八年級英語上冊 Unit 4 Inventions Inventions Reading 1課件 (新版)牛津深圳版

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4InventionsC1Findwordsfromthearticleonpage51thathavesimilarmeaningstothewordsinitalicsbelow.comfortablecenturypassengersdevelopeddaytime2BackgroundinformationWhatdoyouknowabout…?Inventionschangeourwayoflife.Lookatthephotosbelow.Writethenameofeachinventionintheblanks.computerlightbulbmobilephonepapertelephonetrainwheel7Howdotheseinventionshelpusinourdailylives?Ingroups,discussthiswithyourclassmates.Theseinventionshelpusinmanywaysinourdailylives.Wemayusethemanytime,anywhere.Theyareverypractical.7Lookatthephotos,thetitle,theintroductionandthesub-headingsofthearticleonpage51.Thenanswerthequestionsbelow.Skimmingmeanstoreadanarticlequicklytogetitsgeneralidea.Toskimanarticle,youshouldlookatitsintroduction,title,sub-headings,photosorpictures,andthefirstandlastsentencesofeachparagraph.Whichinventionisprobablythegreatestinhistoryaccordingtothearticle?4Whenwasthefirstpracticallightbulbinvented?3WhatdidAlexanderGrahamBellinvent?1Howdogreatinventionshelppeople?The

wheel.Heinventedoneofthefirstpracticaltelephones.In1879.Theyhelppeopleliveabetterlife.Skimthearticleagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.ThewheelThewheelisperhapsthegreatestinventioninhistory.Afteritsinvention,travellingbecamefasterandmorecomfortable.Afewthousandyearsago,peoplestartedtousewheelsoncarriages.Intheearly19thcentury,thefirsttrainsbegantocarrypassengers.Atthestartofthe20thcentury,carsbecamepopular.Withoutthewheel,wewouldnothavetheseinventions.GreatinventionsVocabulary3Greatinventionschangetheworld.Theyhelppeopleliveabetterlife.Thefollowingarethreeofthemostimportantinventionsinhistory./3kCrIdZ/

ThetelephoneAlexanderGrahamBellinventedoneofthefirstpracticaltelephonesin1876.Sincethen,peoplehavebeenabletospeaktoeachotheroverlongdistances.Todaymillionsofpeopleacrosstheworldownmobilephones.Theyallowpeopletokeepintouchwitheachotheranytime,anywhere.

sInsThelightbulbThomasEdisondevelopedthefirstpracticallightbulbin1879.Beforetheinventionofthelightbulb,peoplehadtouseoillamps,gaslampsorcandlestoseeatnight.Withlightbulbs,peoplecandoasmanythingsintheeveningsastheycaninthedaytime.Canyouimaginelivingwithoutthem?

C2Completetheconversationbelowwiththewordsfromthebox.Changetheirformsifnecessary.comfortablecenturypassengersanytimedaytimeCompletethesentenceswiththewordsyouhavejustlearnt.Changetheirformsifnecessary.Youmayneedtofillinmorethanoneword.1DaVinciisthemostfamous15th________painter.2Heopenedthedoorandastrongwindblewoutthe________.3Willpeople______________newtypesoftransportationinthefuture?4__________cangetfreewaterattheairport.Agoodreportermust_________________whatishappeningintheworld.Couldyouhelpmechangetheleft_______ofmycar?Thetyreisflat.MrGreen’splanwasquite________,soeveryoneagreedwithhim.8HowcanIkeepintouchwithyouifyour____________isoffallthetime?mobilephoneAstraightlineistheshortest_________betweentwopoints.HHomework抄寫單詞和短語：telephone，wheel，comfortable，carriage，century，passenger，invent，practical，since，distance，mobilephone，anytime，develop，lamp，candle，daytime，sincethen，keepintouchwith，inthedaytime等。思考：Howdothewheel,thetelephoneandthelightbulbhelppeopleliveabetterlife?。完成《綜合練習(xí)冊》第50頁Vocabulary和第57頁ReadingA的練習(xí)。Period2Reading(II)Module2ScienceandtechnologyOxfordEnglishUnit

4InventionsRevision1Whatinventionsaredescribedinthefollowingsentences?Wecanuseittocommunicatewithpeopleoverlongdistances.2Wecanmakephonecallswithitanytime,anywhere.3Itisperhapsoneofthemostpracticalinventionsinthe20thcentury.Nowpeopleuseitforbothworkandplay.telephone/mobilephonemobilephonecomputerlift4Afteritsinvention,wenolongerneededtousethestairs.airplane/aircraftairconditionertheunderground5Itcoolsorwarmsroomstomakethemmorecomfortableforpeopletostayin.6Passengerswhousethisfortransportationnolongerneedtoworryabouttrafficjams.7TheWrightbrothersinventedthefirstmachine-poweredmodelofit.Whatinventionsaredescribedinthefollowingsentences?InventorTimeofinventionLifeafteritsinventionExamples:ThewheelReadthefirstpartofthearticleandcompletethetable.Don’tknow.Afewthousandyearsago.Travellingbecamefasterandmorecomfortable.carriagestrainscarsWhileyouread2InventorTimeofinventionLifeafteritsinvention

Peoplecan____________________________________.Peoplecan_____________________________________________________________.Thetelephoneoverlongdistancesspeaktoeachothermobilephoneskeepintouchwitheachotheranytime,anywherewithReadthesecondpartofthearticleandcompletethetable.AlexanderGrahamBell.In1876.Readthethirdpartofthearticleandanswerthesequestions.ThelightbulbPeopleusedoillamps,gaslampsorcandles.Peoplecandoasmanythingsintheeveningsastheycaninthedaytime.ThewheelThewheelisperhapsthegreatestinventioninhistory.Afteritsinvention,travellingbecamefasterandmorecomfortable.Afewthousandyearsago,peoplestartedtousewheelsoncarriages