Unit 9 When was it invented?When was it invented? No. 11 Middle SchoolPeriod 43a ReadingRead the article and write answers to the questions.1. What is the article about ? It is about the invention of tea.It was invented over three thousand years ago.It was invented by the Chinese emperor Shen Nong.It was invented by accident.2. When was it invented?3. Who was it invented by?4. How was it invented? Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world (after water), was invented by accident? Although tea wasn’t brought to the Western world until 1610, this beverage was discovered over three thousand years before that. According to an Ancient Chinese legend, the emperor Shen Nong Discovered tea when he was boiling drinking water over an open fire. Who invented tea?Who invented tea?Some leaves from a nearby bush fell into the water and remained there for some time. The emperor noticed that the leaves in the water produced a pleasant smell. Later he decided to taste the hot mixture. It was quite delicious. And in this way, one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented.Write an article using the notes in the box.Write an article using the notes in the box.Who: college studentsWhat: metal pie plate, flying diskWhen: 1950Where: bakery Bridgeport, ConnecticutHow: students eat pie, throw pie platesToday: clubs, magazines, festival3b WritingFrom pie plate to flying disk.From pie plate to flying disk. The flying disk was invented by college students. They used a metal pie plate from a bakery in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Students ate the bakery’s pies and then threw the pie plates. Today, there are flying disk clubs, magazines and a festival. Think of something that you don’t like doing. Then think of an invention that could help you. a pen that listens and writesa pen that listens and writesNew invention:New invention:Use:Use:It can listen to the writer and It can listen to the writer and write by itself.write by itself.PricePrice : :$ 50$ 50music candlemusic candleactivity glassesactivity glassestemperature cuptemperature cupSelf check: (1) 1. I don’t like eating chocolate. The taste is too _______ .2. Mom added salt but it still wasn’t ______ enough.3. I prefer lemons to oranges. I like the ______ taste.4. She likes _______ cookies. They are hard, dry and easily broken.sweetsalty sour crispycrispy sweet salty sourabacusumbrellacamerabinocularsbicycle The abacus was invented in the sixth century by Chinese people. The umbrella was invented about 4,000 years ago in Assyria, China and Egypt. The binoculars was invented in 1854 by Galileo Porro in Italy. The camera was invented in 1827 by Joseph Nicephore Niepce who took the first picture. The bicycle was invented in 1880s in England.
