Inventive

Solutions
Pathways 2 Unit 2 Week 1
What's the
World's Greatest The publishing
company Raconteur
Invention ? asked over 400 people
to name the world's
most important
Raconteur inventions. Here are
the top 10.
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Top 10 Invention
The World Wide Web
1 WWW/The Internet
1989
Tim Berners-Lee @ CERN

The Printing Press

2
1439 Johannes Gutenberg @ Germany

The Wheel
3 Unknown @ Mesopotamia
3500 BC

4 Writing
3200 BC
5 The motor car
1886 10
1992

6 The Match
1826

7 Antibiotics
1929 Smartphone

8 Language
Unknown

9 The Personal Computer

1974
Greatest Invention

Do you agree with the list of the

most important inventions? Can
you think of other inventions to
add ？

Of these top 10
inventions ， how many were
developed within the last 200
years?
The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.     
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Vocabulary

01 Electricity 05 Struggle

02 Powers 06 Eventually
Now please finish
Exercise A on P24
03 Afford 07 Prevention

04 Creative
Discussion
1. Are you a creative person?
Describe one way in which you
are creative.

2. What are some sources of

energy that can produce
electricity?
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Brainstorming
Make a list of things you use everyday that require
electricity.

eg. Pad ， AC...

Time limit one minute

Predicting
Skim through the first paragraph of the reading passage on P25-26,
and look at the pictures and captions. What do you think this passage
is mainly about? Write down your answer on a sticky note, and check it
back later.

A. Energy shortages B. A solution to an

in Africa energy problem

C. How windmills
generate electricity
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02. Background Info

About Hey, hey, hey!

This is Malawi!

us!
Malawi.
-The warm heart of Africa
This is a one-minute vlog of Malawi from
some adventure tour experts. What do you
think the climate is like there? How about
people’s life? Do you think there are any 01

problems in their life? Share with your

patterner.

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The Power
of Creativity
William Kamkwamba lives in Malawi, Africa, where most people
don't have access to electricity or running water.They have to cook
over open fires and collect water from wells or streams. Poverty is very
high; only 2 percent of Malawians can afford electricity. In addition,
most people have to grow their own food. Life is difficult there, and
many people struggle to survive.
In 2001, when William was 14 years old, life in Malawi
became even more difficult. There was a severe drought, and
most families--including William's--couldn't grow enough
food. He explains, "Within five months all Malawians began
to starve to death. My family ate one meal per day, at night."

Because of the drought, William's family couldn't afford to send him

to school anymore. However, William wanted to continue his
education, so he went to the library near his home one day. He found
a science book there called Using Energy. It included instructions for
building a windmill. Windmills can be very efficient sources of
electricity, and they can bring water up from underground. William
didn't know much English, and he wasn't able to understand most of
the book, but it was full of pictures and diagrams. Looking at the
pictures, William thought he could build a windmill for his family.
When William went home and started
building his windmill, a lot of people in
his village laughed at him, including his
mother. They didn't let that stop him--
he was confident. He saw the photo of
the windmill in the book. That meant
someone else was able to build it, so
he knew he could build it, too. William
was also creative. He didn't have the
parts and equipment that he saw in the
book's diagrams, and he couldn't buy
them. So he looked for the parts that
he needed in junkyards.
While building the windmill, William changed and improved his design
little by little. At first, the windmill powered only one lightbulb.Then it
powered four lights. Eventually, there was enough electricity for four
lights and a radio. No one laughed at William after that, and people in
his village started to come to his house to get power for their cell
phones. Later, William built a second windmill. This one brought water
up from underground. After that, he began to teach other people how
to build windmills. He also continued to build more of them himself,
including one at a primary school.
Because of his success with the windmills, William was able to go
back to school. He also helped to develop a malaria prevention
program and clean water services in his community. He wrote a book
about his life called The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating
Currents of Electricity and Hope. In addition, he uses his website to
educate people and to give them hope. His main message is this: "To
the Africans, and the poor who are struggling with your dreams...,
trust yourself and believe. Whatever happens, don't give up."
Choose the best
A Windmills--Africa's Hope for the Future
alternative title for
the reading passage.
B Advice from a Young Inventor

C
C The Boy Who Brought Electricity--and Hope
Answer these questions using
information from the reading
Why did life become
very difficult for
How did William's
William's family in
first windmill help
2001?
What did people in people in his
William's village viilage?
think of his idea at
first?
Discussion

Choose one of the problems

menioned in exercise C. In what
other ways could William have
dealt with it? Discuss with a
partmer.

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