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Unit3 Inventorsandinventions Usinglanguage I Doyouknowthefollowingscientistsandthethingstheyinvented Matchthefollowingtwocolumns GalileoWattEdisonAlexandergrahamBell telephonetelescopesteamenginebulb HaveyoueverwonderedwhytelephonecompaniesoftenhavethewordBellaspartoftheirnames Reading Page25 TohonorAlexanderGrahamBellwhoinventedthetelephonein1876 AlexanderGrahamBellisknownasmuchofhisworkfordeafeducationasforhisinventions Bothhismotherandhiswifeweredeaf whichprofoundlyinfluencedBell slife swork HebecameaprofessorofvocalphysiologyatBostonUniversity Hisjobwastohelpdeafpeopletounderstandspeakingpeopleandtomakethemselvesunderstoodbylearninghowtospeak Whenheinventedthetelephone hewastestingamethodofhelpingadeafpersontohear Readthepassageandanswerthequestions WhatdoesBell ssayingmeantoyou Whatdoyouthinkledtohissuccessasaninventorofthetelephone WhatinventionsdidBellmake Whywillhealwaysbeknownastheinventorofthetelephone Hiscuriosityandexploringspiritledtohissuccessasaninventorofthetelephone Hissayingmeansthatitisimportanttobeexperimental Bybeingcuriousandexploringaroundasubject youmaybychancecomeupwithsomenewandoriginalwaysofsolvingaproblem 2 Whatdoyouthinkledtohissuccessasaninventorofthetelephone 1 WhatdoesBell ssayingmeantoyou Bellinventedthetelephoneandthetetrahedronshapebychance Bothoftheseareextremelyusefulandarestillusedtoday Becauseitwasaverypopularinventionandthepatentmadethemostmoneyever 3 WhatinventionsdidBellmake 4 Whywillhealwaysbeknownastheinventorofthetelephone MonaLisa LeonardoDaVinci smostfamouspainting Readingtask Page66 Whatelsedoyouknowhewasfamousfor WasLeonardoDaVincijustapainter 1 Readthepassageandthenanswerthefollowingquestions WhydidLeonardoneedtodesignthingsforemployerwhenhewassuchagreatpainter WhywereLeonardo sdesigndifferent Howdidpaintinghelphiminventthings Whichskilldoyouthinkwasmoreimportant hisdrawingfortheinventionsorhisunderstandingofmachinesforhispainting Giveareason Careful reading 1 WhydidLeonardoneedtodesignthingsforemployerswhenhewassuchagreatpainter Becausepaintingdidnotalwaysprovideasteadyincomewhenhewasyoungsohehadtodevelophisdrawingskillstoearnmoneyinotherwaysandhelearnttodesignwhateverhisemployerswanted 2 WhywereLeonardo sdesignsdifferent Becausehehaddevelopedanewattitudetowardsmachines Herealizedthatbyunderstandinghoweachseparatemachinepartworked hecouldimprovethemandcombinethemindifferentwaystoimproveexistingmachines 3 Howdidpaintinghelphiminventthings WhilehewasstudyingunderVerrochio Leonardoobservedandusedavarietyofmachines Bystudyinganddrawingthemachines Leonardogainedknowledgeabouttheirdesignandstructure Hisdrawingskillsenabledhimtoproducecleardrawingsofhismechanicalideaseasily manyofwhichcanstillbeusedtocreateperfectworkingmachines Theuseofmechanicalgearswashismostinterestingpartandhecameupwithnumerousinventionsbasedonthegear 4 Whichskilldoyouthinkwasmoreimportant hisdrawingfortheinventionsorhisunderstandingofmachinesforhispainting Giveareason Hisunderstandingofmachinesforhispaintingwasmoreimportantbecausebyunderstandinghoweachseparatemachinepartworked hecouldimprovethemandcombinethemindifferentwaystoimproveexistingmachines whichleadtoalotofinventions Exercise2 FamouspaintingssuchasMonaLisa Designedcanalsandbridges Designedcities Hadhisownschoolwithapprenticesofhisownasanestablishedartistdid Learnedabouttheanatomyofthehumanbodybycuttingitup Designedmanynewthingssuchasthebicycle ahelicopterandan automobile etc Tookthingsapartandfoundouthowtheyworkedinordertodesignabetterone Languagepoints 1 Basedonthegear hecameupwithnumerousdesigns comeupwith提出 想出He eupwith赶上 准备好 钱等 Wecameupwithagroupoftourists Youmustcomeupwiththemoneybytomorrownight 1 Haveyou somenewideas Yeah I lltellyoulater 2007江苏 A comeaboutB comeintoC comeupwithD comeoutwith2 Ican thehousebeinguntidy butIhateitifit snotclean 2011全国卷 A comeupwithB putupwithC turntoD stickto C B 高考真题 2 butifhehadneverbeenapainter wewouldstillappreciatehimasoneofthegreatestinventorsofhistime 这是一个含有虚拟语气的句子 从句的谓语动词指过去 主句的谓语动词指现在 IfIwereyou Iwouldhavetakenhisadvice 从句指现在 主句指过去 IfIhadtakenmyraincoatwithmethismorning Iwouldnotbewetnow 从句指过去 主句指现在 Writingtask Knowinghowtowriteajobapplicationletterisoftenofgreatimportanceingettingajobbecausethepurposeoftheletterofapplicationthatgoeswithyourresumeistointroduceyourselfbrieflyandtotryandmaketheemployerinterestedinyou Inthefirstparagraph statethatyouareanapplicantforthejobandnotethesourcethroughwhichyoulearnedaboutthejob Inthesecondparagraph statebrieflyyourqualificationsforthejobandreferthereadertoyourresume Inthelastparagraph stateyourwillingnesstocomeforaninterview Ifyoucanbeavailableforaninterviewatonlycertaintimes indicatethis Bebriefandtothepoint usenomorethanonepage DearMr Gilhooley IamwritingtoapplyfortheprogrammerpositionadvertisedintheTimesUnion Asrequested Iamenclosingacompletedjobapplication mycertification myresumeandthreereferences Theopportunitypresentedinthislistingisveryinteresting andIbelievethatmystrongtechnicalexperienceandeducationwillmakemeaverycompetitivecandidateforthisposition ThekeystrengthsthatIpossessforsuccessinthispositioninclude SampleLetter1 Ihavesuccessfullydesigned developed andsupportedliveuseapplications Istriveforcontinuedexcellence Iprovideexceptionalcontributionstocustomerserviceforallcustomers WithaBSdegreeinComputerProgramming Ihaveafullunderstandingofthefulllifecycleofasoftwaredevelopmentproject Ialsohaveexperienceinlearningandexcellingatnewtechnologiesasneeded Pleaseseemyresumeforadditionalinformationonmyexperience Icanbereachedanytimeviaemailatgeorge gillhooley ormycellphone 909 555 5555 Thankyouforyourtimeandconsideration Ilookforwardtospeakingwithyouaboutthisemploymentopportunity Sincerely FirstNameLastName DearMr Cavendish Isawyouradvertisementinthelocalpaperthisevening andIwonderifyouwouldconsidermeforajobasawaiterthissummer IamseventeenyearsoldandatpresentamstudyingEnglishandeconomics WhenIleaveschool Ihopetotakeacourseinhotelmanagement Duringtheschoolholidayslastsummer IworkedasawaiterattheCentralHotel Theheadwaiterthere Mr Macintosh willbepleasedtosendyouarecommendationforme SampleLetter2 IwouldprefertoworkinyourhotelinFileybecauseitisnearmyhome However ifthereisn tanyjobthereforme perhapsyoucouldconsidermefortheScarboroughHotel Iwouldbepleasedifyouwillsendmeinformationaboutthepayandconditionsofthejobtobeoffered IwillbefreetobeginworkinthefourthweekofJulywhentheschoolholidaysstart Yourssincerely PeterTuck 2011辽宁卷 假定你是李华 将于今年七月从新星外语学校毕业 你从报纸上得知B B公司要招聘一名英文秘书 你很感兴趣写一封求职信 包括下列要点 1 年龄 2 学习情况及英语水平 3 兴趣和特长 4 性格特点 注意 1 词数100左右 2 可适当增加细节 以使行为连贯 3 开头语和结束语己为你写好 高考真题 June8DearSir Madam Ilearnedfromthenewspaperthatyourco