Genius is one percent （百分比） inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. Thomas Alva Edison

THE MAN WHO NEVER GAVE UP In our classroom, which of these do you think is the most useful invention?

steam engine （蒸汽机） Thomas Edison light bulb James Watt telephone Bell paper writing brush Meng Tian Cai Lun inventions inventors

Do you want to be an inventor? What kind of spirit /’spirit/ （精神） or characteristic （特点） do you need to be an inventor? careful hardworking like to use hands and head never give uplike to ask questions try out new ideas never lost heart/courage… observant （观察敏锐的）

What do you know about him? Thomas Alva Edison ( )

the light bulb the phonograph 旧式的留声机 the dictograph 侦听器 the mimeograph （用于印刷的）复 写版 the motion pictures projector 放映 机 the first silent film

What kind of spirit did he have? No matter how hard it was, he never gave up. light bulb He tried over 2,000 times, at last he succeeded.

AgeWhat did he do?(sth. About him.) Young Tom 10 years old 12 years old 15 years old 16 years old 22 years old During his lifetime Task 1 Read the text carefully, then fill in the form in groups of four.

Young Tom: He stayed in school for only He learned very fast and became very interested in science. three months. He asked many strange questions which had nothing to do with his lessons. Yong Tom,__________,was in school for_____________because he liked ___________.)

10 years old: He built a chemistry lab for himself. build-built-built v. 建造；建设；建立 building n. 建筑物

12 years old: He started writing his own newspaper. He printed it v. 抄写 n. （报纸、杂志等的）份，册 copy and sold copies on the trains. It was the first newspaper sold on trains in America. (He stated to______,______ and _______his______ newspaper which was ___________on trains.)

15 years old: He saw a little boy playing on the railway tracks. be frightened/`fraitnd/=be afraid safe a. safety n. dangerous danger When a train was coming near quickly the boy was too frightened to move. Edison rushed out and carried the boy to safety. (He ____a boy who was __________.)

16 years old: He became very good at sending messages by telegraph. And later left home to work in different cities. telegraph /'teligra:f/ n. 电报

22 years old: He moved to New York to be an inventor. He opened up his own lab in New Jersey.

During his lifetime: He worked most of his lifetime in New Jersey.During his lifetime, he had 1,093 inventions. He never gave up. He would keep trying out different ideas.

( ) 1.Why didn’t young Tom’s teacher like him?Because______. A.he didn’t study hard B.he liked asking strange questions C.he was too strange to teach D.he liked asking many questions had nothing to do with his lesson D ( )2.In which year he became an inventor ? A.1859 B.1862 C D.1869 D

( )3.What did he do at the age of ten? A.He sold newspapers on the train. B.He built a chemistry lab for himself. C.He became very interested in science. D.He saved a boy on the tracks. B ( )4.Where did he work most of his lifetime? In_______. A. New York B. New Jersey C. New Zealand D. Washington D.C. B

Do you like little Tom’s teacher? What kind of teacher do you like ? I like the teacher who …. Task 2 Discuss in groups of four.

Suppose you are a teacher, do you like a student like little Tom, why? What kind of students do you like best ? I like my student who… Task 3 Discuss

1.Try to retell the story. 2.Do Wb Ex. 2 & 3. 3.Do you want to be an inventor? Why? If you want to be an inventor, what should you do from now on?