1、Listening on page 62Read these questions before listening and discuss them in pairs.1.What functions are already included on a mobile phone?2.Which ones do you find useful?3.What else do you expect a mobile phone to do for you?a mobile that“thinks”a mobile that spends your money a mobile that can te
2、ach you English a mobile that chooses your holidayListen to the tape and tick the descriptions you have heard.a mobile that makes tea a mobile that is a computer a mobile that wakes you up a mobile that orders your foodListen to the tape again and answer these questions.1.Which mobile does Mary thin
3、k she will buy and why?Mary wants to buy the mobile that turns itself on when it receives important calls.She missed three yesterday when her mobile was switched/turned off.2.What extra applications do mobiles have now?Mobiles can take photographs andact as a computer now.3.What extra applications w
4、ill they have with the 3-G mobiles?They will be able to monitor how you use your phone.They will book holidays,choose the airline,hotel and an appropriate place to stay.They will authorize paying for them too.4.Why is Mary worried?5.What advantages do the 3G mobiles offer?Mary is worried because it
5、might spend her money.The advantages are that it helps people who are busy at work to order goods at the cheapest price or book holidays,air tickets,etc.6.What do you think might go wrong?The mobile may spend money unwisely or spend more than a person can afford.You may forget the spending and not i
6、nclude it in your accounts of your personal income.Listening textWHICH ONE SHOULD I CHOOSE?Mary Brown is asking her friend,Zhang Jie,for advice.MB:Hallo,is that Zhang Jie?This is Mary.Im thinking of buying a new mobile phone.What do you suggest?ZJ:Hallo Mary.Im happy to help.Its lucky you could get
7、through.Ive been having some trouble with the line and I keep getting cut off.If the line goes dead,ring me back immediately on my mobile and it should be OK.Now what do you want your mobile to do?MB:Well,Ive heard about mobiles that are computers and can take photographs as well.Do you think theyre
8、 a good idea?ZJ:Mmm.Yes,theyre useful.I can use the Internet even when Im on the train.MB:So you suggest one like that then?ZJ:Not necessarily.It seems therell be some new mobile phones coming on the market next year.Theyre going to be even more powerful than the ones on the market now.MB:What are t
9、hey going to do?ZJ:Oh,youve no idea what theyre planning!These new phones will be able to organize your life.Theyre called 3G phones because theyre the third generation of mobile phones.They“think”for you.MB:How can they do that?ZJ:Well,theyll be able to monitor how you use your phone.When you plan
10、a holiday,the phone will know which airline you like to fly with,and will book the seats and the hotel.Then itll pay for you.MB:Wow!Im not sure Id be happy with that!I dont like the idea of a machine spending my money.ZJ:Well,many businesses already use mobile phones to buy goods.They leave them to
11、order goods when they are at their cheapest.MB:Do they really?Well,I never!What I need is a mobile to stop me missing important calls.I missed three yesterday because my mobile was switched off.ZJ:You can have that too.Theres a new mobile coming out soon that will turn itself on when important calls
12、 come through.MB:Are you sure?If thats the case,thats the one for me!Thank you,Zhang Jie,I think Ill wait for that one.Goodbye.ZJ:Goodbye.Listening task on page 67Listen to the tape and decide if you agree with the people on the tape.What do you think it was?Fill in the chart below with the ideas of
13、 the two girls and then make your own suggestions.The girls suggestions Reasons for Reasons against 1.a roundabout has four wheels and a floorwheels go forwards and backwards,not round and roundThe girls suggestions Reasons for Reasons against 2.3.can move,big enough to carry a family no room to sle
14、ep in it,not easy to park at nightthe appearancemade of metal and not clotha caravan a tentI think Leonardo designed an _ because _early car the picture seems to show a vehicle that can move backwards and forwards,has four wheels and can take people for a ride.It does not have beds or room for beds,
15、so it cannot be a caravan.It is made of metal so it cannot be a tent.It does not go round and round so it cannot be a roundabout.WHAT CAN IT BE?Ellie Smith is discussing with one of her friends Tang Ling,what this invention by Leonardo might be.Listening text ES:Look at this drawings!What do you thi
16、nk this is supposed to be?TL:I dont know!It doesnt say,but lets see if we can work out what it is.ES:OK.Now lets see.It looks a bit like a tent but has four wheels underneath.TL:Youre right but when you look at the second picture with the wheels you can see that it had a floor to stand on and wheels
17、 below that.Do you think it was a roundabout for children?ES:Good thinking.But the way that he placed the wheels shows that it must have been for going forwards and backwards,not round and round.No,I dont think it was a roundabout.TL:Lets look at it again.Do you think its made of metal?The wheels se
18、em to have handles to move them.ES:In that case it must have been large enough for more than one person.You would have needed four peopleone to move each wheel.So it cannot be a tent as that is made of cloth.TL:Yes,I think youre right.ES:It also seems to have something like sticks coming out of the
19、body.Do you think they are for decoration?TL:Perhaps.That is possible as we know Leonardo was an artist.ES:Yes and if that were the case,perhaps it was for fun for the family.It could carry four people to move the wheels and then another one or two children to help.Maybe six altogether.TL:Wow!So it
20、must have been made of metal.Nothing else could carry all that weight.ES:True!The wheels must be made of wood or metal.TL:Do you think its a caravan?ES:Yes,that makes sense.It would be big enough but there doesnt seem to be any room to sleep in it.And it wouldnt be very easy to park for the night.So
21、 perhaps it was an early car?TL:Well,lets look in the guidebook.Oh noit seems youre not correct.ES:Gracious.So what on earth can it be?TL:Think again about Leonardos life.Cant you guess?Look at the picture.In Look at the picture.In pairs discuss what this pairs discuss what this invention of Leonard
22、o da invention of Leonardo da Vinci was.Several Vinci was.Several alternative explanations alternative explanations are provided,but only one are provided,but only one is correct.is correct.Is it:A a water lift?B:a messenger?C a water slide?D a lift/an elevator?Look at these Chinese inventions Look
23、at these Chinese inventions and in pairs discuss what you know and in pairs discuss what you know about them.about them.An abacusA printing pressA water-powered clockThink about what they were used for and the date they were invented.Collect the information by doing some research.Fill in the chart a
24、nd prepare to talk about one of the inventions to the class.What was its possible use?Why?When and where did it appear in Europe?1 An abacus is used to calculate mathematical problems including equations.It is more efficient than using the brain alone.It was never used in the West,but it is closest
25、in function to a modern personal calculator.What was its possible use?Why?When and where did it appear in Europe?2 The printing press was used to print messages from the Emperor to the people.It helped the efficiency of government.Gutenburg(1398-1468)began to print books on his press about 1450 AD i
26、n Germany.What was its possible use?Why?When and where did it appear in Europe?3 A water-powered clock was used to measure the position and movement of the stars in the sky.It dates back to the Northern Song Dynasty.The West did not even discover the sun was the centre of the universe until Copernicus in the fifteenth century AD.
