1、 Lesson 1Lesson 2Extended ExercisesCheckpointAgendaUNIT GOALS1.Describe an innovation2.Evaluate inventions3.Discuss the impact of key inventions in history4.Writing about an invention Lesson 1Lead-inListeningSpeakingReadingWriting333 Lead-inSitcom:Technology Today Is Amazing!Exercise AExercise B3 Ex
2、ercise ACheck the words that Bob uses to describe his new TV Check the words that Bob uses to describe his new TV glasses.glasses.ultra high-tech first rate top-of-the-line high-end state-of-the-art revolutionary novel cutting-edge innovation Exercise BRead each conversation.Then answer the followin
3、g questions.Read each conversation.Then answer the following questions.Marie:Unbelievable.And Cheryl doesnt mind this?Bob:Yes!1.Why does Bob say“yes!”?_Marie:This guy in the caf today was so loud,I couldnt hear myself talking.Bob:Ha-ha-ha2.Who or what is Bob laughing at?_Bob says“yes!”because his te
4、am is winning.Bob is laughing at the guy on TV.ListeningPart 1 A New Product for Preventing Mosquito BitesPart 2 Inventors CupPart 3 Inventions and LifePart 4 Technology and InventionsNew WordsPhrases and ExpressionsProper Names3333 Part 1 A New Product for Preventing Mosquito BitesListen to the con
5、versation and fill in the blanks with what you hear.Listen to the conversation and fill in the blanks with what you hear.LILIAN:Where did you get all these mosquito bites?MARIAN:On our 1_.The bugs were terrible.I tried everything,but I still got eaten alive!Dont you wish someone would invent somethi
6、ng for mosquitoes that works?LILIAN:Where have you been?They have.Marian:2_!LILIAN:Yeah.Its the thing you 3_ your wrist,and mosquitoes quit bugging you.It really works.MARIAN:I dont believe it.If Id known that,I 4_ before I left.camping tripNo wayput onwould have gotten one Part 2 Inventors CupListe
7、nListen to the passage and circle the letter that best completes to the passage and circle the letter that best completes each sentence.each sentence.1.Johnny _ last years competition.A.won B.didnt win C.didnt go to2.Last year it _ at the competition.A.didnt rain B.must not have rained C.rained3.If
8、he wins the competition,Howard will _ inventing things.A.start B.keep on C.stop4.Howard thinks he _ the competition.A.will win B.wont win C.could have won Part 2 Inventors Cup5.Brenda thinks that her invention is _.A.unique B.high end C.first rate6.Brendas invention helps people if they _.A.get lost
9、 B.want something top of the line C.are inefficient7.Who is reporter?A.Brenda.B.Colleen.C.Johnny.8.How many inventors are invited to the show?A.3.B.4.C.5.Part 3 Inventions and LifeListen carefully to people discussing their problems.Write the Listen carefully to people discussing their problems.Writ
10、e the number of the conversation next to the invention each person number of the conversation next to the invention each person should have had.And write the information that supports your should have had.And write the information that supports your answers.answers.Key:Part 3 Inventions and LifeCONV
11、ERSATION 1 The woman should have had the Pet Exit because the cats woke her up three times last night.CONVERSATION 2 They should have had the Vac Bot because the floor was dusty/dirty,and they had just one hour to clean up.CONVERSATION 3 The woman should have had the All-Body Umbrella because cars h
12、ad splashed water on her skirt.CONVERSATION 4 The man should have had the Robo-Tiller because he had to get the soil ready for tomatoes,and he had a lot of work to do at home.Part 4 Technology and InventionsPassage 1 Technology Steps into the World of FashionPassage 2 The End of a Successful British
13、 Venture into SpacePassage 3 Telephone33 Passage 1 Technology Steps into the World of FashionListen to the passage and check whether each statement is Listen to the passage and check whether each statement is true(T)or false(F).true(T)or false(F).TF1.Declic was the first shoe Ella designed.2.Ellas d
14、esign of Declic was based on a friends idea.3.The design uses new technology.4.The shoes are named Declic because of Ellas name.5.Declic shoes are not designed to be attractive.6.Ella thinks that most high heels are impractical.Passage 2 The End of a Successful British Venture into SpaceListen to th
15、e passage and fill in the blanks with what you Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks with what you hear.hear.In days of old,when Britain still had ambition to being a 1_ power,the government felt that it needed the appropriate way,such as the space program.Hence Skylark,a British rocket first
16、 2_ in 1957.The ambitions are long gone,and so is the space program.These days,Britains official interest in space(which is not much)is organized through the European Space Agency.But though the great dreams of 3_ the Empire to the moon have 4_,Skylark lived on for almost half a century,and 440 launches,until May 2nd,when the 441st launch of a Skylark,from a site in Sweden,brought the curtain down on the 5_.6_ and partly its practicality.When the British government decided to use American Space