Unit 6Section A1b Listen and match the inventions with the years.Alice: Was your life very difficult when you were a kid?Grandma: Oh, not really. Why?Alice: Well, you didn’t have modern inventions like a telephone, right?Grandma: Of course we did! How old do you think I am? The telephone was invented in 1876. You need to take a history class, Alice!Alice: Haha! How about cars? They weren’t invented yet, were they?Grandma: Yes, they were. Cars were invented in 1885. My family had a car.Alice: Well, did you have a TV?Grandma: No, we couldn’t afford one. They were expensive in those days. The TV was invented around 1927, I think.Alice: Well, I know that you didn’t have a computer because we learned in school that personal computers were invented in 1976.Grandma: You’re right. But I have one now!1b 听录音,把发明和年份搭配起来。
艾丽斯:你小时候生活很难吗?奶奶:哦,不是很难。
怎么了?艾丽斯:噢,你们没有像电话这样的现代发明,对吗?奶奶:我们当然有!你认为我有多老?电话是在1876年发明的。
你要上历史课了,艾丽斯!艾丽斯:哈哈!那么汽车呢?它们还没有发明,对吗?奶奶:不,发明了。
汽车是在1885年发明的。
我家里有一辆汽车。
艾丽斯:好吧,你们有电视机吗?奶奶:没有。
我们买不起。
它们在那个时代很贵。
我想电视机是在大约1927年发明的。
艾丽斯:嗯,我知道你们没有电脑,因为我们在学校里学过个人电脑是在1976年发明的。
奶奶:对。
但现在我有一台!2a Listen and number the inventions [1-3]in the order you hear them.Alex: Hi, Carol. Wow, what are those?Carol: Hello, Alex. Oh, these are some of the interesting inven tions that I’m writing about for my English homework.Alex: I see…What’s that, then?Carol: They’re shoes with lights. People use them for seeing in the dark when you get up at night. Alex: Oh, that’s a cool idea! I always hit my toe on something on the wa y to the bathroom at night.Carol: Next is a special ice-cream scoop. This is my favorite invention. It runs on electricity and becomes hot.Alex: I know what it’s for! It’s use d for serving really cold ice-cream.Carol: Yes, that’s right! The last invention I’m going to write about is shoes with special heels. You can move the heels up and down.Alex: What are they used for?Carol: Well, you can change the style of your shoes. You can raise the heels if you are going to a party or lower them if you are just going out for shopping.2a 听录音,按你听到它们的顺序给这些发明编号[1~3]。
亚历克斯:你好,卡罗尔。
哇,那些是什么?卡罗尔:你好,亚历克斯。
哦,这些是我要在英语作业中写到的一些有趣的发明。
亚历克斯:我知道了……那么,那是什么?卡罗尔:它们是带灯的鞋。
当晚上起床时,人们用它们在黑暗中看东西。
亚历克斯:哦,那是一个很酷的主意!我总是在晚上去卫生间的路上碰到脚趾。
卡罗尔:接下来是一个特别的冰激凌勺。
这是我最喜爱的发明。
它靠电运行,接着变热。
亚历克斯:我知道它的用途!它是用来加热非常凉的冰激凌的。
卡罗尔:是的,正确!我要写的最后一项发明是有特殊后跟的鞋。
你可以上下移动后跟。
亚历克斯:它们的用途是什么?卡罗尔:噢,你可以改变你的鞋子的风格。
如果你打算参加聚会,你可以增高你的鞋跟;或者如果只是出去购物,你可以降低鞋跟。
2b Listen again and complete the chart below.Alex: Hi, Carol. Wow, what are those?Carol: Hello, Alex. Oh, these are some of the interesting inventions that I’m writing about for my English homework.Alex: I see…What’s that, then?Carol: They’re shoes with lights. People use them for seeing in the dark when you get up at night. Alex: Oh, that’s a cool idea! I always hit my toe on something on the way to t he bathroom at night.Carol: Next is a special ice-cream scoop. This is my favorite invention. It runs on electricity and becomes hot.Alex: I know what it’s for! It’s used for serving really cold ice-cream.Carol: Yes, that’s right! The last invention I’m going to write about is shoes with special heels. You can move the heels up and down.Alex: What are they used for?Carol: Well, you can change the style of your shoes. You can raise the heels if you are going to a party or lower them if you are just going out for shopping.2b 再听一遍录音,完成下面的表格。
亚历克斯:你好,卡罗尔。
哇,那些是什么?卡罗尔:你好,亚历克斯。
哦,这些是我要在英语作业中写到的一些有趣的发明。
亚历克斯:我知道了……那么,那是什么?卡罗尔:它们是带灯的鞋。
当晚上起床时,人们用它们在黑暗中看东西。
亚历克斯:哦,那是一个很酷的主意!我总是在晚上去卫生间的路上碰到脚趾。
卡罗尔:接下来是一个特别的冰激凌勺。
这是我最喜爱的发明。
它靠电运行,接着变热。
亚历克斯:我知道它的用途!它是用来加热非常凉的冰激凌的。
卡罗尔:是的,正确!我要写的最后一项发明是有特殊后跟的鞋。
你可以上下移动后跟。
亚历克斯:它们的用途是什么?卡罗尔:噢,你可以改变你的鞋子的风格。
如果你打算参加聚会,你可以增高你的鞋跟;或者如果只是出去购物,你可以降低鞋跟。
Section B1c Listen and CIRCLE T for true or F for false.Boy 1: Hey, did you know that potato chips were invented by mistake?Boy 2: Really? What do you mean?Boy 1: Well, here on the bag it says that they were invented by a cook called George Crum.Boy 2: When was that?Boy 1: Oh, it was back in 1853.Boy 2: So, why was it an accident?Boy 1: Well, one day, a customer came into the restaurant where George worked. He ordered a plate of fried potatoes. When the potatoes came, he said they were cut too thick and sent them back to the kitchen.Boy 2: So what happened?Boy 1: Well, George was angry, so he cut the potatoes really, really thin, and he cooked them for a long time until they were crispy. And he put lots of salt on them so they were really salty. He thought the customer would hate them.Boy 2: And?Boy 1: And the customer loved them and asked for more. He told the other customers about them, and soon everyone was ordering thinly cut, crispy, salty potato chips.Boy 2: And we’re still eating them today. What a cool story!1c 听录音,正确的圈T,错误的圈F。