关于microwave oven.ppt

English for Electronic Technology Passage Four Microwave Oven Unite Two Electronic Products Key points:  useful terms and the working principles of microwave oven Difficult points:  describing the structures and working processes of a microwave oven Leading in-Revision  Talk about refrigerators Main components of a refrigerator Function of each component Leading in-Revision (watch and listen) TV in Refrigerator How air conditioning work? Talk about refrigerator Microwave Oven microwave [ ‘maikr?uweiv ] n. 微波 oven[ ?v?n ] n. 烤炉,烤箱 When was microwave oven invented? The microwave oven was invented by American electrical engineer Percy Spencer (1894-1970 ) in 1946. Dr. Spencer held 150 patents and was considered one of the worlds leading experts in the field of microwave energy. The first microwave was about 5 ? feet high, 750 pounds and selling for $5,000 each. Who was the inventor? How were microwave ovens invented? 1946 during a radar-related research project Dr. Percy Spencer noticed something very unusual. He was testing a new vacuum tube called a magnetron when he discovered that the chocolate bar in his pocket had melted. Later he held a package of popcorn near a magnetron, popcorn exploded all over the lab. Spencer had discovered that you could cook with electromagnetic waves. magnetron [ m?gnitr?n ]? n. 磁电管 -tron是后缀，表示“真空管、电子管 A Paragraph from Text The microwave oven was invented in the late 1940s in the US. During World War II, microwave technology was used a lot in radar equipment, so the technology was advanced. After the war, scientists used the knowledge that they had of microwaves to invent the first microwave oven. In fact, the microwave oven was called a radar oven at first because of its history! Back then, microwave ovens were so big that only restaurants and other businesses used them. About the first home-use microwave oven In the 1960s, the first home-use microwave oven was made in Japan. In those days, only r