Unit 6 Connect
第六单元 连接
Lesson 43: Books or Computers?
第43课： 书还是电脑？
PROJECT ,WHICH ONE DID MORE?
任务.谁做得更多？
Look at this Student Book.
看学生用书。
What made this book? A printing press made it.
谁做的书？书是印刷出来的。
Before the printing press, somebody wrote every book by hand with a pen.
在印刷之前，有人用笔写书。
It was slow! After the printing press,
那很慢！在印刷之后，
people could make many books quickly.
人们可以快速的做很多书。
Was this important?
这很重要么？
Yes! The printing press let more people read more books.
是的！印刷让更多的人阅读更多的书。
What was in the books? Information.
书中有什么？信息。
Today, you can still find information in books.
如今，你仍然可以在书中找到信息。
You can also find information on the Internet.
你也可以在网络中找到信息。
Is the Internet important?
网络重要么？
Yes! The Internet lets people find and use information very quickly.
是的！网络让人们快速地找到并使用信息。
Find facts about the printing press and about the Internet in this unit.
在本单元找出关于印刷和网络的信息。
Think about this question: Which one did more to change the world?
想想这个问题：哪一个更大地改变了世界？
Talk about this question in small groups.
分小组讨论这个问题。
Then, write a paragraph to answer the question.
然后，写一篇文章回答问题。
Use words that you know and understand in English.
使用你知道并了解的单词。
Books or Net? What is a printing press?
书还是网络？什么是印刷机？
The printing press is a machine that can make lots of books in a short time.
印刷机是短时间内可以制成大量书籍的机器。
How were books made before the printing press?
在印刷机出现以前，书怎么制成的？
Before the printing press, books were written by hand.
在印刷机出现以前，书都是手写的。
Sometimes, people worked for years to make books by hand.
有时，人们成年的工作来手写成书。
How did books change information?
书是怎样改变信息的？
The printing press could make many books quickly.
印刷机可以快速地印刷书籍。
Because there were more books, more people could read books.
因为有了越来越多的书，越来越多的人就可以读书了。
Information began to travel much faster and much farther.
信息开始越来越快的输送。
Books also "kept" information for you.
书也为你保留信息。
If you forgot something, you could look it up.
如果你忘记了某件事，你可以翻书查阅。
The Internet helps me do my homework.
互联网帮我做作业。
I can find lots of information in just a few minutes.
我可以在几分钟的时间里找到大量的信息。
Which invention do you think is more important--the printing press or the Internet?
你认为什么发明是更重要的——印刷机还是网络？