新目标九年级Unit6 Revision writing课件ppt.pptVIP

Self-check 1 P48 It is often difficult to decide on the inventor of certain inventions. This is because sometimes a few people may _____ things which are _____ the same. It’s hard to tell who came up with the idea first. Some inventions can also lead to other inventions ________. So some people ____ whether the inventor came up with the idea himself or herself. They think that the inventor used someone else’s idea to create his or her invention. That is why books or ______ usually _____ more than one inventor when giving information about inventions. This special pen was invented by Liu Jie. He invented it because he always need to take notes quickly. It has three colors and is used for taking notes quickly. It is very useful if you have a lot to write down. The pen comes with a microchip that can store a list of common words that you will use. You can program the words you will use often into the microchip’s memory, then assign a short form to each word. When you are writing, you just need to write the short forms with the pen, press a button on the pen and all the short forms will change into the actual words. The microchip can contain up to 50 words and you can make changes to the list of words whenever you need to. The computer Computers are becoming more and more important in our daily life. Do you know the history and the changes of computers? Computer was invented in 194. At that time, the machine was huge and it was as large as a big house. It weighed about 30 tons. The computer is a very useful tool in our life, in our study as well as work. For example, computer can send some messages to foreign friends by e-mail. The computer can open our eyes to let us know more. The computer is the most helpful invention in the world. It can help us with our schoolwork too. There are many functions. We can listen to music when we are tired, and we can play the games on computer for fun. It makes us relax. It’s hard to imagine what our lif