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Unit 3 using language Lead-in Telephones become part of our life. But do you know who invented the telephone?

Pre-reading Discuss the following questions in groups: 1. What do you know about the inventor? 2. How useful is his invention to human society? Why? Scanning Read the passage quickly and find out the main idea of it. Reading I. Read the passage and try to answer the questions. 1.

What does Bell’s saying mean to you?

2. What do you think led to his success as an inventor of the telephone? 3. What inventions did Bell make?

4. Why will he always be known as the inventor of the telephone? Language study 1. He believed that one should always be curious and his most famous saying was: “Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods. Every time you do you will be certain to find something that you have never seen before.Follow it up, explore all around it, and before you know it, you will have something worth thinking about to occupy your mind. All really big discoveries are the result of thought.”

1) dive into He dived into the history of China．

他潜心研究中国历史。 He dived into his pockets and fished out one dollar. 他迅速把手伸进口袋掏出了一美元。

The boy dived into the river from the bridge.

这男孩从桥上跳人河中。

dive into 作

“潜心于……” 讲时和devote oneself to sth. 的意思一样，但devote oneself to sth. 还有“投身于……; 把自己奉献给……” 的意思。

He ____ his career and made a great contribution to our country. A. dived himself into B. devoted himself to C. dived into D. devoted to 2）every / each time 意为“每次; 每当”, 此短语在句子中经常作连接词, 引导时间状语从句做连词的名词, 引导时间状语从句。能用做连词的名词短语还有：

the first time 第一次

last time 上次； next time 下次；

the instant / moment / minute / second … that 一

……就

____ I see him, the old man is sitting in the same chair. A. Every time B. Every time when C. At each time D. Each time that 2. Bell never set out to invent the telephone and what he was trying to design was a multiple telegraph. set out (to do sth.) 开始（做某事）, 着手干; 为某个目标而努力

They are setting out to do a new experiment. 他们正在着手干一项新的试验。

He set out to break the record for the channel swim. 他决心打破游过海峡的记录。

set out to do sth. = set about doing sth. set out for = set off for = leave for 意为“出发到……去”

Let’s set out before dark.

我们天黑前动身吧。

Tomorrow I’ll set out for Beijing.

明天我将出发去北京。

1). At dawn, they set ____ to get ready for the work of the day. A. off B. about C. out D. in 2). They set ____ at about 8 o’clock.

A. about to work B. about to working C. about working D. out work 3). They ____ the mountain at noon. A. set off to B. set out to C. set out for D. set off in 3. Suddenly he had a flash of inspiration. 突然间, 他灵光闪现。

a flash of inspiration 指“灵感的闪现”

inspiration n. 〔C〕鼓舞或激励的人或事物

These events provided the inspiration for her first book. 这些事是她第一本书的灵感来源。

He said my sister was the inspiration for his heroine. 他说我姐姐是他的女主人公的原型。

draw inspiration from

从……中吸取灵感

inspire v. 激励；鼓励

inspired adj. 借助于灵感创作的 inspiring adj. 鼓励人心的；激励的 4. If sound waves could be reproduced in a moving electrical current, they could be sent along a wire. reproduce vt. 复制; 再现……的形象或声音

The tape recorder reproduced the symphony. 录音机可使这交响曲重现。 current (1) n.

气流; 水流, 洋流; 电流

The current is strongest in the middle of the river．

河中央的水流最急。

This button switches the current on．

这个电钮接通电流。 (2) adj. 时下的, 当今的, 流行的, 通用的

Most of the old are interested in current events．

大部分老年人都对时事感兴趣。

They are expecting profits of over $2 million in the current year．

他们期望今年的利润超过二百万美元。

The word is no longer in current use. 这个词已不再使用。 5. The patent was given in 1876, but it was not until five days later that Bell sent his first telephone message to his assistant, Watson. It is/was not until… that …. 这是强调not until 引导的时间状语从句句型。

It was not until he finished his homework that he went to bed.

1) It wasn’t until nearly a month later __

I received the manager’s reply. (’05全国I) A.

since B. unless C. as D. that 2) – Did Jack come back early last night? --Yes, it was not yet eight o’clock ___

he arrived home. (’05 福建) A. before B. when C. that D. that 6. Being very stable, it has proved invaluable in the design of bridges. Being very stable, 是Because it is very stable的省略句, 它在句中作原因状语。 stable: 1. The patient’s condition is stable.

患者病情稳定。

2. The ladder doesn’t seem very stable.

这架梯子好像不太稳。 a stable relationship 稳定的关系