Unit 4 Amazing ScienceUnit 4 Amazing Science

Topic 2

When was it invented?

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Great inventions make our life colorful! Please choose one to talk about.

English Learning Machine/Around 2005/Beijing Ren’ai Education Institute/learn English

digital camera/1975/America/take photos

MP3 player/1998/Korea/listen to music

mobile phone/1973/America/communicate easily

Science make our world wonderful!Michael, Jane and their classmates are visiting the Science Museum.

Look, a light bulb! When was it invented?Who was the inventor?

Listen and answer the questions.

In 1987, by Thomas Edison

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Read 1a and fill out the table.

Invention Inventor Year

Light bulb

Guglielmo

Marconi

1903

Radio

Airplane

Thomas Edison

Wilbur andOrville Wright

1879

1895

重点词（组）和句型

1.in our daily life in our everyday life 2.invent v. inventor n. invention n. The inventors invented many great inventions.3.It’s said/reported that-clause.4.during one’s life in one’s life

invent /America/in 1946

A: Where were computers invented?B: They were invented in America.A: When were computers invented.B: They were invented in 1946.

Look and talk about the picture.

Pair work. Make up dialogs after the example.

ShenzhouⅦlauch /in China/in 2008

Pirates of the Caribbeandirect/by Gore Verbinski/in 2006

laptop

invent/in Japan/in 1985

Know something about science.

Cloning----- a famous experiment

the cloned sheep---

was created in Scotland a few years ago.

the cloned mice

the cloned cows

the cloned pigs

the cloned animals

Listen and answer the questions.

1.What’s the name of the cloned sheep? Dolly.2.What animals have the scientists cloned now? Sheep, rabbits, cows, mice, pigs and some other animals.3.What is used in cloning? DNA.4.Is your DNA similar to your parents’? Yes, it is.5.What does the writer want to clone? What do you want to clone ?Why?

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3b Group work

Read 3a again and discuss the following questions.

1. Who is Dolly and what is used in cloning?2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of cloning?

( )1.The cloned sheep, Dolly,was cloned in Canada.

( )2.Scientists have cloned pigs.

( )3.Every part of our body has different DNA.

( )4.There is DNA in all living things.

Read 3a and mark the statements True (T) or False (F).

T

T

F

F

1. Do you know about Dolly, the cloned sheep? I am going to buy a car made in China.

4. be similar to 与……相似 the same…as ， as…as 与……一样

3. human being n.意为“人”，当“人类”讲时，通常用复数human beings humans man.

2. DNA 脱氧核糖核酸

DNA fingerprinting

DNA 指纹鉴定

Retell the passage :Would you like to say something about the famous experiment?

Cloning Dolly --- created in Scotlandother cloned animalsDNAthe same as be similar toexactly the same

Inventor Year

A. Karl Benz a.1925

B. John Baird b.1876

C. Alexander Graham Bell c.1885

Listen to the tape, choose the correct answers and fill in the blanks.

A C Bc b a

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当堂检测 一、词组互译

1. 科技博物馆 ____ 6.It is said that… ____

2. 在日常生活中 ____ 7.the same as…____

3. 与……不同 ____ 8.be similar to…____

4. 迄今为止 ____ 9.during one’s life___

5. 从……中克隆的 _____ 10.be made into______

二、选择合适短语填空，并注意其适当形式。be different from, take photos,

be similar to, so far, the same…as

1.The weather in the USA_____________ that in Australia.

2.The student has made _______ mistakes ____ he did

last time.

3.Digital camera is used for ____________.

4. ________, more and more teenagers in America have showed great interest in learning Chinese.

5.Group Three’s opinions __________ ours.are similar to

the same as

taking photos

is different from

So far

三、用所给词的适当形式填空。1.It was used in our _______ study.( day )

2.The airplane is different from _______ .(today )

3.I think the film was _______ by Zhang

Yimou in 1998. (direct)

4.Edison, an American _________, created many

things. (invent)

5.So far, they have _______ many animals. (clone)

6.Shenzhou _______________ (launch) in 2005.Ⅵ

dailytoday’s

inventor

cloned

directed

was launched

四、根据句意及首字母提示写出单词。1.Guglielmo Marconi is the i ______ of the radio.

2.This kind of machine is w______ used for harvesting in

the countryside.

3.Nowadays more and more people use mobile phones to

c___________ with each other.

4.Shakespeare c______ many famous characters, such as

Hamlet, Romeo, Juliet and so on.

5.The government is trying out a new e_________ in city

planning.

6.Your views on education are s______ to mine.

nventor

ommunicate

reated

xperiment

imilar

idely

Homework:Make a survey about what your classmates want to clone and report to your class.

Name What to clone Reason

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Bye!