人教版高中英语课件：unit18 integraing skills WB.ppt

* * * * * What are the Four Great Inventions of ancient China? What kind of modern invention do you know? revision compass S N paper gunpowder printing mp3 maglev train Palmtop computer Group projector Reading the passage in your WB,Then discuss with your group members to complete the chart below with the information from the text inventions Possible uses Invisible paint 1,interesting clothes 2,Help doctors see through the skin/hide things Tiny robot help doctors operate on people in a safer and less painful way Invention: super thin gum(超薄口腔糖) How does it works: as thin as a cell ,melting easily have different tastes can protect our teeth Invention: dog translator How could it be used: a handheld receiver translates dogs’ yelps, growls and whines into such phrases as I cant stand it, How boring and Im lonely. Invention: hy-wire car How does it look like: It has no engine, no steering column (方向盘）and no brake pedal（刹车）. It requires no gasoline, and environmentally friendly Invention: “virtual” keyboards (虚拟键盘) How does it use: accompany portable devices like PDAs, tablet PCs and cell phones. Every invention can be of great value .But it is an easy thing to make an invention.Everybody,I think have the answer. Before an invention, inventor must have an idea, then make experiments again and again .perhaps making many errors and at last gain success. Remember success comes from failure. Any invention also experiences many hardships. What qualities should one have to be an inventor? Imagination is more important than knowledge, for imagination embraces the world. - Albert Einstein Pre- listening George Stephenson Train using steam Every invention can be of great value. New inventions help with the development of society. At first , did people accept the invention? Actually, sometimes people are afraid of new inventions. Listen to part1 of the tape . Choose the best answers. 1 People were worried that the noise and the smoke would ___ A frig