unit 3 Inventors and inventions warming up and reading

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课件25张PPT。Unit 3 Inventors and Inventionswarming up & reading①②③④⑤⑥Inventions: 1, 2,and 3.
Discoveries: 4, 5 and 6.Sort out inventions and discoveries A discovery = =An inventionA discovery is __________.Finding or learning about something (place, fact) that has already existed for the first time.An invention is __________.Making or designing something that has not yet existed before.Discoveries often lead to inventions.Work out two rules:Do you know what these inventions are and when did they happen?Telephone 1876television 1923 colour television 1940photocopier 1937air conditioner 1902electronic digital computer 1942Atomic bomb 1945Alexander Bell Alexandra Volt Wright brothersHeng Zhang Bi shengGalileoGuess the inventions & their inventorspresentations
Do you think it’s easy to invent something? Do you know the stages every inventor must go through before they can have their invention approved?
Applying for a patent
Finding a problem
Doing research
Testing the solution
Thinking of a creative solution
Deciding on the invention Give orders to invention stages:What will you do if some snakes in your yard?Pre-readingThe purpose in writing this 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 patentReading: read fast and find out the purpose
and the main idea of the text.The text narrates the p______ of the snakes and presents the p_________ of catching them
and applying for a p______.roblemroceduresatentWhat’s the main idea of the text?Reading for the details
True or false?
1. I felt proud because I could help my parents kill the snakes in our yard.
2. I get down to searching the habits of snakes so I could trap them in the easiest way.
for me to distinguish myself by inventing something
that would catch snakes but not harm them.here was a chance3. I decided to attract the snakes into a trap using male or female perfume or food to catch them.
4. For the first attempt I placed the frozen bowl over the snakes’ habitat in the evening.
5. As soon as I catch the snakes without harming them, I am truly an inventor.become sleepy and could be easily caught.
cool the snakes so that they would in the morningAfter you have had the recognition of the patent office Multiple choices 1.The biggest advantage of the writer's new idea is that:A. it makes the snakes move slowly
B. it makes the snakes hardly bite us
C. it is easier for us to kill the snakes without hurting ourselves
D. it is easier for us to catch the snakes without killing them2. What instruments were used for catching the snakes?A. a bowl, ice-cubes, male perfume
B. a bowl, a bucket, female perfume
C. a small net, ice-cubes, a bucket
D. a small net, a bucket, powders3. Which statement is true according to the text?A. The snakes were so sleepy in the second attempt that they couldn't bite the writer 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.4. 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 Huo Da.
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.Find a problemThe snakes must be removed but not harmedDo researchLook for methods of removalthe stages in making an invention (have a discussion in pairs)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 onepost-reading (discussion in groups)What are the requirements of the character of an inventor? Can you give some details in the text to support your idea?
For example:
patient & persistent
The author tried three times and finally he succeeded.
hardworking, creative, careful, curiousassignment
1. Remember the words and expressions in the reading passage.
2.part 1-2 in unit3 in your homework
book.