M7 Unit1

The evolution of video and sound devices II Ji Wumei

True or false exercises. 1. John Logie Baird constructed the first color TV in 1928, but

1936 the first color TV program was broadcast.

2. Regular TV broadcasts began in the UK in 1951.

3. Satellites make TV to people living far away from

cities, and satellite dishes can only be seen throughout

the countryside and remote areas.

4. With technology changing faster than people can keep pace with,

no one can what the future will bring.

1938

were in the UK until 1967.

often

it was not until that

delayed

accessible

distributed

foresee

Dad, where are we going

In the past few months, I have never delayed watching the program.

1. Regular color TV broadcast were delayed in the UK until 1967. (L15)

Thanks to the good weather,

we didn’t delay our sports meeting.

put off / wait until a later time to do sth.

v. delay sth. (until …) delay doing sth.

we didn’t delay holding our sports meeting.

we held our sports meeting on schedule.

delay

n. without delay = immediately

a delay of two days 推迟两天

You may delay, but time will not. ---- Franklin

Though there is __ ____ __ one week for our

middle term exams, we can’t delay _______

some revision. Therefore, we’d better take

action _____ ______.

a delay of

doing

without delay

(do)

Joy’s chicken soup

A lot of things can be delayed, except time.

Whatever happens, time goes as usual. A delay

of a minute means a waste of it. Therefore,

we’d better take action without delay.

Let’s have a guess.

She is a teacher. Being easy to communicate with,

she is easily accessible. In class, her lessons are not only

lively, but also accessible to us. Therefore, we don’t have

difficulty understanding lessons. After class, she makes

her QQ zone accessible to every student, where the

contents are always accessible to all of us.

Can you guess who the teacher is?

be easy to reach or enter

be easy to get or usebe easy to get along with

be easy to understand

3. be easy to get along with

1. be easy to reach or enter

4. be easy to get or use

2. be easy to understand

Koalas are accessible to both Peng liyuan and Joy.

The characters are not accessible to everyone.

The information on TV is accessible to the audience.

The audience_____________ ______ _____the information

on TV.

The island is only accessible by boat.

have/gain/get access to

2. They also make TV accessible to people who live far away from cities,… (L21)

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分布畅销

发放

分布 ; 分销 ; 发放 distribute distribution

把…分发给…

广泛分布

distribute… to/among…

be widely distributed have a wide distribution

3. They also…, and satellite dishes can often be seen distributed ... (L22)

Iphone 用户广泛分布在全球。然而，我却没有。要是明天我们学校能在教师中发放 iPhone6 就好了！

-- The voice from Joy, a poor woman

Iphone users ______________

in the world. However, I

don’t own one. If only our

school _____________ iphone6s

_______ teachers tomorrow.

are widely distributed

have a wide distribution

could distribute

to/among

4. Who can foresee what the future will bring?(L51)

A. forecast B. retell

C. approve D. know

1. fore-: before, in advance 前 ,先 , 预先

forehead

foretell

forewarn

fore

fore

前额

预言，预测

预先警告

2. foresee- foresaw- foreseen

foresee+ sth. foresee +clause

Choose three words from delay, accessible,

distribute and foresee, then make up a

short passage or a dialogue.

Let’s have a try!

-- Can you foresee what future iphones will be like?

-- It will become longer and accessible to everyone. Besides, more Apps will be distributed on the screen.

Not until many years later can we know what future

iphones will be like.

直到很多年之后，我们才能知道未来 iphones 是什么样。

It is not until many years later that we can know what

future iphones will be like.

It is/was + 强调部分 +that + 剩下句子成分

5. It is not until 1938 that the first color TV program was broadcast. (L12-13)

直到我们做了父母才知道父母很辛苦。

It is not until we become parents that we know It is not until we become parents that we know parents are very hard.parents are very hard.

直到本宫准备这节课，才知道这是极难的。

It was not until I prepared the lesson that I knew It was not until I prepared the lesson that I knew how difficult it was.how difficult it was.

It is not until we have finished learning new words that we start revising them.

Practice

A story of phones

father son

A letter from father

I have a big family, my parents, my wife, my son and I. My son works outside so he bought some phones and ____________ them among us to keep in touch.

When he calls back, I often make up some lies over the phone, saying how happily we live every day.

__________ now ____ I find I dislike it when I cheat him. Convinced of my lies, he often ______ the returning date due to busy work. Actually, my home is _________ by car and it doesn’t take a long time to come back, though.

You may ______, but time will not. Who can ________ what will happen to me tomorrow ?

delay/accessible/distribute/foresee/it is not until…that…

distributed

It is not until thatdelays

accessible

delay foresee

I work outside and live apart from my family.

Working in the sales department, I make an effort to _________ more products even at the weekends. Thanks to Bell’s great invention, now phones are __________ to most of people, including my family.

Knowing that my family live happily, I am happy, too, for sometimes I have to_______ returning home until I am free. Thanks to the convenience technology brings, I can devote more time and energy to my job.

___________now_____ I realize I really benefit a lot from phones.

With the development of technology, who can _______ what the future will bring ?

distribute

accessible

delay

It is not until that foresee

A letter from son

delay/accessible/distribute/foresee/it is not until…that…

Discussion

With the development of new technology, the world

we live in is becoming smaller and smaller. Some

people enjoy the convenience of the technology, while

some suffer from the trouble it caused.

Does the new technology make people live nearer

or farther ? What are your views on the new

technology ? Have a discussion with your partners.

My views on the new technology

Grou

p

work

1. my attitude towards the

new technology

2. reasons for the attitude

above

3. suggestions on using the new

technology properly

delay/accessible/distribute/foreseen/it is not until…that…

Use at least three of the following language points. Take notes.

Homework

1.Continue to finish My views on the

new technology .

2. Review the language points.

Thank you !