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Key words:telephone, cell phone, telegram, patent, operator, scandalVerbs:to speak, to patentGrammar:present perfectPhonics: long i /igh/

Students will learn:

L5 U6 L4

Level 5 Unit 6 Lesson 4

What's the longest you've gonewithout your phone? How did it feel?

What did/would the world look like without cell phones?

Vocabulary

telephone: a machine that shares voices across wires or other device.

Since cell phones were invented, there is little need for red telephone boxes.

cell phone: a telephone that requires no wires, only a cellular radio signal.

My dad recently bought a new cell phone, but he doesn't know how to use it!

telegram: a text message sent by telegraph and then delivered in written form.

Telegrams were useful for sending messages before the invention of the telephone.

to patent: to apply for and successfully obtain a patent.

patent: a license for an invention stating who invented it and owns it.

Thomas Savery obtained a patent for the first steam engine in 1698.

operator: a person who works at the telephone company.

Run for the telephone and ask the operator to connect you to emergency services!

Lucy and Sara could speak for hours about their dreams.

to speak: to express a feeling or share information.

scandal: an event causing public upset or surprise.

The dress she wore to the fundraiser caused quite a scandal.

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  • patent
  • telephone
  • telegram
  • operator
  • scandal

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Do you have telephone operators in your country? How can they help you?

Reading

Pre-reading

The Telephone

  1. Who was involved?
  2. What happened?
  3. Where did the scandal happen?
  4. When did the scandal happen?
  5. Why did the scandal happen?

Have you ever experienced or witnessed a scandal? Answer the following:

Ref: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/jun/17/humanities.internationaleducationnews

After sharing a workspace with Meucci, Bell stole the device and sold it to Western Union himself. Together with Western Union, Bell brought the telephone to market.Meucci could not afford to renew his temporary patent. Bell stepped in to claim the patent in 1874, listing himself as inventor of the telephone.Meucci died trying to prove his part in the invention of the telephone. Bell will erase Meucci's life work in the shadow of this true scandal.

Meucci's money problems prevented the Italian from applying for patent. He could not afford $250 to apply, and so in 1871 he bought a temporary patent for just three years.Medical issues and poor English also stopped Meucci's success. Meucci tried to make a deal with Western Union to develop his product, but was sadly rejected.

In response to the sad death of defendant, Antonio Meucci, yesterday the US Supreme Court has closed the case against Alexander Graham Bell. Bell was charged with fraud for stealing Meucci's work and patenting a machine he did not invent. Bell will keep the telephone patent and live in history as the great inventor of this device.Just days ago, the court heard that Meucci publicly demonstrated his 'teletrofono' in New York City in 1860, years before Bell's patent.

Telephone invention results in scandal

Death stops identification of true inventor

4p 05 April, 1889

World News

Comprehension

The Telephone

  1. Who invented the telephone?
  2. What three problems prevented Meucci from obtaining the patent?
  3. Why did the US Supreme Court stop the case against Bell?
  4. Why was Bell successful when Meucci was not?

Find evidencefrom the article to support each answer.

Grammar

I've just tried to ring you!

Vern has traveled every day this week.

I've danced since I was four years old.

3. Recent past events that influence the present.

2. Describing life experiences.

Present Perfect Tense

1. An event beginning in the past and continuing now.

In English, always starts from a past moment and continues to present time.

Present Perfect tense

There are 3 ways to use this tense:

Past Participles

cost

to cost

bought

to buy

slept

to sleep

developed

to be

to develop

been

to steal

stolen

to sell

to have

sold

check

had

Ji hasn't been to India, but
It's usually a disaster,
Carl and I grew up together,
Since Bruno lost his job
Because the movie is bad,

Match the Present Perfect tense

  1. we haven't gone to watch it.
  2. he's worked here.
  3. so I've known him forever.
  4. but I've cleaned my room.
  5. she has been to China four times.

Phonics

Long i - /igh/

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Listen and Write

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Free Talk

Who do you think should be remembered as inventing the telephone. Explain your choice.

Goodbye!