Unit 6 Connect
第六單元 連接
Lesson 43: Books or Computers?
第43課： 書還是電腦？
PROJECT ,WHICH ONE DID MORE?
任務.誰做得更多？
Look at this Student Book.
看學生用書。
What made this book? A printing press made it.
誰做的書？書是印刷出來的。
Before the printing press, somebody wrote every book by hand with a pen.
在印刷之前，有人用筆寫書。
It was slow! After the printing press,
那很慢！在印刷之后，
people could make many books quickly.
人們可以快速的做很多書。
Was this important?
這很重要么？
Yes! The printing press let more people read more books.
是的！印刷讓更多的人閱讀更多的書。
What was in the books? Information.
書中有什么？信息。
Today, you can still find information in books.
如今，你仍然可以在書中找到信息。
You can also find information on the Internet.
你也可以在網絡中找到信息。
Is the Internet important?
網絡重要么？
Yes! The Internet lets people find and use information very quickly.
是的！網絡讓人們快速地找到并使用信息。
Find facts about the printing press and about the Internet in this unit.
在本單元找出關于印刷和網絡的信息。
Think about this question: Which one did more to change the world?
想想這個問題：哪一個更大地改變了世界？
Talk about this question in small groups.
分小組討論這個問題。
Then, write a paragraph to answer the question.
然后，寫一篇文章回答問題。
Use words that you know and understand in English.
使用你知道并了解的單詞。
Books or Net? What is a printing press?
書還是網絡？什么是印刷機？
The printing press is a machine that can make lots of books in a short time.
印刷機是短時間內可以制成大量書籍的機器。
How were books made before the printing press?
在印刷機出現以前，書怎么制成的？
Before the printing press, books were written by hand.
在印刷機出現以前，書都是手寫的。
Sometimes, people worked for years to make books by hand.
有時，人們成年的工作來手寫成書。
How did books change information?
書是怎樣改變信息的？
The printing press could make many books quickly.
印刷機可以快速地印刷書籍。
Because there were more books, more people could read books.
因為有了越來越多的書，越來越多的人就可以讀書了。
Information began to travel much faster and much farther.
信息開始越來越快的輸送。
Books also "kept" information for you.
書也為你保留信息。
If you forgot something, you could look it up.
如果你忘記了某件事，你可以翻書查閱。
The Internet helps me do my homework.
互聯網幫我做作業(yè)。
I can find lots of information in just a few minutes.
我可以在幾分鐘的時間里找到大量的信息。
Which invention do you think is more important--the printing press or the Internet?
你認為什么發(fā)明是更重要的——印刷機還是網絡？