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1、精品名师归纳总结Unit9 when was it invented.Section A,1bActivity 1b.Listen and match the inventions with the dates.Alice:Life must hace been difficuit when you were akid.Woman:Oh,not really.Why do you say that.Alice:Well,you didnt have many modern inventions.Like,you probably didnt have a telephone,right.Wom

2、an:Of course we did.How old do you think I am.The telephone was invented in 1876.Alice:How about cars.I bet cars werent invented yet.Woman:Sure they were.Cars were invented in 1885.My family had a car.I think you need totake a history class,Alice.Alice:Ha,ha.Well,did you have a TV.Woman:No,we didnt.

3、The TV was invented around 1927,I think.Some friends of mine had one.But in those days,TVswere really expensive,and we couldnt afford one.Alice:AndI bet you didnt have calculators and computersand stuff.Thata something I do know.We learned in school that handheld calculators were invented in 1971 an

4、d personal computers were invented in 1971 and personal可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结computers were invented in1976.Woman:Youre right. I didnt have those things when I was young.But I do now.2a Listen and number the inventions in the order that you hear them.Boy:What are those.Girl:Theyre battery-operated

5、 slippers.Boy:What are they used for.Girl:Theyre used for seeing in the dark.Boy:Oh,thats cool.Who are they invented by.Girl:Julie Thompson.And look at this heated ice cream scoop.Boy:I know what its for.Its used for scooping out really cold ice cream.Girl:Right.It was invented by Chelsea Lanmon.Boy

6、:My favorite are those shoes with adjustable heels.You know -you can move the heels up and down.They were invented by Jayce Coziar and Jamie Ellsworth.Girl:And what are they used for.Boy:Well,you can change the style of your shoes.You can make the shoes go可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结from casual to dress

7、y.2b. Listen again. Match the inventions with their inventors and uses.Boy:What are those.Girl:Theyre battery-operated slippers.Boy:What are they used for.Girl:Theyre used for seeing in the dark.Boy:Oh,thats cool.Who are they invented by.Girl:Julie Thompson.And look at this heated ice cream scoop.Bo

8、y:I know what its for.Its used for scooping out really cold ice cream.Girl:Right.It was invented by Chelsea Lanmon.Boy:My favorite are those shoes with adjustable heels.You know -you can move the heels up and down.They were invented by Jayce Coziar and Jamie Ellsworth.Girl:And what are they used for

9、.Boy:Well,you can change the style of your shoes.You can make the shoes go from casual to dressy.Section B,2a,2b可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结2a.Listen and circle Tfor ture or Ffor false.Boy 1:Hey,did you know that potato chips were invented by mistake.Boy 2:Really.What do you mean.Boy 1:Well,here on the

10、bag it says that they were invented by a chef called George Crum.Boy 2:When was that.Boy 1:Oh,it was back in 1853.Boy 2:So,why was it an accident.Boy 1:Well,George was in abad mood,so he cut the potatoes really thin,and he cooked them for a long time until they were crispy.And he sprinkled lots of s

11、alt on them so they were really salty.He thought the customer would hate them.Boy 2:And.Boy 1:And the customer loved them and asked for more.He told the other customers about them,and soon everyone was ordering thinly- sliced,crispy,salty potato chips.Boy 2:And were still eating them today.What a co

12、ol story.Boy 1:Yeah.可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结2b. Listen again. Complete the sentences.Boy 1:Hey,did you know that potato chips were invented by mistake.Boy 2:Really.What do you mean.Boy 1:Well,here on the bag it says that they were invented by a chef called George Crum.Boy 2:When was that.Boy 1:Oh,it

13、 was back in 1853.Boy 2:So,why was it an accident.Boy 1:Well,George was in abad mood,so he cut the potatoes really thin,and he cooked them for a long time until they were crispy.And he sprinkled lots of salt on them so they were really salty.He thought the customer would hate them.Boy 2:And.Boy 1:An

14、d the customer loved them and asked for more.He told the other customers about them,and soon everyone was ordering thinly- sliced,crispy,salty potato chips.Boy 2:And were still eating them today.What a cool story.Boy 1:Yeah.可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结3a. Read the article and write answers to the questi

15、ons.Who invented tea.Do you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world（ after water） , was invented by accident. Although tea wasnt brought to the Western worlduntil 1610, this beverage was discovered over three thousand years before that. According to an ancient Chinese legend, the emperor

16、Shen Nong discovered tea when he was boiling drinking water over an open fire. Some leaves from a nearby bush fell into the water and remained there for some time. The emperor noticed that the leaves in the water produced a pleasant smell. Later he decided to taste the hot mixture. It was quite deli

17、cious. And in this way, one of the worlds favorite drinks was invented.ReadingDo you know when basketball was invented.If you travel around China you will notice a very popular activity everywhere you go basketball. This much-loved and active sport is enjoyed by all, for fun and exercise.The sport o

18、f basketball is a little more than a hundred years old. It is played by more than 100 million people in over 200 countries including China, where basketball has been played in parks, schools, and even in factories.Basketball was invented by a Canadian doctor named James Naismith, who was born in 186

19、1. When he was at college, his class was once asked to invent a new game that could be played indoors during the long winters. Dr Naismith可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结created a game to be played on a hard wooden floor, so the safety of the players was important. Knocking into players and falling down wou

20、ld bedangerous.Dr Naismith divided the men in his class into two teams, and taught them how to play his new game. The aim of basketball is for players to try to get aball into the“basket”: a net hanging from a metal hoop. Players shoot frombelow the basket, and sometimes the“backboard”is used for gu

21、iding the ball into the basket. Players move towards one end of the court while throwingthe ball to each other.It is believed that on December 21st, 1891, the first basketball game in history was played. Then in 1936/ in Berlin, it became an Olympic event. Ateam from China took part, and although th

22、ey didnt win they used theexperience to help develop the game at home. Since then, the popularity of basketball has risen worldwide, and the number of foreign players inAmericas NBA（National Basketball Association）has increased. Basketball has also become a more popular sport for people to watch, and many youngpeople dream of becoming famous basketball players.可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载