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Unit 3
Unit 3
The world of science
What are the most impressive events in the recent science and technology
Fuxing high-speed train
Chang’e 5
C919 Airplane
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge
the Beidou Navigation (导航) Satellite System
Look at the pictures and talk about how the way we live has changed over time. Discuss the reasons behind these changes.
In ancient time
What 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
In modern time
What is he doing
What is he using to write
What is he using to make his room bright
Where can he get water
What is he using to boil water
What is he using to cook his meals
The reasons behind these changes are some inventions that make our lives more convenient.
The New Age of Invention
本文语篇类型为访谈。课文以问答的形式介绍了古今中外人类的伟大新发明、这些发明给生活带来的巨大变化以及发明的原动力。
Read the interview and find out what inventions are mentioned.
The Four Great Invention in ancient China
Gunpowder, Printing, Papermaking, the Compass
Some western inventions:
the steam engine
the telephone
the radio
Have you heard of some stories about these inventions
Some new tech-based inventions:
VR (virtual reality)
wearable tech
the flexible battery
Some new inventions in medicine and environmental science:
the 3D-printer
the intelligent walking house
the wheel, the car, new energy vehicles, and the time machine.
Choose the sentences that describe Dr Fairhurst’s opinions.
1. Inventions in Ancient China were better than those in the West.
2. A lot of today’s great inventions are tech-based.
3. Today, most inventors prefer working by themselves.
4. The desire to solve problems inspires invention.
5. A time machine will definitely be invented in the future.
Complete the mind map with information from the passage. Try to divide the passage according to the map.
Inventions
of the past
Ancient China — __________________
_________________________________
the West — _______________________
_________________________________
gunpowder, papermaking, printing and the compass
the steam engine, the telephone and the radio
virtual reality
________________
Inventions
of today
wearable tech
replacement __________________
made by 3D printers
the flexible battery
_____________________________
using GPS, computing technology and _________________________
hearts and bone parts
an intelligent walking house
solar technology
Inspiration for inventions
recognising _______________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
a problem that needs a solution
an incredible desire to think and
create
According to the map, the passage can be divided into three parts, try to match the main ideas with each part.
Part 1: Q&A 1,2
Part 2: Q&A 3,4
Part 3: Q&A 5,6
the inventions of the past
the inspiration for inventions
the inventions of today
Match the questions with Dr Richard Fairhurst's answers.
1-6 CADBFE
Decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F).
1. Dr Richard Fairhurst accepted an interview in a program named The New Age of Invention. ( )
2. Many people might think that the great age of invention is over according to the interviewer. ( )
3. Some great inventions have changed the world and now, we find ourselves in the great new age of technology. ( )
4. Important advances have been made in medicine and environmental science thanks to GPS technology. ( )
5. Dr Richard Fairhurst is both an inventor and a writer. ( )
6. The real spirit of invention is an incredible desire to think and create. ( )
Choose the right item from the box to make the summary complete. Change the form when necessary.
technology, medicine, doubtful, over, the compass
In an interview Dr Richard Fairhurst is talking about his new book The New Age of Invention and whether the great age of invention is 1. ____________. Fairhurst mentions some of those inventions: gunpowder, papermaking, printing and 2. ____________ in Ancient China as well as Western inventions: the steam engine, the telephone and the radio.
over
the compass
technology, medicine, doubtful, over, the compass
But he adds that we are now in the great new age of 3. ___________, which has led to great advances in 4. ___________ and environmental science. 3D printers, GPS and solar power have made it possible to print replacement hearts and bone parts and create an intelligent eco-friendly “walking house,” for example. Fairhurst like most inventors now is part of an international team. Inventions happen through recognising problems that need to be solved he says and people's need to create. When asked about a time machine though, he becomes 5. ____________. But that doesn't mean it will never happen, he says.
technology
medicine
doubtful
Textual knowledge
口头语篇的特点
The New Age of Invention是一则访谈，文章通过一问一答的方式让读者了解到推动人类文明进步的发明、由现代科技主导的新型发明以及催生发明的主要因素。虽然文章以文字的形式呈现，但仍然有很明显的口头语篇的特点。
If you were the interviewer, what other questions would you ask Dr Richard Fairhurst
In your opinion, what else inspires people to invent things
1. According to Richard, what is the main difference between the inventors in the past and the inventors today
Team work
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. However, there may be some moral problems.
Living in the intelligent walking house, people can…
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 would be a time machine, where would you go To the past or the future
