unit 3 inventors and inventions waming up and reading[下学期]

课件43张PPT。Inventors and Inventions Warming up and readingUnit 3 1. In pairs discuss which
of these pictures show
inventions. Does any of them show discoveries?Warming upAn amphibious car水陆两用汽车It is an inventionStephenson’s “Rocket”It is an inventionDNAIt is a discovery.2. Work out two rules that will help you decide what is a discovery and what is an invention?
What is a discovery? A discovery is an act or the process of finding sb/sth, or learning about sth that was not known about before. To protect
a discovery you have to use copyrights版权.
What is an invention? An invention is something produced for the first time through the use of imagination or thinking and experiments. Only inventions can get patents专利。 Let’s work out the connection between discoveries and inventions: Discoveries often lead to inventions.1. Electricity1. Systems of delivering electrical light and heating to homes and offices
2. Household machines for washing, ironing, keeping food cold, etc
3. Computers, telephones, television, etc2. The movement of air1. Airplane jet engines
2. Air balloons, etc Machines to help people with serious disease (like kidney failure) 3. The circulation of the blood4. X-raysBody scanners to see whether you are ill
2. Machines to treat illnesses (like cancer)How much do you know the inventors and inventions?A quizPaper, printing, gunpowder and ___ are 4 great inventions in ancient China.abacusbalancecompass2. ___ isn’t Thomas Edison’s
invention.Light bulbRecord playerTelephone3. George Stephenson made the first train using a steam engine in ___.
A. 1625
B. 1725
C. 18254. _____ is called “Father of Car”.
A. Rudolf Diesel
B. Karl Benz
C. Thomas Edison5. ___ is called “ Father of Dynamite （炸药）”. A. Alfred Nobel B. Albert Einstein C. Alexander Bell
6. Marconi (马可尼) invented the first ____ in the world. A. TV B. Radio C. Typewriter 7. ____ invented the first airplane.
A. Wright Brothers
B. Henry Ford
C. Benjamin FranklinExtended(延伸的) inventions of foot:Extended inventions of other body parts:…What are the inventions in the future?Electric shoesInflatable bicycleEdible chopsticksNose-top computerPre-readingDo you know the stages every inventor
must go through before they can have
their invention approved? Inventing is
a scientific activity and so follows similar
stages to those used in scientific research.
Look at the list and work out a suitable
order.1 Finding a problem
2 Doing research
Thinking of a creative solution
Testing the solution
deciding on the invention
applying for a patent
The steps of inventingAs you read the following passage, check
the order you wrote above to see whether
it follows the correct stages in producing
an invention.The Problem ofthe snakesReadingReading task 1 Fast-reading (7mins) 1. The purpose in writing this text is ____.
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 biggest advantage of the writer’s new idea is that ____.
It makes the snakes move slowly
It makes the snakes hardly bite us
It is easier for us to kill the snakes without
hurting ourselves
It is easier for us to catch the snakes without
killing them3.What instruments were used for catching the
snakes?
A bowl, ice-cubes, male perfume
A bowl, a bucket, female perfume
A small net, ice-cubes, a bucket
A small net, a bucket, powders4. Which statement is true according to the text?
The snakes were so sleepy in the second attempt that they couldn’t bite the writer at all.
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.5.According to the text, which subject do you think can be given a patent?
A new star discovered by a scientist
A new novel written by Huo Da.
A new way to make dirty water clean.
A new kind of grass found in a mountain which can be used as a medicine.Detailed reading:What are the three creative steps that the writer takes to catch the snakes without hurting them?
Why did cooling the snakes make them less active?
What might the advantages be of getting a patent?Reading task 2 What are the three creative steps that the writer takes to catch the snakes without hurting them?
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_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________To put the frozen bowl over the snakes’ habitat in the morning.To put the frozen bowl over the snakes’ habitat in the evening.To put the frozen bowl over the snakes’ habitat 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.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.3.What might the advantages be of getting a patent?(The students can have various answers)Scanning: Find out which paragraph or paragraphs deal with each inventing process in the passage and find the examples:removedharmedmethodshabitsthreeone1234,5,67threeefficientlyrecognizedUse 5 sentences to describe the inventing process of catching snakes includes:
找到问题要抓住蛇但是却不能伤害它们．
研究观察蛇的习性和住处．
想出三个可以解决的方案，一是铲除蛇的栖息地，二是用设计陷阱引蛇入洞，三是降低他们的体温是他们困乏从而捉住他们．
选择一种可行性强的第三种方法进行试验．
总结出这是一种可行的方法并决定发明．
Homework Write the article and hand it in tomorrow.
Preview the language points in the reading passage.
Thank you!