鲁教版英语九年unit4whenwasitinvented

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e until they were crispy. And he sprinkled lots of salt on them so they were really salty. He thought the customer would hate them. Boy2: And? Boy1: And the customer loved them and asked for more. He told the other customers about them, and soon everyone was ordering thinlysliced, crispy, salty potato chips. Boy2: And we’re still eating them today. What a cool story! Boy1: Yeah. (The keys: 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. F ) Now read the tapescript and copy down all the useful expressions into your notebook. be invented by mistake, on the bag, back in 1853, one day, in the restaurant, send… back, a plate of fried potatoes, be cut too thick, in a bad mood, cut… really, really thin, cook… a long time, sprinkle… on…, hate…, asked for…, tell… about… , thinlysliced, crispy, salty potato chips, a cool story 2b Listening and pleting You are going to listen to the tapescript and plete the sentences on page 71 in the box. The history of chips Do you know that potato chips were invented by mistake? Chips were invented by a chef called Gee Crum. They were invented in 1853. Gee Crum cooked them for a long time until they were crispy. And he sprinkled lots of salt on them so they were really salty. 2c Doing pairwork Next you are going to role play the conversations about the invention of the potato chip. Use the information from the activities above. The invention of the potato chip A: Do you know that potato chips were invented by mistake? B: I don’t know. A: They were invented by a chef called Gee Crum. B: When was that? A: It was invented back in 1853. B: Was it an accident? A: A customer sent back his plate of fried potatoes because they were cut too thick. Gee cut the potatoes really, really thin. And he cooked them for a long time until they were crispy. He sprinkled lots of salt on them so they were really salty. B: Did the customer loved them? A: Yes, they asked for more. Everyone was ordering thinlysliced, crispy, salty potato chips. B: We like them, too. A: So do I. 3a Reading and answering Now let’s read to find out who invented tea. While you read, circle all the linking words and underline all the useful expressions. Who invented tea? Do you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world（ after water） , was invented by accident? Although tea wasn’t brought to the Western world until 1610, this beverage was discovered over three thousand years before that. According to an ancient Chinese legend, the emperor Shen Nong discovered tea when he was boiling drinking water over an open fire. Some leaves from a nearby bush fell into the water and remained there for some time. The emperor noticed that the leaves in the water produced a pleasant smell. Later he decided to taste the hot mixture. It was quite delicious. And in this way, one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented. After you read, answer the 4 questions following the article. 1. What is the article about? It is about the invention of tea. was it invented? It was invented over three thousand years before 1610. was it invented by? It was invented by Shen Nong. 4. How was it invented? The emperor Shen Nong noticed that the leaves from a nearby bush in the water produced a pleasant smell. He tasted the hot mixture. It was quite delicious. 3b Writing an article On page 72 you will find notes in the box on the left. Write an article using the notes about the invention of the flying disk. From pie plate to flying disk A baker named William Russel Frisbie, of Warren, Connecticut, and later of Bridgeport, came up with a clever marketing idea back in the 1870s. He put the family name in relief on the bottom of the light tin pans in which his pany’s homemade pies were sold. The pans were reusable, but every time a housewife started to bake a pie in one, she would see the name Frisbie and, it was hoped, think, How much easier to buy one. Eventually Mr. Frisbie’s pies were sold throughout much of Connecticut, including New Haven. There, sometime in the 1940s, Yale students began sailing the pie tins through the air and catching them. A decade later, out in California, a flyingsaucer enthusiast named Walter Frederick Morrison designed a saucerlike disk for playing catch. It was produced by a pany named WhamO. On a promotional tour of college campuses, the president of WhamO encountered the pieplatetossing craze at Yale. And so the flying saucer from California was renamed after the pie plate from Connecticut. Of course the name w。