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Unit 12 Innovation
Topic Talk
By the end of the period, you will be able to:
1. talk about innovations and discoveries;
2. listen for general understanding;
3. listen for specific information and understand words in context.
Name the four ancient Chinese inventions
Printing
Paper-making
Gunpowder
The compass
Lead-in
Listen to Dialogue 1.
Pair work What inventions or discoveries are significant in improving the quality of human life What are the inventions you cannot live without Why
Pre-listening
Healthy and Well-being
Vitamin tablets
______...
Entertainment and Communication
The Internet
_____
...
Travel and Transport
Aeroplanes
______...
Example The Internet is an invention that I cannot live without as I use
it every day for study, fun and communication.
I think Dr Yuan Longping’s hybrid rice is an important invention, because it helps ease the world’s hunger problem.
In my opinion, the aeroplane is really of great significance, because it can take us wherever we want to go in a very short time.
Task 1: Listen to the dialogue and then choose the best answer.
1. What is the Susan Li
A. She is a young student. B. She is a young inventor.
C. She is a young professor.
2. What is the function of her invention
A. It can clean plastic and garbage on the ground.
B. It can be used in the ocean.
C. It can help solve water pollution.
3. What is the disadvantage of her invention
A. It is easy to use. B. It is very expensive.
C. It can be put into operation soon.
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While-listening
Task 2: Listen again and answer the questions.
1.What characteristics does Susan Li think inventors have
2.What do we know about Susan Li’s invention
1.What characteristics does Susan Li think inventors have
▲Inventors are interested in ____________ ________and_________________________.
▲They are _______and _______.
▲They always think _____________.
understanding
how our lives can be improved
creative
curious
outside the box
the world
Check your answers
2.What do we know about Susan Li’s invention
▲Her invention is a type of ___________
_____________________.
▲The biggest advantage is that it is ____ ______.
▲However, it is _________to produce at the moment.
plastic and
to use
expensive
garbage gathering device
easy
Check your answers
Listen to Dialogue 2.
1. What are the speakers doing
A. They are talking about computers.
B. They are doing a school project.
C. They are chatting with friends.
2. What is the relationship between them
A. Classmates. B. Teachers and students. C. Friends.
3. When did the Internet become widely used
In the 1960s. B. In the 1980s. C. In the 1990s.
Before listening, look through the following questions and get the key information.
Pre-listening
Task 1: Listen to the dialogue and then choose the best answer.
1. What are the speakers doing
A. They are talking about computers.
B. They are doing a school project.
C. They are chatting with friends.
2. What is the relationship between them
A. Classmates. B. Teachers and students. C. Friends.
3. When did the Internet become widely used
In the 1960s. B. In the 1980s. C. In the 1990s.
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While-listening
Task 2: Listen again and answer the questions.
1.Before the invention of the Internet, who mainly used computers
2.Where did people get information before the invention of the Internet
1.Before the invention of the Internet, who mainly used computers
Before the invention of the Internet, only scientists and other technical people used them.
2. Where did people get information before the invention of the Internet
Before the invention of the Internet, people had only TV, newspapers and books to get information.
Check your answers
Task 3: Listen again and fill in the blanks with the words you hear.
CY: OK, Chen Xi and Li Zhen, let’s get this project started! Ms Ding asked us to think of 1._____________________ in our everyday life. What do you both think
CX: Right. Well, for me, it would have to be computers. I spend so much time on 2.____________________, playing games, chatting with friends...
L: Computers are a good choice, but it really was 3._________________
_______ that made them useful. Before that, only scientists and other technical people used them. Now, because of 4.__________, there is a
reason for us all to have one.
the most useful invention
my computer studying
the invention of the
the Internet
Internet
Task 3: Listen again and fill in the blanks with the words you hear.
CY：Yes, I agree. The Internet is an amazing invention. Before that, people had only TV, newspapers and books to 5._____________.
CX：And of course before the Internet, you couldn’t chat with friends 6.______ or send and receive emails. Only telephone calls and letters.
L：Wow, so when was the Internet 7.________ Oh wait. Let’s check online!
CY：Hmmmm. OK... It was invented in the 1960s, but it wasn’t widely used until the 1990s.
CX：How life has been 8.___________ in such a short time！Imagine what’s coming in the next 50 years!
online
transformed
invented
get information
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