1. Unit 6 When was it invented?
Section B

2. Lead in Talk about the inventions.
How many different kinds of inventions
do you know?
Can you give some examples?

3. Old inventions
Electric stuffs
abacus
inventions
Transportations
Food
binoculars

4. Presentation How do they taste? crispy脆的 salty咸的 sweet甜的 bitter苦的
red bayberries
peppers
hot辣的
sour酸的

5. cookies lemons tea candy ice cream prune
delicious
nice
sweet
sour
crispy
awful
salty

6. 1a The words in the box describe how food can taste
1a The words in the box describe how food can taste.Write them under the correct pictures. Some pictures have more than one word.
salty
sour
sweet
salty

7. salty duck eggs

8. fruit salad

9. potato chips

10. 1b Write the name of a different food after each word.
sweet crispy
bananas
apples oranges cakes
honey
cookies
potato chips
salty sour
grapes
lemons
popcorns
potato chips
salty duck eggs

11. What are needed?
The potatoes are cut into slices.
The slices are cooked in the pan.
The pepper and tomatoes are sprinkled.

12. chef
potato chips
George Crum
Who were potato chips invented by?
When were potato chips invented?

13. 1c Listen and circle “T” (for true) or “F” (for false).
Potato chips were invented by mistake.
They were invented in 1863.
The customer thought the potatoes were not
thin enough.
4. The customer said they were not salty enough.
5. George wanted to make the customer happy.
6.The customer was happy in the end.
T F
T F

14. The History of Potato Chips
1d Listen again. Complete the sentences.
The History of Potato Chips
Do you know how potato chips were invented? 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 _______. Finally he put lots of salt on them so they were ___________ .
were invented
1853
thin
crispy
really salty

15. 1e Make a conversation about the invention of potato chips
1e Make a conversation about the invention of potato chips. Use the information in 1c and 1d.
A: Did you know potato chips were invented by mistake?
B: Wow, I didn’t know that. Who invented them?
A: ...

16. 2a Pairwork Do you like basketball? Do you watch basketball games?
What do you think of this sport?
Do you know when basketball was invented?
And do you know how it was invented?
Discuss the sport with your partner
and share your ideas with the class.

17. Go for it !
A hard floor

18. Learning strategy: MIND-MAPPING
思维导图
Learning strategy: MIND-MAPPING
Changing the information you read into a mind map may help you remember it more easily.
把……变成 记住

19. 2c Complete the mindmap with the information in the passage.
Read and complete
2c Complete the mindmap with the information in the passage.
Development
invented by ________________
first game on_______________
became Olympic event in
________ in the year_______
most famous
games:______
popular games in China:_______
James Naismith
Game
played inside on a hard ______________
______teams
got______________
into other team’s
_________
December 21,1891
floor
Berlin
1936
two
the ball
NBA
basket
CBA
Popularity
Played by___________ people
over ____________countries
100 million
200

20. Do You Know When Basketball Was Invented?
Basketball is much-loved and active sport that is
enjoyed by many for fun and exercise. It is over 100 years
old and is played by more than 100 million people in over
200 countries. It is believed that the first basketball game
in history was played on December 21, Then in
1936 in Berlin, it became an event at the Olympics.
超过 ；多于
人们相信
奥林匹克 运动会

21. It is believed that the first basketball game in history was played on December 21，1891.
人们认为历史上第一场篮球赛是在1891年12月21日。
It is believed that ...意为“人们认为······”，是固定句型，其中it为形式主语，真正的主语为that引导的从句。其他常见类似的句型还有：
It is said that...据说……
It is supposed that...据猜测……

22. Basketball was invented by a Canadian doctor named James
加拿大的
Basketball was invented by a Canadian doctor named James
Naismith, who was born in When he was a college teacher,
he was asked to think of a game that could be played in the
winter. Dr. Naismith created a game to be played inside on a hard
floor, Dr. Naismith divided the men in his class into two teams and
taught them to play his new game. Players on the same team
must work together to get the ball in the other team’s basket. At
the same time, they need to stop the competing team from getting
the ball into their own basket. 创造
把......分开/分为
stop...from...
阻止......做......

23. Today, the popularity of basketball has risen around the
see sb doing sth看到某人正在做某事
受欢迎；普及
Today, the popularity of basketball has risen around the
world, with many young people dreaming of becoming famous
players. In China, you can sometimes see people playing
basketball in parks, schools and even factories. Basketball has
not only become a popular sport to watch. Although America’s
NBA games are the most famous, the NBA games are becoming
popular in China. The number of foreign players, including
Chinese players, in the NBA has increased.
……的数量

24. There are also more and more foreign players in the CBA.
Many young people look up to these basketball heroes and want
to become like them. These stars encourages young people to
work hard to achieve their dreams.
钦佩；仰慕
encourage sb to do sth
鼓励某人干某事

25. 1.Basketball is very popular in China.
Read 2b quickly again.
判断正误
1.Basketball is very popular in China.
2. Basketball is played by over 100 million people in China.
3. James Naismith was born in 1861.
4. Basketball became an Olympic event in 1936.
5. Chinese team won the match in Berlin Olympics. T F T T F

26. 2d Use what you remember from the mind-map to answer the following questions.
1. Who invented basketball and how is it played?
James Naismith.
Players on the same team must work together to get the ball in the other team’s basket. At the same time, they need to stop the competing team from getting the ball into their own basket.
2. When was the first basketball game in history played?
On December 21, 1891.

27. 3. Why were the Berlin Olympics important for basketball?
In 1936 in Berlin, basketball became an Olympic event.
4. What are the professional basketball groups in America and China?
America: NBA China: CBA.
5. How popular is basketball?
Today, the popularity of basketball has risen around the world, with many young people dreaming of becoming famous players.

28. CBA
NBA

29. Writing
Imagine you are a business person. Write a description of your new invention. Try to sell the invention to the class.
This special pen was invented by Liu Jie. It has three colors and is used for...

30. invent, doubt, mention, nearly, website, all of a sudden
Practice
1.Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words in
the box.
invent, doubt, mention, nearly, website, all of a sudden
It is often difficult to decide on the inventor of certain
inventions. This is because sometimes a few people may
_________things which are ________ the same. It’s hard to tell
who came up with the idea first. Some inventions can also lead
to other inventions_______________. So some people ______
whether the inventor came up with the idea himself or herself.
invent
nearly
doubt
all of a sudden

31. They think that the inventor used someone else’s idea to creat
his or her invention. That is why books or __________usually _________ more than one inventor when giving information
about inventions.
websites
mention

32. 2.Rewrite these sentences using the passive voice.
Someone stole my watch.
_____________________________________________
2. They used five eggs to make this big cake.
3. When did they invent the personal computer?
4. They asked us not to run in the hallway.
5. Someone took the video back to the store.
My watch was stolen.
Five eggs were used to make this big cake.
When was the personal computer invented?
We were asked not to run in the hallway.
The video was taken back to the store.

33. Homework
Choose an invention and do research on it. Make a mind-map of the information you find.Then give a report to class.