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* * * * * 冀教八年级下学期 Lesson 43: Books or Computers? Learning aim: 1. Learn about the history of the books. 2. Know about the fountain of the printing press. Learning important points: 1. Why is the printing press important? 2. How did books change information? New words WHICH ONE DID MORE? Look at this Student Book. What made this book? A printing press made it. Before the printing press, somebody wrote every book by hand with a pen. It was slow! After the printing press, people could make many books quickly. Was this important? Yes! The printing press let more people read more books. What was in the books? Information. Project Today, you can still find information in books. You can also find information on the Internet. Is the Internet important? Yes! The Internet lets people find and use information very quickly. Find facts about the printing press and about the Internet in this unit. Think about this question: which one did more to change the world? Talk about this question in small groups. Then, write a paragraph to answer the question. Use words that you know and understand in English. Listening Books or Net? What is a printing press? The printing press is a machine that can make lots of books in a short time. How were books made before the printing press? Before the printing press, books were written by hand. Sometimes, people worked for years to make books by hand. P1 How did books change information? The printing press could make many books quickly. Because there were more books, more people could read books. Information began to travel much faster and much farther. Books also “kept” information for you. If you forgot something, you could look it up. P2 The Internet helps me do my homework. I can find lots of information in just a few minutes. Which invention do you think is more important — the printing press or the Internet? P3 Language Points Before the printing press, books were written by han