新概念英语第二册第31课.pptVIP

Success story;Describe some of the things you used to do when you were young? What is your dream when you are a child? What qualities must a person have to build up a successful business? What kind of success would you like to have in life?;Newton; Thomas Alva Edison (Feb. 11th, 1847-- Oct.18th, 1931) was an American inventor who invented many important inventions. ;Questions: What was Thomas Edison? Was he clever when he was a pupil? how do you know? Why didn’t his teacher want to teach him any more? How did he learn after he left school? What happened one day in August,1862? How old was he when he became an inventor? Why was Edison able to make so many inventions? What do you think you can learn from Edison?; Thomas Edison was a famous American _________ . During his lifetime he had________ 1,093 inventions. That is amazing, isn’t it? Many of his inventions have ________ our life. You may ask ______ Edison was able to make so many _________.That is because he was the man who never ______ up. He always thought that no matter how _______ something seemed, he could find the _______ . He believed that________ was difficult if you put your heart into it. That is true. When he was a child, he was always asking _________ questions and trying out new ________ . Many of his questions made his teacher unhappy or angry, because the strange questions had nothing to do _________ his lessons. He could not study at school, so his mother __________ him at home. He showed great ________ in science and _________ very fast. _________ he was 22, he moved to New York to be an inventor. He worked very ________ trying out new ideas. He never gave up.;An Inventor with 1,093 Inventions;What did he say?;A Famous Person;What do you know about Bill Gates? ;下排:Bill Gates, Andrea Lewis, Marla Wood, Paul Allen 摄于1978年12月7日;Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955.He was ______ William Henry____his father and grandfather. His favourite subjects at school