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Unit 3Unit 3
Using language-Reading and writing
Improve the students’ reading ability (skimming and scanning).Enable the students to grasp the useful words and expressions.Practice the students’ writing.
Lead-in
Telephones become part
of our life. But do you know
who invented the telephone?
A British inventor called
Alexander Graham Bell.
Discuss the following questions in
groups:
1. What do you know about the inventor?
2. How useful is his invention to human
society? Why?
Pre-reading
Read the passage quickly and find
out the main idea of it.
Scanning
It mainly talks about the life of
Alexander Graham Bell and how he
made the great inventions.
Listen to the tape and try to answer
the questions on Page 26.
1. What does Bell’s saying mean to you?
2. What do you think led to his success as
an inventor of the telephone?
3. What inventions did Bell make?
4. Why will he always be known as
the inventor of the telephone?
1. What does Bell’s saying mean to
you?
His saying means that it is important to
be experimental. By being curious and
exploring around a subject you may by
chance come up with some new and
original ways of solving a problem.
2. What do you think led to his
success as an inventor of the
telephone?
His curiosity and exploring spirit led to his success as an inventor of the telephone.
3. What inventions did Bell make?
Bell invented the telephone and the tet
rahedron shape by chance. Both of the
se are extremely useful and still used t
oday.
4. Why will he always be known as the inventor of the
telephone?
He will always be known as the inve
ntor of the telephone because it was
a very popular invention and the pa
tent made the most money ever.
Language study
1. This interest led him to invent the microphone.
◆lead sb to do sth=cause sb to do sth 导致某 人做某事 What led you to believe I was ill?
◆ lead sb to sp 令某人到某处 ◆lead to 导致;通向
2. He believed that one should always be
curious and his most famous saying was:
“Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive
into the woods. Every time you do you will be
certain to find something that you have never
seen before. Follow it up, explore all around it,
and before you know it, you will have
something worth thinking about to occupy your
mind.
dive into
He dived into the history of China . 他潜心研究中国历史。 He dived into his pockets and fished o
ut one dollar . 他迅速把手伸进口袋掏出了一美元。
跳水 ( 头朝下 ) ;迅速把手伸入; ( 对活动,问题等 ) 全心投入,潜心研究
The boy dived into the river from the
bridge
这男孩从桥上跳入河中。 dive into 作 “潜心于……” 讲时和 dev
ote oneself to sth. 的意思一样,但 devote
oneself to sth. 还有“投身于…… ; 把自己奉献给……” 的意思。
He ____ his career and made a great
contribution to our country.
A. dived himself into
B. devoted himself to
C. dived into
D. devoted to
every / each time 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: the first time 第一次 last time 上次; next time 下次; the instant / moment / minute /
second … that 一 ……就
____ I see him, the old man is sit
ting in the same chair.
A. Every time
B. Every time when
C. At each time
D. Each time that
3. Bell never set out to invent the tele
phone and what he was trying to desi
gn was a multiple telegraph.
贝尔从未打算发明电话而是试图设计一种复式电报。
set out (to do sth.)开始(做某事) , 着手干 ; 为某个目标而努力 They are setting out to do a new expe
riment. 他们正在着手干一项新的试验。 He set out to break the record for the
channel swim. 他决心打破游过海峡的记录。
set out to do sth. = set about doing sth.
set out for = set off for = leave for
意为“出发到……去”Let’s set out before dark.
我们天黑前动身吧。Tomorrow I’ll set out for Beijing.
明天我将出发去北京。
1). At dawn, they set ____ to get ready
for the work of the day.
A. off B. about
C. out D. in 2). They set ____ at about 8 o’clock.
A. about to work
B. about to working
C. about working
D. out work
3. They ____ the mountain at noon.
A. set off to
B. set out to
C. set out for
D. set off in
4. The patent was given in 1876, but it was not until five days later that Bell sent the first telephone message to his assistant, 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。
It is/was not until… that …. 这是强调 not until 引导的时间状语从句句型。It was not until he finished his homework that he went to bed.
5. Being very stable, it has proved invalu
able in the design of bridges.
( 四面体 ) 十分稳定牢固 , 在桥梁设计领域的价值难以估量。
Being very stable, 是 Because it is ver
y stable 的省略句 , 它在句中作原因状语。
stable:
1. The patient’s condition is stable. 患者病情稳定。2. The ladder doesn’t seem very stable. 这架梯子好像不太稳。 a stable relationship 稳定的关系
adj. firmly fixed; not likely to
move, change or fail; steady稳固的;稳定的;牢固的
6. Although he will always be known for
his invention of the telephone, he was in t
ruth a continuing searcher after practical
solutions to improve the quality of everyb
ody’s life.
虽然他一直以发明电话闻名于世 , 但是他的确是一个永不停息的探索者 , 不断寻求着改善人们生活质量的可行方法。
in truth 说实话 ; 说真的 ; 老实说 She laughed and chatted but was, in
truth, not having much fun.
她虽然又是笑又是侃 , 但实际上玩得并不开心。 I was in truth a miracle.
这确实是个奇迹。
practical 实际的 ; 实践的 ; 实用的 I want some practical advice. 我想要些实际性的建议。 It wouldn’t be practical for us to go all
that way just for the weekend. 我们跑那么远只为了去度个周末实在很不切实际。 The dictionary is very practical. 这本词典非常实用。
WritingWriting
Now write a letter to James
Dyson asking him for a job in his
company. Here is the beginning
and ending:
Dear Mr Dyson,
I would like to apply to become an assistant i
n your company.
…
I would be grateful if you would consider em
ploying me in your company.
Yours sincerely,
(your name)
● Use the list of skills to make new paragraphs
in your letter.
● For each skill set down any experience you
have had, which shows that you are a suitable
person. You may be creative in this part of the
letter.
● Finish the letter by mentioning again the
skills that you have.
Information
Dear Mr Dyson,
I would like to apply to become an assist
ant in your company.
I expect to get a degree in mechanical en
gineering from Beijing University at the
end of this year. I have always been a go
od student and last year I finished
Sample writing:
third in my year and my professor
expects me to do even better in this
year’s exams.
I have worked (in my holidays) for a
company that makes toys for the
Western market. I helped in the design
department and designed a range of new
panda playing cards and board games.
It was fun and made me think that I
would like to work in a real inventor’s
company.
I understand that my qualifications and
experience are what you look for in a
new employee. So I would be
grateful if you would consider
employing me in your company.
Yours sincerely,
Lin Xue
1) Read the passage on page 66, and do the exercises following the passage (from 1 to 3 on page 67).2) Finish your letter after class.3) Revise the words and language points in this unit.4) Finish “Summing up”.
Homework