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12345Telephonesbecomepartofourlife.Butdoyouknowwhoinventedthetelephone?ABritishinventorcalledAlexanderGrahamBell.6Discussthefollowingquestionsingroups:1.Whatdoyouknowabouttheinventor?2.Howusefulishisinventiontohumansociety?Why?Pre-reading7Bellisknownformuchofhisworkfordeafeducation.HebecameaprofessorofvocalphysiologyatBostonUniversity.8Hisjobwastohelpdeafpeopletounderstandspeakingpeopleandtomakethemselvesunderstoodbylearninghowtospeak.Whenheinventedthetelephone,hewastestingamethodofhelpingadeafpersontohear.9Readthepassagequicklyandfindoutthemainideaofit.ItmainlytalksaboutthelifeofAlexanderGrahamBellandhowhemadethegreatinventions.10Readthepassageagainandanswerthequestions.1.WhatdoesBell’ssayingmeantoyou?Hissayingmeansthatitisimportanttobeexperimental.Bybeingcuriousandexploringaroundasubjectyoumaybychancecomeupwithsomenewandoriginalwaysofsolvingaproblem.112.Whatdoyouthinkledtohissuccessasaninventorofthetelephone?Hiscuriosityandexploringspiritledtohissuccessasaninventorofthetelephone.123.WhatinventionsdidBellmake?Bellinventedthetelephoneandthetetrahedronshapebychance.Bothoftheseareextremelyusefulandstillusedtoday.134.Whywillhealwaysbeknownastheinventorofthetelephone?Hewillalwaysbeknownastheinventorofthetelephonebecauseitwasaverypopularinventionandthepatentmadethemostmoneyever.14Readthepassagecarefullyandfillintheblanks.BirthBornin1847in________.Inventionsanddiscoveries•Themicrophone:Hisinterestinhelping____peoplecommunicateandindeafeducation___________inventthemicrophone.Scotlanddeafledhimto15•Thetelephone:Insearchingtoimprovethe_________,heinventedthefirsttelephone.telegraph16•Thetetrahedronshape:Whilesearchingforakitestrongenoughto__________intotheair,heexperiencedputting________togetheranddiscoveredthetetrahedronshape.carryamantriangles1.Hebelievedthatoneshouldalwaysbecuriousandhismostfamoussayingwas:“Leavethebeatentrackoccasionallyanddiveintothewoods.Everytimeyoudoyouwillbecertaintofindsomethingthatyouhaveneverseenbefore.18Followitup,exploreallaroundit,andbeforeyouknowit,youwillhavesomethingworththinkingabouttooccupyyourmind.Allreallybigdiscoveriesaretheresultofthought.”19他认为人应该保持一颗好奇心，他最著名的一名话是:“偶尔离开平路，去寻求困境。当你这么做的时候，你一定会发现你从未见过的东西。跟踪下去，不断探索，不知不觉中，你就会发现某种值得思考的东西占据着你的头脑。所有真正伟大的发现都是思考的结果。201)diveintoe.g.HedivedintothehistoryofChina.他潜心研究中国历史。Hedivedintohispocketsandfishedoutonedollar.他迅速把手伸进口袋掏出了一美元。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21Theboydivedintotheriverfromthebridge.这男孩从桥上跳入河中。diveinto作“潜心于……”讲时和devoteoneselftosth.的意思一样，但devoteoneselftosth.还有“投身于……;把自己奉献给……”的意思。222)every/eachtime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。能用做连词的名词短语还有：thefirsttime第一次lasttime上次nexttime下次theinstant/moment/minute/second…that一……就……23____Iseehim,theoldmanissittinginthesamechair.A.EverytimeB.EverytimewhenC.AteachtimeD.Eachtimethat242.Bellneversetouttoinventthetelephoneandwhathewastryingtodesignwasamultipletelegraph.贝尔从未打算发明电话而是试图设计一种复式电报。25setout(todosth.)开始（做某事）,着手干;为某个目标而努力e.g.Theyaresettingouttodoanewexperiment.他们正在着手做一项新的试验。Hesetouttobreaktherecordforthechannelswim.他决心打破游过海峡的记录。26setouttodosth.=setaboutdoingsth.setoutfor=setofffor=leavefor意为“出发到……去”e.g.Let’ssetoutbeforedark.我们天黑前动身吧。TomorrowI’llsetoutforBeijing.明天我将出发去北京。271)Atdawn,theyset____togetreadyfortheworkoftheday.A.offB.aboutC.outD.in2)Theyset________atabout8o’clock.A.abouttoworkB.abouttoworkingC.aboutworkingD.outwork283.Suddenlyhehadaflashofinspiration.突然间,他灵光闪现。aflashofinspiration指“灵感的闪现”inspirationn.〔C〕鼓舞激励的人或事物e.g.Theseeventsprovidedtheinspirationforherfirstbook.这些事是她第一本书的灵感来源。〔U〕灵感,启发；29Hesaidmysisterwastheinspirationforhisheroine.他说我姐姐是他的女主人公的原型。drawinspirationfrom从……中吸取灵感inspirev.激励；鼓励inspiredadj.借助于灵感创作的inspiringadj.鼓励人心的；激励的4.Ifsoundwavescouldbereproducedinamovingelectricalcurrent,theycouldbesentalongawire.如果声波能够在移动的电流中复制,它们就能够被沿电线传送。reproducevt.复制;再现形象或声音e.g.Thetaperecorderreproducedthesymphony.录音机可使这交响曲重现。current(1)n.气流;水流,洋流;电流e.g.Thecurrentisstrongestinthemiddleoftheriver．河中央的水流最急。Thisbuttonswitchesthecurrenton.这个电钮接通电流。(2)adj.时下的,当今的,流行的,通用的e.g.Mostoftheoldareinterestedincurrentevents.大部分老年人都对时事感兴趣。Theyareexpectingprofitsofover$2millioninthecurrentyear.他们期望今年的利润超过二百万美元。Thewordisnolongerincurrentuse.这个词已不再使用。5.Thepatentwasgivenin1876,butitwasnotuntilfivedayslaterthatBellsenthisfirsttelephonemessagetohisassistant,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。34Itis/wasnotuntil…that….这是强调notuntil引导的时间状语从句句型。e.g.Itwasnotuntilhefinishedhishomeworkthathewenttobed.6.Beingverystable,ithasprovedinvaluableinthedesignofbridges.(四面体)十分稳定牢固,在桥梁设计领域的价值难以估量。Beingverystable,是Becauseitisverystable的省略句,它在句中作原因状语。stable:e.g.1.Thepatient’sconditionisstable.患者病情稳定。2.Theladderdoesn’tseemverystable.这架梯子好像不太稳。astablerelationship稳定的关系adj.稳固的；稳定的；牢固的37ZhouRuihasdecidedtodoaprojectonalivingBritishinventorcalledJamesDyson.SohetelephonedDyson’scompanyinEnglandtointerviewoneofitsengineersaboutthegreatman’sideas.Listeningandspeaking38JamesDyson工业设计师,发明家,真空吸尘器的发明者。戴森工业的创始人。391.Listentothetapeandtickthewordsyouhear.□washingmachine□drum□refrigerator□bicycle□carpetcleaner□court√√√√40Obje