广西桂林灵川县第三中学九年级英语 Module4《Unit 1 Paper and printing

广西桂林灵川县第三中学九年级英语 Module4《Unit 1 Paper and printing have been used for ages》同步辅导与测试题外研版

一. 本周教学内容

Module 4 Great inventions

二. 重难点讲解

Unit 1 People and print have been used for ages

Tony：Dad, can I ask a favour? Can I borrow your digital camera?

ask a favour of sb.= ask sb. for help“向某人请求帮助”

请求帮助：

1. Can I ask a favour?

2. Can you help me?

3. May I ask a favour of you?

4. Would you do me a favour?

肯定答语：Yes, all right. / OK. / Certainly. / With pleasure.

否定答语：Sorry, I can’t. / Centainly not. / Sure not. / I’m afraid I can’t. / sorry, but I never lend it to anyone.

试比较： I lend him a pen, that is, he borrows a pen from me.

borrow…from… e.g. I borrowed a camera from my father yesterday?

lend…to… e.g. My father lent a camera to me yesterday.

Tony’s Dad: Why?

Tony：I’d like to take some photos on the school visit to the museum next week.

Tony’s Dad：Is this for your school magazine? Has it been published yet?

Tony：Yes, two issues have been published. But it’s going to be an online magazine from now on.

Tony’s Dad：What’s wrong with an ordinary magazine?

Tony：Do you mean using paper? It’s too expensive. If the magazine is online, paper won’t be needed. That’s an important advantage. It’ll be published on the school website, and it can be read on screen.

advantage-disadvantage

Tony’s Dad：Well, that makes me think. Paper and printing have been used for ages. We once got information from books, but now the same information can be read or even listened to on computers.

Tony：I wonder…Can books be replaced by computers? Ma ybe I’ll write something for the magazine! Anyway, about the camera…?

Tony’s Dad：Here it is. The battery hasn’t been charged for a couple of months. It’s been turned off since your mum’s birthday party.

charge v. 充电

charge n. 负荷，掌管

e.g. Mary was（put）in charge of the baby. 玛丽负责照料这个婴儿。

Tony：It doesn’t matter. I’ll see to that.

see to v. 负责，注意

e.g. I’ll go to Tony’s party this evening. Will you see to my cat?

Tony’s Dad: But you must promise that it won’t be lent to anyone, and it won’t be left at school ! Just look after it. Is that clear?

leave/forget

Tony：Promise!

promise v. 允诺，答应

promise sb. sth. Tom promised me a birthday present.

=promise（sb.）that +从句 Tom promised me that he would give me a birthday present.

=promise to do sth. Tom promised to give me a birthday present.

=promise sth. to sb. Tom promised a birthday present to me.

promise n. 允诺，答应，许诺

make/ keep/ break a promise to do sth.

Unit 2 Can books be replaced by computers?

Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every day I open my books in class and start my lessons. Every evening my mother looks through magazines at home. And every night, I look at the posters with photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. Can we imagine life without paper or print?

on one’s way to spl.

look through v. 浏览

on the wall /in the wall

Paper was first created about 2000 years ago, and has been made from silk, cotton, bamboo, and, since the 19th century, from wood. People learned to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, books could only be produced one at a time by hand. As a result, they were expensive and rare. And because there weren’t many books, few people learned to read.

1. create v. 创造 creative adj. 有创造力的 creation n. 创造物 creator n. 创造者

2. be made of 由……制成（从成品能够看出原材料）

e.g. The desk is made of metal.

be made from由…制成（从成品看不出原材料）

e.g. Paper is made from wood.

be made in +地点产于…

e.g. The watch is made in Japan.

be made into把…做成…

e.g. Wood can be made into paper.

3. produce v. 生产/ production n. 生产

4. at a time“每次（多少个），一次”

e.g. Please come in one at a time, not all together.

5. by hand“手工地，亲手地”

e.g. All these toys are made by hand, not on a machine.

Then printing was invented in China. The first printed books were made by putting