Period1Period1Reading(I)Reading(I)Module2ScienceandtechnologyOxfordEnglishUnitUnit44InventionsInventionsC1Findwordsfromthearticleonpage51thathavesimilarmeaningstothewordsinitalicsbelow.comfortablecenturypassengersdevelopeddaytime2BackgroundinformationBackgroundinformationWhatdoyouknowaboutWhatdoyouknowabout…?…?Inventionschangeourwayoflife.Lookatthephotosbelow.Writethenameofeachinventionintheblanks.computerlightbulbmobilephonepapertelephonetrainwheel7Howdotheseinventionshelpusinourdailylives?Ingroups,discussthiswithyourclassmates.Theseinventionshelpusinmanywaysinourdailylives.Wemayusethemanytime,anywhere.Theyareverypractical.7Lookatthephotos,thetitle,theintroductionandthesub-headingsofthearticleonpage51.Thenanswerthequestionsbelow.Skimmingmeanstoreadanarticlequicklytogetitsgeneralidea.Toskimanarticle,youshouldlookatitsintroduction,title,sub-headings,photosorpictures,andthefirstandlastsentencesofeachparagraph.2Whichinventionisprobablythegreatestinhistoryaccordingtothearticle?4Whenwasthefirstpracticallightbulbinvented?3WhatdidAlexanderGrahamBellinvent?1Howdogreatinventionshelppeople?Thewheel.Heinventedoneofthefirstpracticaltelephones.In1879.Theyhelppeopleliveabetterlife.Skimthearticleagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.ThewheelThewheelisperhapsthegreatestinventioninhistory.Afteritsinvention,travellingbecamefasterandmorecomfortable.Afewthousandyearsago,peoplestartedtousewheelsoncarriages.Intheearly19thcentury,thefirsttrainsbegantocarrypassengers.Atthestartofthe20thcentury,carsbecamepopular.Withoutthewheel,wewouldnothavetheseinventions.GreatinventionsVocabularyVocabulary3Greatinventionschangetheworld.Theyhelppeopleliveabetterlife.Thefollowingarethreeofthemostimportantinventionsinhistory./3kCrIdZ/ThetelephoneAlexanderGrahamBellinventedoneofthefirstpracticaltelephonesin1876.Sincethen,peoplehavebeenabletospeaktoeachotheroverlongdistances.Todaymillionsofpeopleacrosstheworldownmobilephones.Theyallowpeopletokeepintouchwith...
