Period1Period1Reading(A)Reading(A)Module2ScienceandtechnologyOxfordEnglishUnitUnit44InventionsInventionsCompassGunpowderPapermakingskillTypography2BackgroundinformationBackgroundinformationWhatdoyouknowaboutWhatdoyouknowabout…?…?Inventionschangeourwayoflife.Lookatthephotosbelow.Writethenameofeachinventionintheblanks.computerlightbulbmobilephonepapertelephonetrainwheel7•Therearefourwheelsinthecar.wheeln.车轮，轮子•Inthepast,peopletravelledbycarriage.carriagen.马车•Itismorecomfortabletotravelbytrain.Howdotheseinventionshelpusinourdailylives?Ingroups,discussthiswithyourclassmates.Theseinventionshelpusinmanywaysinourdailylives.Wemayusethemanytime,anywhere.Theyareverypractical.7Lookatthephotos,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.GreatinventionsVocabularyVocabulary3Greatinventionschangetheworld.Theyhelppeopleliveabetterlife.Thefollowingarethreeofthemostimportantinventionsinhistory.InventorTimeofinventionLifeafteritsinventionExamples:ThewheelReadthefirstpartofthearticleandcompletethetable.Don’tknow.Afewthousandyearsago.Travellingbecamefasterandmorecomfortable.•carriages•trains•carsWhileyoureadWhileyouread2ThetelephoneAlexanderGrahamBellinventedoneofthefirstpracticaltelephonesin1876.Sincethen,peoplehavebeenabletospeaktoeachotheroverlongdistances.Todaymillionsofpeopleacrosstheworldownmobilephones.Theyallowpeopletokeepintouchwitheachotheranytime,anywhere.InventorTimeofinventionLifeafteritsinvention•Peoplecan____________________________________.•Peoplecan_____________________________________________________________.Thetelephoneoverlongdistancesspeaktoeachothermobilephoneskeepintouchwitheachotheranytime,anywherewithReadthesecondpartofthearticleandcompletethetable.AlexanderGrahamBell.In1876.ThelightbulbThomasEdisondevelopedthefirstpracticallightbulbin1879.Beforetheinventionofthelightbulb,peoplehadtouseoillamps,gaslampsorcandlestoseeatnight.Withlightbulbs,peoplecandoasmanythingsintheeveningsastheycaninthedaytime.Canyouimaginelivingwithoutthem?D1Readthearticleonpage51andcompletethetablebelow.fasterandmorecomfortableAlexanderGrahamBellspeaktoeachotheroverlongdistancesThomasEdisondoasmanythingsintheeveningsComprehensionComprehension3TheWheelThetelephoneThelightbulbInventorDon’tknow(2)_________________________________(4)______________________________LifeaftertheinventionTravellingbecame(1)_____________________________________________.Peoplecan(3)_____________________________________________.Peoplecan(5)_______________________________________________astheycaninthedaytimes.AlexanderGrahamBellThomasEdisonfasterandmorecomfortablespeaktoeachotheroverlongdistancesdoasmanythingsintheeveningsD1Readthearticleonpage51andcompletethetablebelow.2Whichinventionisprobablythegreatestinhistoryaccordingtothearticle?4Whenwasthefirstpracticallightbulbinvented?3WhatdidAlexanderGrahamBellinvent?1Howdogreatinvention...
