1. Using language
Alexander Graham Bell

2. Leading in
Enjoy a video
The invention of the telephone

3. Alexander Graham Bell

4. Prediction
What will you write about if you write a passage about Bell?
A. His life
B. His education
C. The invention of the telephone
D. His other inventions
E. His marriage
F. His hobby
G. The importance of the telephone

5. Skimming Match each paragraph and the main idea Para.1
a new discovery-the tetrahedron
shape
Para.2
2. Read the passage quickly and find out the main idea of every paragraph.
B. the invention of the telephone
C. the first telephone message
Para.3
D. the importance of the telephone
Para.4
E. a continuing searcher
Para.5
Para.6
F. curiosity
Para.7
G. life information, interest

6. Detailed reading There are altogether six questions to deal with.
You can discuss the questions in groups.

7. Detailed reading
True or false
Alexander’s interest in helping deaf people communicate and in deaf education led him to invent the microphone.
2. How did he make his mother understand him? T
By pressing his lips against his mother’s
forehead, he could make his mother
understand what he said.

8. 3. Guess the meaning of the underlined words.
Leave the beaten track occasionally
and dive into the woods.
an area of trees
building material
difficulties
4.What does “leave the beaten track” mean?
A. insist on doing the same thing
B. look at things or try in a new way
C. stick to the original method

9. 5. What can we learn from the famous saying ? (more than one answer)
A. It is important to look at things in a new way.
B. One should be curious and explore around
problems.
C. One always need luck to find something valuable
D. One should keep on trying in his research.
E. If one wants to invent something, he should go
to the woods.

10. 6. Which of the following statements is not true?
A. Bell set out to invent the telephone on purpose.
B. Bell experimented with helicopter designs and
flying machines.
C. Bell was a continuing searcher to improve the
quality of life.
D. Bell’s curiosity led him to invent the telephone.

11. Further reading There are altogether three questions to deal with.
You can discuss the questions in groups.

12. Further reading D A F C E B Put the sentences in order
according to how Bell invented the telephone.
He designed a machine to separate different sound waves.
B. He invented the telephone by chance.
C. He noticed the straw drew sound wave when he spoke into the ear.
D. Bell wanted to improve the original telegraph.
E. Suddenly he had a flash of inspiration.
F. One day he was experimenting with a straw joined to a deaf man’s ear drum and a piece of smoked glass.
The correct order D A F C E B

13. 2. What is an tetrahedron shape?
Can you draw a picture?
3. Find a sentence to replace the
following one.
He was truly an explorer who continually search for ways to make people’ life better, though we always think of him when referring to the telephone.
Although he is most often associated with the invention of the telephone, he was indeed a continuing searcher after practical solutions to improve the quality of everybody’s life.

14. Consolidation: some general information of Bell.
Date
Information
In 1847
He was young
11 years old
In 1876
75 years old
He was born.
His family moved to Boston,USA.
He made his first invention.
he invented the first telephone.
He made his last invention.

15. Useful expressions 在……出生 搬到…… 对……感兴趣 帮……干…… 带……到…… 让……做…… 对……好奇 常规
be born in…
move to…
become interested in…
help…do…
lead…do…
make…do…
be curious to do/about
beaten track

16. 一心投入
值得做……
着手做…… 一次 同时
实验……
意识到，了解到
把……送到……
寻找……
dive into
worth doing
set out to do…
at a time
at the same time
experiment with
be aware of
send…to…
search for…