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Paper Lesson 78: Tortoise-shell Paper made from silk Pottery Copper vessel A book Confucius

Lesson78 Paper Listen to the record of the text. 1. The text is mainly about ____. the invention B. the making of paper C. the kind of paper D. the his tory of the development of paper

1）People all over the world have been making paper for two thousand years． 2）As a result of the invention of paper， the Chinese people could know a lot about the history in other parts of the world． 3）As there was no paper，much of the history over hundreds of years is completely unknown in many parts of the world． F F T

4）Before writing was developed,people in China had no way to keep records． 5）From the text we know that writing was developed in the third century BC． 6）Books of pieces of bamboo or wood tied together were difficult to read and heavy to carry． F F T

7）Paper made from silk was easy to write and draw on,but very expensive． 8）Paper made from the fibres of plants was soft and light and is less expensive than silk． 9）By the first century the making of paper had reached other countries． 10）Spain started making paper earlier than the Middle East． T T F F

2. Which is the proper order of the ways the chinese people kept records in history? Carving words on animal bones b. Putting stones together c.writing on pieces of bamboo or wood d. Carving words on metal pots A. cabd B. bcad C. badc D. adbc

Fill in the blanks with proper words: It is believed that before writing was developed, people in China used to keep records by putting a number of ______ together. As soon as writing was developed, people carved words on ______ ______. Later, words were carved on _______ ____. Between the second and the fifth _________ people wrote on pieces of _______ or ______ and these were ____ ________ to form a book. At the same time, another kind of paper was made from ____. Because it was _________, people invented another kind of paper made from the ______ of ______. They used ________ ____, the outside of _____, pieces of ____ _______ and so on. This kind of paper was as _____ and ______ as silk but much _____ expensive for everyday use. stones animal bones centuries metal pots bamboo wood tied together silk expensive fibres plants fishing nets trees old clothes soft light less

Read the passage and try to give the general idea of each part: Paper-great invention in China; Ways of recording information before paper; Part 2: Part3: How paper was invented; Paper in other parts of the world; Part 4:

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