高二英语选修8 unit3 reading课件 人教版

课件20张PPT。Unit 3Inventors and inventions Pair work: Can you be a inventor?You need to make a house but you only have fishing nets and many plastic bottles. How can you solve it? (Be sure the walls are solid enough.) 1 Remove the bottom from each of the bottles
2 Stick the bottles together with the glue to form a solid wall
3 Cover them with the fishing net to hold them secure
4 Pour water down the bottles to encourage plants to grow up inside them . The plants will make a vegetable wall which will keep the sunshine out and protect the people inside from anyone who wants to look in 5 Make a roof of empty bottles . This means it will not be too heavy .
6 Put the roof on after the plants have grown so that the walls are very secure and steady Pre-reading 1. Do you know the stages every inventor must go through before they can have their invention approved? Here give you some similar stages used in research, please out them in the suitable order.Pre-reading Applying for a patent
2. Finding a problem
3. Doing research
4. Testing the solution
5. Thinking of a creative solution
6. Deciding on the invention Finding a problem
Doing research
3. Thinking of a creative solution
4. Testing the solution
5. Deciding on the invention
6. Applying for a patent
AnswerFirst reading1.The purpose of the text is __________.
A.to show us how to trap the snakes but not to kill them
B.to tell people how to apply for a patent of the
writer’s new idea
C.to introduce the writer’s new idea of trapping the
snakes and her application for a patent
D.to tell the readers how to get a new idea and make
it a patent
2.The writer were successful to catch the snakes
in ________ attempt.
A.the First B.the second C.the third D.everyCC3、How did the writer catch the snakes? ( )
A. using something the snakes were interested to attract them into a trap.
B. taking their habitat to another place.
C. placing the snakes at a low temperature for them to sleep and then caught them.
D. All the above. CC4、Why did cooling the snakes make them less active? ( )
A. Because snakes are warm-blooded animals.
B. Because snakes like high temperature.
C. Because snakes are cold-blooded animals and they usually hibernate(冬眠) in winter.5.Which statement is the TRUE according to the text?
A.The snakes were so sleepy in the second
attempt that they couldn’t bite the write at all.
B.your product must be different from everybody
else’s if you want to receive a patent.
C.The writer decided to send her invention to the
patent office the moment she succeeded in catching
the snakes.
D.If an application for your product proves to be
valid, you can get a patent immediately.6.According to the text, which subject do you
think can be given a patent?
A.A new star discovered by a scientist.
B.A new novel written by Yao Ming.
C.A new way to make dirty water clean.
D.A new kind of grass found in a mountain which
can be used as a medicine. Second reading : Task 1 : T or F
(1). In this passage, the writer want to encourage the readers to consider carefully the problems in daily life and to be creative and hardworking as well as thinking indigently.
(2). The writer were successful to catch the snakes in the second attempt.
(3). A inventor can easily get the patent for the invention.√××(4). If you have a scientific theory or mathematical model, you can get a patent(专利).
(5). The stages to apply for a patent is that fill
in the form for your invention, file your
patent application with the patent office
and wait for the patent examine.
(6). If your inventions passes the test, your application for a patent will be published 17 months from the date you apple.×√×Find a problemThe snakes must be removed but not harmedDo researchLook for methods of removal; the habits of snakesTask 2 .the stages in making an invention.Test the solution several times
Try three times to make it work efficiently Apply for a patentThis means the solution is recognizedThink of a creative solutionIdentify three possible approaches: choose one Task 3 QS:1 What are the three creative steps that the writer takes to catch the snakes without hurting them?2 Why did cooling the snakes make them less active ?3 Discuss with your partner what the advantages might be of getting a patent. 1 What are the three creative steps that the writer takes to catch the snakes without hurting them?1) to put the frozen bowl over the snakes’ habitat in the morning.
2) to put the frozen bowl over the snakes’ habitat in the evening.
3) to put the frozen bowl over the snakes’ habit in the evening and carry a net to collect the snakes without harming them the next morning.
2 Why did cooling the snakes make them less active ?
The cooling made the snakes less active because they are reptiles and their body temperature depends on the heat around them. 3 Discuss with your partner what the advantages might be of getting a patent.
You are able to prove that you were the first person to make the invention.
You are recognized as a real inventor.
You can make money if you sell your invention to others.DiscussionNow pretend you are a patent officer
and it is your job to decide whether an
application should be considered valid
or not. Look at these invention on P22.
Do you think they should get patents?
Give your reasons.