外研版九上课例分析 Module 9 Great inventions

Unit 2 Will books be replaced by the Internet? （ reading and writing ）

What invention is the most important in ancient China?

Four Great Inventions papermaking printing compass gunpowder

With the development of the technology, some new inventions appears. ? in the past later now

The advantages The bookThe Internet 1. get information 2. read at any time 3. show on the bookshelf …. 1. get some information easily and quickly 2. get more information at a time from the world 3. transmit messages as fast as possible. ….

Read the passage and match the main ideas with paragraphs. a)The world before printed books （ ） b)The world after the invention of printing （ ） c)Life with paper and printing （ ） d)Technology and books （ ） e)The future of books （ ） while-reading:

Read and answer the following questions: 1.When did people begin to write on paper to make a book? 2.Why were the books expensive about 2000 years ago? 3. What made the knowledge and ideas spread faster than before? 4. What does the writer think of Internet?

Find out the specific information in the text. 1.When did people begin to write on paper to make a book? 2.Why were the books expensive about 2000 years ago? About 2000 years ago. Because they were only produced one at a time by hand. Para 2 Paper was first created about 2000 years ago in China. After its invention, people started to write on paper to make books. Para 2 In those days, books were only produced one at a time by hand. As a result, there were not many books and they were expensive. So few people had the chance to learn to read.

3. What made the knowledge and ideas spread faster than before? 4. What does the writer think of Internet? The trade in books and more people learnt to read. It’s powerful and easy to find information. Para 3 A trade in books resulted and more people learnt to read. Knowledge and ideas spread faster than ever before. Para 4 Although the Internet is still young, it is growing very fast, and may become more powerful than printing… Someone with an Internet connection can find information much more easily than they can find it in printed forms.

Complete the table with the passive voice. WhenWhat happened About 2000 years agopaper was created During the Sui and Tang Dynasties Today The Internet is growing fast. printing was invented Computers and Internet are used in classroom, and newspaper and magazines are read online.

Read after the tape

1. look through 浏览；阅览 2. compare …to (with)… 和 … 作比较 e.g. In a way, we can compare the invention of paper and printing to the introduction of the Internet in the twentieth century.

few a few little a little 表示否定意思表示肯定意思 修饰可 数名词 修饰不可 数名词 Eg: Celina feels very lonely, because she has ________ friends at school. I will buy some meat tomorrow, there is ___________ meat in our fridge. few little 3. a few 与 few a few 一些，后面接可数名词的复数形式。 few 少量，几乎没有（表否定），后面接可数名词 的复数形式。

4. will books be replaced by the Internet? be replaced by 的意思是 “ 被 …… 所取代 ” e.g. The broken chair was replaced by a new one. replace …with “ 用 …… 代替 ” 。 e.g. They replaced the old windows with new ones.

Read the sentences and notice how we give reasons and results. 1. Books were only produced one at a time by hand. As a result, there were not many books. 2. Because there were not many books, few people learnt to read. 3. These machines are smaller and lighter than books, so they are easy to carry. （ result ） （ reason ） Post-reading

Work in pairs: （ Ask and Answer: sentences with as a result, because, or so ） - Why is it hard to imagine a world without printing? - It’s hard to imagine a world without printing because we have so many printed things now, for example menus, schoolbooks.

1. What was the result of few books being produced? 2. What happened after the printing technology developed? 3. What will happen to the books in the future? Why? Few books were produced and, as a result, few people could read. After printing technology developed, books were cheaper, so more people learnt how to read. Books might not be needed in the future because the Internet is growing quickly.

The advantages of Internet 1. It may become more powerful than printing. A much larger amount of information can be stored in more varied forms on the internet than in books. 2. Someone with an Internet connection can find information much more easily than they can find it in printed forms. 3. The computer and the Internet are used in classroom now. Read the paragraph 4 and 5, and fill the chart. Imagine: the future of Internet ______________________________________________ 1. Internet will be covered everywhere in the world. 2. It will be faster than now. 3. ….

当代生活中很多发明的出现大大地改变了人们的 生活，选取一个你认为最重要的发明。说说它有哪些 优点？请你想象一下它的未来发展会是什么样子的呢？ 请以 Great Invention ---… 为题，写一篇不少于 50 词的 文章。 要求： 1. 文章结构清晰。 2. 会恰当使用 because, so, or as a result 。 3. 至少使用一处一般将来时的被动语态。

The advantages of ？ Writing Structure ： Great Invention-- ？ Imagine: the future of ？ ______________________________________________ …. 仿照文章结构，构思写作内容。

Pictures and information can ________ on TV. It will be clearer and thinner in the future. be seen Time _____________ by and you needn’t walk to post office, and money _____________too, because we don’t have to pay for the stamps. It will…. Talk about other inventions. can be saved Many photos ______________easily. You can connect it to the computer and see the photos. It will…. can be saved and deleted （材料供选用）

My life has been changed by mobile phones because it is very convenient. There are some important advantages. First, A cell phones is very light and small, so I can take it in my pocket or in my handbag. Second, It can take photos. If I don’t want to take a camera with me when I travel, I can take photos with my cell phone. Also, some important information can be kept in my cell phone, too. In the future, I hope the cell phones will be made in the thinnest one like a piece of paper. In a word, my life has been changed a lot by cell phones. 例文 Great Invention——cell phone

(Show some students’ compositions and correct by themselves.)

1. Polish your composition. 2. 《目标》 Module 9 Unit 2