CultureCorner

CultureCorner 北师大版模块七 Unit20NewFrontiers AncientChineseInventions Inhistory Chinaisoneoftheworldoldestcivilizationsdatingbackmorethan5millionyears Duringthesetime manygreatdiscoveriesinfieldsofscienceandtechnologyweremadeincludingtheinventionsofprinting paper gunpowderandcompass Thecompass Papermaking Gunpowder Printing Then doyouknow FourNewGreatInventionsofChina high speedrailway electronicpaymentsystems onlineshopping bikesharing China s fourgreatnewinventions inmoderntimeshavemadethedailylifeofthepublicmoreandmoreconvenient Readthepassagetocompletethetable Inventions Papermaking printing Gunpowder Compass Influence Inventors Time Writedownsomeimportantinformation TheancientChinese About2000yearsago Mass productionofbooksandliterature BiSheng 1045AD Manydifferentkindsofweapon EarlyChinesescientists EighthcenturyAD Tonavigatetheirshipsatsea TheancientChinese Thethirdcentury Fastreading 纸浆工匠读写能力火药武器指南针有磁力的导航 Vocabulary pulp literacy weapon craftsman gunpowder compass navigate magnetic literaryadj 文学的literaturen 文学 craft手艺工艺 navigation导航 magnetism磁性 powder粉末 armspl formal Task1 Readthetextandanswerthefollowingquestions FromwhatplantwasearlyChinesepapermade WhatdidtheChinesedoasaresultoftheinventionofpaper Whoinventedtheprintingpress HowdidthegeneralpublicinChinabenefitfromthisinvention Carefulreading 5 Whatwasgunpowderprincipallyusedfor Giveanexample 6 HowdidtheancientChinesemakethefirstcompasses 7 WhenwasmagnetismdiscoveredintheWest FromwhatplantwasearlyChinesepapermade 2 WhatdidtheChinesedoasaresultoftheinventionofpaper EarlyChinesepaperwasmadefrombamboo Theystartedproducinghistoricalrecords mapsandliterature 3 Whoinventedtheprintingpress 4 HowdidthegeneralpublicinChinabenefitfromthisinvention AcraftsmancalledBiSheng Thegeneralpubliccouldhavemass producedbooksandliteraturetoread 5 Whatwasgunpowderprincipallyusedfor Giveanexample 6 HowdidtheancientChinesemakethefirstcompasses Itwasusedinwars forexample rockets Byfloatingsmallpinsofmagneticmetalinbowlsofwater 7 WhenwasmagnetismdiscoveredintheWest Itwasnotdiscovereduntilthefifteenthcentury Task2 Findoutthefollowingphrasesinthetextandtranslatethem beassociatedwith bemadefrom leadto mass production lineup bamboofibre theprintingpress becomeavailable woodenblocks 与 相联系 由 制成 竹纤维 木块 造纸术 导致 产生 批量生产 可为 利用或得到的 整队 排列起 Task3 Usingthephrasestofillinthebrackets 1 Ahealthylifeisfrequentlythoughttobe theopencountrysideandhealthyfood 3 Ihate inthecoldtogotothecinema associatedwith liningup 2 Futurebuildings roads andcitiesmaybe garbage madefrom 4 Incertainconditions abadthingcan goodresults 5 It s thathasreducedthepricesofcars leadto massproduction 6 Ifsomethingyouwantorneedis youcanfinditorobtainit available Groupdiscussion Voiceyouropinion 4groups Forinventions doyouhavesomenewideas Whatarethey Summary AncientChineseInventions Printing PapermakingGunpowderThecompass ModernChineseInventions High speedrailway Sharedbike Alipay TaoBao 1 Revisethewordsandphra