M7U1 Reading

高考链接
1—Have you seen the film Under the Hawthorn Tree? A — Of course, I have. It was in our village _______ it was made. (2011重庆) A. that B. where C. when D. which B shapes our 2. It’s not what we do once in a while ______ lives, but what we do consistently. (2011湖南) A .which B. that C. how D. when 3. Was it on a lonely island ______ B he was saved one month after the boat went down? (2011四川) A.where B. that C. which D. what 4. Playing on a frozen sports field sounds like a lot of A fun. Isn’t it rather risky, _____? (2010浙江) A. though B. also C. either D. too
Portable cassette players and video recorders.
Scanning for the timeline for the development of video and sound devices
1877— the first recording of a human voice was made. 1887— Emile Berliner invented a record player that used discs to record on. 1925— The first public TV broadcasts were made in the US 1929— Regular public broadcasting began in London. 1938— The first colour TV programme was broadcast. 1962— Satellites were used to broadcast TV. 1967— Regular colour TV broadcasts began in the UK. 1982— The first CDs were made available. 1993— The VCD was born. 1995— The DVD was invented.
Understanding headings
Headings appear after titles and provide more information about the text than the titles. They can show you how the text is organized and give an idea as to the contents of expressions
1. 影像和声音设备 2. 不久以后 3. 对…的发展做出贡献 4. 在…方面取得突破 5. 短时间内 6. 跨越很远距离 7. 让 …可以获得 8.卫星天线 9.一小部分人 10.受益于卫星电视 video and sound devices shortly afterwards contribute to the development of make breakthroughs in… within a short time over vast distances make TV accessible to sb. satellite dishes a small percentage of people benefit from satellite TV
M7U1 Living with technology
Reading
The evolution of video and sound devices
Prepared by Lucy
Reading strategy
The evolution/development is often organized in order save time of ________.
Understanding sentences with v-ing or v-ed 1. Regular public broadcasting followed shortly after, first beginning on 11 May 1928 in….(L4) 2. Modern TVs use many of the principles first discovered by Fransworth.(L10) 3. Satellites were used to broadcast TV beginning in 1962.(L19) 4. … and so satellite dishes can often be seen distributed throughout the countryside and the remote areas.(L22) 5. … broadcast the signals they get from satellite receivers to the population living nearby.(L25)
强调句型：It is/was +被强调部分+that+句子其他成分
The first public TV broadcasts were made in the USA in 1925. It was in 1925 that the first public TV broadcasts were made in the USA.
11.将信号播送到… 12.用唱片代替管子 13.用手上发条 14.录像机 15.电视台 16.…数字化了 17.随着…的发展 18.数字技术 19.让…成为过去 20.和…跟上步伐
broadcast the signals to… use discs as alternative to tubes wind sth. up by hand video recorders TV stations （sth） go digital with the development of digital technology make … things of the past keep pace with
analysis(分析)of difficult sentences
1. It took more than two decades, though, until 1951, for color broadcasts to begin in the USA. (L13)
2. However, most people still benefit from satellite TV, as local TV companies broadcast the signals they get from satellite receivers to the population living nearby. (L24)
Was it in 1925 that the first public TV broadcasts were made in the USA?
When was it that the first public TV broadcasts were made in the USA? Can you tell me when it was that the first public TV broadcasts were made in the USA? when the first public TV broadcasts were It was 1925 _____ made in the USA.
3. It all began in 1877, when Thomas Edison made the first recording of a human voice on his invention, the record player.(L27) 4. Technology is now changing faster than most people can keep pace with. (L50)
Useful expressions
11.将信号播送到… 2. 不久以后 12.用唱片代替管子 3. 对…的发展做出贡献 13.用手上发条 4. 在…方面取得突破 14.录像机 5. 短时间内 15.电视台 6. 跨越很远距离 16.…数字化了 7. 让 …可以获得 17.随着…的发展 8.卫星天线 18.数字技术 9.一小部分人 19.让…成为过去 10.受益于卫星电视 20.和…跟上步伐
Skimming
1. Who developed the system used for most early TV broadcasts? John Logie Baird.
2.Who made the first recording of a human voice? Thomas Edison. 3. What were develped by the late 1960s?
Sentence pattern(句型) study
1.… it was not until 1938 that the first colour TV programme was broadcast.(L12) 强调句型：It is/was +被强调部分+that+句子其他成分 The first color TV program wasn’t broadcast until 1938. 2. Most tape recorders didn’t begin using plastic tape as they do today until the early 1950s. It was not until the early 1950s that most tape recorders began using plastic tape as they do today.(L36)
Careful reading:
学法：P2 预读理解 1-2
Homework:
• 学法：P2-8
Word study
1. development →syn. 2. disadvantage →syn. 3. construction n.→v. 4. access n.→adj. 5. percent n.→n. 6. receive v. →n. 7. record v.→n. 8. use v.→syn. 9. electricity n.→adj. 10.finally →syn. 11. store v.→n. 12. predict →syn. evolution drawback/shortcomingL8 construct L12 accessible L21 percentage L23 receiver/reception L25 recorder/recording L26-27 employ L35 electrical/electronic L38 eventually L38 storage L49 foresee L51
Early history of TV TV The modern age: satellite TV Early history of sound recorders Sound and video Sound and video recorders devices Sound and video go digital The future