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Unit 4 Inventions复习提纲与练习 I、单词与短语： advertisement 广告 introduction 引言 funny 滑稽的；好笑的 petrol 汽油 create 创造；创作 instead of 代替 telephone 电话；电话机 live a better life 生活得更好 wheel 车轮；轮子 in history 在历史上 comfortable 使人舒服的；舒适的 start to do sth. 开始做某事 carriage 四轮马车 at the start of 在……的开始 century 世纪 be able to do sth. 能够做某事 passenger 乘客 over long distance 在很长的距离内 invent 发明；创造 allow sb. to do sth. 允许某人做某事 practical 有用的；适用的 since then 自那以来 since 从……以后 keep in touch with 与……保持联系 distance 距离；间距 in the daytime 在白天 mobile phone 移动电话；手机 keep…off 使……不接近 anytime 在任何时候 at the same time 同时 develop 开发；研制 be born in 出生在… lamp 灯 work as 以… 身份工作 candle 蜡烛 all the time 一直 daytime 白天；日间 make a mess 弄的一团糟 dust 灰尘；尘土 at the tip of 在… 的顶端 special 特殊的；特别的 all over the world 遍及全世界 wing 翅膀；机翼 refer to 指的是 1. They help people live a better life. life复数形式读作lives 。life是一个多义词，它可以是可数名词， 也可以是不可数名词；当泛指生活或生命时，它属于不可数名词，指生活。 1）她享受着城市生活。 She enjoys the city life very much. 2）许多孩子在这次四川的八级地震中丧失生命。 A lot of children lost their lives in the 8-grade earthquake in Sichuan. 拓展：all one’s life 某人一生 for life 终身 life history 生活史 for one’s life 逃命，为了活命 come to life 苏醒过来，恢复生气 between life and death生命垂危，生命处于危险之中 2. A few thousand years ago, people started to use wheels on carriages. start to so sth. = start doing sth. 开始做某事 3. Alexander Graham Bell invented one of the first practical telephones in 1876. invent (v.) 发明 inventor （n.） 发明家 invention （n.） 发明 贝尔在1876年发明了一部实用性很强的电话。 Bell invented a practical telephone in 1876. 4. Since then, people have been able to speak to each other over long disances. since then = from then on 自那以来 be able to do sth.= can do sth. 能够做某事 5. They allow people to keep in touch with each other anytime, anywhere allow sb. to do sth. 允许某人做某事 6. Before the invention of the light bulb, people had to use oil tamps, gas lamps or candles to see at night.. use… to do主动语态 be used to do被动语