[00:00.00] [00:00.00]Unit 6 When was it invented? [00:04.14]Section A [00:06.57]Ⅰ.听录音，选择最佳答语。每个句子读两遍。 [00:18.15]1.What are shoes with lights used for? [00:25.56]1.What are shoes with lights used for? [00:30.19]2.How were potato chips invented? [00:37.23]2.How were potato chips invented? [00:41.97]3.I think computer is the most useful invention. [00:49.52]3.I think computer is the most useful invention. [00:54.84]4.How was tea invented? [01:01.39]4.How was tea invented? [01:04.82]5.When was the computer invented? [01:11.29]5.When was the computer invented? [01:15.59]Ⅱ.听录音，判断正（T）误（F）。每个句子读两遍。 [01:26.15]1.Tea was invented by accident. [01:32.66]1.Tea was invented by accident. [01:38.91]2.I think the most useful invention is the light bulb. [01:46.32]2.I think the most useful invention is the light bulb. [01:52.64]3.I think the telephone was invented in 1876. [02:00.68]3.I think the telephone was invented in 1876. [02:06.25]4.The calculator was invented before the computer. [02:13.47]4.The calculator was invented before the computer. [02:18.55]5.I find it hard to get to sleep. [02:24.87]5.I find it hard to get to sleep. [02:28.75]Ⅲ.听录音，选择正确答案。每段对话读两遍。 [02:37.62]听第一段材料，完成第1小题。 [02:46.15]M:I think the most helpful invention is the computer. [02:49.63]W:I agree with you. [02:55.69]M:I think the most helpful invention is the computer. [02:59.30]W:I agree with you. [03:03.69]听第二段材料，完成第2~3小题。 [03:15.85]W:What do you think is the most useful invention,Jim? [03:19.22]M:I think it's the computer. [03:21.24]W:Why? [03:22.22]M:Well,it can help us do many things and it has been part of our life. [03:26.95]W:Who invented it? [03:28.42]M:I'm not sure.Let's find the information on the Internet. [03:39.58]W:What do you think is the most useful invention,Jim? [03:43.30]M:I think it's the computer. [03:44.99]W:Why? [03:46.50]M:Well,it can help us do many things and it has been part of our life. [03:50.79]W:Who invented it? [03:52.23]M:I'm not sure.Let's find the information on the Internet. [04:02.39]听第三段材料，完成第4~5小题。 [04:13.94]W:What's wrong? You don't look very happy. [04:16.75]M:Oh,I have to write a paper about the most important invention ever made．It's for my history class. [04:24.54]W:That's not too hard. [04:26.61]M:But I have to hand it in tomorrow. [04:29.22]W:Well,what invention are you going to write about? [04:32.57]M:Hmm,the computer.I guess. [04:35.22]W:Hmm,isn't everybody going to write about that? Maybe you should choose something older,like clocks. [04:42.50]M:No,I can't.I don't know anything about that.And I don't have much time to do research. [04:48.31]W:OK.Well,I'm sure you'll come up with something good. [04:52.36]M:What do you think is the most important invention? [04:54.92]W:Me? Let's see...Uh,chocolate! [05:05.97]W:What's wrong? You don't look very happy. [05:08.87]M:Oh,I have to write a paper about the most important invention ever made．It's for my history class. [05:16.54]W:That's not too hard. [05:18.68]M:But I have to hand it in tomorrow. [05:21.40]W:Well,what invention are you going to write about? [05:24.56]M:Hmm,the computer.I guess. [05:27.90]W:Hmm,isn't everybody going to write about that? Maybe you should choose something older,like clocks. [05:34.38]M:No,I can't.I don't know anything about that.And I don't have much time to do research. [05:40.31]W:OK.Well,I'm sure you'll come up with something good. [05:43.89]M:What do you think is the most important invention? [05:47.20]W:Me? Let's see...Uh,chocolate! [05:57.80]Ⅳ.听录音，选择正确答案。对话读两遍。 [06:10.69]W:What are you doing,John? [06:12.67]M:I'm reading a book about the great inventor Thomas Edison.Do you know about Edison,mom? [06:19.51]W:Of course.I think everybody in the world knows about him.He was an American inventor.What do you think of him,John? [06:27.40]M:He was creative and hard?working. [06:29.50]W:Yes.And most of his inventions had a great influence. [06:33.73]M:Was he only in school for 3 months? [06:35.99]W:Yes,you're right. [06:44.00]W:What are you doing,John? [06:45.84]M:I'm reading a book about the great inventor Thomas Edison.Do you know about Edison,mom? [06:52.88]W:Of course.I think everybody in the world knows about him.He was an American inventor.What do you think of him,John? [07:00.22]M:He was creative and hard?working. [07:02.95]W:Yes.And most of his inventions had a great influence. [07:07.12]M:Was he only in school for 3 months? [07:09.39]W:Yes,you're right. [07:15.61]Ⅴ.听录音，选择正确答案。对话读两遍。 [07:38.93]W：Did you have a good time when you were a kid, dad? [07:41.91]M：Yes, I did. [07:43.34]W：But you didn't have many modern inventions.You couldn't watch TV at night. [07:48.81]M：Yes.The TV was invented around 1927.In those days, TVs were really expensive. [07:55.89]W：Did you have a telephone? [07:57.45]M：Of course.The telephone was invented in 1876. [08:01.59]W：How about computers? [08:03.24]M：Computers were invented in 1939.I didn't have one when I was young.But my family had a car.It was invented in 1886. [08:13.83]Qs：1.Did the girl's father have a good time when he was young? [08:20.20]2.When was the TV invented? [08:23.62]3.When was the telephone invented? [08:27.39]4.What was invented in 1939? [08:31.75]5.What was invented in 1886? [08:52.60]W：Did you have a good time when you were a kid, dad? [08:55.74]M：Yes, I did. [08:56.98]W：But you didn't have many modern inventions.You couldn't watch TV at night. [09:02.30]M：Yes.The TV was invented around 1927.In those days, TVs were really expensive. [09:09.46]W：Did you have a telephone? [09:11.60]M：Of course.The telephone was invented in 1876. [09:15.31]W：How about computers? [09:16.83]M：Computers were invented in 1939.I didn't have one when I was young.But my family had a car.It was invented in 1886. [09:27.46]Qs：1.Did the girl's father have a good time when he was young? [09:33.64]2.When was the TV invented? [09:37.28]3.When was the telephone invented? [09:41.30]4.What was invented in 1939? [09:45.63]5.What was invented in 1886? [10:03.84]Section B [10:05.10]Ⅰ.听录音，选出与所听内容相符的图片。每个句子读两遍。 [10:18.47]1.Do you know who invented the telephone? [10:24.58]1.Do you know who invented the telephone? [10:29.14]2.Basketball was invented by a teacher named James Naismith. [10:37.63]2.Basketball was invented by a teacher named James Naismith. [10:43.62]3. I think the most helpful invention is the light bulb. [10:51.40]3. I think the most helpful invention is the light bulb. [10:57.18]4.Many years ago, people cooked food over the fire. [11:04.47]4.Many years ago, people cooked food over the fire. [11:10.65]5.Mrs Smith usually wears shoes with high heels. [11:18.74]5.Mrs Smith usually wears shoes with high heels. [11:24.35]Ⅱ.听录音，判断正（T）误（F）。短文读两遍。 [11:38.42]W:Robots seem very new to most people.But they have a long history. [11:43.98]The first one was made by a Greek inventor. [11:47.11]You may have seen robots in some films.In real life, most robots are used in factories. [11:53.79]They are used to do many dangerous,difficult or boring jobs. [11:58.33]Some people can't look after themselves and robots are used to help them. [12:03.36]For example, some people can't see.Many of these people use a dog to help themselves move around. [12:10.92]This dog is called a guide dog.Scientists are making a robot to help them. [12:17.16]In the future, robot dogs might take the place of these guide dogs. [12:22.16]Robots are also used in American hospitals.In one hospital, a robot takes meals from the kitchen to the sick people's rooms. [12:38.10]W:Robots seem very new to most people.But they have a long history. [12:43.59]The first one was made by a Greek inventor. [12:46.60]You may have seen robots in some films.In real life, most robots are used in factories. [12:53.36]They are used to do many dangerous,difficult or boring jobs. [12:57.76]Some people can't look after themselves and robots are used to help them. [13:02.85]For example, some people can't see.Many of these people use a dog to help themselves move around. [13:10.47]This dog is called a guide dog.Scientists are making a robot to help them. [13:16.70]In the future, robot dogs might take the place of these guide dogs. [13:21.65]Robots are also used in American hospitals.In one hospital, a robot takes meals from the kitchen to the sick people's rooms. [13:35.39]Ⅲ.听录音，选择正确答案。短文读两遍。 [13:59.11]W:Some important inventions have changed the world a lot. [14:02.96]I think the computer is the most useful and that the television is the second most useful invention among those. [14:10.26]Thomas Edison was a great American inventor.When he was a child, he was always trying out new ideas. [14:18.73]Young Thomas was in school for only three months.Then his mother taught him herself. [14:24.77]When he was ten years old, he built a science lab of his own. [14:30.20]Qs:1.What does the writer think is the most useful invention? [14:36.40]2.Who was Thomas Edison? [14:40.00]3.How long was Edison in school? [14:43.35]4.Who taught him? [14:46.34]5.When did he build a science lab? [15:06.23]W:Some important inventions have changed the world a lot. [15:10.40]I think the computer is the most useful and that the television is the second most useful invention among those. [15:17.47]Thomas Edison was a great American inventor.When he was a child, he was always trying out new ideas. [15:25.79]Young Thomas was in school for only three months.Then his mother taught him herself. [15:31.86]When he was ten years old, he built a science lab of his own. [15:37.36]Qs:1.What does the writer think is the most useful invention? [15:43.55]2.Who was Thomas Edison? [15:46.91]3.How long was Edison in school? [15:50.75]4.Who taught him? [15:53.51]5.When did he build a science lab? [16:11.33]Ⅳ.听录音，选择正确答案。短文读两遍。 [16:25.49]M:The car was invented just a century ago. [16:28.61]The first car was invented not by a German,but by an American.His name was Henry Ford. [16:35.89]Henry was born in a poor family.He was the eldest of six children. [16:41.41]When he was twelve years old,his mother died.Soon he had to work in a machine shop for two dollars and fifty cents a week. [16:50.90]In the evenings he repaired watches for another dollar a week.The hard life made him strong and able. [16:57.33]At that time he dreamed to make a machine.It could run without a horse,so it was named “horseless carriage”. [17:05.40]He overcame a lot of difficulties and in 1896,the “horseless carriage” was finally finished. [17:11.88]It was the first car.Later Henry Ford Motor Company was set up. [17:17.57]He was really the inventor of the first car in the world. [17:27.71]M:The car was invented just a century ago. [17:30.99]The first car was invented not by a German,but by an American.His name was Henry Ford. [17:38.19]Henry was born in a poor family.He was the eldest of six children. [17:43.38]When he was twelve years old,his mother died.Soon he had to work in a machine shop for two dollars and fifty cents a week. [17:52.44]In the evenings he repaired watches for another dollar a week.The hard life made him strong and able. [17:59.64]At that time he dreamed to make a machine.It could run without a horse,so it was named “horseless carriage”. [18:07.34]He overcame a lot of difficulties and in 1896,the “horseless carriage” was finally finished. [18:14.41]It was the first car.Later Henry Ford Motor Company was set up. [18:19.87]He was really the inventor of the first car in the world. [18:28.89]Ⅴ.听录音，完成下列表格。短文读两遍。 [18:43.44]W:There are many inventions that have caused great changes in the world. [18:48.52]For example,the digital camera was invented by Steven J.Sasson.It was invented in 1975 and it is used for taking photos. [18:59.21]The telephone was invented by Alexander Bell in 1876.It's used for communicating with others. [19:07.84]The radio was invented by Guglielmo Marconi in 1906.It's used for listening to news and music. [19:21.85]W:There are many inventions that have caused great changes in the world. [19:26.79]For example,the digital camera was invented by Steven J.Sasson.It was invented in 1975 and it is used for taking photos. [19:37.61]The telephone was invented by Alexander Bell in 1876.It's used for communicating with others. [19:46.38]The radio was invented by Guglielmo Marconi in 1906.It's used for listening to news and music.