Unit 6 When was it invented? 首师大二附中

Period 1 Section A 1a~2c

Learning objectives By the end of the class, you’ll be able to : learn some inventions by listening; introduce some inventions with target language.

Lead-in now in the past write letters make a phone call

now in the past go to the library surf the Internet

in the past now electric lamp candle

in the past now carriage airplane

As you can see, with the development of technology, our life has changed a lot. It becomes easier and more convenient. Thanks to the great inventions and their inventors.

Look and say alarm clock car Do you know these inventions? washing machine mobile phone fridge alarm clock car

TV computer telephone light bulb microwave oven

air-conditioner robot torch camera

1885 1876 1927 1971 Think and say A: When was the car invented? B: Well, I think it was invented in …. 1885 1876 1927 1971

1885 1876 1927 1971 A: When was the telephone invented? B: Well, I think it was invented in …. 1885 1876 1927 1971

1885 1876 1927 1971 A: When was the television invented? B: Well, I think it was invented in …. 1885 1876 1927 1971

1885 1876 1927 1971 A: When was the personal computer invented? B: Well, I think it was invented in …. 1885 1876 1927 1971

Listening P41 1b Listen and match the inventions with the years. 1885 1876 1927 1971 A: When was the telephone invented? B: I think it was invented in 1876.

Listen and write Alice: Was your life very difficult when you were a kid? Grandma: Oh, not really. Why? Alice: Well, you didn’t have many modern inventions, like a telephone, right? Grandma: Of course we did! How old do you think I am? The telephone _______________in 1876. You need to take a history class, Alice. Alice: Haha! How about cars? They weren’t invented yet, were they? Grandma: Yes, they were. Cars ________________in 1885. My family had a car. was invented were invented

Alice: Well, did you have a TV? Grandma: No, we couldn’t afford one. They were expensive in those days. The TV ____________ around 1927, I think. Alice: Well, I know you didn’t have a computer because we learned in school that personal computers _______________in 1971. Grandma: You’re right. But I have one now! was invented were invented

Pairwork 1876 1885 1971 1927 A: When was the _______ invented? B: I think it was invented in ______. 1876 1885 1971 1927

Pairwork 1596 flush toilet 200 B.C A: When was the … invented? B: It was invented in … 1895 2012 1899

Think and say Who are they? Match the inventors and their inventions. Brother Wright Carl Benz Thomas Edison Bell Who are they? Match the inventors and their inventions. plane car telephone light bulb

Carl Benz Thomas Edison Bell Brother Wright A:Who was the telephone invented by? B: It was invented by Bell. plane car telephone light bulb

Look and learn heel scoop

Listening P42 2a Listen and number the inventions [1–3] in the order you hear them. 2 ____ hot ice-cream scoop, runs on electricity 3 ____ shoes with special heels 1 ____ shoes with lights

What is it/ are they used for? _________ the style of the shoes Listening P42 2b Listen again and complete the chart below. Invention What is it/ are they used for? shoes with special heels _________ the style of the shoes shoes with lights seeing ___________ hot ice cream scoop _________ really cols ice-cream changing In the dark serving

What is it/ are they used for? _________ the style of the shoes Pairwork P42 2c Make conversations using the information in 2b. Invention What is it/ are they used for? shoes with special heels _________ the style of the shoes shoes with lights seeing ___________ hot ice cream scoop _________ really cols ice-cream changing In the dark serving

Pairwork Make a conversation in pairs , using the information below. inventions when who what washing machine 1858 Smith wash clothes fridge 1862 Harrison keep food fresh light bulb 1879 Edison see in the dark car 1885 Carl Benz travel fast microwave oven 1947 Spencer cook and heat food

Pairwork Sample: A: When was the telephone invented? B: It was invented in 1876. A: Who was it invented by ? B: It was invented by Bell. A: What is it used for? B: It is used for communicating.

Homework Choose three of the inventions to describe, including when was it invented, who was it invented by and what is it used for?

Period 2 Section A 2d, 4a~4c

Learning objectives By the end of the class, you’ll be able to : role-play the conversation with your partner; use passive voice in the simple past tense correctly.

Four Great Inventions of Ancient China Warm up Four Great Inventions of Ancient China Papermaking Printing The Compass Gunpowder

Pairwork A: What is it /are they called in English? B: It is /They are called--- A: When was it / were they invented? B: It was / They were invented--- A: Who was it /were they invented by? B It was /They were invented by --- A: What is it / are they used for? B: It is / They are used for ---- knives, cut things about4,000years ago keep off the rain calculator, 1971, count 1827, take photos

How great Chinese are!

Listen and answer What’s the subject for Paul’s school project? Listen to the conversation, then answer the following questions. What’s the subject for Paul’s school project? What does Roy think a great invention? Why does Roy think Zipper is used in our daily lives? Who was the zipper invented by? When was the zipper invented? When did the zipper become popular?

Check the answer What’s the subject for Paul’s school project? 2. What does Roy think a great invention? 3. Why does Roy think Zipper is used in our daily lives? 4. Who was the zipper invented by? 5. When was the zipper invented? 6. When did the zipper become popular? Small inventions that changed the world. The zipper. Because we can see zippers almost everywhere. The zipper was invented by Whitcomb Judson. The zipper was invented in1893. It became popular in1917.

Role-play P42 2d 1. Read the conversation in pairs. 2. Role play the conversation in pairs. 3. Ask some pairs to act the conversation in class.

Look and learn Try to find the similarity and differences between the two sentences. Tea is grown (by people) in Hangzhou. 2. The telephone was invented (by Alexander Graham Bell) in 1876. the simple present tense is was the simple past tense Similarity: Passive voice

Consolidation 1. we, build , new library , two years ago Make up sentences in pairs. One uses active voice, the other uses passive voice. 1. we, build , new library , two years ago 2. Mary, find , a diamond, yesterday 3. mom , make, a cake, last night 4. the students, clean, the classroom, yesterday 5. Mrs. Lee, tell, us, the good news, just now

Check the answers in pairs. we, build , new library , two years ago 2. Mary, find , a diamond, yesterday 3. mom , make, a cake, last night We built the new library two years ago. The new library was built (by us) two years ago. Mary found a diamond yesterday. A diamond was found by Mary yesterday. i Mom made a cake last night. A cake was made by mom last night .

The students cleaned the classroom yesterday. 4. The students, clean, the classroom, yesterday 5. Mrs. Lee, tell, us, the good news, just now The students cleaned the classroom yesterday. The classroom was cleaned by the students yesterday. Ms. Lee told us the good news just now. The good news was told to us by Ms Lee just now.

Consolidation Write the past participle form of the following verbs. 1. write 2. see 3. keep 4. sell 5. stole 6. bring 7. take 8. give 9. eat 10. choose seen written sold kept stolen brought taken given eaten chosen

Exercise 1 P44 4a Rewrite the sentences using the passive voice. They sold the fridge at a low price. The fridge was sold at a low price. 2. Somebody stole my camera from my hotel room. 3. Where did you take these photos? 4. Our parents advised us not to go out alone. 5. Different writers translated the book into different languages.

5. The book was translated into different language Ask 4 students to rewrite the sentences in 4a on the blackboard , then check the answers together. 2. My camera was stolen from my hotel room (by somebody ). 3. Where were these photos taken ? 4. We were advised by our parents not to go out alone. 5. The book was translated into different language by different writers.

Exercise 2 eat lock like ring invite break tell bring P44 4b Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in the box. 1. You ____ to the party last night, weren’t you? Why didn’t you go? 2. The earthquake happened all of a sudden, but luckily the villagers ____ to a safe place. 3. The door____ when we arrived, so we____ the bell. 4. The students ____not to eat or drink in class. But Ruby____ the rule when she started eating a biscuit in science class. 5. The cookies ____ by the hungry kids in less than 20 minutes, and they really ____ them. eat lock like ring invite break tell bring

Exercise 2 were invented 1. You ___________ to the party last night, weren’t you? Why didn’t you go? 2. The earthquake happened all of a sudden, but luckily the villagers ___________ to a safe place. 3. The door _________ when we arrived, so we_______ the bell. 4. The students ___________ not to eat or drink in class. But Ruby ___________ the rule when she started eating a biscuit in science class. 5. The cookies ___________ by the hungry kids in less than 20 minutes, and they really ___________ them. were brought was locked rang were told broke were eaten liked

Exercise 3 P44 4c Decide whether active or passive forms should be used in these sentences. Write the correct forms in the blanks. The telephone ____(invent) by Alexander Graham Bell. He____(born) in 1847. Mr. Bell____(work) on the invention of the telephone with Thomas Watson. In 1875, Mr. Bell____ (learn) how to send musical notes through an instrument similar to a telephone. Finally, the telephone ____(invent) in 1876. The first sentence that ____ (say) on the telephone by Mr. Bell was “Mr. Watson, come here; I want to see you.”Today the telephone ____(use) around the world.

Check the answer. was invented was born The telephone _______(invent) by Alexander Graham Bell. He_______(born) in 1847. Mr. Bell________(work) on the invention of the telephone with Thomas Watson. In 1875, Mr. Bell________ (learn) how to send musical notes through an instrument similar to a telephone. Finally, the telephone ________(invent) in 1876. The first sentence that ________ (say) on the telephone by Mr. Bell was “Mr. Watson, come here; I want to see you.”Today the telephone __________(use) around the world. worked learned was invented was said is used

Homework 1. We call him Lao Li. 2. My mother made the pizza yesterday. Change them into passive voice. 1. We call him Lao Li. 2. My mother made the pizza yesterday. 3. He repaired the TV set last week. 4. Jim wrote the letter in French. 5. Her parents don’t allow her to hang out at night. 6. Mr. Green gave us some advice on English study last week.

Period 3 Section A 3a~3c

Learning objectives By the end of the class, you’ll be able to : learn how tea was invented by reading; retell the story about how tea was invented; introduce another invention with the information given.

Tea Lead in It’s a kind of beverage. It tastes sweet sometimes. It’s healthy. It was invented in China. Guess! What is it?

Lead in tea teapot teacups tea bowl water Boil the water first then Put tea into the teapot Add the boiled water to the teapot next after some minutes Pour the tea into the teacups Enjoy the tea How to make tea? finally

1st Reading P43 Read the passage quickly and match each paragraph with its main idea. Paragraph 1 Lu Yu and his book Cha Jing Paragraph 2 How tea spread to other countries Paragraph 3 How tea was invented by accident

2nd Reading 2. How was tea invented? P43 3b Read the passage again and answer the questions. 1. When was tea first drunk? 2. How was tea invented? 3. Who is called “the saint of tea”? 4. What is Cha Jing about? 5. When was tea brought to other countries?

Check the answer. When was tea first drunk? 2. How was tea invented? 3. Who is called “the saint of tea”? 4. What is Cha Jing about? 5. When was tea brought to other countries? It was first drunk about 5,000 years ago. Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the boiling water. It produced a nice smell and tasted delicious. This is how tea was invented. Liu Yu. It describes how tea plants were grown and used to make tea. It was brought to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries and to England around 1660.

One of the world’s favorite drinks was _______ by accident. P43 3c Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in the box. One of the world’s favorite drinks was _______ by accident. 2. Tea was first _______ by Shen Nong 5,000 years ago. 3. A nice smell was ________ when the tea leaves dropped into the hot water. 4. Tea was ________ to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries. 5. Tea is now ________ between many different countries. invent drink bring produce trade invented drunk produced brought traded

Read and learn How was tea invented? Circle the verbs. Mind-map

Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the How was tea invented? Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world (after water), was invented by accident? Many people believe that tea was first drunk nearly 5,000 years ago. It is said that a Chinese ruler called Shen Nong first discovered tea as a drink. One day Shen Nong was boiling drinking water over an open fire. Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water and remained there for some time. It produced a nice smell so he tasted the brown water anyway. It was quite delicious. In this way, one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented.

Retell the invention of tea Shen Nong leaves from a tea plant discover, boil produce taste fall into later was remain over an open fire be invented

TEA Retell the whole story 1. most popular drink 2. by accident over an open fire 6 boiling invented 3. around 1660 the water 7 TEA fell into brought 6th and 7th centuries discovered 4. over 5000 years ago discovered produced nice smell 8 5. by Shen Nong taste the brown water9 10. was delicious

Writing Who: college students What: metal pie plate, flying disk Write an article using the notes in the box. Who: college students What: metal pie plate, flying disk When: 1950 Where: bakery Bridgeport, Connecticut Why: new toy How: students eat pie, throw pie plates Today: clubs, magazines, festival From pie plate to flying disk.

Writing From pie plate to flying disk The flying disk was invented by college students……. First ,write a short passage on how flying disk was invented. Then check in pairs. Finally ask some students to read their passages in class.

A sample version From pie plate to flying disk The flying disk was invented by college students. Flying disk is a metal pie plate. In the 1950s, several college students ate pies made by a bakery in Bridgeport, Connecticut. They found it interesting to throw the pie plates with each other. Then it became a game. Today, there are flying disk clubs, magazines and even a festival.

Homework Polish your passage or you can choose another invention to introduce.

Period 4 Section B 1a~1e

Learning objectives By the end of the class, you’ll be able to : learn how potato chips were invented by listening; tell the history of potato chips; introduce your own inventions with target language.

Warm up Tastes sour sweet bitter hot salty orange yogurt tea coffee 1.Can you tell me five tastes? 2. Which food is sour? 3.Which food is sweet? 4.Which food is bitter? 5.Which food is salty ? 6.Which food is hot ? sour sweet bitter hot salty orange yogurt apple banana tea coffee salt pizza pepper onion

Describe how the food tastes Look and say Describe how the food tastes crispy and salty

sour

bitter

sweet and soft

Think and say What kind of food are they? sweet food banana cake candy

What kind of food are they? crispy food biscuits French fries pears

What kind of food are they? salty food salted eggs salted vegetables

What kind of food are they? sour food lemon yogurt

Exercise crispy sweet salty sour Fill in the blanks with the words in the box. crispy sweet salty sour sweet 1. I don’t like eating chocolate. The taste is too ______. 2. Mom added salt but it still wasn’t _____ enough. 3. I prefer lemons to oranges. I like the _______ taste. 4. She likes ________ cookies. They are hard, dry and easily broken. salty sour crispy

Listening P45 1c Listen and circle T for true or F for false. 1. Potato chips were invented by mistake. T F 2. They were invented in 1863. T F 3. The customer thought the potatoes were not thin enough. T F 4. The customer said they were not salty enough. T F 5. George wanted to make the customer happy. T F 6. The customer was happy in the end. T F

Listening P45 1c Listen again. Complete the sentences. The History of Potato Chips Did you know that potato chips were invented by mistake? Potato chips ___________ by a cook called George Crum. They were invented in ____. George Crum cut the potatoes really, really _____ and then cooked them for a long time until they were __________ . And he put lots of salt on them so they were __________. were invented 1853 thin crispy salty

Pair work Make up a short conversation about the history of potato chips with your partner.

Reading Read the following passages and guess what they are talking about?

In 1905, a boy, Frank Epperson, was mixing soda with water to make soda pop (汽水). He accidentally left the mixing bucket outside. During the night the mixture was froze solid, with the wooden stirring stick (搅拌棒) standing straight up. But the frozen pop tasted great! Frank started selling his frozen pop for five cents, which was later named popsicles. Popsicles

Chocolate Chip cookies In 1930, Ruth Wakefield was making chocolate cookies at the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts. When she ran out of baking chocolate, Ruth broke a bar of semi-sweet chocolate into little pieces and added them to the dough (面团). When the cookies were baked, the chocolate hadn’t melted. Instead there were little chips of chocolate throughout the cookie. It became popular soon among the guests.

Sandwich A British nobleman named John Montagu, loved to play cards and didn’t like to stop his game for meals. When he was hungry he asked his servant to bring him a piece of meat between two pieces of bread; this way he didn’t have to use a fork and knife, and his hands stayed clean. And this way of eating soon became popular in Europe.

Pair work Talk about an invention that you want to invent with your partner. Useful language: I want to invent…. It’s made of… It’s used for…

Homework My invention Design an invention that you’re interested in. How do you invent it? Why do you want to invent it? What is it used for?

Period 5 Section B 2a~3b

Learning objectives By the end of the class, you’ll be able to : learn the invention of basketball by reading; introduce the invention of basketball to others; imagine an invention that can help solve with your daily problem .

Warm up What are the sports that are usually played indoors ? Ping-pong, swimming,… What are the sports that are usually played outdoors ? Running, football, hiking, jumping and so on.

Lead in Answer the questions. Do you like basketball? How much do you know about basketball? Let’s have a test.

1.How many teams are players divided into? They are divided into two teams. 2.How many players are there in each team? Five.

basketball metal hoop backboard net wooden floor Equipment about basketball

How can you get the ball into the basket? throw the ball… get the ball into the basket shoot ______from below the basket use the __________for guiding the ball into the basket move the ball towards … backboard catch the ball

= National Basketball Association Can you name a professional basketball organization in America / China? NBA = National Basketball Association CBA = China Basketball Association [ə.səusi'eiʃən]

Think and write sports countries P64 2a List some popular sports and the countries where each sport is the most popular. sports countries

1st Reading P46 Skim the passage. Which paragraphs are about the popularity of basketball? Paragraph 3.

2nd Reading Read the article and answer the following questions. 1. Who invented basketball and how is it played? 2. When was the first basketball game in history played? 3. Why were the Berlin Olympics important for basketball? 4. What are the professional basketball groups in America and China? 5. How popular is basketball ?

1. Who invented basketball and how is it played? Check the answers. 1. Who invented basketball and how is it played? 2. When was the first basketball game in history played? Dr. James Naismith invented basketball. There are two teams and players on the same team must work together to get the ball into the other team’s basket. The first basketball game in history was played on December 21,1891.

3. Why were the Berlin Olympics important for basketball? 4. What are the professional basketball groups in America and China? 5. How popular is basketball ? The Berlin Olympics was important because basketball became an Olympic event then. The professional basketball groups are the CBA in China and the NBA in America. Basketball is played by more than 100 million people in over 200 countries.

Learning strategy MIND-MAPPING Mind-map can change the information you read into a colorful “picture of words”. The brain recalls pictures more easily than written information.

Read and write P47 2c Complete the mind map with the information in the passage. What else can you add to the mind map? James Naismith floor December 21, 1891 two a ball Berlin 1936 basket America’s NBA games more than 100 million the CBA games over 200

Listen and read First, play the tape for the students and ask them to read after it. Then read the passage together.

Look and say P47 2d Use the mind map to summarize the development of basketball.

Discussion P47 2e What do you think of a famous basketball player? Make a list of good and difficult things about being a famous basketball player. It’s good to be a famous basketball player because… It’s difficult to be a famous basketball player because… you must practice a lot to become good it keeps you healthy

Think and write P47 3a Think of something that you do not like to do. Then think of an invention that could help you. Make notes.

Homework P48 3b Imagine you are a businessperson. Write a description of your new invention. Try to sell the invention to the class.