选修八_Unit_3_Inventors_and_inventions-ReadingII[课件]

人教新课标必修8Unit3InventorsandinventionsReadingIIUnit3InventorsandinventionsAlexanderGrahamBellDoyouknowthefollowingscientistsandwhatthingstheyinvented?Matchthefollowingtwocolumns.GalileoEinsteinNewtonWattEdisonAlexandergrahamBelltelephonetelescopesteamenginebulbTheoryofRelativityNewton’slawAlexanderGrahamBellwasaninventorthatlivedbetween1819and1905.HewasborninScotlandandlaterlivedintheU.S.Hespentmuchofhiscareerteachingthedeaf.HaveyoueverwonderedwhytelephonecompaniesoftenhavethewordBellaspartoftheirname?AlexanderGrahamBellinventedthetelephonein1876-andthisisthephonecompany'swayofhonoringhisachievement!TheveryfirstphonecallwasfromBelltohislabassistant,andhesaidMr.Watson,comehereatonce.Iwantyou.Readthepassageandanswerthequestions:1.WhatdoesBell’ssayingmeantoyou?2.WhatdoyouthinkLedtohissuccessasaninventoroftelephone?3.WhatinventionsdidBellmake?4.Whywillhealwaysbeknownastheinventorofthetelephone?Whatdoyouthinkledtohissuccessasaninventorofthetelephone?Hiscuriosityandexploringspiritledtohissuccessasaninventorofthetelephone.WhatdoesBell’ssayingmeantoyou?Hissayingmeansthatitisimportanttobeexperimental.Bybeingcuriousandexploringaroundasubjectyoumaybychancecomeupwithsomenewandoriginalwaysofsolvingaproblem.WhatinventionsdidBellmake?Bellinventedthetelephoneandthetetrahedronshapebychance.Bothoftheseareextremelyusefulandstillusedtoday.Whywillhealwaysbeknownastheinventorofthetelephone?Hewillalwaysbeknownastheinventorofthetelephonebecauseitwasaverypopularinventionandthepatentmadethemostmoneyever.Assignment1.Readthepassageagain.2.Recitethenewwordsinthereading.1.Hebelievedthatoneshouldalwaysbecuriousandhismostfamoussayingwas:”Leavethebeatentrackoccasionallyanddiveintothewoods.Everytimeyoudoyouwillbecertaintofindsomethingthatyouhaveneverseenbefore.Followitup,exploreallaroundit,andbeforeyouknowit,youwillhavesomethingworththinkingabouttooccupyyourmind.Allreallybigdiscoveriesaretheresultofthought.”他认为一个人应当具有好奇心，他最著名的一句话是：“偶尔离开平路去寻求困境。当你这么做的时候，你一定会发现你从未见过的东西。跟踪下去，不断探索，不知不觉中，你就会发现某种值得思考的东西占据着你的头脑。所有真正伟大的发现都是思考的结果。”beatentrack踏平的路；一贯的路；惯例。如：Wefollowedawell-beatentrackthroughtheforest.我们沿着一条人们他出来的路穿过森林。dive(vt)togoheadfirstintowater潜入；跳水。例如：Hedivedintotheriverandrescuedthedrowningchild.他跳到水中，救起那快要溺死的小孩。tomovequicklyinaspecifieddirection扑去；冲去。例如：whentherainstarted,wedivedintoacafé.雨下了起来，我们立即跑进一家小餐馆。woods原指“森林”，在这里有“险境，困境”的意思。outofthewoods表示“脱离麻烦或困难”。如：Thesituationisimproving,butwearenotoutofthewoodsyet.情况正在改善，但我们还没有摆脱困境。2.Althoughheismostoftenassociatedwiththeinventionofthetelephone,hewasindeedacontinuingsearcherafterpracticalsolutionstoimprovethequalityofeverybody’slife.虽然人们常把他和发明电话联系起来，但是他的确是一名永不停息的探索家，不断寻求着改善人们生活质量的途径。associatewith把…和…联系起来；和…来往。如：InourmindstheSpringFestivalisassociatedwithhappyfamilyreunions.在我们心中，春节是和愉快的家庭团聚联系在一起的。Herparentsdidn’tlikeherassociatingwithnetfriends.她的父母不喜欢她和网友来往。句中的continuing是动词-ing形式，在这里作定语用。如：Thisisaverypressingproblem.这是意见紧急的事情。Wetalkedagreatdealaboutthecomingfestival.我们说了不少有关即将到来的节目的事情。Hemadeaninspiringspeechatthemeeting.他在会上发表了一段激动人心的讲话。practical实际的;实践的;实用的Iwantsomepracticaladvice.我想要些实际性的建议。Itwouldn’tbepracticalforustogoallthatwayjustfortheweekend.我们跑那么远只为了去度个周末实在很不切实际。Thedictionaryisverypractical.这本词典非常实用。