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课题：Book8 Unit3: Inventors and inventions Using language Alexander Graham Bell

科组：英语

中心备课人：

周南平

年级：高二

上课时间：第

17周

学习目标：

1. To grasp the main idea of the text. 2. To grasp important words and expressions and sentence patterns. 预习案

1. Do you know the following scientists and the things they invented? Match the following two columns.

Galileo

telephone

Watt

telescope Edison

steam engine Alexander graham Bell

bulb 2. Do you know who invented the telephone?

探究案

Scanning Read the passage quickly and find out the main idea of it.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Careful reading

Read the passage and 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? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Choose the best answers according to the text. 1.

What is the main idea of the passage?

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A. Alexander Graham Bell.

B. The telephone.

C. The life of Alexander Graham Bell and how he made the great inventions.

D. Alexander Graham Bell ’s great thoughts. 2. What did Alexander Graham Bell think was the key to his success as an inventor?

A. Curiosity.

B. Courage.

C. Perseverance.

D. Diligence. 3. Why will Alexander Graham Bell always be known as the inventor of the telephone?

A. The telephone was a very popular invention.

B. The patent made the most money ever.

C. He has only one invention.

D. Both A and B. 4. Which of the following is True according to the passage?

A. Bell successfully invented Morse.

B. Bell invented the telephone by chances.

C. Bell invented the first telegraph.

D. Bell often spoke to a deaf man through a straw. Language study 1. dive into

跳水(头朝下)；迅速把手伸入；

(对活动，问题等) 全心投入，潜心研究

1) He dived into the history of China．

__________________________________________________________________________ 2) He dived into his pockets and fished out one dollar．

__________________________________________________________________________ 3) 这男孩从桥上跳人河中。

__________________________________________________________________________ 2.set out (to do sth.)

开始（做某事）,着手干; 为某个目标而努力

1) They are setting out _______________________________________________________ 他们正在着手干一项新的试验。

2) He set out to break the record for the channel swim. __________________________________________________________________________ 3. a flash of inspiration

指“灵感的闪现”

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inspiration n.

〔U〕灵感, 启发；

〔C〕鼓舞或激励的人或事物

1) These events provided the inspiration for her first book. __________________________________________________________________________ 2) He said my sister was the inspiration for his heroine. __________________________________________________________________________ 拓展：

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.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 ________________he finished his homework _______________he went to bed. 高考链接: 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 5. Being very stable, 是Because it is very stable的省略句, 它在句中作原因状语。

stable: adj. firmly fixed; not likely to move, change or fail; steady稳固的；稳定的；牢固的

1).The patient’s condition is stable.

________________________________________________________________________ 2). 这架梯子好像不太稳。

The ladder doesn’t _________________________. 3) a ________

relationship 稳定的关系

6. 1) associate v t. 联想；使联合；使发生联系

vi. 交往；结交

(1) I always associate that song with my visit to Hawaii.

________________________________________________________________________(2) 我总是把她与玫瑰花联想在一起。

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__________________________________________________________________________ (3) Whisky is usually associated with Scotland. __________________________________________________________________________ 2) practical 实际的; 实践的; 实用的

(1). I want some practical advice.

_________________________________________________________________________

(2). 这本词典非常实用。

________________________________________________________________________

练习案

根据句子结构和意义，用适当的连接词填空

1. It was Bell’s exploring around problems _____________his dynamic spirit __________led to the most famous invention—the telephone in 1896. 2. __________you start your trip, you have to check your package to see __________you have made everything ready. 3. ____________he was studying under Verrochil, Leonardo observed and used a variety of machines, ___________helped him gain knowledge about their design and structure. 4. Leonardo da Vinci learned to design ________________his employer wanted: cities, canals, bridges or weapons. 5. Artists in his time knew ______________to build and repair many familiar kinds of machines, ______________nobody seemed to have thought about inventing new ones. Homework：Go over the text.

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参考答案

Scanning It mainly talks about the life of Alexander Graham Bell and how he made the great inventions. Careful reading

1. His saying means that it is important to be experimental. By being curious and exploring around a subject you may by chance come up with some new and original ways of solving a problem.

2. His curiosity and exploring spirit led to his success as an inventor of the telephone. 3. Bell invented the telephone and the tetrahedron shape by chance. Both of these are extremely useful and still used today. Choose the best answers according to the text. 1-4 CADB 根据句子结构和意义，用适当的连接词填空

1. and, that 2. Before, if/ whether

3. While, which

4. whatever

5. how, but

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