新概念英语第二册第31课.pptVIP

Success story Lesson 31 Describe some of the things you used to do when you were young? What is your dream when you are a child? What qualities must a person have to build up a successful business? What kind of success would you like to have in life? Newton Bill Gates Thomas Alva Edison (Feb. 11th, 1847-- Oct.18th, 1931) was an American inventor who invented many important inventions. Phonograph 留声机 Dictaphone 录音机 Radio 无线电 Electric bulb 电灯泡 Autographic printer 印刷机 (more than one thousand) Questions: What was Thomas Edison? Was he clever when he was a pupil? how do you know? Why didn’t his teacher want to teach him any more? How did he learn after he left school? What happened one day in August,1862? How old was he when he became an inventor? Why was Edison able to make so many inventions? What do you think you can learn from Edison? Thomas Edison was a famous American _________ . During his lifetime he had________ 1,093 inventions. That is amazing, isn’t it? Many of his inventions have ________ our life. You may ask ______ Edison was able to make so many _________.That is because he was the man who never ______ up. He always thought that no matter how _______ something seemed, he could find the _______ . He believed that________ was difficult if you put your heart into it. That is true. When he was a child, he was always asking _________ questions and trying out new ________ . Many of his questions made his teacher unhappy or angry, because the strange questions had nothing to do _________ his lessons. He could not study at school, so his mother __________ him at home. He showed great ________ in science and _________ very fast. _________ he was 22, he moved to New York to be an inventor. He worked very ________ trying out new ideas. He never gave up. inventor made changed why inventions gave difficult answer nothing strange ideas with taught interest learn