選修8-unit3--Using-languageTelephoneshasbecomepartofourlife.Butdoyouknowwhoinventedthetelephone?ABritishinventorcalledAlexanderGrahamBell.Bellisknownformuchofhisworkfordeafeducation.HebecameaprofessorofvocalphysiologyatBostonUniversity.Pre-readingHisjobwastohelpdeafpeopletounderstandspeakingpeopleandtomakethemselvesunderstoodbylearninghowtospeak.Whenheinventedthetelephone,hewastestingamethodofhelpingadeafpersontohear.2.Readthepassagequicklyandfindoutthemainideaofeveryparagraph.Para.1Para.6Para.7B.theinventionofthetelephoneE.acontinuingsearcherPara.2Para.3Para.4Para.5F.curiosityD.theimportanceofthetelephoneC.thefirsttelephonemessageanewdiscovery-thetetrahedronshapeSkimmingG.lifeinformation,interestMatcheachparagraphandthemainidea:Biography(傳記)Name:________________________Birth:_________Birthplace:_________Whenhewas_______hisfamilymovedto___________.Hismotherwasalmost___________.Bell’smostfamousinvention:___________AlexanderGrahamBell1847ScotlandyoungBostondeaftelephonePara.11.Hebelievedthatoneshouldalwaysbecuriousandhismostfamoussayingwas:“Leavethe

beatentrackoccasionallyanddiveintothewoods.

Every

timeyoudoyouwillbecertaintofindsomethingthatyouhaveneverseenbefore.

Followitup,exploreallaroundit,andbeforeyouknowit,youwillhavesomethingworththinkingabouttooccupyyourmind.Allreallybigdiscoveriesaretheresultofthought.”

Para.2他認(rèn)為人應(yīng)該保持一顆好奇心,他最著名的一名話是:“偶爾離開(kāi)平路,去尋求困境。當(dāng)你這么做的時(shí)候,你一定會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)你從未見(jiàn)過(guò)的東西。跟蹤下去,不斷探索,不知不覺(jué)中,你就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)某種值得思考的東西占據(jù)著你的頭腦。所有真正偉大的發(fā)現(xiàn)都是思考的結(jié)果。”1.Leavethebeatentrackoccasionallyanddiveintothewoods.偶爾離開(kāi)平路，去尋求困境。1)beatentrack:被踩出來(lái)的路；常規(guī)；慣例2)diveinto

HedivedintothehistoryofChina．Theboydived

intotheriverfromthebridgeHedived

intohispocketsandfishedoutonedollar．跳水(頭朝下);迅速把手伸入…;(對(duì)活動(dòng),問(wèn)題等)全心投入,潛心研究3)every/eachtime

意為“每次;每當(dāng)”,此短語(yǔ)在句子中經(jīng)常作連接詞,引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句做連詞的名詞,引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句。能用做連詞的名詞短語(yǔ)還有：

thefirsttime第一次lasttime上次

nexttime下次

theinstant/moment/minute/second…一……就____Iseehim,theoldmanissittinginthesamechair.A.EverytimeB.EverytimewhenC.AteachtimeD.EachtimethatA

4)followsth.up追究到底；（乘勢(shì)）貫徹到底e.g.That’saninterestingidea,andwe’llcertainlyfollowitup.Whatdoyouthinkledtohissuccessasaninventorofthetelephone?

Hiscuriosityandexploringspiritledtohissuccessasaninventorofthetelephone.Para.32.Bellneversetouttoinventthetelephoneandwhathewastryingtodesignwasamultipletelegraph.貝爾從未打算發(fā)明電話而是試圖設(shè)計(jì)一種復(fù)式電報(bào)。setout(todosth.)開(kāi)始（做某事）,著手干;為某個(gè)目標(biāo)而努力Theyaresettingouttodoanewexperiment.他們正在著手干一項(xiàng)新的試驗(yàn)。setouttodosth.=setaboutdoingsth.setoutfor=setofffor=leavefor意為“出發(fā)到……去”Let’ssetoutbeforedark.我們天黑前動(dòng)身吧。TomorrowI’llsetoutforBeijing.

明天我將出發(fā)去北京。3.ThisoriginaltelegraphsentamessageoverdistanceusingMorsecode(aseriesofdotstappedoutalongawireinaparticularorder).這種原始的電報(bào)是在一段距離中用莫爾斯電碼傳遞信息（莫爾斯電碼是通過(guò)電線發(fā)出的以特定的次序敲擊出的一串點(diǎn)）。4.Suddenlyhehadaflashofinspiration.突然間,他靈光閃現(xiàn)。aflashofinspiration

指“靈感的閃現(xiàn)”inspirationn.

[U]靈感,啟發(fā)；[C]妙想，好主意，鼓舞或激勵(lì)的人或事物Theseeventsprovidedthe

inspirationforherfirstbook.這些事是她第一本書(shū)的靈感來(lái)源。v.inspire

激勵(lì);鼓勵(lì)adj.inspired

（人作品）得到靈感的；有靈感的

adj.

inspiring

鼓勵(lì)人心的;激勵(lì)的5.Ifsoundwavecouldbereproducedinamovingelectricalcurrent,theycouldbesentalongawire.如果聲波能夠在移動(dòng)的電流中復(fù)制,它們就能夠被沿電線傳送。1)reproduce

vt.復(fù)制;再現(xiàn)……的形象或聲音Thetaperecorder

reproducedthesymphony.錄音機(jī)可使這交響曲重現(xiàn)。2)current

n.氣流;水流,洋流;電流；（事件、輿論等的）動(dòng)向，趨勢(shì)；潮流

adj.時(shí)下的,當(dāng)今的,流行的,通用的thecurrentofpublicopinion輿論的動(dòng)向Billwasfullyawareoftheimportanceofhisinventionandwrotetohisfather:“Thedayiscomingwhentelegraphwireswillbelaidontohousesjustlikewaterorgas—andfriendwilltalktoeachotherwithoutleavinghome.”貝爾完全懂得這項(xiàng)發(fā)明的重要性，他寫(xiě)信告訴他的父親說(shuō)：“這樣的一天即將到來(lái)。到那時(shí)，電報(bào)線將會(huì)鋪到各家各戶，就像水和煤氣通到各家各戶一樣。朋友之間不必離開(kāi)家就可以彼此通話了?！?/p>

Para.4WhatwerethefamouswordsthatBellsaidtoWatson?Mr.Watson—comehere—Iwanttoseeyou.Para.5Itis/wasnotuntil…that….這是強(qiáng)調(diào)notuntil引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句句型。It

was

notuntilhefinishedhishomework

that

hewenttobed.6.

Thepatentwasgivenin1876,butit

was

not

untilfivedayslaterthatBellsentthefirsttelephonemessagetohisassistant,Watson.這項(xiàng)專利是1876年發(fā)布的,但是貝爾是在5天之后才跟他的助手華生通了第一次電話。7.Beingverystable,ithasprovedinvaluableinthedesignofbridges.(四面體)十分穩(wěn)定牢固,在橋梁設(shè)計(jì)領(lǐng)域的價(jià)值難以估量。Beingverystable,是Becauseitisverystable的省略句,它在句中作原因狀語(yǔ)。8.Althoughheismostoftenassociatedwiththeinventionofthetelephone,hewasindeedacontinuingsearcherafterpracticalsolutionstoimprovethequalityofeverybody’slife.雖然人們常把他和發(fā)明電話聯(lián)系起來(lái)，但是他的確是一名永不停息的探索家，不斷尋求著改善人們生活質(zhì)量的途徑。associatewith

把…和…聯(lián)系起來(lái)；和…來(lái)往Mainidea:Itmainlytalksabout_________ofAlexanderGrahamBellandhowhe________________________.thelifemadethegreatinventionsWhatinventionsdidBellmake?deafledhimtoInventionsanddiscoveriesThemicrophone:Hisinterestinhelping_____peoplecommunicateandindeafeducation____________inventthemicrophone.Thetelephone:Insearchingtoimprovethe_________,heinventedthefirsttelephone.telegraphThetetrahedronshape:Whilesearchingforakitestrongenoughto__________intotheair,heexperiencedputting________togetheranddiscoveredthetetrahedronshape.carryamantrianglesBelltriedtodesignamultipletelegraphbeforeheinventedthetelephone?Theoriginaltelegraphcouldsendseveralmessagesatatime.BelltelephonedhisassistantWatsonbeforeheappliedforapatentgiventothetelephone.TrueorFalse?TFF1.Hebelievedthatoneshouldalwaysbecuriousandhismostfamoussayingwas:“Leavethebeatentrackoccasionallyanddiveintothewoods.Everytimeyoudoyouwillbecertaintofindsomethingthatyouhaveneverseenbefore.Followitup,exploreallaroundit,andbeforeyouknowit,youwillhavesomethingworththinkingabouttooccupyyourmind.

Allreallybigdiscoveriesaretheresultofthought.”

FamouswordsofBellWhatdoes

“l(fā)eavethebeatentrack”

mean?A.insistondoingthesamethingB.lookatthingsortryinanewwayC.sticktotheoriginalmethod他認(rèn)為人應(yīng)該保持一顆好奇心，他最著名的一名話是:“偶爾離開(kāi)平路，去尋求困境。當(dāng)你這么做的時(shí)候，你一定會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)你從未見(jiàn)過(guò)的東西。跟蹤下去，不斷探索，不知不覺(jué)中，你就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)某種值得思考的東西占據(jù)著你的頭腦。所有真正偉大的發(fā)現(xiàn)都是思考的結(jié)果。”WhatdoesBell’ssayingmeantoyou? Hissayingmeansthatitisimportantto beexperimental.Bybeingcuriousand exploringaroundasubjectyoumayby chancecomeupwithsomenewand originalwaysofsolvingaproblem.Billwasfullyawareoftheimportanceofhisinventionandwrotetohisfather:“Thedayiscomingwhentelegraphwireswillbelaidontohousesjustlikewaterorgas—andfriendwilltalktoeachotherwithoutleavinghome.”貝爾完全懂得這項(xiàng)發(fā)明的重要性，他寫(xiě)信告訴他的父親說(shuō)：“這樣的一天即將到來(lái)。到那時(shí)，電報(bào)線將會(huì)鋪到各家各戶，就像水和煤氣通到各家各戶一樣。朋友之間不必離開(kāi)家就可以彼此通話了?！盕amouswordsofBellWhywillhealwaysbeknownastheinventorofthetelephone?

Hewillalwaysbeknownastheinventorofthetelephonebecauseitwasaverypopularinventionandthepatentmadethemostmoneyever.18471876FivedaysafterthepatentwasgiventoBell185819221847AlexanderGrahamBellwasborn1876AlexanderGrahamBellinventedtelephoneFivedaysafterthepatentwasgiventoBellBellsenthisfirsttelephonemessagetohisassistantWatson1858Bellmadehisfirstinvention1922BellmadehislastinventionAccordingtothetext,Bellgotsuchgreatachievementthanksto_____.A.astrawjoinedtoadeafman’searB.theexploringaroundproblemsC.amovingelectricalcurrentD.hisexcellentassistantWatsonB

Wecaninferfromthetextthat______.A.doingresearchintelegraphhelpedBellgreatlyininventingthetelephoneB.BellwasgiventhepatentafterhesucceededinsendingthefirsttelephonemessagetohisassistantWatson.C.inordertomakethebridgesstrongerBelldiscoveredtelephoneD.BelldiscoveredsomanypracticalsolutionsthathemustbeamillionaireA

LanguagePoints

1.Leavethebeatentrackoccasionallyanddiveintothewoods.偶爾離開(kāi)平路，去尋求困境。1)beatentrack:被踩出來(lái)的路；常規(guī)；慣例Hisfarmisoffthebeatentrack.Itisatleasttwomilesfromthemainroad.

他的農(nóng)莊在偏僻的地方，離開(kāi)大路至少有兩英里。2)diveinto

e.g.He

divedintothehistoryofChina.

他潛心研究中國(guó)歷史。

Hedivedintohispocketsandfishedoutonedollar.他迅速把手伸進(jìn)口袋掏出了一美元。跳水(頭朝下)；迅速把手伸入；(對(duì)活動(dòng)，問(wèn)題等)全心投入，潛心研究He____hiscareerandmadeagreatcontributiontoourcountry.A.divedhimselfintoB.devotedhimselftoC.divedintoD.devotedtoB

注意:

diveinto作“潛心于……”講時(shí)和devoteoneselftosth.的意思一樣,但devoteoneselftosth.還有“投身于……;把自己奉獻(xiàn)給……”之意。3)every/eachtime意為“每次;每當(dāng)”,在句子中經(jīng)常作連接詞,引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句,做連詞的名詞。能用做連詞的名詞短語(yǔ)還有：thefirsttime第一次lasttime上次nexttime下次

theinstant/moment/minute/second…that一……就……____Iseehim,theoldmanissittinginthesamechair.A.EverytimeB.EverytimewhenC.AteachtimeD.Eachtimethat2.Bellnever

setout

toinventthetelephoneandwhathewastryingtodesignwasamultipletelegraph.貝爾從未打算發(fā)明電話而是試圖設(shè)計(jì)一種復(fù)式電報(bào)。setout(todosth.)

開(kāi)始(做某事),著手干;為某個(gè)目標(biāo)而努力=setaboutdoingsth.setoutfor=setofffor=leavefor出發(fā)到……去1)Atdawn,theyset____togetreadyfortheworkoftheday.A.offB.aboutC.outD.in2)Theyset________atabout8o’clock.A.abouttoworkB.abouttoworkingC.aboutworkingD.outwork3.Suddenlyhehadaflashofinspiration.突然間,他靈光閃現(xiàn)。aflashofinspiration

指“靈感的閃現(xiàn)”inspiration

n.

〔C〕鼓舞激勵(lì)的人或事物e.g.

Theseeventsprovidedthe

inspirationforherfirstbook.

這些事是她第一本書(shū)的靈感來(lái)源?！睻〕靈感,啟發(fā)；Hesaidmysisterwastheinspiration

forhisheroine.他說(shuō)我姐姐是他的女主人公的原型。inspirev.

激勵(lì)；鼓勵(lì)inspiredadj.

借助于靈感創(chuàng)作的inspiringadj.

鼓勵(lì)人心的；激勵(lì)的4.Ifsoundwavescouldbereproducedin amovingelectricalcurrent,theycould besentalongawire.如果聲波能夠在移動(dòng)的電流中復(fù)制,它 們就能夠被沿電線傳送。current(1)n.氣流;水流,洋流;電流e.g.Thecurrentisstrongestinthemiddleoftheriver．河中央的水流最急。

(2)adj.時(shí)下的,當(dāng)今的,流行的,通用的e.g.Mostoftheoldareinterestedin

currentevents.大部分老年人都對(duì)時(shí)事感興趣。

5.

Thepatentwasgivenin1876,butitwas

notuntilfivedayslaterthatBellsenthisfirsttelephonemessagetohisassistant,Watson.這項(xiàng)專利是1876年發(fā)布的，但是貝爾是在5天之后才跟他的助手華生通了第一次電話。Itis/wasnotuntil…that….這是強(qiáng)調(diào)notuntil引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句句型。e.g.Itwas

notuntilhefinishedhishomework

that

hewenttobed.6.Beingverystable,ithasproved invaluableinthedesignofbridges.

(四面體)十分穩(wěn)定牢固,在橋梁設(shè)計(jì)領(lǐng)域的價(jià)值難以估量。Beingverystable,是Becauseitisverystable的省略句,它在句中作原因狀語(yǔ)。stable:

e.g.1.Thepatient’sconditionisstable.患者病情穩(wěn)定。2.Theladderdoesn’tseemvery

stable.這架梯子好像不太穩(wěn)。astablerelationship穩(wěn)定的關(guān)系adj.

穩(wěn)固的；穩(wěn)定的；牢固的7.Althoughheismostoftenassociatedwiththeinventionofthetelephone,hewasindeedacontinuingsearcherafterpracticalsolutionstoimprovethequalityofeverybody’slife.

雖然人們常把他和發(fā)明電話聯(lián)系起來(lái)，但是他的確是一名永不停息的探索家，不斷尋求著改善人們生活質(zhì)量的途徑。

1)associatewith把…和…聯(lián)系起來(lái)；和…來(lái)往

InourmindstheSpringFestivalisassociatedwithhappyfamilyreunions.在我們心中，春節(jié)是和愉快的家庭團(tuán)聚聯(lián)系在一起的。

Herparentsdidn’tlikeherassociatingwithnetfriends.她的父母不喜歡她和網(wǎng)友來(lái)往。2)continuing是動(dòng)詞-ing形式，在這里作定語(yǔ)。Thisisaverypressingproblem.這是意見(jiàn)緊急的事情。Wetalkedagreatdealaboutthecomingfestival.我們說(shuō)了不少有關(guān)即將到來(lái)的節(jié)目的事情。Hemadean________speechatthemeeting.他在會(huì)上發(fā)表了一段激動(dòng)人心的講話。inspiringZhouRuihasdecidedtodoaprojectonalivingBritishinventorcalledJamesDyson.SohetelephonedDyson’scompanyinEnglandtointerviewoneofitsengineersaboutthegreatman’sideas.ListeningandspeakingJamesDyson工業(yè)設(shè)計(jì)師,發(fā)明家,真空吸塵器的發(fā)明者。戴森工業(yè)的創(chuàng)始人。1.Listentothetapeandtickthewordsyouhear.□washingmachine□drum□refrigerator□bicycle□carpetcleaner□court√√√√O(píng)bjectTheProblemJamesDyson’simprovementWashingmachineWashingmachinesatthattimedonotcleantheclothesaswellasbyhand.Heinventedamachineusingtwodrumswhichmoveinoppositedirections.2.ListenagainandmakenotesonJamesDyson’sinvention.戴森公司簡(jiǎn)介戴森公司是一家總部設(shè)在英國(guó)的工程技術(shù)創(chuàng)新公司，其產(chǎn)品行銷全球45個(gè)國(guó)家。在創(chuàng)始人詹姆斯·戴森的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)下，戴森公司為吸塵器，洗衣機(jī)，自動(dòng)吸塵器以及手持吸塵器設(shè)計(jì)并研發(fā)新技術(shù)，目前其全球銷售額已超過(guò)60億美金。戴森公司于2006年進(jìn)入中國(guó)，在南京建立生產(chǎn)基地，生產(chǎn)由數(shù)字電機(jī)驅(qū)動(dòng)的干手機(jī)產(chǎn)品。2008年，戴森北京分公司成立。YouwanttoapplyforajobinJamesDyson’scompany.Soyouringuponeofhisengineerstoaskwhatkindofpersonheneeds.Remembertoaskforasmuchinformationasyoucan.Herearesomephrasesthatmaybeusefulforyoutomakeatelephonecall.DialogueWhichextension…,please?CanIspeakto…,please?Holdtheline,please.Hangon,please.Justamoment,please.I’msorry,butthisphoneisoutoforder.Ican’tgetthrough.Sorry.He/Sheisn’thererightnow.CanIringbacklater?I’llringhim/herupag