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课件网) Unit 12 Innovation Writing写作课 Pair work You are going to write about an inventor and his / her invention that you find amazing. Discuss the questions. 1. Which inventor are you going to write about Which of his / her inventions do you find amazing 2. How was the invention made 3. What influence has this invention had on society Read for writing Read the essay “James Watt and the Steam Engine”. Answer the questions. 1. Who was James Watt 2. What did he improve 3. How did he make the improvement 4. What contribution did he make to human history James Watt was an engineer, scientist and inventor, who was born in Scotland in 1736. As a child, he was gifted in the areas of maths and science. who引导的非限定从 作为 be gifted in 在某方面有天赋 One day when he was 12 years old, he was sitting in his family kitchen watching a kettle boiling water. As the water boiled, the steam made the top of the kettle bounce up and down. He thought deeply about (what was happening), as steam was only water but seemed to be powerful enough to lift a kettle top. was/were doing 过去进行时 现在分词做伴随状语 watch ... doing sth 看...做某事 顶部,（容器的）盖子 上下跳动 what引导的宾从 因为 be+adj+enough to do sth 足够...可以做某事 当...时候 He reflected further on the process, estimating how much more power could be created by a larger amount of water. Later he began to experiment with steam and eventually developed the steam engine. This was a great improvement on the Newcomen steam engine, which was commonly used at the time. which引导的非限定从，指代Newcomen steam engine reflect on 仔细思考，反思 非谓语 large-larger-largest 用...进行实验 Watt’s invention changed the course of human history. Steam engines helped to power factories (that started the industrial Revolution). With this came new types of jobs and the availability of new products at lower costs. In the area of transportation, steam engines were used to power trains and boats, helping people to travel greater distances in much shorter times. ...的进程 v.驱动，为...提供动力 定从 be used to do 被用于做某事 本句为倒装句 在...领域 非谓语 1. An international team of astronomers used a database combining observations from the best telescopes in the world 1 (detect) the signal from the active supermassive black holes of dying galaxies (星系) in the early universe. 2.When shopping, customers use their mobile phones (scan) product barcoads. 3.Chinese researchers hope to use the instruments onboard Chang’e—4 (find) and study areas of the South Pole—Aitken basin. 4.What contribution did he make to human history？ 1.Who was James Watt？ 2.What did he improve？ 3.How did he make the improvement？ James Watt was an engineer, scientist and inventor, who was born in Scotland in 1736. He developed and made a great improvement on the Newcomen steam engine, which was commonly used at the time. He watched a kettle boiling water and thought deeply about what wa ... ...
