Приветствие. Задачи урока.
Good afternoon, girls and boys. We are glad to see you. Today we have an unusual lesson. I want you to look at the board and say what we are going to talk about.
Read the statement.
“There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home”.
(Ken Olson.)
- Do you agree with this statement?
- How do you understand it?
- What does the phrase “ to have a computer at home” mean?
Phonetic drills.
Look at the blackboard. Read the words:
Inventions изобретения
electricity распределение
distribution электричество
phenomenal образованный
literate феноменальный
implications цифровой
digital вовлечение
hydrogen сохранять
preserve водородный
cans замечательный
remarkable банка
1) Match the words with translation and transcription.
2) Make up word-combinations.
(the distribution of electricity, to preserve energy, digital cameras, literate person, phenomenal inventions, etc.)
Речевая зарядка.
Answer the questions:
- Can we imagine our life without inventions?
- Will they change the world?
- What modern inventions do you know?
- How often do you use them?
- What are the world greatest inventions for you?
- Do inventions make our life easier?
Развитие навыков аудирования.
Listen to the opinion of Spencer Brown, inventor and founder.
(смотрят видео-ролик об изобретениях всех времен)
Spencer Brown (Inventor And Founder) gives expert video advice on:
What is the world's greatest invention?;
What are the top inventions of all time?;
How often does an invention change the world? and more...
What is the world's greatest invention?
The number one invention in the world is electricity, because without it, we stop. Everything is running on electricity. Look at our gadgets, look at our homes, look at light. Without it, we don't have incubation for premature babies. Without it, we don't have toast in the morning. How about Starbucks without electricity? Come on, you have to have electricity. That, to me, is the single most unique invention and the distribution of electricity I think is pretty phenomenal.
What are the top inventions of all time?
For me the top ten best inventions of all time in no particular order are: electricity the creation and distribution of it. Penicillin - without it half of us would be dead. The printing press, Guttenberg not only has enabled people to be literate, but he has really had global implications in terms of how we our communicate information. The telephone I think is a phenomenal invention. Aeroplanes and computing, the sonogram, which I know a lot of people don't realize, but the sonogram helps us to locate fish, oil and helps us monitor foetus development. That's a ‘biggie'; people don't realize that, that's the ‘sneaker'. Cameras, digital in particular, I think are a phenomenal invention. Hydrogen cell fuel is phenomenal and glasses for people to read. And the last one is IPod. Now there is one other invention that was done in 1810 that was done by Peter Durand, and it was the metal can. And I know people say Campbell Soup – “hello!?” Up to that point is was impossible to preserve foods. But one guy figured out a way to can and preserve food. And when that happened you can see a direct correlation for supermarkets developing. And people not getting as sick. And food distribution became a very huge industry. Without cans we do not have supermarkets.
How often does an invention change the world?
In my experience, you see what I call amazing inventions come out about every two or three years; something that changes the marketplace. The Internet has not only changed the way that the world does business, but that was an invention. And now programmers that actually invent different ways in harnessing the part of the Internet are servicing every month. I mean, if you take a look at Videojug, how phenomenal this side is, if you take a look at Yelp, if you take a look at Flicker: all of these websites, they have a patent on them. That's an invention, it's a program. So, that's changing all the time. In terms of a real product, where you can touch it, see it outside of the Internet space, every couple of years there's a product that comes around that's just absolutely, remarkable, phenomenal.
Answer the questions.
Учащиеся отвечают на вопросы, пользуясь спец. словами.
I believe..
Im sure...
I suppose...
I agree...
I also think so...
In afraid, I cant agree with you...
thats a good idea...
What are the top inventions of all time?
(The number one invention is electricity. It is the single most unique invention)
What are the phenomenal inventions?
What are the top inventions of all time?
(Учащиеся перечисляют:
-penicillin without it people would be dead
-printing press
-the telephones
-airplanes
-computing
-sonogram
-cameras
-glasses for people to read
-metal cans
(it was impossible to preserve food)
How often does an inventions change the world?
(every two or three years)
