高中英语 Unit3 The secret of success Reading 牛津译林版选修11

4. What else did he do besides inventing little things? He was chairman of British Mensa from 1980 to 1997.
The following is a timeline of important dates in Sinclair’s life. Fill in what happened in each year.
2. What is the possible reason for his inventing the things that he did? He thinks that little things can be sold cheaply so that everyone can afford them.
D: Find these new words in the transcript of the radio programme. Guess their meanings from the context. Then match them with their correct definitions.
3. What has he invented? He has invented the first pocket-sized radio, the first pocket calculator, the first digital watch and the first pocket TV. His ZX80 puter was a home puter which cost less than ￡100. He invented the Sinclair C5, a small three-wheeled vehicle which used batteries and had an electric motor.
2. 2. Why didn’t Sinclair go to uHnievethrsoiutyg?ht that university would
3. teach him nothing new. ______________________________
3. What was the first thing that Sinclair made and sold? _T_h_e_f_i_rs_t_t_h_i_n_g_h_e__m__a_d_e_a_n_d__s_o_ld___ _w_a_s_p_o_c_k_e_t_-_si_z_e_d_r_a_d_i_o_s_. _______
解题点拨: Reading Strategy: Understanding the
topic sentence or theme. 精确地概括全文，防止外延太大或以偏概 全。如上题中的A项：Sir Clive’s stories. 外延太大；B项 Sir Clive’s mini inventions. 和C 项How Sir Clive ran his pany 是本文 当中的具体事例，为以偏概全。只有D选 项，能够精确地概括全文。
It was invented by Gideon Sundback in 1913.
Do you think the zip is a useful invention? Why or why not? Do you know any other things that were invented in the 20th century? What do you think is the most important invention in the 20th century? Why do you think it is the most important invention?
1972 He produced the world’s first pocket
calculator.
1976 He produced the world’s first digital
watch.
1977 He produced the world’s first pocket
TV.
1980
He introduced the ZC80 puter. He sold more than 20,000 ZX80 puters in eight months. He became chairman of British Mensa.
Read the text quickly and decide which of the following can best express the main idea of the text.
A. Sir Clive’s stories. B.B. Sir Clive’s mini inventions. C.C. How Sir Clive ran his pany. D.D. Sir Clive Sinclair’s life and inventions.
Fast Reading
Read the radio transcript quickly and answer the following questions: 1. When was Clive Sinclair born?
On 30 July 1940. 2. What was Clive’s first job?
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1. What did Sinclair’s grandfather and father do? _H__is_g_r_a_n_d__fa_t_h_e_r_a_n_d__f_a_th_e_r__w_e_r_e___ _b_o_t_h_e_n_g_i_n_e_e_r_s_. ___________
1957 He worked as an assistant editor for a
radio magazine.
1961
He resigned from his job and founded his own pany to produce pocket-sized radios. However, the man providing the money to start the pany pulled out of the project at the last moment. He had to work as a technical editor to support himself.
5. What did the ZX Spectrum prove most useful for? _It_w__a_s_g_o_o_d__fo_r__p_la_y_i_n_g__p_u_t_er__g_a_m_e_s_ _o_n_. _____________
6. What was Sinclair’s first big failure? _H_i_s_S_i_n_c_la_i_r_C__5_, _a_t_h_r_e_e_-w__h_e_e_le_d_____ _v_e_h_ic_l_e_w__h_ic_h__u_s_ed__b_a_t_t_er_i_e_s_a_n_d__h_a_d_ _a_n_e_l_e_c_tr_i_c_m__o_to_r_._________
1982 He introduced the ZX Spectrum
puter.
How well did you understand the details of the transcript? Read the text again if you do not know the answer.
What can you learn from the subtitle ‘the man who brought technology to the man in the street’? What does ‘the man in the street’ refer to? ‘The man in the street’ refers to ordinary working-class people. From the two titles we can know that Sinclar successfully brought technology to ordinary people.
Which 20th-century invention has made the biggest changes to our lives? Do you know who invented it?
Look at the title and answer the questions.
What can you learn when you see the title ‘Sir Clive Sinclair’ ? From the title we can learn that the article is about a person whose name is Clive Sinclair. The word ‘Sir’ used before the man’s name tells us that Clive Sinclair has been knighted.
Careful Reading
Read the text carefully and answer the questions.
1. What kind of person do we learn he is from the text? He is a person interested in and good at making things.
Many of us are wearing jackets. Look down at your jacket. Do you know who invented the first modern zip, the piece of metal that holds the two sides of the jacket together?
7. What did the growth of Mensa show? _T_h_e__g_ro_w__t_h_o_f_M__e_n_s_a_s_h_o_w__e_d________ _S_in_c_l_a_ir_’_s_m__a_n_a_g_i_n_g_s_k_i_ll_s_a_n_d________ _st_r_e_n_g_t_h_o_f_p__er_s_o_n_a_l_it_y_._________
4. Why was the ZX80 puter so popular? T__h_e_Z__X_8_0__p_u_te_r__w_a_s_t_h_e__fi_r_st__p_u_te_r__ t_h_a_t_c_o_s_t_l_e_ss__th_a_n__￡__1_0_0_.__________
Reading Sir Clive Sinclair
Contents
Lead in Fast Reading Careful Reading Post Reading
Homework
Warming up
Background
The 20th century saw the fastest developments of science and technology ever. During this period many new things were invented which made people’s lives better.
His first job was working for a radio magazine as an assistant editor.
3. What society was Clive chairman of? He was chairman of British Mensa, a club for clever people.