1. Unit 6
When was it invented?
Period 1
Section A 1a-1c

2. 年份的读法 1 两个数字一组，分为前后两组 1865 eighteen sixty five 1989
nineteen eighty nine 2
千年的读法
two thousand
2001
two thousand and one

3. 3
前两个数字不为零，后两个数字为零。
eighteen hundred
1900
nineteen hundred 4
非四位数的年份的读法！
five hundred and thirty-one

4. 翻译下列年代： 1971年 1 nineteen seventy-one____________
2 eighteen eighty-five__________
3. eighteen seventy-six ______
4.1927_________________
5.1976______________________
____________________
____________________
1885年
1876年
nineteen twenty-seven
nineteen seventy-six
Two thousand and eight
nineteen and fourteen

5. Do you know?
What are the Four Great Inventions
in ancient China?

6. Chinese four great ancient inventions
compass
Paper making
gun powder
printing

7. Modern inventions
calculator
[‘kælkjuleitə]

8. Talk about with your parterner.
A: I think the TV was invented
before the car.
B: Well, I think the TV was
invented after the car.

9. Talk about with your parterner.
A: I think the calculator was invented
before the computer.
B: Well, I think the calculator was
invented after the computer.

10. Listen and choose the sentences.
A Cars were invented in 1885.
B The telephone was invented in 1876.
C Personal computers were invented in 1976.
D The TV was invented around 1927.

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

12. Grandma: No, we couldn’t afford one. They were expensive in those days
Grandma: No, we couldn’t afford one. They were expensive in those days , I think.
Alice: Well, I know that you didn’t have a computer because we learned in school that
Grandma: You’re right. But I have one now! D C

13. 1a 2 4 1 3

14. __ 1976 __ 1876 __ 1927 __ 1885 _______was invented in _______.
When was it invented? d.
telephone
car
television
computer
__ 1976
__ 1876
__ 1927
__ 1885 a. c. b.
_______was invented in _______.

15. Practice the sentences.
Picture d: The telephone was invented
in eighteen seventy-six(1876).
Picture a: Cars were invented in
eighteen eighty-five(1885).
Picture c: The TV was invented around
nineteen twenty-seven(1927).
Picture b: The personal computers
were invented in nineteen seventy-six(1976).

16. 再听一次，填单词。 Alice: Was your life very difficult when you were a kid?
Grandma: Oh, not really. Why?
Alice: Well, you didn’t have modern inventions like a , right?
Grandma: Of course we did! How old do you think I am? The telephone was in You need to take a history class, Alice!
Alice: Haha! How about ? They weren’t invented yet, were they?
Grandma: Yes, they were. Cars were invented in My family had a car.
telephone
car

17. Alice: Well, did you have a TV?
Grandma: No，we couldn’t one. They were expensive in those days. The TV was invented around 1927, I think.
Alice: Well, I know that you didn’t have a because we learned in school that personal computers were invented in 1976.
Grandma: You’re right. But I have now!
afford
computer

18. Summaries modern inventions be invented in need to
take a history class
couldn’t afford one
in those days
personal computers
现代发明
在某年、某地发明
需要做某事
上历史课
买不起
在过去
个人电脑

19. A: When was the …invented? B: It was invented in _____.1c
A: When was the …invented?
B: It was invented in _____.
手机：
mobile phone
cellphone
telephone

20. A: When was the … invented?
B: It was invented in _____. TV
television

21. A: When was the … invented? B: It was invented in _____.
computer
私人电脑
personal computer
笔记本电脑
notebook computer

22. A: When was the … invented?
B: It was invented in _____.
car
Benz(奔驰)

23. Language points
1.discover是“发现”的意思，是指发现原来就有而一直没被发现，如发现电、煤、石油等矿藏及新星、星系或科学真理等。
Columbus discovered America in 1492.
1492年哥伦布发现了新大陆。
Recently they have discovered a comet.
最近他们发现了一颗彗星。

24. 2.find的意思是“寻找”，强调找的结果，并不指发现。
I've tried to find another copy but couldn't find one. 我试图再找一本，但没能弄到。
3.create指有目的地把原材料制成新产品，也指创造出原来不存在的或与众不同的事物。
Man creates himself. 人类创造了自己。
A novelist creates characters and a plot. 小说家塑造人物并设计情节。

25. Exercise 用invent, discover，find或create的形式填空，完成句子。
1.When _____ the stream engine（蒸汽机） ______ ?
2.I can’t ____ my bike, I’m looking for it.
3. Scientists are now trying to
_________ if this is possible.
was
invented
find
discover

26. 4. Do you know who______ the plane？
5. He ____ quite a number of wonderful characters in his play.
invented
created

27. When the telephone (invent) ?
用所给单词的正确形式填空：
When the telephone (invent) ?
The computer can us do math problems (help).
was
invented
help

28. In those day, the woman couldn't (afford) a TV because they were really expensive.
A friend of (I) came to see me last week.
I think you need (take) a history class.
afford
mine
to take

29. 单项选择 （ ）1.The kind of cup is used_______drinking. A.to B.as C.by D.for
（ ）2.My mother and my sister kept on talking, but my father________silent all the time.
A.got B.kept
C.turned D.looked D B

30. D C （ ）3.I think the short story ______by Lu Xun.
A.is writing B.is written
C.written D.was written
（ ）4. — Who_____the electric light lamp_____? —Edison.
A.was;invented
B.is;invented
C.was;invented by
D.did;invented by C