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Period1,Reading(A),Module2Scienceandtechnology,OxfordEnglish,Unit4,Inventions,Compass,Gunpowder,Papermakingskill,Typography,Theseinventionshaveallchangedourwayoflifeandmadeourlivesmorecomfortable.,2,Backgroundinformation,Whichisthemostimportantinventiontoyou?Why?,Whatdoyouknowabout?,Inventionschangeourwayoflife.Lookatthephotosbelow.Writethenameofeachinventionintheblanks.,train,wheel,lightbulb,telephone,computer,paper,mobilephone,computerlightbulbmobilephonepapertelephonetrainwheel,7,Therearefourwheelsinthecar.,wheeln.车轮，轮子,Inthepast,peopletravelledbycarriage.,carriagen.马车,VS,Itismorecomfortabletotravelbytrain.,Howdotheseinventionshelpusinourdailylives?Ingroups,discussthiswithyourclassmates.,Theseinventionshelpusinmanywaysinourdailylives.Wemayusethemanytime,anywhere.,Theyareverypractical.,7,Lookatthephotos,thetitle,theintroductionandthesub-headingsofthearticleonpage51.Thenanswerthequestionsbelow.,略读又叫“跳读”，可以通过浏览文章的引言、标题、小标题，每段的首句与末句以及插图来迅速了解文章的内容。,标题,引言,小标题,ThewheelThewheelisperhapsthegreatestinventioninhistory.Afteritsinvention,travellingbecamefasterandmorecomfortable.Afewthousandyearsago,peoplestartedtousewheelsoncarriages.Intheearly19thcentury,thefirsttrainsbegantocarrypassengers.Atthestartofthe20thcentury,carsbecamepopular.Withoutthewheel,wewouldnothavetheseinventions.,Greatinventions,Vocabulary,3,Greatinventionschangetheworld.Theyhelppeopleliveabetterlife.Thefollowingarethreeofthemostimportantinventionsinhistory.,Thewheel,Readthefirstpartofthearticleandcompletethetable.,Dontknow.,Afewthousandyearsago.,Travellingbecamefasterandmorecomfortable.,carriagestrainscars,Whileyouread,2,ThetelephoneAlexanderGrahamBellinventedoneofthefirstpracticaltelephonesin1876.Sincethen,peoplehavebeenabletospeaktoeachotheroverlongdistances.Todaymillionsofpeopleacrosstheworldownmobilephones.Theyallowpeopletokeepintouchwitheachotheranytime,anywhere.,Thetelephone,overlongdistances,speaktoeachother,mobilephones,keepintouchwith,eachotheranytime,anywherewith,Readthesecondpartofthearticleandcompletethetable.,AlexanderGrahamBell.,In1876.,ThelightbulbThomasEdisondevelopedthefirstpracticallightbulbin1879.Beforetheinventionofthelightbulb,peoplehadtouseoillamps,gaslampsorcandlestoseeatnight.Withlightbulbs,peoplecandoasmanythingsintheeveningsastheycaninthedaytime.Canyouimaginelivingwithoutthem?,/tBmRsedsRn/,D1Readthearticleonpage51andcompletethetablebelow.,fasterandmorecomfortable,AlexanderGrahamBell,speaktoeachotheroverlongdistances,ThomasEdison,doasmanythingsintheevenings,Comprehension,3,AlexanderGrahamBell,ThomasEdison,fasterandmorecomfortable,speaktoeachotheroverlongdistances,doasmanythingsintheevenings,D1Readthearticleonpage51andcompletethetablebelow.,Whichinventionisprobablythegreatestinhistoryaccordingtothearticle?,4Whenwasthefirstpracticallightbulbinvented?,3WhatdidAlexanderGrahamBellinvent?,1Howdogreatinventionshelppeople?,Thewheel.,Heinventedoneofthefirstpracticaltelephones.,In1879.,Theyhelppeopleliveabetterlife.,Skimthearticleagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.,ThelightbulbThomasEdisondevelopedthefirstpracticallightbulbin1879.Beforetheinventionofthelightbulb,peoplehadtouseoillamps,gaslampsorcandlestoseeatnight.Withlightbulbs,peoplecandoasmanythingsintheeveningsastheycaninthedaytime.Canyouimaginelivingwithoutthem?,C1Findwordsfromthearticleonpage51thathavesimilarmeaningstothewordsinitalicsbelow.,comfortable,century,passengers,developed,daytime,C2Completetheconversationbelowwiththewordsfromthebox.Changetheirformsifnecessary.,comfortable,century,passengers,anytime,daytime,Completethesentenceswiththewordsyouhavejustlearnt.Changetheirformsifnecessary.Youmayneedtofillinmorethanoneword.,1DaVinciisthemostfamous15th_painter.2Heopenedthedoorandastrongwindblewoutthe_.3Willpeople_newtypesoftransportationinthefuture?4_cangetfreewaterattheairport.,century,candle(s),invent/develop,Passengers,Agoodreportermust_whatishappeningintheworld.Couldyouhelpmechangetheleft_ofmycar?Thetyreisflat.MrGreensplanwasquite_,soeveryoneagreedwithhim.8HowcanIkeepintouchwithyouifyour_isoffallthetime?,wheel,keepintouchwith,practical,mobilephone,Astraightlineistheshortest_betweentwopoints.,distance,H,Homework,抄写单词和短语：telephone，wheel，comfortable，carriage，century，passenger，invent，practic