1、BR_Background Information1,Background Information,(Alexander Graham Bell),(Model of Alexander Graham Bells Telephone,1875),BackgroundInformation,Video Clip,Group Discussion,Spot Dictation,In the 1870s,Alexander Graham Bell designed a device that we now call the telephone.Bells extensive knowledge of
2、 the nature of sound and his understanding of music enabled him to invent the device.,BR_Background Information2,Bells greatest success was achieved on March 10,1876,marking the birth of the telephone.The first sentence ever spoken over a telephone was uttered over this device on that day.The histor
3、ic words,“Mr.Watson,come here;#I want you”were uttered by Bell.,BackgroundInformation,Video Clip,Group Discussion,Spot Dictation,(1876 Liquid Transmitter),BR_Video Clip1,Video Clip,Source,Friendship.Put It to the Test-Meridian,Group Discussion,Spot Dictation,BackgroundInformation,Video Clip,BR_Video
4、 Clip2,Questions:#,1.2.,The speaker mentions three friends.They are Ally,Sharleen and Carlos.,A person who is loyal,honest or interesting is likely to be a friend of the speakers.,BackgroundInformation,Video Clip,Group Discussion,Spot Dictation,Video Clip,How many friends does the speaker mention in
5、 the video clip?#According to the description of her friends,what kind of person do you think is likely to become the speakers friend?#,BR_group discussion,Group Discussion,1.2.,Friendship may sometimes exert a great impact on ones life.Have you heard of any stories of friendship?#Do you think your
6、life has ever been influenced by your relations with your friends?#What kind of person do you expect your friend to be?#Describe a person who is likely to be your friend.,BackgroundInformation,Spot Dictation,Video Clip,Group Discussion,BR_spot dictation,Spot Dictation,The dog has been mans best frie
7、nd for of years.Gelert was a hunting dog to a hunter.One morning,the hunter went hunting the dog.On his return,he found Gelert with blood.His baby was not in its bed.Thinking that the dog had eaten the child,he killed the dog with his sword.The noise the baby,who had been asleep,and under a pile of
8、bed coverings.The father heard its cry and found the baby.the bed was found a wolf,killed by Gelert.The dog had saved the baby but his life because of a tragic misunderstanding.,BackgroundInformation,Video Clip,Group Discussion,Spot Dictation,thousands,_,belonging,_,without,_,covered,_,awoke,_,safe,
9、_,sound,_,Under,_,faithful,_,lost,_,GR_Part Division.,Part Division of the Text,The text can be divided into three parts:#,Part 1(Paragraph 1):#,Part 1 is the topic paragraph,stating generally the helpfulness of the operator.,Part 2(Paragraphs 2-9):#,Part 2 illustrates the helpfulness and friendline
10、ss of the operator with instances.,Part 3(Paragraphs 10-15):#,Part 3 describes a telephone conversation between the boy and the operator many years later,further stating the friendship between the two persons.,Part Division of the Text,Further Understanding,Why did the young boy believe that“Informa
11、tion Please”was an amazing person?#When the boy dialed the operator at the airport many years later,why did he ask the question“Could you tell me please,how to spell the word fix?#”,GR_Further Understanding,Further Understanding,1.2.,It can be inferred that the boy must have asked the same question
12、before when he was a little boy.He asked the question so that the operator could recognize him by asking the same question.As was expected,the operator identified the question and recognized the boy.,Questions:#,Because he believed that there was nothing she did not know.She could give a correct ans
13、wer to any question.,Part Division of the Text,Further Understanding,DR_text1-2_S,My Friend,the Telephone Operator,When I was quite young,my family had one of the first telephones in our neighborhood.Soon I discovered that somewhere inside that wonderful device lived an amazing person-her name was“I
14、nformation Please”and there was nothing she did not know.My mother could ask her for anybodys number;#when our clock stopped,Information Please gave us the correct time at once.One day while my mother was visiting a neighbor,I hit my finger with a hammer.The pain was terrible and there was no one ho
15、me to offer sympathy.So I ran for the telephone and said“Information please”into the mouthpiece.After a moment,a small,clear voice spoke into my ear.“Information.”,DR_text3-9_S,“I hurt my finger”I cried into the phone.“Isnt your mother home?#”came the question.“Nobodys home but me,”I sobbed.“Are you
16、 bleeding?#”“No,”I replied.“I hit it with the hammer and it hurts.”“Can you open your fridge?#”she asked.I said I could.“Then break a little piece of ice and put it on your finger.That will stop the hurt.And dont cry,youll be all right.”After that,I called Information Please for everything.I asked her for help with my lessons.I even called her for comfort because my pet bird died.When I was nine,we moved from Seattle to Boston and I missed my friend deeply.Information Please belonged to the old home,and I never t
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