人教新课标版高二选修8 Unit3 Inventors and inventions-Reading listening ppt课件.ppt

Leading in Do you know about the world famous painting “Mona Lisa? Do you know who painted the great picture? Listening on Page 67 Listen to the tape and decide if you agree with the people on the tape. What do you think it was? Fill in the chart below with the ideas of the two girls and then make your own suggestions. WHAT CAN IT BE? Ellie smith is discussing with one of her friends Tang Ling, what this invention by Leonardo might be. ES: Look at this drawings! What do you think this is supposed to be? TL: I don’t know! It doesn’t say, but let’s see if we can work out what it is. ES: OK. Now let’s see. It looks a bit like a tent but has four wheels underneath. TL: You’re right but when you look at the second picture with the wheels you can see that it had a floor to stand on and wheels below that. Do you think it was a roundabout for children? ES: Good thinking. But the way that he placed the wheels shows that it must have been for going forwards and backwards, not round and round. No, I don’t think it was a roundabout. TL: Let’s look at it again. Do you think it’s made of metal? The wheels seem to have handles to move them. ES: In that case it must have been large enough for more than one person. You would have needed four people—one to move each wheel. So it cannot be a tent as that is made of cloth. TL: Yes, I think you’re right. ES: It also seems to have something like sticks coming out of the body Do you think they are for decoration? TL: Perhaps. That is possible as we know Leonardo was an artist. ES: Yes and if that were the case, perhaps it was for fun for the family. It could carry four people to move the wheels and then another one or two children to help. Maybe six altogether. TL: Wow! So it must have been made of metal. Nothing else could carry all that weight. ES: True! The wheels must be made of wood or metal. TL: Do you think it’s a caravan? ES: Yes, that makes sense. It would be big enough but there doesn’t seem to