Book VIII Unit3 (Reading) 导学案
Class: ___ Group: ___ Name:_________ 组内评价：___ 教师评价：___
【学习目标】
Learning Aims:
1. Complete the whole passage, improve the ability of grasping the main idea and
find key information.
2. Enable the students to talk about inventions.
3. Encourage the students to invent something.
【自主学习】
Task 1. Questions.
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 list them in the suitable order.
( ) A. Applying for a patent
( ) B. Finding a problem
( ) C. Doing research
( ) D. Testing the solution
( ) E. Thinking of a creative solution
( ) F. Deciding on the invention
Task 2. Choose the right answer.
1. 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.
2. The writer was successful to catch the snakes in ____ attempt.
A. the first B. the second C. the third D. every
3. Why did cooling the snakes make them less active?
A. Because snakes are warm-blooded animals.
B. Because snakes like high temperature.
C. Because their body temperature depends on the heat around them.
D. Because snakes don’t like high temperature.
4. Which statement is TRUE according to the text?
A. The snakes were sleepy in the second approach so they couldn’t bite.
B. Your product must be different from everybody else’s if you want to receive a patent.
C. The writer received a patent after she succeeded in catching the snakes.
D. If an application proves to be valid, you can get a patent immediately.
5. 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 which can be used as a medicine.
Task 3. Underline the phrases in the passage and learn them in mind.
1. now and then 偶尔，不时
2. get rid of 摆脱，除去
3. set about doing sth. 着手干某事
4. in case 以防万一
5. set out to do 着手干某事
6. be aware of 意识到
7. in truth 真实地；实在
8. out of order 发生故障；次序颠倒
9. get through 通过；做完 ；接通电话；熬过
10. ring back 回电话
11. call up 打电话给；召集；使想起；提出
12. dive into 投入；把手伸入；钻研
13. hang on 坚持下去；不挂断；握住不放
14. ring off 挂断电话；住嘴；走掉
【合作探究】
Task 4.长难句分析：
1. (L7,P20) Here was a chance for me to distinguish myself by inventing something merciful that would catch snakes but not harm them.
A) 这个句子的主句用了_______句型
B) 归纳此句型:以here, there, out, in, up, down, away, now, then等___词开头的句子用主谓__倒装,但当主语是__ __代词时，只把副词放在开头，主谓语不需倒装。
C) 把这句翻译成中文：_________________________________________________
2. (L12,P11) But once picked up, they tried to bite me.
→ But once _______ ________ picked up, they tried to bite me.
3．(L52, P21) Nor will you receive a patent until a search has been made to find out…
*该句是由否定副词_______ 引导的倒装句。以否定词____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 等开头的句子，句子要部分倒装。
Eg. 1). Never before have I seen such a good film!
2). Seldom does Tom go to the cinema at weekends.
3). Lily can’t swim; nor/neither can Lucy.
*其他位于句首时能引起部分倒装的短语还有____________ ____________ ___________ , by no means, on no condition, in no time 等。
Eg. 1). Not only does Tom play basketball well but also is good at English.
2). Not until the teacher came in did the boys stop talking.
3). No sooner had we finished our design than it began to rain.
4. (第四题, P24) I cannot bear the smell of sausage burnt on the barbecue.
bear v.
(1) 忍受，忍耐
Eg. 1). She can’t bear to be looked down upon by others.
2). I can’t bear having a cat in the house.
(2) 承担（责任），承受
Eg. 1). This is the responsibility we should bear.
2). Bear in mind that some children will need help.
3). My leg was painful, and I wasn’t sure whether it would bear my weight.
*bear 的同义词（组）有 tolerate, endure, ________, ______________，多用于否定句中。_______ 强调忍受者对痛苦、忧虑以及责任的承受力；stand 强调不屈不挠或经受得起；_________指忍受某人或某种行为而不反抗，可用于肯定句。endure指经受长期的艰难、困苦或折磨二不屈服；put up with的用法同tolerate。
5．(L4 P20) Snakes come near the house now and then, and they seem to have made their home here.
now and then 时而；不时 (= sometimes, but not often)
写出下列词组的意义
from time to time __________ now that ___________
from now on __________ right now __________
since then __________ by now __________
6. (L12 P20) I set about researching the habits of snakes to find the easiest way to trap them.
set about sth/doing sth 开始（某工作）； 着手做某事
set off _______________
set out ________________
set about ______________
7. (L33, P20) This time with great caution I bent down to examine the snakes and I found them very sleepy.
caution n. 小心，谨慎，慎重；警示；警告
写出with + n. 的类似短语
with ________ 自豪地 with ___________ 满意地
with ________ 非常愿意 with ___________ 小心地
with ________ 高兴地 with ___________ 失望地
【课后训练】
Task 5. 选择填空
1. I haven’t seen Anna since she left our hometown two years ago，but we do keep in touch with each other by sending e-mails __________ .
A．here and there B．sooner or later
C．at one time D．now and then
2. Come and see me whenever________________ .
A. you are convenient B. you will be convenient
C. it is convenient to you D. it will be convenient to you
3. On receiving the assignment, we ________ at once.
A. set about working B. set out to work
C. get down to work D. all the above
4. The proposal made by all the students and four teachers did not ________ .
A. get through B. go through
C. go by D. both A and B
5. It is not easy to ________ a student when all wear school uniforms.
A. distinguish B. identify C. ensure D. match
6. This time I opened the cage that kept the tiger _________.
A. with satisfaction B. with delight
C. with great caution D. with great pleasure
7. His parents’ greatest ______ is that he could be admitted into a top university.
A. distinction B. objection C. expectation D. constitution
8. Without the air to hold some of the sun’s heat, the earth at night ___________.
A. would be freezing cold B. will be freezing cold
C. would be frozen cold D. will be frozen cold
9. I won’t bear people _______ to me like that.
A. talk B. to be talked C. talking D. talked
10. The headmaster will not permit the change in the course, nor _____________ it a thought.
A. does he even give B. he even gives
C. will he even give D. he will even give
11. Never before ___________ seen anybody who can play tennis as well as Robert.
A. had she B. she had C. has she D. she has
12. No sooner _________ than it began to rain heavily.
A. the game began B. has the game begun
C. did the game begin D. had the game begun
【课内探究，展示点评】
Task 6. 利用本节课所学的词汇，短语翻译下列句子。
你最好给他电话以防他记不清准确的时间。
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她时而到楼上看看他是否还在睡着。
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3. 下课后，同学们开始打扫课室卫生。
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4. 莫言因他的小说而扬名。
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5. 我家附近有个大超市，购物很方便。
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6. 他突然打断我的演讲让我离开。
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7. 当她离开他的时候，他正处于非常艰难时期。
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8. 我不能忍受住在多雨的城市，尽管对我的皮肤有好处。
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9. 我必须只争朝夕。
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10. 对待统计数字(statistics)要小心谨慎。
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11. 她满怀希望/期待地进入大学。
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12. 我从来没有看过这样的表演。（倒装句）
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