Unit4Inventions reading

1、 Reading Warming up! What inventions do you think is the most important in the world ? Why?What do you know about ? A1 Inventions change our way of life. Look at the photos below. Write the name of each invention in the blanks. Computer light bulb paper telephone train wheelpaperlight bulbtelephone

2、wheeltraincomputerBefore you read Look at the photos, the title, the introduction and the sub-headings of the article on P51. The answer the questions below. 1. What three inventions will the article talk about ?Wheel telephone light bulb 2. Which invention do you think is the greatest invention? Wh

3、y? Notes: 1. Great inventions change the world. They help people live a better life. live a better life 过更好的生活过更好的生活 help people do sth 帮助某人做某事帮助某人做某事 2. three of the most important 三个中最重要的三个中最重要的 one of the most important 最重要之一最重要之一 3. Travelling became faster and more comfortable. 旅途变得更快和更舒服旅途变得更快

4、和更舒服 travelling 动名词做主语动名词做主语 4. A few thousand years ago, people started to use wheels on carriages. 几千年前，人们开始在四轮马车上使几千年前，人们开始在四轮马车上使用轮子了。用轮子了。 start to do sth 开始做某事开始做某事 5. At the start of the 20th century, cars became popular. 在二十世纪初，在二十世纪初， 汽车变得流行起来。汽车变得流行起来。 at the start of 在。开始在。开始 =at the begi

5、nning of at the end of 在。结束的时候在。结束的时候 e.g At the start of the class, our teacher sang an English for us. 在开始上课的时候，老师给我们唱了在开始上课的时候，老师给我们唱了英文歌。英文歌。 6. Alexanda Graham Bell invented one of the first practical telephones in 1876. 亚历山大格拉汉姆贝尔 在1876年发明了最实用的电话之一。 one of the first +复数名词 He was one of the fir

6、st winners in this game. 他是在这场游戏中最先赢了的人之一。 7. Since then, people have been able to speak to each other over long distance. 自从那时开始，自从那时开始， 人民已经能够跨越很人民已经能够跨越很长的距离来彼此交谈。长的距离来彼此交谈。 have been able to 现在完成时，已现在完成时，已经能够经能够 over long distance 跨越很长距离跨越很长距离 8. Today millions of people across the world own mob

7、ile phones. 今天全世界超过几百万的人们拥有手今天全世界超过几百万的人们拥有手机了。机了。 millions of 几百万几百万 across the world 遍及全世界遍及全世界 =all over the world 9. They allow people to keep in touch with each other anytime, anywhere. allow sb to do sth 允许某人去做某事允许某人去做某事 My mother doesnt allow me to watch TV so much. 我妈妈不允许看那么多电视。我妈妈不允许看那么多电视。

8、 keep in touch with 与某人保持联系与某人保持联系 e.g After we left our school , we kept in touch with each with mobile phone. 在我们离开我们学校后，我们用手机在我们离开我们学校后，我们用手机保持联系。保持联系。 10. People can do as many things in the evenings as they can in the daytime. 人们在黑夜做的事情和他们在白天做人们在黑夜做的事情和他们在白天做的事情一样多。的事情一样多。 e.g We should speak E

9、nglish as often as we can. 我们应该尽可能多的讲英语。我们应该尽可能多的讲英语。 as .as we can 尽可能。尽可能。 C. Vocabulary C1 Find the words from the article on P51 that have the similar meanings to the words in italics below. 1. My new shoes felt nice and soft.(line7)_ 2. This modern city was only a small village a hundred years

10、ago.(line10)_comfortablecentury 3. All the people on the bus got excited when they arrived at the Great Wall. (line 11)_ 4. The company produced a new camera last year. (line 24) _ 5. The swimming pool is open during the day.(line29) _passengersdevelopeddaytime C2 Complete the conversation below wit

11、h the words from the box. Change the forms if necessary. anytime century comfortable daytime passenger Bill: When did people first start using cars? Maggie: People developed the first cars in the 1880s, and they started using cars a lot in the early 20th(1)_. Bill: I am sure the people were very hap

12、py because cars are so fast and (2)_.centurycomfortable Maggie: Not really. These early cars were very slow. They also created a lot of problems. Bill: What do you mean? Maggie:Most people still had horses then, and the new cars made loud noises and frightened them.Also, (3)_often got very dirty aft

13、er a long ride, so many people didnt use them.passengers Bill: I suppose that people could only drive in the (4)_because those cars didnt have lights. Maggie: Thats not true. They had lights, so people could have drive them (5)_. anytimedaytime D. comprehension D1. Read the article on P51 and comple

14、te the table below.The wheel InventorDont knowLife after the inventionTravelling became(1)_faster and more comfortableThe telephone(2)_People can(3)_Alexander Graham Bellspeak to each other over a long distanceThe light bulb(4)_People can(5)_as they can in the daytimeThomas Edisondo as many things D

15、2 Read the article again and answer the questions below in complete sentences. 1. Which of the three things was invented first? _ 2. What inventions did the wheel make possible? _The wheel, the telephone, the light bulbtrains, cars , carriages 3. How do mobile phones help people keep in touch with e

16、ach other? _ 4. How did people see at night before the invention of the light bulb? _They allow people to keep in touch with each other.People use oil lamps ,gas lamps or candles .Discussion Discuss with your partner what other inventions do you think are very important, why?air-conditionerrice cookerwashing machine短语集中营 1 live a better life 过着更好的生活 2. three of the most important inventions 三个最伟大的发明 3. faster and more comfortable 更快更舒服 4. a few thousand years ago 几千年前 5. In the early 19th century 在在19世纪初世纪初 6. at the start of 在。开始在。开始 7. since then 自从那时开始自从那时开始 8 over lon