Unit 6　When was it invented?

Ⅰ.听对话,选择正确的图片。每组对话读两遍

1.W:When was the telephone invented?

M:It was invented in 1876.

2.W:I can’t live without computers.

M:Many people think so.They say that the computer is the most important invention.

3.W:I think the light bulb is the most helpful invention.

M:I agree with you.

4.W:Who was the alarm clock invented by?

M:I don’t know.But I have to say it is a useful invention.

5.W:What is the story about?

M:It’s about how French fries were invented.

Ⅱ.听对话,选择正确的答案。每组对话读两遍

6.W:When was the car invented?

M:It was invented in 1885.

7.W:Look! It’s raining outside.

M:You’d better take the umbrella with you.

8.W:It’s a new cell phone invented by a German company.Do you know when it was invented?

M:In 2014.

9.M:Could I use your camera,Mary?Mine is at home.

W:Sure.Here you are.

10.M:Who was the machine invented by?

W:Sorry,I don’t know.Let’s ask the teacher.

Ⅲ.听短文,选择正确的答案。短文读两遍

Some important inventions have changed the world a lot.I think the computer is the most useful and that the television is the second most useful invention among those.Thomas Edison was a great American inventor.When he was a child,he was always trying out new ideas.Young Tom was in school for only three months.Then his mother taught him herself.When he was ten years old,he built a science lab of his own.

Ⅳ.听短文,完成表格。短文读两遍

Thomas Edison was a great American inventor.He was born in 1847 and died in 1931.When he was a child,he was always asking questions and trying out new ideas.Edison was in school for only three months.He always asked some strange questions and most of them had nothing to do with his lessons,so the teacher asked Edison’s mother to take him out of school.Edison built a chemistry lab at the age of 10,and when he was 12,he earned money by selling newspapers.At the age of 15,he saved a boy who was playing on the railway tracks at a station.When he was 22,he moved to New York to be an inventor.He had over 2,000 inventions during his lifetime.He never gave up.What a great man he was! We must learn from him.