Unit3InventorsandinventionsUsinglanguagewarming-upTelephoneshasbecomepartofourlife.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:Mainidea:Itmainlytalksabout_________ofAlexanderGrahamBellandhowhe________________________.thelifemadethegreatinventionsBiography(傳記)Name:________________________Birth:_________Birthplace:_________Whenhewas_______hisfamilymovedto___________.Hismotherwasalmost___________.Bell’smostfamousinvention:___________AlexanderGrahamBell1847ScotlandyoungBostondeaftelephonePara.1WhichparagraphstellustheinventionsanddiscoveriesthatBellmade?

Para.3andPara6.Whatdoyouthinkledtohissuccessasaninventorofthetelephone?

Hiscuriosityandexploringspiritledtohissuccessasaninventorofthetelephone.Para.3WhatinventionsdidBellmake?deafledhimtoInventionsanddiscoveriesThemicrophone:Hisinterestinhelping_____peoplecommunicateandindeafeducation____________inventthemicrophone.Thetelephone:Insearchingtoimprovethe_________,heinventedthefirsttelephone.telegraphThetetrahedronshape:Whilesearchingforakitestrongenoughto__________intotheair,heexperiencedputting________togetheranddiscoveredthetetrahedronshape.carryamantrianglesBelltriedtodesignamultipletelegraphbeforeheinventedthetelephone?Theoriginaltelegraphcouldsendseveralmessagesatatime.BelltelephonedhisassistantWatsonbeforeheappliedforapatentgiventothetelephone.TrueorFalse?TFFWhatwerethefamouswordsthatBellsaidtoWatson?Mr.Watson—comehere—Iwanttoseeyou.1.Hebelievedthatoneshouldalwaysbecuriousandhismostfamoussayingwas:“Leavethebeatentrackoccasionallyanddiveintothewoods.Everytimeyoudoyouwillbecertaintofindsomethingthatyouhaveneverseenbefore.Followitup,exploreallaroundit,andbeforeyouknowit,youwillhavesomethingworththinkingabouttooccupyyourmind.

Allreallybigdiscoveriesaretheresultofthought.”

FamouswordsofBellWhatdoes

“l(fā)eavethebeatentrack”

mean?A.insistondoingthesamethingB.lookatthingsortryinanewwayC.sticktotheoriginalmethod他認為人應(yīng)該保持一顆好奇心，他最著名的一名話是:“偶爾離開平路，去尋求困境。當你這么做的時候，你一定會發(fā)現(xiàn)你從未見過的東西。跟蹤下去，不斷探索，不知不覺中，你就會發(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?！盬hatdoesBell’ssayingmeantoyou? Hissayingmeansthatitisimportantto beexperimental.Bybeingcuriousand exploringaroundasubjectyoumayby chancecomeupwithsomenewand originalwaysofsolvingaproblem.Billwasfullyawareoftheimportanceofhisinventionandwrotetohisfather:“Thedayiscomingwhentelegraphwireswillbelaidontohousesjustlikewaterorgas—andfriendwilltalktoeachotherwithoutleavinghome.”貝爾完全懂得這項發(fā)明的重要性，他寫信告訴他的父親說：“這樣的一天即將到來。到那時，電報線將會鋪到各家各戶，就像水和煤氣通到各家各戶一樣。朋友之間不必離開家就可以彼此通話了。”FamouswordsofBellWhywillhealwaysbeknownastheinventorofthetelephone?

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

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

LanguagePoints

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

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

e.g.He

divedintothehistoryofChina.

他潛心研究中國歷史。

Hedivedintohispocketsandfishedoutonedollar.他迅速把手伸進口袋掏出了一美元。跳水(頭朝下)；迅速把手伸入；(對活動，問題等)全心投入，潛心研究____Iseehim,theoldmanissittinginthesamechair.A.EverytimeB.EverytimewhenC.AteachtimeD.Eachtimethat3)every/eachtime意為“每次;每當”,在句子中經(jīng)常作連接詞,引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句,做連詞的名詞。能用做連詞的名詞短語還有：thefirsttime第一次lasttime上次nexttime下次

theinstant/moment/minute/second…that一……就……2.Bellnever

setout

toinventthetelephoneandwhathewastryingtodesignwasamultipletelegraph.貝爾從未打算發(fā)明電話而是試圖設(shè)計一種復(fù)式電報。1)Atdawn,theyset____togetreadyfortheworkoftheday.A.offB.aboutC.outD.in2)Theyset________atabout8o’clock.A.abouttoworkB.abouttoworkingC.aboutworkingD.outworksetout(todosth.)

開始(做某事),著手干;為某個目標而努力=setaboutdoingsth.setoutfor=setofffor=leavefor出發(fā)到……去4.Ifsoundwavescouldbereproducedin amovingelectricalcurrent,theycould besentalongawire.如果聲波能夠在移動的電流中復(fù)制,它 們就能夠被沿電線傳送。current(1)n.

氣流;水流,洋流;電流Thecurrentisthestrongestinthemiddleoftheriver．河中央的水流最急。Birdsusewarmaircurrentstohelptheirflight.

(2)adj.時下的,當今的,流行的,通用的Mostoftheoldareinterestedincurrentevents.大部分老年人都對時事感興趣。

Alltheoptionsarecurrentlyavailable.

5.

Thepatentwasgivenin1876,butitwas

notuntilfivedayslaterthatBellsenthisfirsttelephonemessagetohisassistant,Watson.這項專利是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….這是強調(diào)notuntil引導(dǎo)的時間狀語從句句型。e.g.直到他完成作業(yè)才睡。(改寫成倒裝)

Itwas

notuntilhefinishedhishomework

that

hewenttobed.Notuntildidhefinishhishomework

that

hewenttobed.7.Althoughheismostoftenassociatedwiththeinventionofthetelephone,hewasindeedacontinuingsearcherafterpracticalsolutionstoimprovethequalityofeverybody’slife.

雖然人們常把他和發(fā)明電話聯(lián)系起來，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；和…來往在我們心中，春節(jié)是和愉快的家庭團聚聯(lián)系在一起的。InourmindstheSpringFestivalisassociatedwithhappyfamilyreunions.她的父母不喜歡她和網(wǎng)友來往。

Herparentsdidn’tlikeherassociatingwithnetfriends.

practical實際的，實踐的；真實的，切實可行的Practicaladvice/help/support//problems/applicationsgainpracticalexperienceoftheworkapracticallittlecarLet'sbepracticalandworkoutthecostfirst.Itwouldn'tbepracticalforustogoallthatwayjustfortheweekend.

ZhouRuihasdecidedtodoaprojectonalivingBritishinventorcalledJamesDyson.SohetelephonedDyson’scompanyinEnglandtointerviewoneofitsengineersaboutthegreatman’sideas.ListeningandspeakingJamesDyson工業(yè)設(shè)計師,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√√√√ObjectTheProblemJamesDyson’simprovementWashingmachineWashingmachinesatthattimedonotcleantheclothesaswellasbyhand.Heinventedamachineusingtwodrumswhichmoveinoppositedirections.2.ListenagainandmakenotesonJamesDyson’sinvention.戴森公司簡介戴森公司是一家總部設(shè)在英國的工程技術(shù)創(chuàng)新公司，其產(chǎn)品行銷全球45個國家。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，自動吸塵器以及手持吸塵器設(shè)計并研發(fā)新技術(shù)，目前其全球銷售額已超過60億美金。戴森公司于2006年進入中國，在南京建立生產(chǎn)基地，生產(chǎn)由數(shù)字電機驅(qū)動的干手機產(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/herupagain.Imustringoffnowbecause…getthrough設(shè)法聯(lián)系上(尤指打通電話)；做完。[考例1]

Icouldn’t_______.Thelinewasbusy.A.goby B.goaroundC.getin D.getthrough[點撥]getthrough在此意為“打通電話”。goby過去,經(jīng)過;goaround到處走,(疾病)流傳,(謠言)傳開;getin收割。R:JamesDyson’sCompany.Whichextensiondoyouwantplease?S:I’msorryIdon’tknow.CanIspeaktosomeoneaboutworkingasane