Module 4 Unit 2Unit 2 Books could be Books could be produced more quickly and produced more quickly and cheaply.cheaply.

Let’s ReviewHave/has been + doneThis book/ read/ by everyone in my class

This book has been read by everyone in my class.1.This book/ discuss/ on telephone

2.It/ buy/by thousands pf people

3.Children/tell to read this book

4.The book/ print/ again and again

5.Other books /write /about this book

This book has been discussed on the telephone.

It has been bought by thousands of people.

Children have been told to read this book.

This book has been printed again and again.

Other books have been written about this book

Let’s ReviewComplete sentences

1.a) All students must read this book. b) This book _____________by all students.2.a)Everyone can understand his ideas. b) His ideas ________________by everyone.3.a)I could not fine her books anywhere. b) Her books ________________anywhere.4.a) For a long time, many people could not use computers. b) Computers__________________by many people for a long time.

You can buy computers quite cheaply now.Computers can be bought quite cheaply now

must be read

can be understood

could not be found

could not be used

Let’s ReviewComplete sentences

5.a) We can do the work now if you want. b) The work _____________now if you want.6.a) You must not take these magazines from the library. b) These magazines _________________from the library .

You can buy computers quite cheaply now.

Computers can be bought quite cheaply now

can be done

must not be taken

Talk in pairsWhat’s the advantages of

and

Can books be replaced by computers?

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

c. Life on paper and in print

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Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago,and has been made of silk, cotton, bamboo, andsince he 19th century, of wood. People learnedto write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, books could only be produced one ata time by hand. As a result, they were expensive and rare. And because there weren’t many books, few people learned to read.

a. The world before books

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Then printing was invented in China. The firstprinted books were made by putting ink against awooden block and holding the paper against it. When printing was developed greatly at thebeginning of the 11th century, books could be produced more quickly and cheaply. As a result, more people learned to read. After that, knowledgeand ideas spread quickly, in a way that can be compared with the introduction of the Internet in the 20th century.

b. The invention of printing

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But will books be needed in the future? Today information can be received online, downloaded from the Internet rather than found in books, andinformation can be kept on CD-ROMs or machines such as MP3 players. These machines are smaller and lighter than books so that they can be carried very easily.

d. Technology and books

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Computers are already used in classrooms, andnewspapers and magazines can already be read online. So will books be replaced by computers one day? No, I don’t think the Yao Ming poster onmy bedroom wall will ever be replaced by computer two meters high!

e. Can books be replaced by computers?

Language Points

1. looks through 浏览，温习Eg. He looked through many books in order tofind the correct answer.

为了找到正确答案 , 他查阅了许多书籍 .

2. with– without 带有… / 没有…eg. He found a house with many trees around. 他找到了一所周围有许多树的房子 . He went to school without breakfast today. 他今天没有吃早饭就去上学了 .

Language Points3. be made of ---- be made from--- be made up of --- be made in------ be made by— be made into –--

由…材料制成 ( 看得出材料 )由…材料制成 ( 看不出材料 ) 由…组成 ( 部分或成员 )

出产于… ( 某地 )

由…制成 ( 生产者 )

制成… .( 产品 )

Ex. 1. Look at the camera, Where is it ________________? Japan. 2. The table is ____________wood, while paper is ___________wood. 3. Our class is ______________twenty boys and twenty three girls. 4. The metal can be ____________ a knife. 5. This kind of car is _____________ many workers in the factory.

made in made of made from

made up of

made by made into

Language Points

4. write words on-- make a book -- in those days -- at a time -- by hand --- as a result ----

在…上写字 做成书 在过去 一次 , 每次 手工地 结果

Ex. 1. He could even eat three hamburgers ____________, ____________ he became very fat. 2. This picture is produced ___________, so it’s very expensive. 3. _______________ there were few people knew about computers. 4. They tried to _____________ paper in order to ___________

at a time as a result

by hand In those days

write words on make a book

Language Points

5. put… against 将…放进 / 刻进 hold… against 将…贴到 6. at the beginning of 在…初 / 开始时 after that 然后 , 之后 in a way 以…方式

7. compare…. with…. 与… . 相比 , 与… . 相媲美You can’t compare him with Tom, they’re different. as compared with… 与…比较He’s really done better as compared with last term.

Language Points

9. rather than 胜过 , 而不愿Eg. He would choose Sunday rather than Saturday. I would like to go with you rather than stay at home. prefer to do… rather than do… 情愿…而不 ..

10.be replaced by 被… . 所替代 be read online 在网上阅读

Make notes to complete the timeline.

2,000 years ago

11th century

today

In the future

Paper was first created.Paper was made of silk...Books were made by hand.Few people learned to read

Printing was developed greatly.Books were produced quickly.More people learned to read.Knowledge and ideas spread quickly

Information can be received online. can be downloaded. can be kept on CD-BOMs

replaced?

Answer the questions1.Why were books expensive and rare

before the invention of printing?

2.Why did ideas spread more quickly when books became cheaper?

3.What can we use instead of books to get information?

Because books could only be produced one at a time by hand.

Because more people learned to read.

We can get information from the Internet.

Answer the questionsUse the words in the box : create, develop, hold keep, produce, receive, spread

1.When was paper first created? When do you think books were first created?

2.Were books produced by hand or by machine at first?

3. What was the paper held against?

Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago. I think maybe books were first created after the 19th century.

By hand.

Paper was held against a wooden block.

Answer the questionsUse the words in the box : create, develop, hold keep, produce, receive, spread

4. When was printing developed?

5. What can be kept on CD-ROMs?

6. What can be received online?

7. How did ideas spread in the past? How do ideas spread today?

At the beginning of the 11th century.

Information.

Information.

Ideas spread by reading books in the past and today they spread by using computers on the Internet

writing1.It’s hard to imagine life without paper or print because…

2. Books could only be produced one at a time because…

3.Books could be produced more quickly and cheaply after the 11th century because…

writing

4. We may not need books in the future because…

5. Books will never be completely replaced by computers because…

writingHow to give reasons / results

as a result because so so that1.What was the result of books becoming cheaper?

2.Why must printing be thought of as one of the most inventions?

Books became cheaper. As a result, more people learned to read.

Printing must be thought of as one of the most inventions because it made books produced quickly

writingHow to give reasons / results

as a result because so so that

3.More people learned to read in the 11th century. What happened then?

4.What development will mean that books won’t be needed in the future?

More people learned to read in the 11th centuryso knowledge and ideas spread quickly.

Computers are used and newspapers and magazinescan be read on line so that books won’t be needed in the future.

Rewrite the notes in full sentences2,000 years ago 11th century In the future

About 2,000 years ago, paper was first created. As a result, morepeople…

today

Finish the workbook exercisesWrite a passage according to the text.