八年级英语上册 Unit 4 Inventions Inventions Reading 1 (新版)牛津深圳版课件

Period1
Reading(I)
Module2Scienceandtechnology
OxfordEnglish
Unit
4
Inventions
C1Findwordsfromthearticleonpage51thathavesimilarmeaningstothewordsinitalicsbelow.
comfortable
century
pasngers
developed
daytime
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Backgroundinformation
Whatdoyouknowabout…?
Inventionschangeourwayoflife.Lookatthephotosbelow.Writethenameofeachinventionintheblanks.
computerlightbulbmobilephonepapertelephonetrainwheel
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Howdotheinventionshelpusinourdailylives?Ingroups,discussthiswithyourclassmates.
Theinventionshelpusinmanywaysinourdailylives.Wemayuthem
anytime,anywhere.
Theyareverypractical.
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Skimmingmeanstoreadanarticlequicklytogetitsgeneralidea.Toskimanarticle,youshouldlookatitsintroduction,title,sub-headings,photosorpictures,andthefirstandlastntencesofeachparagraph.
Whichinventionisprobablythegreatestinhistoryaccordingtothearticle?
4Whenwasthefirstpracticallightbulbinvented?
3WhatdidAlexanderGrahamBellinvent?
1Howdogreatinventionshelppeople?
Thewheel.
Heinventedoneofthefirstpracticaltelephones.
In1879.
Theyhelppeopleliveabetterlife.
Skimthearticleagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.
Thetelephone
AlexanderGrahamBellinventedoneofthefirstpracticaltelephonesin1876.Sincethen,peoplehavebeenabletospeaktoeachotheroverlongdistances.Todaymillionsofpeopleacrosstheworldownmobilephones.Theyallowpeopletokeepintouchwitheachotheranytime,anywhere.
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Thelightbulb
ThomasEdisondevelopedthefirstpracticallightbulbin1879.Beforetheinventionofthelightbulb,peoplehadtouoillamps,gaslampsorcandlestoeatnight.Withlightbulbs,peoplecandoasmanythingsintheeveningsastheycaninthedaytime.Canyouimaginelivingwithoutthem?
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C2Completetheconversationbelowwiththewordsfromthebox.Changetheirformsifnecessary.
comfortable
century
pasngers
anytime
daytime