人教版高中英语选修八 Unit3 Inventors and inventions reading课件（共63张）
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课件63张PPT。新课标高二版.选修八Unit 3Reading Inventors and inventions Review what we have known about some famous inventors and their inventions.
Know the stages every inventor must go through before they can have their invention approved. Discussion:
1. Who was Edison? Do you know how many inventions he made? Can you mention some of them? Everybody knows he invented the electric bulb. A lamp can’t give light without electricity. Pre-readingThomas Edison invented the electric bulb.Did Edison invent electricity? Can electricity be invented? Is electricity an invention or discovery? Why? 2. 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 arrange them in the suitable order. 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 As you read the following passage, check the order you wrote above to see whether it follows the correct stages in producing an invention.Reading The text narrates the problem of the snakes and presents the procedures of catching them and applying for a patent, from which we have got a better understanding of how to do scientific researches and how to apply for aRead and answer the questions.1. What’s the main idea of the text?patent. After learning, we know that it usually costs some time and continuous efforts in order to solve some practical problems in a scientific way. The writer wants to inform us of the scientific methods to solve present problem so that we students can not only broaden the horizons but become more skilled in discovering and considering carefully the problems in daily life. 2. What’s the writing purpose of the writer?We are also encouraged by the writer to be creative and hardworking as well as thinking independently.Find a problemThe snakes must be removed but not harmedDo researchLook for methods of removal; the habits of snakes3. 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 one4. Divide the passage into several parts and find out the main idea for each paragraph.Part 1(para.1)the discovery of the problem of the snakesPart 2(para.2-3)the research on the approaches to solve the problemPart 3(para.4-6)the attempts to catch the snakesPart 4(para.7-8)the requirements of getting a patent5. 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’ habitat in the evening and carry a net to collect the snakes without harming them the next morning.6. 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.7. 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.1. Read the passage and answer the questions.ComprehendingWhat was the mother upset about?The mother was upset because a family of snakes had made their home near the house.2. Why was the writer happy to help her mother?The writer was happy because it gave her an opportunity to help her mother and invent something to catch the snakes without hurting them at the same time.3. What are three creative steps that the writer takes to catch the snakes without hurting them?These are the three creative steps the writer took to trap the snakes by cooling them and making them sleepy so she could catch them.
Step1: she bought a stainless steel ice cream maker and froze the bowl. She added ice cubes to the top of the bowl to keep it cold. She placed it over the snakes would become sleepy and could be easily caught.Step2: As above she did the same but placed the bowls over the snakes’ habitat in the evening.
Step3: As above but added a net to catch the snakes.4. Why did cooling make the snakes less active?Snakes do not have a way of keeping warm in their bodies. They get warmth from the sun and become more active at this time. When the sun goes down at night they cool down and become less active. So extra cooling to the snake would make them even less active and easier to catch.Language points in Reading go through
(1) 经历
Most families went through a lot in the war.1. Do you know the stages every inventor must go through before they can have their invention approved?(2) 通过, 成功, 成交
The plan did not go through.
(3) 审阅, 检查
I can’t go though the letters in an hour.
(4) 翻找, 查看
Mother went through the drawer for her glasses.(5) 穿过, 通过
A terrible noise went through the house.
read through 通读
look through 浏览
flow through 流过
get through 通过, 接通,使……成功
search through 搜寻, 查找2. do research on /into /in... 从事, 进行, 做研究
They are carrying out a research into the causes of cancer.
research可作可数名词和不可数名词, 有自己的单复数形式。短语do research中research 为不可数名词。3. call up 打电话，使......回忆起
I’ll call you up tonight (call sb. /ring sb. up )
The old photo calls up memories of my
childhood. (recall sth.)
call for 需要, 要求
call back 回电话，召唤某人回来
call in 邀请, 请来
call on/at 拜访 (call on后跟人作宾语，call at后跟地点名词作宾语 )---Can I do the job?
---I’m afraid not, because it ___ skill and patience.
calls on B. calls out
C. calls up D. calls for
call on
drop in on
pay a visit to
go on a visit to
visit拜访某人+ sb.call at
drop in at
pay a visit to
go on a visit to
visit拜访某地+sp.4. now and then 有时, 偶尔
I see them now and then, but not often.
I used to call people ___, from the moment I woke up to the time I went to sleep. A. now and then B. all the time
C. at home D. at work相关短语：
from time to time 有时；不时
(every) now and again 时而；不时
from now on 从现在开始，今后
just now 刚才
since then 从那时以来5. Here was a chance for me to distinguish myself by inventing something that would catch snakes but not harm them.
这回我有机会表现一下自己了，我要发明一个既能捉住蛇又不会伤害它们的东西。distinguish 辨别, 区别
I can’t distinguish the twins, they are so alike.
distinguish…from =distinguish between … and … 把…...与…...加以分开
Can you distinguish between those two objects?你能区分那两个物体吗？
Children should be taught to distinguish right from wrong. 应当教育孩子分辨好坏。distinguish oneself 显扬自己,使自己扬名
He’s distinguished himself as a teacher.
作为老师，他早已负有盛名。
The man distinguish himself by his wisdom.
这个人因智慧而扬名。
tell the differences between … and …= tell …from… 把......与......区分开distinction n. 区别, 差异
distinctive adj. 有特色的, 与众不同的
distinct adj. 截然不同的 distinguishable adj. 区别得出的,
辨认得出的6. The first thing I tried to do was to see if there were products that might help me, but there only seemed to be powders designed to kill snakes. 在there be结构中, be的人称与数应遵循就近一致原则
There was a bucket of water and two chairs in the corner of the house.
There were two chairs and a bucket of water in the corner of the house.there be 强调某处有某物;
have 强调某人有某物指为人所拥有
There is a book on the desk.
I have a book.
seem的归纳总结
1)seem +to be +形容词/名词/介词短语/分词辨析: there be与have Something seemed to be wrong with him.
You seemed to be in a great hurry.
The first memories seemed to be connected with work.2)seem 构成的句式:
It seems that...
It seems as if/ as though...
There seems (to be )…
It seems that everyone was satisfied.
It seems as if you are the first one here.
There seems (to be) no reason for
believing him. seem 表示有某种根据的判断, 这种判断往往接近事实或者符合事实。
appear 从外表或者表面上看来“似乎, 好像”, 有时暗含“事实上并非如此”之意。
look 强调视觉上的印象。
It appears a true story.He looks a perfect fool.
Do let your mother know all the truth. She appears ____everything.
to tell B. to be told
C. to be telling D. to have been told7. I set about researching the habits of snakes so I could tap them in the easiest way.
set about (doing) sth. 开始, 着手
The sooner we set about it, the sooner we’ll finish. We set about cleaning up the mess.
set out to do sth.开始做某事
set out (for) 出发,启程
set off (for)=leave for出发, 动身
set aside 留出, 对……不予以考虑
set down 记下, 写下
set up 设置, 造成, 产生On receiving the assignment, we___ at once.
A. set to work B. set out to work
C. get down to work D. all the above habit: out of habit 出于习惯
be in the habit 有…...的习惯
break the habit 改掉…...的习惯
develop/form the habit of 养成…...习惯habit 通常指个人经常行为
custom 一般指整个社会在一段时间里的行为、风俗
practice 指惯例, 也指商业或者法律上的常规做法。8. Between the outside and inside walls of the bowl there is some jelly, which freezes hard when cooled.
when cooled 的构成：连词+过去分词, 相当于when 引导的状语从句: when it is cooled.Bear them in your mind!when/while/once/unless/until等连词引导的状语从句中的主语与主句的主语相同,且从句的谓语动词中含有系动词be 时，从句中的主语和系动词be可省略，形成“连词+分词” 结构。
Don’t speak until ( you are ) spoken to.
没叫你讲话不要讲。 While unfinished, he was ugly, but now he was a living horror.
While unfinished,... =
原从句为主动结构时, 用when/while…+现在分词来代替; 原句为被动结构时候, 用 when /while…+过去分词短语来代替。
Be careful when crossing the street.While he was unfinished When __ help, one often says “thank you” or “ it’s kind of you”. A. offering B. to offer C. to be offered D. offered
9. They abruptly disappeared into a convenient hole in the wall.
它们突然一下子就消失在墙壁附近的洞里去了。abruptly adv. 突然地，唐突地 ,意外地，
比suddenly的意外程度强。
abrupt adj.突然的；意外的
这路有很多急转弯。
The road is full of ____________.
这会议突然结束了。
The meeting came to ____________.
我们的讨论突然给缩短了。
Our discussion was _______ curtailed. abrupt turnsan abrupt endabruptly10. convenient adj. 方便的，便利的
be convenient to
It is convenient for sb.对某人方便
It is convenient to do sth.做某事方便
警示: convenient 不能以人作主语。
This dishwasher is very convenient to me.
Will it be convenient for you to start work tomorrow?
It’s convenient to have a supermarket nearby.Choose the correct answer:
1) 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 2) If it is quite __ to you, I’ll visit you next Tuesday. A. convenient B. fair C. easy D. comfortable11. Only after you have had that recognition can you say that you are truly an inventor. 只有你得到这种承认, 你才能说你是真正的一个发明家。
Only 修饰状语置于句首，主句需用倒装语序。
Only by working hard can we pass the exams. 12. Nor will you receive a patent until a search has made to find out that your product really is different from everybody else’s.
你的产品要经过仔细调查, 证明它确实与众不同, 你才能获得专利。以否定词no, not, neither, nor, never, hardly, seldom, little等开头的句子, 句子的主句要部分倒装。
Never can you pass the exam if you don’t devote yourself to your study.
Little did I know what was about to happen. Do exercises for “using words and expressions” from page 63 to 64.
Know the stages every inventor must go through before they can have their invention approved. Discussion:
1. Who was Edison? Do you know how many inventions he made? Can you mention some of them? Everybody knows he invented the electric bulb. A lamp can’t give light without electricity. Pre-readingThomas Edison invented the electric bulb.Did Edison invent electricity? Can electricity be invented? Is electricity an invention or discovery? Why? 2. 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 arrange them in the suitable order. 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 As you read the following passage, check the order you wrote above to see whether it follows the correct stages in producing an invention.Reading The text narrates the problem of the snakes and presents the procedures of catching them and applying for a patent, from which we have got a better understanding of how to do scientific researches and how to apply for aRead and answer the questions.1. What’s the main idea of the text?patent. After learning, we know that it usually costs some time and continuous efforts in order to solve some practical problems in a scientific way. The writer wants to inform us of the scientific methods to solve present problem so that we students can not only broaden the horizons but become more skilled in discovering and considering carefully the problems in daily life. 2. What’s the writing purpose of the writer?We are also encouraged by the writer to be creative and hardworking as well as thinking independently.Find a problemThe snakes must be removed but not harmedDo researchLook for methods of removal; the habits of snakes3. 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 one4. Divide the passage into several parts and find out the main idea for each paragraph.Part 1(para.1)the discovery of the problem of the snakesPart 2(para.2-3)the research on the approaches to solve the problemPart 3(para.4-6)the attempts to catch the snakesPart 4(para.7-8)the requirements of getting a patent5. 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’ habitat in the evening and carry a net to collect the snakes without harming them the next morning.6. 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.7. 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.1. Read the passage and answer the questions.ComprehendingWhat was the mother upset about?The mother was upset because a family of snakes had made their home near the house.2. Why was the writer happy to help her mother?The writer was happy because it gave her an opportunity to help her mother and invent something to catch the snakes without hurting them at the same time.3. What are three creative steps that the writer takes to catch the snakes without hurting them?These are the three creative steps the writer took to trap the snakes by cooling them and making them sleepy so she could catch them.
Step1: she bought a stainless steel ice cream maker and froze the bowl. She added ice cubes to the top of the bowl to keep it cold. She placed it over the snakes would become sleepy and could be easily caught.Step2: As above she did the same but placed the bowls over the snakes’ habitat in the evening.
Step3: As above but added a net to catch the snakes.4. Why did cooling make the snakes less active?Snakes do not have a way of keeping warm in their bodies. They get warmth from the sun and become more active at this time. When the sun goes down at night they cool down and become less active. So extra cooling to the snake would make them even less active and easier to catch.Language points in Reading go through
(1) 经历
Most families went through a lot in the war.1. Do you know the stages every inventor must go through before they can have their invention approved?(2) 通过, 成功, 成交
The plan did not go through.
(3) 审阅, 检查
I can’t go though the letters in an hour.
(4) 翻找, 查看
Mother went through the drawer for her glasses.(5) 穿过, 通过
A terrible noise went through the house.
read through 通读
look through 浏览
flow through 流过
get through 通过, 接通,使……成功
search through 搜寻, 查找2. do research on /into /in... 从事, 进行, 做研究
They are carrying out a research into the causes of cancer.
research可作可数名词和不可数名词, 有自己的单复数形式。短语do research中research 为不可数名词。3. call up 打电话，使......回忆起
I’ll call you up tonight (call sb. /ring sb. up )
The old photo calls up memories of my
childhood. (recall sth.)
call for 需要, 要求
call back 回电话，召唤某人回来
call in 邀请, 请来
call on/at 拜访 (call on后跟人作宾语，call at后跟地点名词作宾语 )---Can I do the job?
---I’m afraid not, because it ___ skill and patience.
calls on B. calls out
C. calls up D. calls for
call on
drop in on
pay a visit to
go on a visit to
visit拜访某人+ sb.call at
drop in at
pay a visit to
go on a visit to
visit拜访某地+sp.4. now and then 有时, 偶尔
I see them now and then, but not often.
I used to call people ___, from the moment I woke up to the time I went to sleep. A. now and then B. all the time
C. at home D. at work相关短语：
from time to time 有时；不时
(every) now and again 时而；不时
from now on 从现在开始，今后
just now 刚才
since then 从那时以来5. Here was a chance for me to distinguish myself by inventing something that would catch snakes but not harm them.
这回我有机会表现一下自己了，我要发明一个既能捉住蛇又不会伤害它们的东西。distinguish 辨别, 区别
I can’t distinguish the twins, they are so alike.
distinguish…from =distinguish between … and … 把…...与…...加以分开
Can you distinguish between those two objects?你能区分那两个物体吗？
Children should be taught to distinguish right from wrong. 应当教育孩子分辨好坏。distinguish oneself 显扬自己,使自己扬名
He’s distinguished himself as a teacher.
作为老师，他早已负有盛名。
The man distinguish himself by his wisdom.
这个人因智慧而扬名。
tell the differences between … and …= tell …from… 把......与......区分开distinction n. 区别, 差异
distinctive adj. 有特色的, 与众不同的
distinct adj. 截然不同的 distinguishable adj. 区别得出的,
辨认得出的6. The first thing I tried to do was to see if there were products that might help me, but there only seemed to be powders designed to kill snakes. 在there be结构中, be的人称与数应遵循就近一致原则
There was a bucket of water and two chairs in the corner of the house.
There were two chairs and a bucket of water in the corner of the house.there be 强调某处有某物;
have 强调某人有某物指为人所拥有
There is a book on the desk.
I have a book.
seem的归纳总结
1)seem +to be +形容词/名词/介词短语/分词辨析: there be与have Something seemed to be wrong with him.
You seemed to be in a great hurry.
The first memories seemed to be connected with work.2)seem 构成的句式:
It seems that...
It seems as if/ as though...
There seems (to be )…
It seems that everyone was satisfied.
It seems as if you are the first one here.
There seems (to be) no reason for
believing him. seem 表示有某种根据的判断, 这种判断往往接近事实或者符合事实。
appear 从外表或者表面上看来“似乎, 好像”, 有时暗含“事实上并非如此”之意。
look 强调视觉上的印象。
It appears a true story.He looks a perfect fool.
Do let your mother know all the truth. She appears ____everything.
to tell B. to be told
C. to be telling D. to have been told7. I set about researching the habits of snakes so I could tap them in the easiest way.
set about (doing) sth. 开始, 着手
The sooner we set about it, the sooner we’ll finish. We set about cleaning up the mess.
set out to do sth.开始做某事
set out (for) 出发,启程
set off (for)=leave for出发, 动身
set aside 留出, 对……不予以考虑
set down 记下, 写下
set up 设置, 造成, 产生On receiving the assignment, we___ at once.
A. set to work B. set out to work
C. get down to work D. all the above habit: out of habit 出于习惯
be in the habit 有…...的习惯
break the habit 改掉…...的习惯
develop/form the habit of 养成…...习惯habit 通常指个人经常行为
custom 一般指整个社会在一段时间里的行为、风俗
practice 指惯例, 也指商业或者法律上的常规做法。8. Between the outside and inside walls of the bowl there is some jelly, which freezes hard when cooled.
when cooled 的构成：连词+过去分词, 相当于when 引导的状语从句: when it is cooled.Bear them in your mind!when/while/once/unless/until等连词引导的状语从句中的主语与主句的主语相同,且从句的谓语动词中含有系动词be 时，从句中的主语和系动词be可省略，形成“连词+分词” 结构。
Don’t speak until ( you are ) spoken to.
没叫你讲话不要讲。 While unfinished, he was ugly, but now he was a living horror.
While unfinished,... =
原从句为主动结构时, 用when/while…+现在分词来代替; 原句为被动结构时候, 用 when /while…+过去分词短语来代替。
Be careful when crossing the street.While he was unfinished When __ help, one often says “thank you” or “ it’s kind of you”. A. offering B. to offer C. to be offered D. offered
9. They abruptly disappeared into a convenient hole in the wall.
它们突然一下子就消失在墙壁附近的洞里去了。abruptly adv. 突然地，唐突地 ,意外地，
比suddenly的意外程度强。
abrupt adj.突然的；意外的
这路有很多急转弯。
The road is full of ____________.
这会议突然结束了。
The meeting came to ____________.
我们的讨论突然给缩短了。
Our discussion was _______ curtailed. abrupt turnsan abrupt endabruptly10. convenient adj. 方便的，便利的
be convenient to
It is convenient for sb.对某人方便
It is convenient to do sth.做某事方便
警示: convenient 不能以人作主语。
This dishwasher is very convenient to me.
Will it be convenient for you to start work tomorrow?
It’s convenient to have a supermarket nearby.Choose the correct answer:
1) 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 2) If it is quite __ to you, I’ll visit you next Tuesday. A. convenient B. fair C. easy D. comfortable11. Only after you have had that recognition can you say that you are truly an inventor. 只有你得到这种承认, 你才能说你是真正的一个发明家。
Only 修饰状语置于句首，主句需用倒装语序。
Only by working hard can we pass the exams. 12. Nor will you receive a patent until a search has made to find out that your product really is different from everybody else’s.
你的产品要经过仔细调查, 证明它确实与众不同, 你才能获得专利。以否定词no, not, neither, nor, never, hardly, seldom, little等开头的句子, 句子的主句要部分倒装。
Never can you pass the exam if you don’t devote yourself to your study.
Little did I know what was about to happen. Do exercises for “using words and expressions” from page 63 to 64.