unit 4 Great Inventions (reading)

UNIT4Greatinventions Reading ByPhoebe invention Lead in discovery Canyoutellthedifferencebetweenthem Lead in Matchtherelevant 相关的 peopleandthings ThomasEdison Bisheng 毕昇 KarlBenz Whatarethese Inventions Pre reading Lookatthetittleandthepictureofthispassage thenanswerthefollowingquestions 1 Whatthreeinventionswillthispassagetalkingabout 2 Whichinventionsdoyouthinkisthegreatestinvention Why While reading Closeyourbooks andlistentothepassage Thenmatchthetimewiththeevents Task1 ThewheelThewheelisperhapsthegreatestinventioninhistory Afteritsinvention travellingbecamefasterandmorecomfortable Afewthousandyearsago peoplestartedtousewheelsoncarriages Intheearly19thcentury thefirsttrainsbegantocarrypassengers Atthestartofthe20thcentury carsbecamepopular Withoutthewheel wewouldnothavetheseinventions Greatinventions Greatinventionschangetheworld Theyhelppeopleliveabetterlife Thefollowingarethreeofthemostimportantinventionsinhistory ThetelephoneAlexanderGrahamBellinventedoneofthefirstpracticaltelephonesin1876 Sincethen peoplehavebeenabletospeaktoeachotheroverlongdistances Todaymillionsofpeopleacrosstheworldownmobilephones Theyallowpeopletokeepintouchwitheachotheranytime anywhere ThelightbulbThomasEdisondevelopedthefirstpracticallightbulbin1879 Beforetheinventionofthelightbulb peoplehadtouseoillamps gaslampsorcandlestoseeatnight Withlightbulbs peoplecandoasmanythingsintheeveningsastheycaninthedaytime Canyouimaginelivingwithoutthem While reading In1867 In1879 Intheearly19thcentury Atthestartofthe20thcentury carsbecamepopular AlexanderGrahamBellinventedoneofthefirstpractical thefirsttrainbegantocarrypassengers ThomasEdisondevelopedthefirstpracticallightbulb a b c d While reading Task2 Completethetablebelow Don tknow AlexanderGrahamBell ThomasEdison Afewthousandyearsago 1876 1879 Travellingwasverydifficult Peoplecouldnotspeaktoeachotheroverlongdistances Peoplehadtouseoillamps gaslamporcandlestoseeatnight TravellingbecamefasterandmorecomfortableCarriagesTrainsCars Peoplecanspeaktoeachotheroverlongdistances Peoplecankeepintouchwitheachotheranytime anywherewithmobilephones Peoplecandoasmanythingsintheeveningsastheycanseeinthedaytime Readthetextcarefullyforthethirdtimethendiscussthefollowingquestionsingroupof4 While reading Task3 1Howdogreatinventionshelppeople 2Whichinventionisprobablythegreatestinhistoryaccordingtothearticle 3WhatdidAlexanderGrahamBellinvent 4Whenwasthefirstpracticallightbulbinvented 5Whichofthethreethingswasinventedfirst 6Whatinventionsdidthewheelmakepossible 7Howdomobilephoneshelppeoplekeepintouchwitheachother 8Howdidpeopleseeatnightbeforetheinventionofthelightbulb Whichinventionisprobablythegreatestinhistoryaccordingtothearticle 4Whenwasthefirstpracticallightbulbinvented 3WhatdidAlexanderGrahamBellinvent 1Howdogreatinventionshelppeople Thewheel Heinventedoneofthefirstpracticaltelephones In1879 Theyhelppeopleliveabetterlife Howdidpeopleseeatnightbeforetheinventionofthelightbulb Whichofthethreethingswasinventedfirst Thewheelwasinventedfirst Theyallowpeopletokeepintouchwitheachotheranytime anywhere Theyhadtouseoillamps gaslampsorcandlestoseeatnight Whatinventionsdidthewheelmakepossible Howdomobilephoneshelppeoplekeepintouchwitheachother Itmadetheinventionsofcarriages trainsandcarspossible Fillintheblanksaccordingtothepassage Ithinkthewheelisthe 1 invention Itmakesthetravelbecome 2 and 3 Peoplestartedtousewheelson 4 sinceafewthousandyearsago Intheearly19thcentury peoplebegantotakethe 5 totravel Whatismore carhasbecomeoneofthemostpopularthingsatthe 6 of20thcentury greatest faster start morecomfortable carriages train Fillintheblanksaccordingtothepassage Thefirst 1 telephonewas 2 byAlexanderGrahamBellin 3 People 4 speaktoeachotheroverlong 5 Nowadays manypeopleown 6 Ifyouwanttotalktootherpeopleat 7 8 telephoneisyourbestfriend practical invented 1876 can distances mobilephones anytime anywhere Fillintheblanksaccordingtothepassage 1 istheinventorofthelightbulb Thelightbulbhastakenplaceof 2 gaslampsor 3 Withthelightbulb peoplecandoalotofthingstheywantinthe 4 ThomasEdison oillamps candles evenings Post reading Lookatsomeinterestinginventions Haveadiscussioningroup talkaboutthefunctionsandtheinfluenceonourlife Post reading Lookatsomeinterestinginventions Haveadiscussioningroup talkaboutthefunctionsan