Unit3Unit3TheworldofscienceToknowsomeinventions.Totrytoimaginesomeinventionsinthefutureandspeakouttheinventionsyouthinkthemostusefulandgivethereason(s).Totalkabouthowthewaywelivehaschangedovertime.Toreadforthemainideaandthestructureofthepassage.Toreadcarefullyforsomedetailedinformation.Let’senjoyashortvideoaboutit.Readabouttheinventionsfromfamousnovelsandchoosethosethathavebecomeareality.HarryPotterandthePhilosopher’sStoneHarrythrewthecloakaroundhisshoulders…Harrylookeddownathisfeet,buttheyweregone.invisibilitycloakPresentlyIamgoingtopress

(v.按)thelever,andoffthemachinewillgo.Itwillvanish,passintofuturetime,anddisappear.

TheTimeMachine現(xiàn)在我要按一下操縱桿，機器就會開動，它會消失，進入未來的時間，然后消失。

《時間機器》Afaintbluelightshotacrossit,darkeningtopurple,andpresentlyshecouldseetheimageofherson,wholivedontheothersideoftheearth,andhecouldseeher.TheMachineStops它泛出一道微弱的藍(lán)色的光，那光線暗成紫色。此刻她能看到她兒子的樣子，他住在地球的另一邊，他也能看到她。

《機器休止》Insteadofbeingprinted,theEarthchronicleiseverymorningspokentosubscribers,who,ininterestingconversationswithreporters,statesmen,andscientists,learnthenewsoftheday.IntheYear2889《地球紀(jì)事》不是印出來的，而會在每天早上與訂閱者進行語言上的交流。在與記者、政治家和科學(xué)家們饒有風(fēng)趣的交談中，訂閱者們可以了解當(dāng)天的新聞。

《未世風(fēng)云2889》

Thethirdandfourthinventionshavebecomeareality.PeoplenowadayscanhavevideochatswitheachotherviamobilephonesandcomputersconnectedtotheInternet.Andmanynewspapershaveofferedtheirreadersfreedigitaleditions.Furthermore,livechatroomsmakeitpossibleforpeopletocommunicatewithreporters,statesmenandscientists.Lookatthepicturesandtalkabouthowthewaywelivehaschangedovertime.Discussthereasonsbehindthesechanges.Whatinventionsarementionedinthevideo?WatchandsayTheinventionsmentionedinthevideo1Changeable

tokeepusfeelingcomfortableatanytime.2

thatmakeussmallenoughtoexploretinythings.3

thatcanflyorgounderwater.4Special

appliedtoourbrainsto

anyforeignlanguage.5The

thatcaneasilycurediseaseslikeAIDSandcancersowewilllivemuchlonger.…clothingPillsCarstechnologytranslatemachineWatchthevideoagainandanswerthequestions.ChoosethesentencesthatdescribeDrFairhurst’sopinions.1.InventionsinAncientChinawerebetterthanthoseintheWest.2.Alotoftoday’sgreatinventionsaretech-based.3.Today,mostinventorspreferworkingbythemselves.4.Thedesiretosolveproblemsinspiresinvention.5.Atimemachinewilldefinitelybeinventedinthefuture.Completethemindmapwithinformationfromthepassage.Trytodividethepassageaccordingtothemap.InventionsofthepastAncientChina—___________________________________________________theWest—________________________________________________________

gunpowder,papermaking,printingandthecompass

thesteamengine,thetelephoneandtheradiovirtualreality________________Inventionsoftodaywearabletechreplacement__________________madeby3Dprinterstheflexiblebattery_____________________________usingGPS,computingtechnologyand_________________________heartsandbonepartsanintelligentwalkinghousesolartechnologyInspirationforinventionsrecognising__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

aproblemthatneedsasolution

anincredibledesiretothinkand

createDrRichardFairhurstistheauthorofTheNewAgeofInvention.

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)2.Currently,themajorityofnewinventionsarebasedon

technology.

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)3.Scientistsstillfindithardtocreateanintelligentwalking

house.

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)DecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsareTrue(T)orFalse(F).4.Theadvancesinreplacementheartsandbonepartshave

contributedtotheinventionof3Dprinters.

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)5.TheteamledbyDrRichardFairhurstisdevoting

themselvestoinventingatimemachine.

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)Fillineachblankwithoneproperwordortheproperformofthegivenword.Inaninterview,DrRichardFairhurstistalkingabouthisnewbookTheNewAgeofInvention.When1.__________(ask)whetherthegreatageofinventionhasended,FairhurstmentionsthefourgreatinventionsinAncientChinaaswell2.__________greatWesterninventions.Hehighlightsthatwearenow3.__________thegreatnewageoftechnologyandmostofthenewgreatinventionsaretech-based.Forexample,asked

as

inwecanexpectfurtherdevelopmentsverysoon,asgreatprogresshasbeenmadeinvirtualreality,4.__________(wear)techandtheflexiblebattery.What’smore,theincreasingcomputerpoweralsohasledtogreatadvancesinmedicineandenvironmentalscience,suchasreplacementheartsmadeby3Dprintersandanintelligent5.__________(walk)houseusingGPStechnology.Likemost6.__________(inventor),Fairhurstisamemberofaninternationalteamatpresent.Hesaysthattheideasbehindmostinventionscomefrompeoplewhomakeaneffort7.__________(solve)problem