九年级全

When was it

invented?

Unit 6

An AccidentalInvention

accidentalby accident

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adj. 意外的；偶然的偶然；意外adv. 几乎；差不多n. 统治者；支配者v. 煮沸；烧开v. 保持不变；剩余n. 气味v. 发出……气味；闻到

Words andExpressions

saintnational

trade

take placedoubt

without doubt

n. 圣人；圣徒adj. 国家的；民族的n. 贸易；交易v. 做买卖；从事贸易发生；出现n. 疑问；疑惑v. 怀疑毫无疑问；的确

Words andExpressions

How many kinds of tea does the video say? What are they?

Chinese Tea

Lead-in 1

Do you know the tea tradition in China?

Lead-in 2

objectivesTo read and understand the material about tea

To grasp the main idea of each paragraph of the passage

To extract specific information from the reading passage

An AccidentalInvention

1.What does it mean?

2.Can you think of an invention that was invented by accident?

Who invented tea?

A Chinese ruler called Shen Nong.

ruler: a person who rules or governs 统治

者

Task 1

Read the passage quickly and match each paragraph with its main idea.Read the passage quickly and match each paragraph with its main idea.

Paragraph 1

Paragraph 3

Paragraph 2

Lu Yu and his book Cha Jing

How tea was invented by accident

How tea spread to other countries

3aTask 2

(1) What is the article about? A. What tea is. B. Where tea comes from. C. How tea was invented. D. How a cup of tea is made.(2) Tea wasn’t invented by accident, was it? A. Yes, it wasn’t. B. Yes, it did. C. No, it wasn’t. D. Yes, it was.(3) When did tea appear in England?A. Around 1660. B. Around 1670.C. Around 1760. D. Around 1770.(4) Where was tea invented? A. In China. B. In Singapore. C. In England. D. We don’t know.

Read the passage carefully and choose the right answers.Read the passage carefully and choose the right answers.

Task 3

Task 4Who: __________

What: _________

Where (country): ________

How: Shen Nong was _________ drinking water when some leaves _______ ________ the water and ________ there for some time. It __________ a pleasant smell. Shen Nong ________ the brown water and it tasted delicious.

Result: One of the world’s favorite _________ was invented.

Shen Nongtea

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fell intoremained

producedtasted

drinks

Read Para. 1 and complete the chart.Read Para. 1 and complete the chart.

1. When was tea first drunk?

2. How was tea invented?

It was first drunk about 5,000 years ago.Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the boiling water. It produced a nice smell and tasted delicious. This is how tea was invented.

3. Who is called “the saint of tea”?4. What is Cha Jing about?

Lu Yu is called “the saint of tea”.It describes how tea plants were grown and used to make tea.5. When was tea brought to

other countries?It is believed that tea was brought to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries. And in England, tea appeared around 1660.

3b

Task 5

Read the passage again and answer the questions.Read the passage again and answer the questions.

Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in the box.Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in the box.

1. One of the world’s favorite drinks was _________ by accident.invented

2. Tea was first ________ by Shen Nong about 5,000 years ago.

drunk

invent drink bring

produce trade

3c3cTask 6

Invent drink bring

produce trade

3. A nice smell was _________ when the tea leaves dropped into the hot water.

produced

4. Tea was ________ to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries.

brought

5. Tea is now _______ between many different countries.

traded

3c

Language pointsDid you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world, was invented by accident?

一个名词或其它形式，跟在另一个名词或代词后并对其进行解释、说明或限定，这个名词或其它形式就是同位语。

Mr. Smith, our new teacher, is very kind to us.  我们的新老师史密斯先生对我们很好。

↗

同位语

你知道世界上最受欢迎的饮品——茶，是无意中发明出来的吗？

It is said that a Chinese ruler called Shen Nong was the first to discover tea as a drink.

The first to do sth. 第一个做……的人It is said that…据说…… (that 后接完整的句子 )

【相似句型】It is believe that… 据说 It is claimed that… 据称

It is expected that… 据估计

It is presumed that… 据估计

据说有一位叫神农的中国统治者最早发现了茶可以饮用。

One day Shen Nong was boiling drinking water over an open fire.

an open fire 明火；篝火 over 指悬在 ... 上方（与物体无直接接触）

on 指在 ... 上面（与物体平面有直接接触） A lamp hung over the table.

On top of the cupboards are straw baskets.

有一天，神农正在火上煮水喝。

remain

剩下；剩余；遗留

连系动词 某人或某事物仍保持某种状态

It remained a secret.

不及物动词Little of the original architecture remains.

名词 剩余物，多用复数

The archeologists found some remains of the Song Dynasty.

Language pointsThe tea trade from China to Western countries took place in the 19th century.

take place 发生；出现Great changes have taken place in our hometown during the past ten years.

注： happen 作“发生、碰巧”解，一般用于偶然或突发性事件。 happen 与 take place 通常都没有被动语态。

从中国到西方国家的茶叶贸易出现在 19 世纪。

Fill in the blanks.

This helped _________ (spread) the popularity of tea plant to more places around the world.

Even though many people now know about tea culture, the Chinese are ______________the ones who best understand the nature of tea.

to spread

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without doubt

translation

Tea wasn’t brought to the Western world until 1610.

This machine is used for boiling drinking water.

I haven’t seen my grandmother for some time. I miss her very much ．

1. 直到 1610 年茶才被带到西方世界。

2. 这个机器是用来烧开水的。

3. 我已好久没见我奶奶，我十分想念她。

本课时重点回顾1. It is said/believe that…2. not …until…3. passive voice (One of the world’s favorite drin

ks was invented.)

Now 2 mins to test your spelling.English-Chinese

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偶然 剩余 气味 国家的 贸易 发生 毫无疑问 几乎 When finished, exchange your

papers to see who does the best.

Chinese-English

1. Learn the new words by heart. 2. Review the passage we have

learnt today.

Homework