八年级英语上册-Unit-4-Inventions-Inventions-Reading-1课件-(.pdf

C1Findwordsfromthearticleonpage51thathavesimilarmeaningstothe

wordsinitalicsbelow.

comfortable

century

passengers

developed

daytime

Backgroundinformation

2Backgroundinformation

Whatdoyouknowabout…?

Whatdoyouknowabout…?

Inventionschangeourwayoflife.Lookatthephotosbelow.Writethenameof

eachinventionintheblanks.

computerlightbulbmobilephonepapertelephonetrainwheel

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Skimmingmeansto

readanarticlequickly

togetitsgeneralidea.

Toskimanarticle,you

shouldlookatits

introduction,title,sub-

headings,photosor

pictures,andthefirst

andlastsentencesof

eachparagraph.

Skimthearticleagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.

1Howdogreatinventionshelppeople?

Theyhelppeopleliveabetterlife.

2Whichinventionisprobablythegreatestinhistory

accordingtothearticle?

Thewheel.

3WhatdidAlexanderGrahamBellinvent?

Heinventedoneofthefirstpracticaltelephones.

4Whenwasthefirstpracticallightbulbinvented?

In1879.

Vocabulary

3Vocabulary

Greatinventions

Greatinventionschangetheworld.Theyhelppeoplelivea

betterlife.Thefollowingarethreeofthemostimportant

inventionsinhistory.

Thewheel

Thewheelisperhapsthegreatestinvention

inhistory.Afteritsinvention,travelling

becamefasterandmorecomfortable.A

fewthousandyearsago,peo