Unit 4 Inventions (Focusing on culture）课件 2025-2026学年英语沪教版（2024）八年级上册

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初中英语沪教版八年级上册 Unit 4 Inventions Inventions Lesson 5 Focusing on culture Learning objectives 01 梳理文中的故事线，了解故事的开端、发展和结尾。 02 进一步了解毕昇和活字印刷术，并根据所学单词或词组复述活字印刷的步骤。 03 理解活字印刷术的价值和历史意义，深化对优秀中华传统文化的了解，增强文化自信。 重点 重点 重点 重点 Think and answer What are the Four Great Inventions of ancient China? What do you know about them? movable type papermaking gunpowder compass Read and learn What do you know about them? movable type Movable type is like a set of tiny, reusable blocks—each block has one Chinese character carved on it. A long time ago, a man named Bi Sheng from China invented it. Before that, people had to carve whole pages into big wooden plates to make books—that took forever, and the plates couldn’t be reused! Read and learn What do you know about them? papermaking It was invented by Cai Lun of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Before this, people wrote on heavy materials like bamboo strips or expensive silk. Paper made writing and reading much easier. It also helped spread knowledge to more people. Read and learn What do you know about them? compass Ancient Chinese discovered that a piece of magnetized iron (磁铁) always points south (or north). They made the first compass over 2,000 years ago, using it to find directions when traveling, especially at sea or in new places. It’s like the GPS of old times! Read and learn What do you know about them? gunpowder It was invented more than 1,000 years ago. At first it was used for alchemical experiments(炼丹术的实验需求). Later, people found it could make strong explosions(爆破), which was used in weapons like cannons(大炮). Read and predict Look at the title and pictures. Predict what the passage is mainly about. Then try to complete the blanks. Jane dreamt about __________ and his . Bi Sheng movable type Explore and learn Notes Bi Sheng was a craftsman and engineer in the Song dynasty. Sometime between 1039 and 1048, he invented movable-type printing technique. It is one of the four great inventions of ancient China. Read and answer What is the literary genre(文体) of this passage? A. Argumentation（议论文） B. Narrative（记叙文） C. Expository（说明文） B Read and answer What happened at the beginning of the story? Jane fell asleep while reading a book about the history of printing. She then had a dream where she saw a man working with clay. Read and answer What happened next? Bi Sheng explained to Jane about how he made movable type and showed Jane the steps of printing with them. Read and answer What happened at the end of the story? Jane woke up and realized it was only a dream. Read and describe Describe the steps of printing a book with movable type with the information from the story on page 62. Step 1: Cut characters into pieces of clay. Step 5: (4) Step 2: (1) Step 6: (5) Step 3: (2) Step 7: (6) Step 4: (3) Read and describe “Sure. First, I cut characters into pieces of clay. Then I bake them with fire to make them hard. These ones are ready now—look, each character is a single piece of type. I need to make thousands of these before I can print the book.” said the man. Step 2: (1) Bake them with fire to make them hard. “Could you show me how to print with them?” asked Jane .“First, spread out a mixture of pine gum, wax and paper ash on a metal plate. Next, put each piece of type on the plate and fix them with a frame. After that, heat it up so that the mixture will melt. Then press down on the clay characters with a board to make sure the surface is even. Finally, brush the characters with ink④— now, it's ready to print,” he explained. Step 3: (2) Spread out a mixture of pine gum, wax and paper ash on a metal plate. Read and describe Read and describe “Could you show me how to print with them?” asked Jane .“First, spread out a mixture of pine gum, wax and paper ash on a metal plate. Next , put each piece of type on the plate and fix them with a frame. After that, heat it up so that the mixture will melt. Then press down on the clay characters with a board to make sure the surface is even. Finally, brush the characters with ink④— now, it's ready to print,” he explained. Step 4: (3) Put each piece of type on the plate and fix them with a frame. Read and describe “Could you show me how to print with them?” asked Jane .“First, spread out a mixture of pine gum , wax and paper ash on a metal plate. Next, put each piece of type on the plate and fix them with a frame. After that, heat it up so that the mixture will melt. Then press down on the clay characters with a board to make sure the surface is even. Finally, brush the characters with ink④— now, it's ready to print,” he explained. Step 5: (4) Heat it up so that the mixture will melt. Read and describe “Could you show me how to print with them?” asked Jane .“First, spread out a mixture of pine gum, wax and paper ash on a metal plate. Next, put each piece of type on the plate and fix them with a frame. After that, heat it up so that the mixture will melt. Then press down on the clay characters with a board to make sure the surface is even. Finally, brush the characters with ink④— now, it’s ready to print,” he explained. Step 6: (5) Press down on the clay characters with a board to make sure the surface is even. Read and describe “Could you show me how to print with them?” asked Jane .“First, spread out a mixture of pine gum, wax and paper ash on a metal plate. Next, put each piece of type on the plate and fix them with a frame. After that, heat it up so that the mixture will melt. Then press down on the clay characters with a board to make sure the surface is even. Finally, brush the characters with ink— now, it’s ready to print,” he explained. Step 7: (6) Brush the characters with ink. Match and check Observe the pictures and match them with the correct verbs. 1 2 3 4 5 6 cut bake spread out put and fix heat and press brush and print Work in pairs Retell the process of printing a book with movable type to your partner. cut bake spread out put and fix heat and press brush and print Work in groups Q1: Why is the invention of printing important in history? You can discuss with your group and give at least 2 reasons. First, books became easier to make so that knowledge could be spread faster and more widely. Second, mistakes happened less. Printing made sure the words stayed the same. This meant important ideas were passed down correctly. Q2: What do you know about other great inventions of ancient China? Work in groups and list as more as you can! china acupuncture 针灸 silk Read and complete Complete the sentences with the words below. Change the form if necessary. heat metal notice press type (1) Bi Sheng was focusing on his work, so he didn’t the girl standing there. (2) When Jane saw Bi Sheng, he was making from clay. (3) We can ___________ the clay down to make it flat. (4) It’s quicker to up the food in the microwave. (5) Gold, iron and silver are all different types of . notice type heat metal press Summary Vocabulary: cut into, spread out, heat up, press down, notice, type, metal The steps of movable type: cut → bake → spread out → put and fix → heat and press → brush and print Homework 01 Base: Listen to and read the passage on Page 62 for three times. 02 Expand: Xuan paper is another important invention of ancient China. What do you know about it? Find more online and take notes about the steps of making Xuan paper. Bye-bye Bye-bye $