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课件网) Module9 Great inventions Unit3 Language in use Look at the pictures and describe the new classroom that will be built. Use the words in the box to help you. P76 build buy change fix A new classroom will be built A new interactive whiteboard will be bought. Let's talk Possible answers: A new floor will be built. New furniture / desks/ chairs will be bought. A new blackboard will be bought. A new interactive whiteboard will be bought. The windows and the door will be changed. The teacher’s desk will be painted. The lights will be changed. The colour of the walls will be changed. The walls will be fixed. P77 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about these great inventions. Let's talk A: When was the telephone invented B: It was invented in 1875. A: Who invented it B: It was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. A: What can it be used for B: It can be used for communication. /It can be used to communicate with others. A: What will it be used to do in the future B: It will be used to ____/It will be used for_____ P77 Listen and find out where the speaker is. a) In a school library. b) In the British Library. c) In the British Museum. Let's Listen Listen again and answer the questions. Why were so few books produced in ancient times Because they were written by hand. 2. Why were many old books copied onto a computer Because they are too valuable to be picked up and held on. 3. How has the computer helped people read old books in the British Library Old books were copied onto a computer a few years ago for people to be able to read them without touching them. P77 Let's Listen Before the _____of printing, few people could read. 2. There were more books to sell, so the _____ in books grew. 3. Because more people could read, ideas _____quickly. 4. What _____ will printing take in the future introduction trade spread direction Let's Review Complete the sentences with the words in the box. direction, introduction, spread, trade P77 Read the passage and choose the best title. a). The history of the Internet b). The World Wide Web c). The Internet and the Web d). The future of the Internet Let's Read P78 The Internet has been around for many years, but it was the invention of the World Wide Web that made it really useful to people. Together, the Internet and the World Wide Web have changed the world. The Internet was invented by the US government in the 1960s, for the army to use. In the 1970s, scientists and businesspeople also wanted to use the Internet to send and receive messages. For some years, people could only send very simple text. They could not send photos or documents by the Internet. That changed in 1991, when a British scientist named Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. The World Wide Web allows people to send various types of files, such as texts, photos and videos by the Internet, so more and more people started to use it in the 1990s. Today, the Web has hundreds of mil ... ...
