unit3-Alexander-Graham-Bell(Reading)

Lead-inTelephonesbecomepartofourlife.Butdoyouknowwhoinventedthetelephone?ABritishinventorcalledAlexanderGrahamBell.Howusefulishisinventiontohumansociety?Pre-readingReadthepassagequicklyandfindoutthemainideaofit.ScanningItmainlytalksaboutthelifeofAlexanderGrahamBellandhowhemadethegreatinventions.Readingfordetails:Para.1.Whatwashisinterestwhenhewasyoung?Andwhy?Hebecameinterestedinhelpingdeafpeoplecommunicateandineducation.Becausehismotherwasentirelydeaf.Hebelievedthathiscuriositywasthekeytohissuccess.(…oneshouldalwaysbecurious…)Para.2.Whatdidhethinkwasthekeytohissuccessasaninventor?Para.3.Howwasthetelephoneinvented?aim:wantedtoimprove…designedamachine…experimentedwith…noticed…suddenlyhadaflashofinspiration:invented…Insearchingtoimprovethetelegraph,Bellinventedthefirsttelephone!BychancePara.4-7Whatistheimportanceofhisinvention?Friendswilltalktoeachotherwithoutleavinghome.Whatwashisnewdiscovery?Thetetrahedronshape.BychanceWhywillhealwaysbeknownastheinventorofthetelephone?Becauseitwasaverypopularinventionandthepatentmadethemostmoneyever.1.Hefoundthatbypressinghislipsagainsthismother’sforehead,hecouldmakehismotherunderstandwhathewassaying.他发现当他把嘴唇放在母亲的前额上，他就会让他母亲明白他说的话。2.“Leavethebeatentrackoccasionallyanddiveintothewoods.Everytimeyoudoyouwillbecertaintofindsomethingthatyouhaveneverseenbefore.Followitup,exploreallaroundit,andbeforeyouknowit,youwillhavesomethingworththinkingabouttooccupyyourmind.Allreallybigdiscoveriesaretheresultofthought.”“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。”1)diveintoe.g.Hedivedintohispocketsandfishedoutonedollar．他迅速把手伸进口袋掏出了一美元。②迅速把手伸入①跳水(头朝下)e.g.Theboydivedintotheriverfromthebridge.这男孩从桥上跳人河中。注意:diveinto作“潜心于……”讲时和devoteoneselftosth.的意思一样，但devoteoneselftosth.还有“投身于……;把自己奉献给……”的意思。③(对活动，问题等)全心投入，潜心研究e.g.HedivedintothehistoryofChina．他潜心研究中国历史。He____hiscareerandmadeagreatcontributiontoourcountry.A.divedhimselfintoB.devotedhimselftoC.divedintoD.devotedto2)followup继续下去e.g.That’saninterestingidea,andwe’llcertainlyfollowitup.thefirsttime第一次theinstant/moment/minute3)every/eachtime意为“每次;每当”,此短语在句子中经常作连记词,引导时间状语从句做连词的名词,引导时间状语从句。能用做连词的名词短语还有：____Ilistentoyouradvice,Igetintotrouble.A.EverytimeB.EverytimewhenC.AteachtimeD.Eachtimethat5.Bellneversetouttoinventthetelephoneandwhathewastryingtodesignwasamultipletelegraph.贝尔从未打算发明电话而是试图设计一种复式电报。setout(todosth.)开始（做某事）,着手干;为某个目标而努力Theyaresettingouttodoanewexperiment.译:他们正在着手干一项新的试验。setouttodosth.=setaboutdoingsth.setoutfor=leavefor“出发到……去”Let’ssetoutbeforedark.我们天黑前动身吧。TomorrowI’llsetoutforBeijing.明天我将出发去北京。1.Atdawn,theyset____togetreadyfortheworkoftheday.A.offB.aboutC.outD.in2.Theyset____atabout8o’clock.A.abouttoworkB.abouttoworkingC.aboutworkingD.outwork3.They____themountainatnoon.A.setofftoB.setouttoC.setoutforD.setoffin6.Suddenlyhehadaflashofinspiration.突然间,他灵光闪现。〔U〕灵感,启发；aflashofinspiration“灵感的闪现”inspiration〔C〕鼓舞或激励的人或事物e.g.Theseeventsprovidedtheinspirationforherfirstbook.这些事是她第一本书的灵感来源。5.Thepatentwasgivenin1876,butitwasnotuntilfivedayslaterthatBellsentthefirsttelephonemessagetohisassistant,Watson.这项专利是1876年发布的，但是贝尔是在5天之后才跟他的助手华生通了第一次电话。Itis/wasnotuntil…that….这是强调notuntil引导的时间状语从句句型。Itwasnotuntilhefinishedhishomeworkthathewenttobed.1)Itwasn’tuntilnearlyamonthlater__Ireceivedthemanager’sreply.(’05全国I)A.sinceB.unlessC.asD.that2)–DidJackcomebackearlylastnight?--Yes,itwasnotyeteighto’clock___hearrivedhome.(’05福建）A.beforeB.whenC.thatD.that高考链接:8.Beingverystable,ithasprovedinvaluableinthedesignofbridges.(四面体)十分稳定牢固,在桥梁设计领域的价值难以估量。①Beingverystable,是Becauseitisverystable的省略句,它在句中作原因状语。_________outside,heputonhiscoat.A.ItbeingcoldB.ItcoldC.BeingcoldD.Ithavingbeencold翻译练习:•患者病情稳定。2.这架梯子好像不太稳。adj.firmlyfixed;notlikelytomove,changeorfail;steady稳固的；稳定的；牢固的②stableastablerelationship稳定的关系Thepatient’sconditionisstable.Theladderdoesn’tseemverystable.