人教高中英语选修八Unit3 Inventors and inventions Period 1&2 Warming课件（64张）
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Unit 3 Inventors and inventions
When we speak of inventions, we can’t help thinking of the four great inventions in ancient China. Can you name them?
Warming up
paper-making
printing
compass
gunpowder
How many famous inventors do you know?
What did they invent?
Zhang Heng
(78—139)
Seismograph
Thomas Edison
America
(1847——1931)
Electric bulb
Alexander Graham Bell
England
(1847--1922)
Telephone
Ford
Wilbur and Orville Wright invented the airplane, which they patented as a “flying machine”.
How much do you know the inventors and inventions?
A quiz
Paper, printing, gunpowder and ___ are 4 great inventions in ancient China.
abacus
balance
compass
2. ___ isn’t Thomas Edison’s
invention.
Light bulb
Record player
Telephone
3. _____ is called “Father of Car”.
A. Rudolf Diesel
B. Karl Benz
C. Thomas Edison
4. ___ is called “ Father of Dynamite （炸药）”. A. Alfred Nobel B. Albert Einstein C. Alexander Bell
What is he famous for?
Issac New ton
艾萨克·牛顿
gravity
discovered
radium
Madame Curie
玛丽亚·斯克沃多夫斯卡-居里
discovered
What is she famous for?
Ben Franklin
Lightning is electricity
discovered
What is he famous for?
A discovery is merely making known something that already _____ in nature.
An invention is something that is ______ by a human being.
created
exists
= =
Please look at the following
pictures and decide which
are discoveries and which
are inventions
An amphibious car
It’s ________
an invention.
Columbia
the New Continent
It’s ________
a discovery.
1493,3,15
Stephenson’s “Rocket”
an invention.
DNA
a discovery.
2
3
8
6
7
5
4
1
It is a tool of communication;
It is convenient to take along with you;
You can hear a person’s voice when
using it.
You can call up sb now and then;
mobile phone
1
It’s always equipped in high
buildings;
lift /elevator
People can go up and down in it
instead of climbing steps .
It looks like a small room;
v
v
v
2
It is a kind of make-up invented by French.
It smells good.
Women especially like to use it.
perfume
3
It is one of the four great inventions in ancient china.
It is black.
People can use it to make bombs.
gunpowder
4
This invention is made of metal.
This invention looks like a bird.
It makes it possible for people to fly to different places in the world.
It is powered by an engine and is flown by a pilot.
5
It allows you to get a likeness of an object.?
When you press the button, it works. When a flash happens, it will copy a scene onto a film.
When the film is developed, the scene you copied appears on a paper-like thing.
6
This invention can help people do some daily work.
It is helpful for housewives.
The machine can move something that you put into it.
It needs soap and water to wash something in it.
7
It is a means of transportation.
It has four wheels.
People can drive it on land.
People can also drive it on water.
amphibious car
8
Among the inventions above, which invention do you think is the most important one? Why? How did it change people’s daily lives?
Discussion
The purpose of inventions is
convenient
comfortable
to make our life more
The heel of these shoes is a machine that makes electricity with every step you take. You will never need to buy batteries again.
Electric shoes
You will never have to worry about having your bike stolen again. If you use our inflatable bike, you can simply let the air out and put your bike in a bag.
Inflatable bicycle
Never throw away or wash chopsticks again. These chopsticks are both delicious and environmentally friendly. Save trees and have a snack at the same time –they come in five different flavours.
Edible chopsticks
How to be a good inventor?
Creative
Curious
Hard-working
Imaginative
Patient
Adventurous …
Inventing is a scientific activity and so follows similar stages . Look at the list and work out a suitable order.
Applying for a patent ________
Finding a problem ___________
Doing research _______
Testing the solution ________
Thinking of a creative solution _______ Deciding on the invention________
1
2
3
4
5
6
Reading
The problem of the snakes
Skim the whole passage and get the main idea:
The text narrates(说明,叙述) the problem of the _______ and presents the procedures of _____________ and applying for ________.
snakes
catching them
a patent
A patent
Choose the right answers
1. The writing purpose of 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 patent
Read the passage again and divide it into four parts and work out the main idea for each paragraph.
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
(Para__)
The discovery of the problem of the snakes.
(Para___)
The research on the approaches to solve the problem.
(Para___)
The attempts to catch the snakes.
(Para___)
The requirements of getting a patent.
4-6
1
2-3
7-8
The mother was upset because a family of snakes had made their home near the house.
1) What was the mother upset about?
Read and answer the questions.
para1
Find the problem
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.
2) Why was the writer happy to help
her mother?
语篇理解
Choose the best answers.
1．What's the problem that the writer came across?
A．Snakes came near her house now and then.
B．Snakes seemed to have made their home near her house.
C．How to catch the snakes without harming them.
D．Her mother felt upset.
C
Para2 Doing research
habits
products
kill
Doing research The first thing to do :look for ______to remove the snakes but not ____them.
I set out to research the _____ of snakes to find the easiest way to trap them.
2．Why did the writer not use powders to solve the problem?
A．Because it was an old thought pattern to use powders.
B．Because that would harm or even kill the snakes.
C．Because that would damage something else near the house.
D．Because she wanted to invent something new.
B
habitat
trap
cooling
last /third
perfume
be easily caught
Thinking of a creative solution Three possible approaches:
◆ removing the snakes’ ______
◆ attracting the snakes into a ____ using male or female ______or food
◆ _______ the snakes so that they would become sleepy and could______________
I decided to use the _________ approach.
3．The following are the three possible approaches that the writer thought of to catch the snakes EXCEPT ________.
A．removing their habitat
B．attracting them into a trap using male or female perfume or food
C．using the natural enemies of snakes
D．cooling the snakes
C
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.
C
Read Paras 4--6carefully and choose the best answer.
2. The writer was successful to catch the
snakes in ____ attempt.
A. the first B. the second
C. the third D. every
C
3. The following are used in the three attempts EXCEPT ____.
A. perfume B. a bowl
C. jelly D. ice-cubes
A
4. Tell the differences between the three solutions the writer used to catch the snakes.
attempt What was used when How long result
5. 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 reptiles and their
body temperature depends on the
heat around them.
C
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.
Para 7
patent
different
valid
18
Para 8
Applying for a
______ ◆ The patent office makes a search to check that your product really is ________ from everyone else’s.
◆ Patent examiners examine whether your claim is _____ or not.
◆ Your application for a patent will be published ___ months from the date you apply if your claim passes all the tests.
What’s the writing purpose of the writer?
What should we learn from this text?
1. What’s the writing purpose of the writer?
The writer wants to inform us of the scientific methods to solve present problems so that we students can not only broaden the horizons but become more skilled in discovering and considering carefully the problems in daily life. We are also encouraged by the writer to be creative and hardworking as well as thinking independently.
2. What should we learn from this text?
We can learn from the text the way of doing scientific researches and how to apply for a patent. We can also learn that it takes an inventor great determination persistence to achieve his or her ambition in life.
Write a passage about how to apply for a patent?
When we speak of inventions, we can’t help thinking of the four great inventions in ancient China. Can you name them?
Warming up
paper-making
printing
compass
gunpowder
How many famous inventors do you know?
What did they invent?
Zhang Heng
(78—139)
Seismograph
Thomas Edison
America
(1847——1931)
Electric bulb
Alexander Graham Bell
England
(1847--1922)
Telephone
Ford
Wilbur and Orville Wright invented the airplane, which they patented as a “flying machine”.
How much do you know the inventors and inventions?
A quiz
Paper, printing, gunpowder and ___ are 4 great inventions in ancient China.
abacus
balance
compass
2. ___ isn’t Thomas Edison’s
invention.
Light bulb
Record player
Telephone
3. _____ is called “Father of Car”.
A. Rudolf Diesel
B. Karl Benz
C. Thomas Edison
4. ___ is called “ Father of Dynamite （炸药）”. A. Alfred Nobel B. Albert Einstein C. Alexander Bell
What is he famous for?
Issac New ton
艾萨克·牛顿
gravity
discovered
radium
Madame Curie
玛丽亚·斯克沃多夫斯卡-居里
discovered
What is she famous for?
Ben Franklin
Lightning is electricity
discovered
What is he famous for?
A discovery is merely making known something that already _____ in nature.
An invention is something that is ______ by a human being.
created
exists
= =
Please look at the following
pictures and decide which
are discoveries and which
are inventions
An amphibious car
It’s ________
an invention.
Columbia
the New Continent
It’s ________
a discovery.
1493,3,15
Stephenson’s “Rocket”
an invention.
DNA
a discovery.
2
3
8
6
7
5
4
1
It is a tool of communication;
It is convenient to take along with you;
You can hear a person’s voice when
using it.
You can call up sb now and then;
mobile phone
1
It’s always equipped in high
buildings;
lift /elevator
People can go up and down in it
instead of climbing steps .
It looks like a small room;
v
v
v
2
It is a kind of make-up invented by French.
It smells good.
Women especially like to use it.
perfume
3
It is one of the four great inventions in ancient china.
It is black.
People can use it to make bombs.
gunpowder
4
This invention is made of metal.
This invention looks like a bird.
It makes it possible for people to fly to different places in the world.
It is powered by an engine and is flown by a pilot.
5
It allows you to get a likeness of an object.?
When you press the button, it works. When a flash happens, it will copy a scene onto a film.
When the film is developed, the scene you copied appears on a paper-like thing.
6
This invention can help people do some daily work.
It is helpful for housewives.
The machine can move something that you put into it.
It needs soap and water to wash something in it.
7
It is a means of transportation.
It has four wheels.
People can drive it on land.
People can also drive it on water.
amphibious car
8
Among the inventions above, which invention do you think is the most important one? Why? How did it change people’s daily lives?
Discussion
The purpose of inventions is
convenient
comfortable
to make our life more
The heel of these shoes is a machine that makes electricity with every step you take. You will never need to buy batteries again.
Electric shoes
You will never have to worry about having your bike stolen again. If you use our inflatable bike, you can simply let the air out and put your bike in a bag.
Inflatable bicycle
Never throw away or wash chopsticks again. These chopsticks are both delicious and environmentally friendly. Save trees and have a snack at the same time –they come in five different flavours.
Edible chopsticks
How to be a good inventor?
Creative
Curious
Hard-working
Imaginative
Patient
Adventurous …
Inventing is a scientific activity and so follows similar stages . Look at the list and work out a suitable order.
Applying for a patent ________
Finding a problem ___________
Doing research _______
Testing the solution ________
Thinking of a creative solution _______ Deciding on the invention________
1
2
3
4
5
6
Reading
The problem of the snakes
Skim the whole passage and get the main idea:
The text narrates(说明,叙述) the problem of the _______ and presents the procedures of _____________ and applying for ________.
snakes
catching them
a patent
A patent
Choose the right answers
1. The writing purpose of 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 patent
Read the passage again and divide it into four parts and work out the main idea for each paragraph.
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
(Para__)
The discovery of the problem of the snakes.
(Para___)
The research on the approaches to solve the problem.
(Para___)
The attempts to catch the snakes.
(Para___)
The requirements of getting a patent.
4-6
1
2-3
7-8
The mother was upset because a family of snakes had made their home near the house.
1) What was the mother upset about?
Read and answer the questions.
para1
Find the problem
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.
2) Why was the writer happy to help
her mother?
语篇理解
Choose the best answers.
1．What's the problem that the writer came across?
A．Snakes came near her house now and then.
B．Snakes seemed to have made their home near her house.
C．How to catch the snakes without harming them.
D．Her mother felt upset.
C
Para2 Doing research
habits
products
kill
Doing research The first thing to do :look for ______to remove the snakes but not ____them.
I set out to research the _____ of snakes to find the easiest way to trap them.
2．Why did the writer not use powders to solve the problem?
A．Because it was an old thought pattern to use powders.
B．Because that would harm or even kill the snakes.
C．Because that would damage something else near the house.
D．Because she wanted to invent something new.
B
habitat
trap
cooling
last /third
perfume
be easily caught
Thinking of a creative solution Three possible approaches:
◆ removing the snakes’ ______
◆ attracting the snakes into a ____ using male or female ______or food
◆ _______ the snakes so that they would become sleepy and could______________
I decided to use the _________ approach.
3．The following are the three possible approaches that the writer thought of to catch the snakes EXCEPT ________.
A．removing their habitat
B．attracting them into a trap using male or female perfume or food
C．using the natural enemies of snakes
D．cooling the snakes
C
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.
C
Read Paras 4--6carefully and choose the best answer.
2. The writer was successful to catch the
snakes in ____ attempt.
A. the first B. the second
C. the third D. every
C
3. The following are used in the three attempts EXCEPT ____.
A. perfume B. a bowl
C. jelly D. ice-cubes
A
4. Tell the differences between the three solutions the writer used to catch the snakes.
attempt What was used when How long result
5. 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 reptiles and their
body temperature depends on the
heat around them.
C
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.
Para 7
patent
different
valid
18
Para 8
Applying for a
______ ◆ The patent office makes a search to check that your product really is ________ from everyone else’s.
◆ Patent examiners examine whether your claim is _____ or not.
◆ Your application for a patent will be published ___ months from the date you apply if your claim passes all the tests.
What’s the writing purpose of the writer?
What should we learn from this text?
1. What’s the writing purpose of the writer?
The writer wants to inform us of the scientific methods to solve present problems so that we students can not only broaden the horizons but become more skilled in discovering and considering carefully the problems in daily life. We are also encouraged by the writer to be creative and hardworking as well as thinking independently.
2. What should we learn from this text?
We can learn from the text the way of doing scientific researches and how to apply for a patent. We can also learn that it takes an inventor great determination persistence to achieve his or her ambition in life.
Write a passage about how to apply for a patent?