(
课件网) in search of new places to live and better sources of food travel further and faster used wheels to transport people and thing to places far awary changed the way villages, towns and even countries did business with each other build all types of amazing machines on foot started to ride horses The wheel was invented. a few thousand years ago 6,000 years ago Thanks to the wheel, people can travel faster and farther. It has improved people’s lives. Give a summary of the article 100,000 years ago Which invention has made our lives better, according to the passage Which inventions have made our lives worse The writer thinks the wheel has made our lives better. According to the passage, cigarettes and plastic bags have made our lives worse. Learn Which food is a better/worse choice Which food is the best/worst choice Practise better worse best worst Who has ____(little) money, Alice or Eric Daisy Who has _____(little) money, Alice, Eric or Daisy Alice Eric less the least Who has ____(many) money, Alice or Eric more Who has _____(many) money, Alice, Eric or Daisy the most S1: What do you think of the wheel / plastic bag / ... S2: I think it is useful / helpful / important / harmful / bad / ... S1: How does it make our lives better / worse S2: Thanks to the invention of ..., we can ..., our lives are becoming better. / The invention of ... made / has made people’s lives worse. ... Match and practise Early computers were as big as a room. With electric lights, people can do as many things in the evenings as they can in the daytime. A candle does not produce as much light as a light bulb. A + be + as + adj. + as +B A + be +not as/so + adj. + as +B A + v.+ as + much +不可数名词+ as +B A + v. + as + many + 可数名词复数 + as + B Observe and summarize The wheel has made life more convenient. The light bulb allows us to read and do other things at night. Which invention is better Discuss best better as important as worse Practise Which is the best invention of the past 1,000 years, according to Su Wen Movable type. 2.Which invention does Su Mei think is better, the light bulb or movable type The light bulb. 3.Which invention does Su Wen think is almost as important as moveable type The computer. 4.If there weren’t any inventions, what would our lives be like according to Su Mei It would be much worse without them. Work in pairs. Role-play a conversation between a journalist and a person on the street. Use the questions from Grammar in Use on page 58 and the timeline below to help you. Interview Work in pairs. Role-play a conversation between a journalist and a person on the street. Use the questions from Grammar in Use on page 58 and the timeline below to help you. Interview Example: S1: Look at the list of the great inventions in the past 1000 years. Which invention do you think is more important, the printing press or the light bulb Why S2: I think … is more important, because it …/I think ... ...
