人教版高中英语选修7unit3inventors and inventions period5using language--- listening speaking and writing 名师公开课市级获奖课件（26张）.pptVIP

What was its possible use? Why? When and where did it appear in Europe? 3 A water-powered clock was used to measure the position and movement of the stars in the sky. It dates back to the Northern Song Dynasty. The West did not even discover the sun was the centre of the universe until Copernicus in the fifteenth century AD. You have been asked to write an entry for an encyclopedia about one of these three Chinese inventions. Choose one and prepare to write your report. You will include a photograph or drawing, but you must explain some important points in your report: a description of the object what it was used for how it was used when it was invented Make sure that each point is a new paragraph. Make the first sentence of each paragraph a topic sentence and then add all the information. Finish the report by stating when it was produced in China and when it was found in Western countries. * Read these questions before listening and discuss them in pairs. 1. What functions are already included on a mobile phone? 2. Which ones do you find useful? 3. What else do you expect a mobile phone to do for you? Listen to the tape and tick the descriptions you have heard. a mobile that “thinks” a mobile that does videotaping a mobile that spends your money a mobile that is a computer a mobile that can teach you English a mobile that wakes you up a mobile that plans your holiday a mobile that orders your food √ √ √ √ √ Listen to the tape again and answer these questions. Which mobile does Mary think she will buy and why? Mary wants to buy the mobile that turns itself on when it receives important calls. She missed three yesterday when her mobile was switched/turned off. 2. What extra applications do mobiles have now? Mobiles can take photographs and act as a computer now. 3. What extra applications will they have with the 3-G mobiles? They will be able to monitor how you use your phone. They will book ho