新外研版九年级英语上册Module9Unit2.pptVIP

4. at work 工作 My husband is often at work late. 我丈夫经常工作到很晚。 5. at your age 在你这样的年龄 You should have more sense at your age. 你这个年龄不应该这样不懂事。 5 Read the sentences and notice how we give reasons and results. 1. Books were only produced one at a tie by hand. As a result, there were not many books. 2. Because there were not many books, few people learnt to read. 3. These machines are smaller and lighter than books, so they are easy to carry. ( give result ) ( give reason ) ( give result ) Now work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions. Write full sentences with as a result, because or so. 1. Why is it hard to imagine a world without printing? 2. What was the result of few books being produced? It’s hard to imagine a world without printing because we have so many printed things now. Few books were produced and, as a result, few people could read . Now work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions. Write full sentences with as a result, because or so. 3. What happened after the printing technology developed? 4. What will happen to books in the future? Why? After printing technology developed, books were cheaper, so more people learnt how to read. Books might not be needed in the future because the Internet is growing quickly. 6 Write full sentences with the notes in Activity 3. About 2,000 years ago, paper was first created. Printing was invented during the Sui and Tang Danasties. Today, the Internet is growing very fast. Computers and the Internet are used in classrooms now, and newspapers and magazines are read online. 7 Write a passage about traditional printing and its future. Use the sentences you have written in Activity 5 and 6 to help you. It’s hard to imagine a world without printing because we have so many printed things now, for example, menus, comics and schoolbooks. Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago, but books weren’t printed at that time. They were written by hand, so few books were produced, and, as a result, few people could read. Printing