高二下册 unit23.pptVIP

Fast reading: How was one telephone connected with another in the past. How is one telephone connected with another today? By thick heavy wires. By satellite; by very thin glass pipes. Listen and answer1 . The number of telephone in 1990 is nearly ______ times as large as that in 1877. A. 1 000 B. 10 000 C. 100 D. 100 000 2. Which of the following is NOT true? ____ A. The first telephone was invented in 1873. B. Light signals are better than electrical signals. C. The thin glass pipes are cheaper than metal wires. D. The light signals almost don’t get weaker over so long a distance. 3. In the early days, you had to wind a handle____.  A. to connect the number you wanted to call B. to produce enough power to make a call C. to tell the operator to make a call D. to change the waves of your voice into electrical signals 4 . People prefer to use light signal because _____.  A. they are lighter B. they are cheaper to send C. they are simpler D. they are clearer 5. How is a message changed on the telephone nowadays?_______. A.Sound waves→electrical signals→sound. B.Voice→electrical signals→light signals →electrical signal→sound. C. Sound waves→light signals→voice. D. Sound waves→light signals→sound. * * Lesson 90 Telephones What are they doing? D A B D B watch paragraph 1 and answer How does a telephone work? voice(sound wave) electrical signals a pair of lines the receiving phone electrical signals down to Watch paragraph 2 and answer 1. Why were telephones not popular at the beginning? 2. Why were telephones expensive at the beginning? 3. Why did you have to wind the handle before making a call? 4. What did the telephone operator do? It was difficult to hear people over long distances. The wires which carried the telephone conversations were thick, heavy and expensive. To produce electricity. She connected the two numbers and made a note of the length of the telephone call and the cha