英语国家社会与文化入门下册课件BII-U13.pptxVIP

《英语国家社会与文化入门》(下册）TheSocietyandCultureofMajorEnglish-SpeakingCountriesAnIntroduction(BookTwo)

TheUnitedStatesofAmerica

Unit13TechnologyinAmerica

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FocalPointsJohnH.HalltheStevensandtransportationSamuelF.B.MorseAlexanderGrahamBellThomasAlvaEdisonFrederickWinslowTaylorHenryFordthegrowthofradiotelevisioncomputersciencetheInternetUSSpaceRacewiththeUSSRnuclearenergyrenewableenergytechnologies

ThisUnitIsDividedintoThreeSectionsTheNineteenthCenturyTheEarlyandMid-TwentiethCenturyTheLateTwentiethCenturyandToday

I.TheNineteenthCentury

EliWhitney:inventorthecottonginandmassproductionofweaponswithinterchangeableparts;JohnH.Hall:developingtheso-calledAmericansystemofproduction;TheStevensfamily:theirroleinthehistoryoftransportationinearlynineteenthcenturyAmerica;SamuelF.B.Morse:co-developeroftheMorsecode,andhelpedtodevelopthecommercialuseoftelegraphy;AlexanderGrahamBell:creditedwithinventingthefirstpracticaltelephone;ThomasAlvaEdison:themostfamousofallAmericaninventorswhoiscreditedwiththeinventionofthemotionpictures,thephonograph,and,aseveryoneknows,theelectriclight;

EliWhitney(1765-1825)EliWhitneywasanAmericaninventorbestknownforinventingthecottongin.ThiswasoneofthekeyinventionsoftheIndustrialRevolution?andshapedtheeconomyoftheAmericanSouth.(right:firstcottongin)

JohnH.Hall(1781–1841)JohnH.Hallwasaninventorandentrepreneur.HewasthedirectoroftheRifleWorksattheHarpersFerryArmory.Halldevelopedandimprovedhissystemofmanufacture,andhissystemwassoondeployedinthemanufactureofnewlyinventedmassconsumptionitems,suchassewingmachines,typewriters,andbicycles.(right:TheHarpersFerryArmory)

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