高三英語 Unit 3 reading課件 牛津版選修11

1、Sir Clive Sinclair 3. What society was Clive chairman of?Read the radio transcript quickly and answer the following questions: On 30 July 1940.An assistant editor for a magazine called Practical Wireless.British Mensa (the High IQ Society).1. When was Clive Sinclair born?2. What was Clives first job

2、?Read the text quickly and decide which of the following can best express the main 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.Skimming【解題點撥【解題點撥】Reading Strategy: Understanding the topic sentence or

3、 theme. 精確地概括全文，防止外延太大或以偏概精確地概括全文，防止外延太大或以偏概全。如上題中的全。如上題中的A項：項：Sir Clives stories. 外延太大；外延太大；B項項 Sir Clives mini inventions.和和C 項項How Sir Clive ran his company 是是本文當中的具體事例，為以偏概全。只有本文當中的具體事例，為以偏概全。只有D選項，能夠精確地概括全文。選項，能夠精確地概括全文。Read Paragraph One and choose the correct topic sentence.A. Sir Clive Sincl

4、air was a famous British businessman and inventor.B. Clives brilliant childhood.C. Clive got a job at 17.D. Sinclair invented the calculator.Read Paragraph Two and choose the correct topic sentence.A. Sinclair was unfortunate.B. How did Clive run his own company?C. Sinclair produced his pocket radio

5、 in bulk. D. Sinclair registered his own company.Read Paragraph Three and choose the correct topic sentence.A. Sinclair was the first to make pocket- sized things in the world.B. Sinclairs computer cost only 100 pounds.C. Sinclairs company expanded rapidly.D. Clive was very talented at making little

6、 things. Read Paragraph Four and choose the correct topic sentence.A. Sinclair studied Economics at Cambridge University.B. The advantage of Sinclairs new inventions.C. Sinclairs new invention was laughed at in the newspapers. D. How Sinclairs career underwent a downward slide during the 1980s.Read

7、Paragraph Five and choose the correct topic sentence.A. Sinclair became chairman of British Mensa.B. How Sinclair saved Mensa as chairman.C. Sinclair paid personally for an annual Mensa conference at Cambridge. D. Sinclair has been an inventor and a businessman.195719611962The following is a timelin

8、e of important dates in Sinclairs life. Fill in what happened in each year.He got a job as an assistant editor for a magazine.Sinclair registered his own company.He launched the worlds first pocket calculator.1976197719801983He launched the worlds first pocket TV.Sinclair showed off the ZX80 compute

9、r. He became chairman of British Mensa.He was honored with a knighthood from the Queen of England. He launched the worlds first digital watch.Read Paragraph Six and fill in the blanks.Sinclair has been successful because _he possessed a combination of intelligence and determination that allowed him

10、to realize his dream of making electronic goods available to everyone.Fill in the blanks Ages Events in his lifeIn his teensBy he was 10 years old, he had been so good at geometry, algebra and (1)_. As a child, Sinclair invented the (2)_ and was (3)_ to discover it had already been invented.At the a

11、ge of 17, he worked as an (4)_.arithmeticcalculatorsaddenedassistant editor Ages Events in his lifeFrom his twenties till nowWhen he was 21, he (5)_ his own company to produce (6)_ radios.A year later, he (7)_ his company which had earlier (8)_. He (9)_ the worlds first pocket calculator in 1962. In

12、 January 1980, he (10)_ the ZX80 computer in an exhibition.During the (11)_ he first studied (12)_ and he taught (13)_ Engineering at different universities.After he joined Mensa, he used his (14)_ to make it (15)_ by people.registeredpocket-sizedrestartedfoldedlaunchedshowed off1980sEconomics Elect

13、ronicfamerespectedC1: How well did you understand the details of the transcript? Answer the following questions. Read the text again if you do not know the answers. 1. What did Sinclairs grandfather and father do? _2. Why didnt Sinclair go to university? _ _3. What was the first thing that Sinclair

14、made and sold? _They were both engineers. Because he thought that university would teach him nothing new.The pocket-sized radios.4. What was Sinclairs big picture? _ _5. Why was the ZX80 computer so popular? _ _6. What did the ZX Spectrum prove most useful for? _ To produce in bulk and to sell cheap

15、ly so that everyone could afford electronic goods. Because the computer was very cheap, which cost less than 100 pounds.It was good for playing computer games on.7. What was Sinclairs failure? _8. What did the growth of Mensa demonstrate? _ _ _His Sinclair C5 car. It demonstrated that Sinclair had s

16、killful leadership and strength of personality. D: Find these new words in the transcript of the radio programme. Guess their meanings from the context. Then match them with their correct definitions. Answers1. b2. f3. h4. c5. e6. g7. d8. aE: Li Cheng wrote an article about Sir Clive Sinclair for th

17、e school magazine. Complete the article with the words in the box below.(1) inventing (2) educating (3) electronic(4) registered (5) radio(6) expanded(7) electricity (8) Unfortunately(9) membership(10) honouredAnswersF. What do you think about Sir Clive Sinclairs life and success? Discuss the questi

18、ons below with your partner. Use the following conversations as an example.1. Why is it important to learn about successful people?2. What does success mean to you?3. How do you think you can achieve success?Clive Sinclair, born in England in 1940, is a remarkable inventor and businessman. When he w

19、as still a child, Sinclair was very talented at inventing things. Sinclair was blessed with brains and spent much of his time educating himself. He hoped that in the future, everyone would be able to use electronic goods. Sinclair registered his first company in 1961. Summary of the Reading partUnfo

20、rtunately, his financial partners withdrew and the company closed down. A year later, Sinclair restarted his company. He got numerous orders for the pocket-sized radios. After that, he expanded his business, selling other small electronic devices. He launched cheap home computers in the 1980s and a

21、battery-powered car, which used electricity as itsenergy source. Unfortunately, the car failed in the market. Despite this setback, Sinclair became the chairman of British Mensa, the High IQ Society, in 1980. Under his leadership, the societys fame and membership increased dramatically. Sinclair was

22、 honoured with a knighthood in 1983. 1. the man who brought technology to the man in the street. 句中句中the man in the street意思是意思是“普通普通人人”, “常人常人”, “大眾大眾”, 也可為也可為“man on the street”。2. Sinclair was blessed with brains and spent much of his time educating himself.短語短語“be blessed with”意思是意思是“賦有賦有（能力等）（能

23、力等）”，“享有（幸福等）享有（幸福等）”。比如：比如：Though in his eighties, he is blessed with good health. 盡管他八十多歲了，身體卻很好。盡管他八十多歲了，身體卻很好。3. Sinclairs big picture was to produce in bulk and to sell cheaply so that everyone could afford electronic goods. 短語短語in bulk意思是意思是“大量地大量地”，比如：，比如：她喜歡她喜歡批量批量購買東西，比如面巾紙。購買東西，比如面巾紙。She p

24、refers buying things like tissues in bulk.4. As soon as he advertised, the company was flooded with demands for the little, cubic-shaped radios. “was flooded with” 如洪水般涌至如洪水般涌至, 如：如：辦事處收到辦事處收到如洪水般涌至的如洪水般涌至的投訴信。投訴信。The office was flooded with complaining letters.5. The company expanded rapidly, and h

25、e even had to open a new center in the USA to cope with the increased demand. “cope with” 對付對付, 應對應對, 比如：比如：There was too much work for our computer to cope with. 我們的計算機要干的事情太多我們的計算機要干的事情太多, 簡直簡直應接不暇。應接不暇。名詞名詞“demand”在這里是在這里是“需求需求”，比如：比如：There is a growing demand in China for environmentally-friendl

26、y cars. 中國對環(huán)保汽車的中國對環(huán)保汽車的需求量越來越大需求量越來越大。6. When Sinclair joined in 1959, membership was falling, and the society was on its last legs. 短語短語“on its last legs”意思是意思是“奄奄一奄奄一息息” 比如：比如：公司在經(jīng)理退休后到了快解體的地步。公司在經(jīng)理退休后到了快解體的地步。The company was on its last legs after the manager retired.7. He was honoured in 1983 w

27、ith a knighthood from the Queen of England in recognition of his efforts and achievements. recognition 在這里意識是在這里意識是“承認承認”，“認可認可”，比如：，比如：他被獎勵加薪，作為他為公司所做他被獎勵加薪，作為他為公司所做貢獻的貢獻的肯定肯定。He was rewarded with a pay increase in recognition of his contribution to the company.最近你班同學就最近你班同學就“現(xiàn)代社會是否需要孔子精神現(xiàn)代社會是否需要孔子

28、精神”進進行了一次討論。討論結果如下所示。請根據(jù)表中內(nèi)行了一次討論。討論結果如下所示。請根據(jù)表中內(nèi)容寫一篇容寫一篇150字左右的英語短文。參考詞匯：孔子字左右的英語短文。參考詞匯：孔子思想：思想：Confucian thought正方正方60%的同學認為，世界各國對孔子的研究愈來愈熱，的同學認為，世界各國對孔子的研究愈來愈熱，反映了人們對其思想的重視；孔子思想推動了世界反映了人們對其思想的重視；孔子思想推動了世界和平的發(fā)展。和平的發(fā)展。反方反方40%的同學認為孔子思想誕生于幾千年前，早已過的同學認為孔子思想誕生于幾千年前，早已過時。孔子思想在某種意義上限制了社會的發(fā)展。時?？鬃铀枷朐谀撤N意義上限制了社會的發(fā)展。你的觀點你的觀點1. 2. Recently we have had a discussion about whether we still need Confucian thought in modern so