things in the evenings as they can in the daytime.
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Task 6:
Read the whole passage and finish exerciseD1 on P53
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Invention 1. 2. 3.
Inventor
Life after the invention Travelling became
———————
______________ 1. People can
______________
______________
People can
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The wheel
The telephone
The light bulb
Don’t know
faster and more
comfortable
Alexander Graham Bell
speak to each other over long distances
Thomas Edison
do as many things in the evenings as they can in the daytime.
Comprehension
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Great Inventions
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Task1: We are sellers
If you are the sellers of wheel/ telephone/ light bulb, please make your advertisement with some sentences. You can use the sentences like:
EX:We sell ________. After its invention/ With it, you can___________.
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Task1: We are sellers
If you are the sellers of wheel/ telephone/ light bulb, please make your advertisement with some sentences. You can use the sentences like:
We sell ________. After its invention/ With it, you can___________.
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( ) 1. After inventing the wheel, traveling became faster and more comfortable.
( ) 2. The first trains and cars were invented because of the invention of the electricity.
( ) 3. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1878. Because of it, people can keep in touch with each other easily.
( ) 4. Before 1879, people had to use oil lamps, gas lamps or candles to see at night.
( ) 5. Thomas Edison invented light bulbs. With them, people can do as many things in the evenings as they can in the daytime.
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阅读文章,判断下列句子对错
the wheel
Because of the mobile phone,
Homework
1. 翻译“Great Inventions”, 明天课上提问。
2. 做双语报15期reading部分的内容。
Thank you!
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