Unit6ElectricityeverywhereListeningP88Whatdoyouknowaboutelectricity?Think1Howmuchdoyouknowaboutelectricity?Discuss

thequestionsinpairs.P88Interestingfactsaboutelectricity(1)Iselectricityaninventionoradiscovery?(2)Howfastdoeselectricitytravel?(3)Istheelectriccaranewidea?Whenwasitfirstinvented?“發明；創意”，指發明出世界上原來不存在的事物?！鞍l現；發覺”，強調發現已存在但尚未被人所知的事物、地方、思想。P882Listentoapodcastaboutelectricityandtick(?)thetopicsmentionedinit.(1)Whofirstdiscoveredelectricity(2)Howweproduceelectricitytoday(3)Howelectricitytravelstoourhome(4)Whenthefirstelectriccarwasinvented(5)HowmuchelectricityiswastedeachyearintheUKandtheUSAGoodevening.Thanksforjoiningmeinthisweek'sTheNaturalWorld.I'm

Rebecca.Tonight,I'llsharesomeinterestingfactsaboutelectricitywithyou.Firstof

all,asyoumayalreadyknow,electricitywasnotinvented.Itwasdiscovered.Butdoyouknowwhenitwasfirstdiscovered?Manybelievethatelectricitywas

firstdiscoveredbytheAncientGreeksmorethan2,500yearsago.Theyproduced

electricitybyrubbingfuragainstsmoothstone!Next,doyouknowhowfastelectricitytravels?Theansweris:thespeedoflight!Thatis,about300millionmetrespersecond!Anotherinterestingfactisaboutelectriccars.Theyareverypopularnow,buttheideaisnotnew.BritishinventorRoberAndersoninventedthefirstelectriccararound1832.However,thiscarwasnotveryuseful.Itwasn'tpossibletodriveelectriccarsuntilthesecondhalfofthe19thcentury.Finally,wearealwaystryingourbesttomakegooduseofthisenergy,butaccordingtoareport,billionsofpoundsofelectricityiswastedeverysingleyearintheUK.

AndanotherreportshowsthatintheUSA,about30%oftheelectricityusedinofficeseachyeariswasted.Thisjustshowshowimportantitistosaveelectricityinourdailylives.That'sallfrommetoday.Ihopeyouenjoyedlearningabitmoreaboutelectricity.聽力材料Activity23Listenagainandcompletethenotes.P88smoothstonelightthefirstelectriccarthesecondhalfofthe19thcenturybillionsofpoundsofficesGoodevening.Thanksforjoiningmeinthisweek'sTheNaturalWorld.I'm

Rebecca.Tonight,I'llsharesomeinterestingfactsaboutelectricitywithyou.Firstof

all,asyoumayalreadyknow,electricitywasnotinvented.Itwasdiscovered.Butdoyouknowwhenitwasfirstdiscovered?Manybelievethatelectricitywas

firstdiscoveredbytheAncientGreeksmorethan2,500yearsago.Theyproduced

electricitybyrubbingfuragainstsmoothstone!Next,doyouknowhowfastelectricitytravels?Theansweris:thespeedoflight!Thatis,about300millionmetrespersecond!Anotherinterestingfactisaboutelectriccars.Theyareverypopularnow,buttheideaisnotnew.BritishinventorRoberAndersoninventedthefirstelectriccararound1832.However,thiscarwasnotveryuseful.Itwasn'tpossibletodriveelectriccarsuntilthesecondhalfofthe19thcentury.Finally,wearealwaystryingourbesttomakegooduseofthisenergy,butaccordingtoareport,billionsofpoundsofelectricityiswastedeverysingleyearintheUK.AndanotherreportshowsthatintheUSA,about30%oftheelectricityusedinofficeseachyeariswasted.Thisjustshowshowimportantitistosaveelectricityinourdailylives.That'sallfrommetoday.Ihopeyouenjoyedlearningabitmoreaboutelectricity.聽力材料Activity34Whatotherinterestingfactsaboutelectricitydoyouknow?Sharethemwithyourclassmates.......YourideasP88Human'sfirstcontactwithelectricitywaselectricfish.Ourbraintransmitssignalsthroughelectricity.BrooklynBridge(inNewYork)wasthefirstbridgepoweredbyelectricity.SpeakingTelevisionAirConditionerWashingMachineHairDryerWhatelectricalappliances(電器)doweuseinourdailylives?...Howcanweuseelectricitysafelyandwisely?ThinkP91S1:Weusedifferentelectricalappliancesinourhomesevery

day.

Howcanweusethemsafely?S2:Weneedtomakesurethatthecables

(n.電纜)

areconnected

correctlybeforeweturnonthedevice.Andwemustn't

touch

anyelectricalapplianceswithwethands.S1:That'sright!Also,wecannotuseanybrokencables....Talkinpairsaboutsafetyrulesforusingdifferentelectricalappliances.Lookattheexampleandusethetipsbelowtohelpyou.TalkingaboutusingelectricitysafelyP91Improvingyourpronunciation英語中一個元音音素可構成一個音節。一個元音音素和一個或幾個輔音音素結合也可以構成一個音節。只有一個音節的單詞稱為單音節詞；有兩個音節的單詞稱為雙音節詞；有三個及三個以上音節的單詞稱為多音節詞。音節take詞尾的e并未發音，所以都是單音節詞。eau三個元音字母在一起，但只發一個元音，仍然算一個音節。英語輔音音素中/l/是響音，它和輔音音素結合，也可構成音節。單音節詞：I

/a?/

hi

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take/te?k/雙音節詞：pencil/?pensl/

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多音節詞：beautiful

/?bju?t?fl/Englishwordscanbedividedintosyllables.Howmanysyllablesdothefollowingwordshave?______________________________________________________Listenandrepeat.P91safepowercomputersupermarketelectricityCompletethetablewiththewordsbelow.Separatethemintosyllableswithhyphens(-).P91cabledangerous exerci