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Unit 4 Inventions
Grammar
沈阳市第六十九中学
李建鑫
Because of the wonder of the wheel, people can travel faster and farther.
Our lives are better and better.
faster farther better
Grammar
Which invention makes our lives better?
2. Which invention makes our lives worse?
The wheel makes our lives better.
The cigarettes make our lives worse.
Learn
Practice
Which food is a better/worse choice?
Which food is the best/worst choice?
If you want to lose weight, which one should you do _____(many)?
If you want to lose weight, which one should you do ____________(many)?
the most
more
Who has ____(little)money, Alice or Eric?
Daisy
Who has ________(little) money, Alice, Eric or Daisy?
Alice
Eric
less
the least
1. Which place is _________(far) from Shenyang?
Paris
Shanghai
2. Which Province is _____________(far) from Liaoning Province,
Yunnan Province, Shanxi Province or Jilin Province?
farther
the farthest
Match and practise
Pollute the soil/white pollution
Traveling becomes faster.
Communicate over long distances
Type and draw things with it
Wheel
Telephone
Computer
Plastic bag
Cigarettes
Printing
...
spread knowledge
Pollute the air
1. Does it make our lives better or worse?
A: What do you think of the invention of the wheel/plastic bag/…?
B: I think it is useful/helpful/important/harmful/bad/…
A: How does it make our lives better/worse?
B: Thanks to the invention of…, we can…, our lives are becoming better./…pollute…, the invention of…makes our lives worse.
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Observe and summarize
Early computers were as big as a room.
With electric lights, people can do as many things in the evenings as they can in the daytime.
A candle does not produce as much light as a light bulb.
A + be + as + adj. + as +B A + be +not as/so + adj. + as +B
A + v.+ as + much +不可数名词+ as +B
A + v. + as + many + 可数名词复数 + as + B
The light bulb makes our lives brighter.
The wheel makes our lives more convenient.
Which invention is better?
Judge
best
better
as important as
worse
Practice
What is the best invention of the past 1000 years according to Su Wen?
Movable type.
2.Which is a better invention, the movable type or the light bulb?
The light bulb.
3.Which has been almost as important as the movable type?
The computer.
4.What would life be like if there were no inventions?
It would be much worse without them.
我校即将举办“如何看待不同时期发明”的采访活动。一名学生将扮演记者角色,围绕《Grammar in Use》中的三个问题进行采访;另一名学生则根据提供的思维导图或个人见解来回答问题。参与者既可以参考教师提供的示例,亦可自由发挥。
A: Look at the list of the great inventions in the past 1000 years. Which invention do you think is more important, the printing press or the light bulb? Why?
B: I think …is more important, because it …/I think … is as important as …because…
A: Which invention do you think is the most important?
B: …
A: Why?
B: Because it…
A: What other inventions do you think are as useful as those on the list?
B: …
Interview
Self-assessment
评价内容 评分(1-5)
1.我能根据思维导图复述主阅读文章。 1 2 3 4 5
2.我能正确使用形容词good、bad、far的比较级和最高级。 1 2 3 4 5
3.我能正确使用(not)as...as...的基本结构。 1 2 3 4 5
4.我能描述发明的大致用途并在实际生活中运用good、bad、far的比较级和最高级以及(not)as...as...结构表述与发明相关的主题内容。 1 2 3 4 5
Homework
基础作业
1.熟练朗读第57页的全部内容。
2.掌握形容词good、bad、far的比较级和最高级不规则变化和(not)as...as...的基本结构。
拓展作业
在生活中,有些发明的用途是类似的,找到两个或几个用途相似的的发明,例如自行车,摩托车,小轿车等这些交通工具,在不同方面对比这两个或几个发明,形成一篇60词的文章。
Irregular Adjectives
Adjectives
Comparative
Superlative
good, well
best
better
bad, ill
little
least
less
worst
worse
many, much
most
more
far
farthest
farther
furthest
further
far
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