九年级英语Unit9课文听力材料

九年级英语Unit9课文听力材料 出guo中考频道在考试后及时公布各科中考试题答案和中考作文及试卷专家点评，请广大考生家长关注。时光飞逝，暑假过去了，新学期开始了，不管情愿与否，无论准备与否，我们已走进初三，走近我们的梦!祝愿决战xx中考的新初三学员能加倍努力，在xx年中考中也能取得优异的成绩。 Unit 9: When was it invented? Section A, 1b Alice: Life must have been difficult when you were a kid. Woman: Oh, not really. Why do you say that? Alice: Well, you didnt have many modern inventions. Like, you probably didnt have a telephone, right? Woman: Of course we did! How old do you think I am? The telephone was invented in 1876. Alice: How about cars? I bet cars werent invented yet. Woman: Sure they were. Cars were invented in 1885. My family had a car. I think you need to take a history class, Alice. Alice: Ha, ha! Well, did you have a TV? Woman: No, we didnt. The TV was invented around 1927, I think. Some friends of mine had one. But in those days, TVs were really expensive, and we couldnt afford one. Alice: And I bet you didnt have calculators and puters and stuff. Thats something I do know. We learned in school that handheld calculators were invented in 1971 and personal puters were invented in 1976. Woman: Youre right. I didnt have those things when I was young. But I do now! 2a, 2b Boy: What are those? Girl: Theyre battery-operated slippers. Boy: What are they used for? Girl: Theyre used for seeing in the dark. Boy: Oh, thats cool! Who were they invented by? Girl: Julie Thompson. And look at this heated ice cream scoop. Boy: I know what its for! Its used for scooping out really cold ice cream. Girl: Right. It was invented by Chelsea Lanmon. Boy: My favorite are those shoes with adjustable heels. You know - you can move the heels up and down. They were invented by Jayce Coziar and Jamie Ellsworth. Girl: And what are they used for? Boy: Well, you can change the style of your shoes. You can make the shoes go from casual to dressy. Section B, 2a, 2b Boy 1: Hey, did you know that potato chips were invented by mistake? Boy 2: Really? What do you mean? Boy 1: Well, here on the bag it says that they were invented by a chef called George Crum. Boy 2: When was that? Boy 1: Oh, it was back in 1853. Boy 2: So, why was it an aident? Boy 1: Well, one day a customer in the restaurant where George worked sent back his plate of fried potatoes because he said they were cut too thick. Boy 2: So what happened? Boy 1: Well, George was in a bad mood, so he cut the potatoes really, really thin, and he cooked them for a long time until they were crispy. And he sprinkled lots of salt on them so they were really salty. He thought the customer would hate them. Boy 2: And? Boy 1: And the customer loved them and asked for more. He told the other customers about them, and soon everyo