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* * * * * * * * * * Part III Extended Activities Book 2-Unit 8 Dictation Read More Grammar and Vocabulary Translation Writing Cultural Information Extended Activities Book 2-Unit 8 Return to Menu Book 2-Unit 8 People believe that there are two reasons for making inventions or discoveries. The first reason is that an invention is the result of social development. In other words, if a society has prepared the conditions in economy, technology and culture, something will be invented by one person or another. Who does it is just a historical accident. This theory has some support in the invention of the steamboat and the airplane. However, this reason does not explain why a great inventor can observe more things than others. Therefore, there must be another reason for inventions, and the second theory considers the individual as the most important element in the inventive process. Script Read “Softball is Born” on page 114, and complete the following True/False/Not Mentioned exercise. NM F T T T F 1. George Hancock was a good baseball player. 2. George Hancock invented softball because he liked to invent new things. 3. The first game of softball was played on a rainy day. 4. It was not until 1908 that softball became an outdoor game. 5. Softball flourished in the early 1930s. 6. Softball brought a lot of employment opportunities to Americans in the early 1930s. 7. The playing time of softball is shorter than any other games. 8. Softball is only suitable for old people. NM NM Book 2-Unit 8 Error Correction Word formation Vocabulary Work Book 2-Unit 8 I have read the first English novel is Jane Eyre. As soon as she came into the classroom that she began to read English. Countries their banking systems were not well-developed suffered greatly in the recent economic crises. The snow is very soft that I can hardly walk on it. She went to bed until she had finished her homework. Mary is the most intelligent student who I have ever known. The boy studies