1、ReadingSir Clive SinclairContentsHomeworkPost ReadingCareful ReadingFast ReadingLead inBackgroundThe 20th century saw the fastest developments of science and technology ever.During this period many new things were invented which made peoples lives better.Warming upMany of us are wearing jackets.Look
2、 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?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 centu
3、ry?What do you think is the most important invention in the 20th century?Why do you think it is the most important invention?Which 20th-century invention has made the biggest changes to our lives?Do you know who invented it?What can you learn when you see the title Sir Clive Sinclair?From the title
4、we can learn that the article is about a person whose name is Clive Sinclair.The word Sir used before the mans name tells us that Clive Sinclair has been knighted.Look at the title and answer the questions.What can you learn from the subtitle the man who brought technology to the man in the street?W
5、hat 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.Read the radio transcript quickly and answer the following questions:On 30 July 1940.His first job was
6、 working for a radio magazine as an assistant editor.1.When was Clive Sinclair born?2.What was Clives first job?Fast Reading3.What society was Clive chairman of?He was chairman of British Mensa,a club for clever people.Read the text quickly and decide which of the following can best express the main
7、 idea of the text.A.Sir Clives stories.B.Sir Clives mini inventions.C.How Sir Clive ran his company.D.Sir Clive Sinclairs life and inventions.DReading 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 Clives stories.外延太大；B项 Sir Clives mini inventions.和C 项How Sir Cliv
8、e ran his company 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。解题点拨:Read the text carefully and answer the questions.Careful Reading1.What kind of person do we learn he is from the text?He is a person interested in and good at making things.2.What is the possible reason for his inventing the things that he did?
9、He thinks that little things can be sold cheaply so that everyone can afford them.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 computer was a home computer which cost less than 100.He invented
10、 the Sinclair C5,a small three-wheeled vehicle which used batteries and had an electric motor.4.What else did he do besides inventing little things?He was chairman of British Mensafrom 1980 to 1997.1957The following is a timeline of important dates in Sinclairs life.Fill in what happened in each yea
11、r.He worked as an assistant editor for a radio magazine.1961He resigned from his job and founded his own company to produce pocket-sized radios.However,the man providing the money to start the company pulled out of the project at the last moment.He had to work as a technical editor to support himsel
12、f.1972197619771980He produced the worlds first pocket calculator.He produced the worlds first digital watch.He produced the worlds first pocket TV.He introduced the ZC80 computer.He sold more than 20,000 ZX80 computers in eight months.He became chairman of British Mensa.1982 He introduced the ZX Spe
13、ctrum computer.How well did you understand the details of the transcript?Read the text again if you do not know the answer.1.What did Sinclairs grandfather and father do?_2.Why didnt Sinclair go to university?_His grandfather and father were both engineers.He thought that university would teach him
14、nothing new.3.What was the first thing that Sinclair made and sold?_4.Why was the ZX80 computer so popular?_The first thing he made and sold was pocket-sized radios.The ZX80 computer was the first computer that cost less than 100.5.What did the ZX Spectrum prove most useful for?_6.What was Sinclairs
15、 first big failure?_It was good for playing computer games on.His Sinclair C5,a three-wheeled vehicle which used batteries and had an electric motor.7.What did the growth of Mensashow?_The growth of Mensa showed Sinclairs managing skills and strength of personality.D:Find these new words in the tran
16、script of the radio programme.Guess their meanings from the context.Then match them with their correct definitions.Answers:1.f2.h3.e4.b5.c 6.g 7.d 8.aE:Bill wrote an article about his first computer.Complete the article with the words in the box blew.Answers:(1)marketed(2)ridiculous(3)circuits(4)put
17、 together(5)diagrams(6)calculator(7)tired of Take a activityFrom the text,we can see that Sir Clive Sinclair is a successful inventor.Whyhas he been so successful as an inventor?What qualities do you think he has that have made him successful?Discuss with your partners and fill the table.Post Readin
18、gQualitiesSupporting detailsintelligenceambitionHe began designing and making things when he was very young.His teachers said that by age ten he knew all the maths they could teach him.He started his first company at the age of 21.QualitiesSupporting detailsperseveranceleadershipHe restarted his com
19、pany even after a backer had pulled out of the project.He expanded Mensas membership while he was chairman.Homework1.To go over what have been learnt in this part.2.Write a composition about a famous person you like.Find information on the Internet or other resources.Write something about his personal experiences,his career,his life.
