Unit3Theworldofscience

Afterthisclass,wewillbeableto:1.getthemainideaofaninterview;2.findoutdetailedinformationabouttheinventionsofthepastandnowandwhatinspirespeopletoinventthings;3.makeasummaryoftheinterviewaccordingtotheform;4.voiceyourinspirationstoinventthings.Learningobjectives

Readthepicturesandfindthedifferencesbetweenthepastandnow.Whatcanweleanrfromthetwopictures?laptopearphonelampbrushpencandlefirewoodbucketstainlesssteelelectrickettlegascooker/stoveActivity1:Observeandfind

SummaryburningcandlesGreatchangeseasyaccesstoelectricitybrushesonpapersgasscienceandtechnologyfiringwood

Whatisthegenre(文体)ofthepassage?Whatmightbetalkedaboutinthepassage?TheNewAgeofInventionActivity2:ObserveandpredictGothroughthetitleandthepicturesofthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestion.

interviewintervieweraskingquestionsintervieweeansweringquestionsofferinginformationGenreofthepassageWhoistheinterviewee?Activity2:Observeandpredict

Activity3:Listen,answerandchooseListentotheinterviewandanswerthequestion.Then,choosetheopinions.Whatdoestheinterviewmainlytalkabout?Whatarehisopinions?Itmainlytalksaboutgreetings;inventions;inspiratonsaboutwhyinventingthings;attitudetowardstimemachine;

Choosethesentencesthatdescribetheinterviewee’sopinions.InventionsinAncientChinawerebetterthanthoseintheWest.Alotoftoday’sgreatinventionsaretech-based.Today,mostinventorspreferworkingbythemselves.Thedesiretosolveproblemsinspiresinvention.Atimemachinewilldefinitelybeinventedinthefuture.Activity4:Discussandchoose

Readthetextandanswerquestions.Then,drawamindmapaccordingtothequestions.1.Whatinventionsarementionedintheinterview?2.Whatsortsofages(时代)dotheinventionsbelongto?3.Whatinspiresustoinventthings?4.What’stheinterviewee’sattitudetowardsthe