37 Blind man and eyes in fire drama（一）A1.pptVIP

* What makes the world become smaller? Some inventions. Now let’s look at the five top inventions. Movable type: By using movable type, books could be printed cheaply and easily. Bi Sheng invented movable type in China in the 11th century. Telephone: The inventor Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call in 1876. “Mr Watson, come here. I want you,” he said to his assistant over the phone line. And with those famous words, the world was about to get much smaller. Airplane: The Wright brothers made the first powered flight in 1903. Air travel has made the faraway places suddenly become a lot closer. Satellites: The Soviet Union sent up the world’s first satellite in 1957. This began the Space Age. Satellites have helped scientists study the earth. Much of our knowledge of the world has come from the information recorded by satellites. The Internet: When the Internet was created in 1969, only a few people knew about it. But more than 1,000,000,000 people in the world use it now. The Internet has made information about anything easy to get. Notes: movable type 活字印刷 powered adj. 有动力装置的 The Soviet Union 前苏联 Life·E-生活 Every day when Elena came home from school, her dog Tomaso would run to her. Then Elena would give the dog a hug. One day, Elena came home and her dog wasn’t there. Her mother told her that Tomaso had died. Elena felt sad and talked with her parents about her feelings. She asked about some things she didn’t understand, like where Tomaso went after death. Her parents said, “People have different beliefs about what happens after an animal or a person dies. It’s OK to be sad when animals die. It can be hard to talk about the dog. I know you like the dog best. But talking with someone you love is the best way to help you feel better.” Elena knew that she lost her best “friend” and could not have another dog just like Tomaso, so she still felt sad