河北省迁安一中高二英语：book8Unit3：writing课件.ppt

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. Listen to the tape and try to answer the questions on Page 26. 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? 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? 3. Bell never set out to invent the telephone and what he was trying to design was a multiple telegraph. 贝尔从未打算发明电话而是试图设计一种复式电报。 3. They ____ the mountain at noon. A. set off to B. set out to C. set out for D. set off in 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。 6. The patent was given in 1876, but it was not until five days later that Bell sent the first telephone message to his assistant, Watson. 这项专利是1876年发布的，但是贝尔是在5 天之后才跟他的助手华生通了第一次电话。 Dear Mr Dyson, I would like to apply to become an assistant in your company. I expect to get a degree in mechanical engineering from Beijing University at the end of this year. I have always been a good