b8unit3 using language

1、Reading,Lead-in,Telephones become part of our life. But do you know who invented the telephone?,A British inventor called Alexander Graham Bell.,Discuss the following questions in groups: 1. What do you know about the inventor? 2. How useful is his invention to human society? Why?,Pre-reading,Read t

2、he passage quickly and find out the main idea of it.,Scanning,It mainly talks about the life of Alexander Graham Bell and how he made the great inventions.,Listen to the tape and try to answer the questions on Page 26. How did curiosity make Alexander Graham Bell into a great inventor? 2. What did h

3、e think was the key to his success as an inventor? 3. What inventions did Bell make by chance? 4. Why will he always be known as the inventor of the telephone?,Listening,1. How did curiosity make Alexander Graham Bell into a great inventor?,It made him ask questions, think of practical ways to solve

4、s problems, be prepared to try solutions (and alter them) several times and finally publish his findings for others.,2. What did he think was the key to his success as an inventor?,He believed that his curiosity was the key to his success.,3. What inventions did Bell make by chance?,Bell invented th

5、e telephone and the tetrahedron shape by chance. Both of these are extremely useful and still used today.,4. Why will he always be known as the inventor of the telephone?,He will always be known as the inventor of the telephone because it was a very popular invention and the patent made the most mon

6、ey ever.,language points,bear (bore, borne) 忍受; 带有, 具有,e.g. I couldnt bear to listen any longer, so I left the room.,bear doing sth. 表示习惯性动作 bear to do sth. 表示一次具体动作,补充: mess还可以作动词, 表示“把某物弄乱,弄脏,胡闹”,e.g. Stop messing about and tell me clearly what happened .,mess about / around 胡闹,瞎闹,2. mess C (常用作单数

7、)杂乱,脏东西,e.g. This kitchen is a mess.,This room is in an awful mess.,in a mess 处于杂乱状态,3. He found that by pressing his lips against his mothers forehead, he could make the bones move in such a way that she could understand what he was saying.,他发现当他把嘴唇放在母亲的前额上，他 就会让骨头以一种能让他母亲明白的话的 方式运动。,这是一个复合句。found后

8、接了一个宾语从句; way后面接了由that引导的定语从句，在这个定语从句中又包含了一个what引导的宾语从句。注意way作先行词, 后面的定语从句一般不用引导词, 也可用that/in which引导。,What surprised me was not what he said but _ he said it. A. the way B. in the way that C. in the way D. the way which,The way _ he showed to the PLA men was a shortcut. A. by which B. where C. in w

9、hich D. which,4. He believed that one should always be curious and his most famous saying was: “Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods. Every time you do you will be certain to find something that you have never seen before. Follow it up, explore all around it, and before you kn

10、ow it, you will have something worth thinking about to occupy your mind.,All really big discoveries are the result of thought.”,他认为人应该保持一颗好奇心，他最著名的 一名话是: “偶尔离开平路，去寻求困境。当 你这么做的时候，你一定会发现你从未见过 的东西。跟踪下去，不断探索，不知不觉中 ，你就会发现某种值得思考的东西占据着你 的头脑。所有真正伟大的发现都是 思考的结果。”,1) dive into,e.g. He dived into his pockets an

11、d fished out one dollar,他迅速把手伸进口袋掏出了 一美元。, 迅速把手伸入,跳水(头朝下),e.g. The boy dived into the river from the bridge.,这男孩从桥上跳人河中。,注意: dive into 作 “潜心于” 讲时和devote oneself to sth. 的意思一样，但devote oneself to sth. 还有“投身于; 把自己奉献给” 的意思。, (对活动，问题等) 全心 投入，潜心研究,e.g. He dived into the history of China,他潜心研究中国历史。,He _ hi

12、s career and made a great contribution to our country. A. dived himself into B. devoted himself to C. dived into D. devoted to,2) follow up 继续下去,e.g. Thats an interesting idea, and well certainly follow it up.,the first time 第一次 last time 上次； next time 下次； the instant / moment / minute / second that

13、 一 就,3) every / each time 意为“每次; 每当”, 此短 语在句子中经常作连记词, 引导时间状语 从句做连词的名词, 引导时间状语从句。 能用做连词的名词短语还有：,_ I sees him, the old man is sitting in the same chair. A. Every time B. Every time when C. At each time D. Each time that,5. Bell never set out to invent the telephone and what he was trying to design was

14、 a multiple telegraph. 贝尔从未打算发明电话而是试图设计一 种复 式电报。,set out (to do sth.),开始（做某事）,着手干; 为某个目标 而努力,他决心打破游过海峡的记录。,They are setting out to do a new experiment.,译: 他们正在着手干一项新的试验。,e.g. He set out to break the record for the channel swim.,set out to do sth. = set about doing sth.,set out for = set off for = le

15、ave for,“出发到去”,Lets set out before dark.,我们天黑前动身吧。,Tomorrow Ill set out for Beijing.,明天我将出发去北京。,1. At dawn, they set _ to get ready for the work of the day. A. off B. about C. out D. in,2. They set _ at about 8 oclock. A. about to work B. about to working C. about working D. out work,3. They _ the m

16、ountain at noon. A. set off to B. set out to C. set out for D. set off in,6. Suddenly he had a flash of inspiration. 突然间, 他灵光闪现。,U灵感, 启发；,a flash of inspiration “灵感的闪现”,inspiration,C鼓舞或激励的人或事物,e.g. These events provided the inspiration for her first book.,这些事是她第一本书的灵感来源。,inspire v. 激励；鼓励 inspired ad

17、j. 借助于灵感创作的 inspiring adj. 鼓励人心的；激励的,e.g. He said my sister was the inspiration for his heroine.,他说我姐姐是他的女主人公的原型。,draw inspiration from,从中吸取灵感,7. If sound wave could be reproduced in a moving electrical current, they could be sent along a wire. 如果声波能够在移动的电流中复制, 它们就能够被沿电线传送。,录音机可使这交响曲重现。, reproduce,v

18、t. 复制; 再现的形象或声音,e.g. The tape recorder reproduced the symphony., current,(1) n. 气流; 水流, 洋流; 电流,e.g. The current is strongest in the middle of the river,河中央的水流最急。,e.g. This button switches the current on,这个电钮接通电流。,(2) adj. 时下的, 当今的, 流行的, 通用的,e.g. Most of the old are interested in current events,大部分老年

19、人都对时事感兴趣。,e.g. They are expecting profits of over $2 million in the current year,他们期望今年的利润超过二百万美元。,e.g. The word is no longer in current use.,这个词已不再使用。,8. Being very stable, it has proved invaluable in the design of bridges. (四面体)十分稳定牢固, 在桥梁设计领域的价值难以估量。, Being very stable, 是Because it is very stable的省略句, 它在句中作原因状语。,_ outside, he put on his coat. A. It being cold B. It cold C. Being cold D. It having been cold,翻译练习: 患者病情稳定。 2. 这架梯子好像不太稳。,adj. firmly fixed; not likely to move, change or fa