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Unit 5 Power of Ideas
Section A What changes can inventions bring to our lives? (1a-2d)
(1) What can you see in the photo?
A high-speed train and Yellow Crane Tower.
(2) How do you feel about the photo?
The photo makes me feel proud of both China’s
great ancient buildings and its modern technology.
I also feel it is as if ancient and modern creators
are having a conversation across thousands of years.
(3) What creative ideas can you find in it?
The photo gives me the idea that modern
technology develops by learning from the past and
making new things.
Look and share.
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What do creative ideas bring about?
great inventions
convenient life
technological progress
cultural development
…
Our school organizes a trip to the International Invention Fair this weekend. Ella and Han Lin are study partners as well as our class tech presenters. Let’s follow them and learn about amazing inventions from different countries.
Match the names with the things. Find out when they were invented.
1. _____________
high-speed train
2. _____________
camera
3. _____________
TV
4. _____________
mobile phone
5. _____________
plane
6. _____________
laptop
plane camera laptop mobile phone TV high-speed train
1a
The guide took us to the German area and China area.
Let’s see what happened.
Listen to the conversations. Choose the invention each conversation talks about and find out where they are from.
Conversation 1: ______ Conversation 2: ______
A. Super See, from _________ B. Smart Cook, from _________
A
B
Germany
China
1b
Listen again and circle T for true or F for false.
(1) Super See is a pair of sunglasses designed to protect people’s eyes.
(2) A mini-camera is connected to Super See to help with reading.
(3) A button on Smart Cook should be pressed before cooking.
(4) All the food is added by Smart Cook itself.
(5) Hundreds of kinds of dishes can be made by Smart Cook.
T F
T F
T F
T F
T F
They’re for people who can’t see well.
Put food like carrots and onions in the cup on the top of the machine.
1c
1. What is this?
It’s a 3D printer.
2. What can it be used for?
3. Do you know how it works?
Look and think.
□ medicine □ arms and legs □ hearts □ toys
□ tables □ shoes □ computers □ houses
□ chairs □ food □ ______________________
2a
Tick the things that you think a 3D printer can make. You can add more.
tools, pots, clips, car parts...
During the break, Han Lin shared his experience with Ella.
(1) Where did Han Lin go last weekend?
He went to the International Exhibition of Inventions.
(2) Why was the 3D printer Han Lin’s favourite invention?
Because it was amazing and almost everything under the sun can be
made by it.
2b
Listen to the conversation and answer the questions.
Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in the box. Then listen again and check your answers.
read design produce create send
First, the object is _________ on the computer.
1
Then, a file is ________ by the computer.
2
And the file is _______ to the 3D printer.
3
Next, the file is ______ by the 3D printer.
4
Finally, the object is _________ by building up plastic.
5
designed
created
sent
read
produced
2c
Passive voice:
be + past participle
(过去分词)
List the things you use every day and choose the one that you like the most.
Then talk about what it can be used for and its importance.
A: What invention do you like the most?
B: I like ... the most.
A: What can it be used for?
B: It can be used for / to ...
A: Amazing! / Fantastic! Is it important in
your daily life?
B: Yes, it ...
(1) mobile phone
(2) laptop
(3) pencil
(4) desk
(5) _____________
Things I use every day
2d
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