北师大版（2019）高中英语选择性必修第四册 Unit12 Reading Club2 精品课件.pptxVIP

Simple Inventions That Changed the WorldUnit 12 InnovationReading club 2 Who? When and where were them invented and developed? Working principles?How have these inventions changed our lives?Read and draw a mindmapof the 3 simiple inventions the ancient Egyptianswater clock Sundial/?s?nda??l/日晷 Gnomon/?n??m?n/圭表 Clepsydra/?kleps?dr?/漏刻 The accurate mechanical clockpendulum?clock?/?pend??l?m/ Compressed gases in metal coil inside the refrigerator suck the heat out of the surrounding air as the gases expand. Elevators have changed the city skylines.The?skyline?is the line or shape that is formed where the sky meets buildings or the land.? Inventions When WhereInventors Changed our livesthe clockin the 16th and 17th centuriesEuropeEuropean inventorsalmost every part of our day-to-day lives is governed by time and our ability to measure it accurately Inventions When WhereInventors Changed our livesthe refrigerator1805Oliver Evansit’s a common object in most homes and people would find it difficult to imagine living without it Inventions When WhereInventors Changed our livesthe elevator1880Werner von SiemensElevators have changed not only our lives by making it possible to live in bigger and taller buildings, but also the city skylines.Germany What is the writer inferring in the last paragraph?The writer is inferring that throughout our daily routine we don’t truly acknowledge the benefit of these three inventions and how much inspiration and hard work it took to create them. Which one of the three inventions do you think has changed people’s lives the most? Why?