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Unit 6 When was it
invented?
Section A, 1b
Alice
：
Was your
life very difficult when you were a
kid?
当你还是个孩子的时候，生活很困难吗？
Grandma
：
Oh, not
really. Why?
哦，不是的。为什么这么问？
Alice
：
Well, you
didn’t have modern inventions like a telephone,
right?
你们没有想电话这样的现代发明，对吧？
Grandma
：
Of course
we did! How old do you think I am? The telephone
was invented
in 1876. You need to take
a history class, Alice!
我们当然有！你觉得我多大了啊？电话是在
1876
年发明的。爱丽丝，
你需要补补历史了！
Alice
：
Haha! How
about cars? They weren’t invented yet, were
they?
哈哈！那么汽车呢？那时候还没发明出来，是吗？
Grandma
：
Yes, they
were. Cars were invented in 1885. My family had a
car.
不，已
经有了。汽车是
1885
年发明的。我家当时就有一辆。
Alice
：
Well, did
you have a TV?
那你们有电视吗？
Grandma
：
No, we
couldn’t afford one. They were expensive in those
days. The TV
was invented around 1927,
I think.
没有，
我们买不起。
那时候电视还很贵。
我想
电视是大约
1927
年发明
的。
Alice
：
Well, I
know that you didn’t have a computer, because we
learned in school that
personal
computers were invented in 1971.
我知道你们那时候没有电脑，因为
我们在学校学到个人电脑是在
1971
发
明的。
Grandma
：
You’re
right. But I have one now!
没错。但是我现在有了！
Section A, 2a, 2b
Alex
：
Hi, Carol.
Wow, what are those?
你好，卡罗尔。那些是什么啊？
Carol
：
Hello,
Alex. Oh, these are some of the interesting
inventions that I’m writing
about for
my English homework.
你好，艾利克斯。哦，这些是一些有趣的发明，我正要写到我
的英语作业
上的。
Alex
：
I see…What’s
that, then?
这样啊。那这个是什么？
Carol
：
They’re
shoes with lights. You use them for seeing in the
dark when you get up
at
night.
它们是带灯光的鞋子。你夜晚起床时，可以穿着它们来照明。
Alex
：
Oh, that’s a
cool idea! I always hit my toe against something
on the way to the
bathroom at
night.
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