八年级英语上册 Unit 4 Inventions Inventions Reading 2课件 (新版)牛津深圳版概要1.ppt

* Unit4 Inventions Reading 2 Notes: 1. Great inventions change the world. They help people live a better life. live a better life 过更好的生活 help people do sth 帮助某人做某事 2. three of the most important 三个中最重要的 one of the most important inventions 最重要的发明之一 3. Travelling became faster and more comfortable. 旅途变得更快和更舒服. travelling 动名 词做 主 语 4. A few thousand years ago, people started to use wheels on carriages. 几千年前，人们开始在四轮马车上使用轮子了。 开始做某事 start to do sth = begin to do sth. 5. At the start of the 20th century, cars became popular. 在二十世纪初， 汽车变得流行起来。 at the start of … 在…开始 =at the beginning of at the end of 在…结束的时候 e.g At the start of the class, our teacher sang an English for us. 在开始上课的时候，老师给我们唱了英文歌。 6. Alexanda Graham Bell invented one of the first practical telephones in 1876. 亚历山大·格拉汉姆·贝尔 在1876年发明了最实用的电话之一。 one of the first +复数名词 He was one of the first winners in this game. 他是在这场游戏中最先赢了的人之一。 7. Since then, people have been able to speak to each other over long distance. 自从那时开始， 人民已经能够跨越很长的距离来彼此交谈。 have been able to 现在完成时，已经能够 over long distance 跨越很长距离 8. Today millions of people across the world own mobile phones. 今天全世界超过几百万的人们拥有手机了。 millions of 几百万 across the world 遍及全世界 =all over the world 9. They allow people to keep in touch with each other anytime, anywhere. 它们允许人们在任何时间、任何地方彼此之间相互保持联系。 allow sb to do sth 允许某人去做某事 My mother doesn’t allow me to watch TV so much. 我妈妈不允许看那么多电视。 keep in touch with 与某人保持联系 e.g After we left our school , we kept in touch with each with mobile phone. 在我们离开我们学校后，我们用手机保持联系。 10. People can do as many things in the evenings as they can in the daytime. 人们在黑夜做的事情和他们在白天做的事情一样多。 e.g We should speak English as often as we can. 我们应该尽可能多的讲英语。 as ….as we can 尽可能。。。 Discussion Discuss with your partner what other inventions do you think are very important, why? air-conditioner rice cooker washing machine 短语集中营 1 live a better life 过着更好的生活 2. three of the most important inventions 三个最伟大的发明 3. faster and