unit3EdisonInventorofinvention概要.ppt

Unit 3 The Inventor of Invention Warm-up Activities ? 1. What do you know about Thomas Edison? What inventions did he make in his lifetime? 2. Do you think scientific inventions have made great contributions to the betterment of people’s lives? If yes, how? 3. How do you feel about this ever-changing world? Do you feel at ease or puzzled about it? Words and Phrases 1. surpass: go beyond；exceed 1) We will surpass our predecessors, and future generations will certainly surpass us. 我们要突破前人, 后人也必然会突破我们 2) His diligence and intelligence enabled him to surpass all his classmates. 。 3) AIDS will surpass the Black Death as the worlds worst pandemic. 艾滋病将超过黑死病成为世界上最可怕的传染病. Surpass all rivals 超过对手 Surpass one’s expectation超过某人的预期 2. practicable: capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are 1) Everything taken into consideration, her plan seems more practicable. 考虑到各种因素, 她的计划也许更切实可行一些 2) Is it practicable to try to develop agriculture in desert regions? 试图在沙漠地区发展农业可行 吗 ? 3) She was a simple, practical, hardworking woman. 她简朴，实际，勤奋。 4) By tradition, people play practical jokes on 1 April. 按照传统风俗，4月1日可以开恶作剧的玩笑。 Words and Phrases 3. instinctively: :as a matter of instinct Like a kid, he seems to instinctively avoid responsibility and blame. 就象一个孩子那样, 他似乎总是本能地躲避责任和过失. 2) Unlike these more complex feelings, fear is instinctive, they say, and requires no conscious thought. 他们说，恐惧不同于这些更为复杂的情感，恐惧是天生的，不需要有意识的思维。 3) Irene is so incredibly musical and has a natural instinct to perform. 艾琳有着极高的音乐天分和天生的表演才能。 By instinct 4) Children do not know by instinct the difference between right and wrong. Words and Phrases 4. Homely: plain and unpretentious; having a feeling of home 1) Times are changed and we must, to use the homely metaphor, cut our coat according to our cloth. 时代变了,因此, 用朴实的隐喻来讲, 我们必须“适应环境”. I like that restaurant because it has a homely feel. 我喜欢那家餐馆,因为那有家的感觉. I was very disappointed to see her sister; she was a homely