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课件网) Unit 4 Inventions Section 1 Reading 阅读优质课 沪教版（2024）八年级 上 Learning objectives 1 Lead in Pre-reading 3 While-reading Vocabulary practice 5 Post-reading Summary 7 Assessment 2 4 6 8 Homework 9 By the end of the lesson, I will be able to... 1 2 3 know about the history, usage and importance of wheels; master how to annotate a passage； understand the the features of great inventions. 00 Learning objectives https://www.21cnjy.com二一教育 Lead in 01 Lead in 01 Great inventions Great inventions in history Feathers of great inventions New ways of living because of inventions First thoughts What’s the features of great inventions They can be used in many ways. They solve big problems. They last a long time. They inspire new inventions. …… They adapt适应 to new needs. They can help a lot of people. Great inventions Lead in 01 Pre-reading 02 https://www.21cnjy.com二一教育 car hot-air balloon plane safety bicycle wheel Complete the timeline of different forms of transport with the words and phrases on page 53. wheel hot-air balloon steam locomotive 蒸汽机车 载人航天器 safety bicycle car plane Pre-reading 02 Discuss in pairs which invention is the most important and why. Which do you think is the most important invention Why I think … is the most important invention because … Pre-reading 02 Li Bai is interested in wheels. Let’s read an article with him. While-reading 03 Match the headings to the paragraphs with the information from the article on pages 52-53. Paragraph 1 _____ Paragraph 2 _____ Paragraph 3 _____ Paragraph 4 _____ a. Wheels are everywhere b. New roads and faster travel c.Travelling was hard work d. A world - changing invention c d b a 1 While-reading 03 2 Read the article again and answer the questions below. (1) How did people travel before the invention of the wheel Before the invention of the wheel, people raveled on foot or by riding horses. While-reading 03 (2) What changes did the invention of the wheel bring about The wheel changed the way villages, towns and even countries did business with each other, and promoted（促进) new road-building techniques. It also allowed us to build all types of amazing machines. 导致，引起 (3) Why is the wheel an important invention While-reading 03 Because the wheel makes our life more convenient and efficient. （答案不唯一，仅供参考） Read paragraph 1 and fill in the table. While-reading 03 time transportation feature over 1000，000 years ago about 6,000 years ago on foot ride horses to search for _____ and _____ to travel _____ and _____ new places to live better sources of food further faster While-reading 03 Guess the meaning of the phrases in paragraph 1 . 发生 1.take place 2.for instance 3.in search of 4.on foot 5.large amounts of 6.a number of 例如 寻找 步行 大量 几个；若干 几个；若干 ...的数量 “the number of+可数名词复数”作主语时，谓语用单数。 “a number of+可数名词复数 作主语时，谓语用复数。 take place happen ... ...
