1、12What do you think of the most important inventions in the world?3Look at the pictures and talk about how the way we live has changed over time.Discuss the reasons behind these changes.4In ancient timeWhat is he doing?What is he using to write?What is he using to make his room bright?What is he usi
2、ng to get water?What is he using to cook his meals?5In modern timeWhat is he doing?What is he using to write?What is he using to make his room bright?What is he using to get water?What is he using to cook his meals?6The reasons behind these changes are some inventions that make our lives convenient.
3、7The New Age of Invention8Read the interview and find out what inventions are mentioned.The Four Great Invention in ancient ChinaGunpowder,Printing Technique,Papermaking,Compass9Some western inventions:steam engine telephoneradioHave you heard of some stories about these inventions?10Some new invent
4、ions tech-based:VR(virtual reality)wearable techflexible battery11Some new inventions in medicine and environmental science:3D-printing organsintelligent walking house1213Complete the mind map with information from the passage.Try to divide the passage according to the map.14the four great invention
5、sthe steam enginethe telephone,and the radioflexible batteryhearts and bone partssolar energyintelligent walking housereduced energy supplies and environmental pollution a problem that needs a solution15According to the map,the passage can be divided into three parts,try to match the main ideas with
6、 each part.Part 1:Q&A 1,2Part 2:Q&A 3,4Part 3:Q&A 5,6the inventions of the pastthe inspiration for inventions the inventions of today16Part 1Task 1:use your own words to introduce the interviewer and the intervieweeThe interviewer is a hostess of a TV program named Between the Pages.17The interviewe
7、e is the writer of a newly-published book named The New Age of Inventions18Task 2:discuss with your partners about the reasons why people might think the great age of invention is over.People may have the impression that there have been golden ages of invention throughout history.And there seems not
8、 to be so many impressive inventions nowadays.19Task 3:discuss with your partners about how the inventions Richard mentions changed the world.There is an example below for you to consult.Before the compass was invented,most people sailing at sea identified the direction by depending upon the positio
9、n of the sun and the stars.If it was cloudy or rainy,people would lose the direction in this way.20It was the compass invented by the Chinese people that solved this problem.The compass is the instrument used for indicating direction.As early as the Warring States Period,the Chinese discovered that
10、a magnet could be applied to indicate the south and north.In the Song Dynasty,people created a proper compass called Luopan.The invention of the compass has an epoch-making influence on navigation,thereby opening up a new era in the history of international navigation.21Part 2Task 1:try to list some
11、 tech-based inventions that you have used in your daily life.Bike sharing 共享单车High-speed rail高铁Alipay支付宝Online shopping网购22Task 2:try to speak out some influences of the inventions in medicine and environmental science.Some incurable diseases will be cured because people can have replacement organs.
12、However,there may be some moral problems.23Living in the intelligent walking house,people can24Part 3Task 1:according to Richard,try to conclude the main difference between the inventors in the past and the inventors today.Team work25Task 2:try to find what inspires people to invent things in this p
13、art.reduced energy supplies and environmental pollutiona problem that needs a solutionWe human beings have an incredible desire to think and create.26Task 3:there are so many plots in movies or novels about the time machine,do you believe people can invent the machine one day?If there should be the
14、time machine,where would you go?To the past or the future?2728Task after reading the whole passage:Choose the sentences that describe Dr Fairhursts opinions.1.Inventions in Ancient China were better than those in the West.2.A lot of todays great inventions are tech-based.293.Today,most inventions prefer working by themselves.4.The desire to solve problems inspires invention.5.A time machine will definitely be invented in the future.301.If you were the interviewer,what other questions would you ask Dr Richard Fairhurst?2.In your opinion,what else inspires people to invent things?3132
