人教课标版高中英语选修8Unit3 Inventors and inventions Warming Up and reading课件 (共36张)

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课件36张PPT。 Unit 3
Inventors and inventionsWarming Upwhat is the invention ? It is made of plastics and metal.
It looks like a small box.
The invention can contact someone while you are on the move.The mobile phoneWho is the inventor?The inventor is from America.
He is one of the fathers of inventions.
The inventor invented the electric bulb. Thomas Edison invented the electric bulb.
Everybody knows he invented the electric bulb.
A bulb can’t give light without electricity.
Can electricity be invented?
Is electricity an invention or a discovery?
Now, look at the following pictures, do
any of them show discoveries?Warming UpDiscussion Discuss the difference between an
invention and a discovery and give a definition of them.An invention is something that is created
by human being through the use of
imagination and experimentation ,such as
computer.
A discovery merely makes known
something that already exists in nature,
such as the discovery on the New
Continent by Columbia.
INVENTIONDISCOVERYLeading-in 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 work out a 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 Reading1. Skimming As you read the following passage, check the order you wrote above to see whether it follows the correct stages in producing an invention. The stages in making an invention.Find a problemThe snakes must be removed but not harmedDo researchLook for methods of removal; the habits of snakesThink of a creative solutionIdentify three possible approaches: choose oneTest the solution several times
Try three times to
make it work efficientlyDeciding on the
invention
Apply for a patentThis means the solution is recognized2. Scanning1. The 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 patentReading2. 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 them3. 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, powders4. 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.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 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.3. Group work
Read the text carefully and prepare
some questions according to the
passage and then exchange the questions with the whole class.Reading4.Detailed reading:
Read the text carefully and try to get
more details from the text and then
fill in the form.ReadingThere only seemed to be_____
designed to kill snakes but her
parents would not like her to___
these living creatures.Three
possible
approachesThe steps
of receiving
a patentThere only seemed to be powders
designed to kill snakes but her
parents would not like her to hurt/
harm these living creatures.Three
possible
approachesThe steps
of receiving
a patent1.Since you have learned the text, now
choose one and use the scientific stages
to design a new invention to solve it.ExtensionSuggested solution to problem 2:
1.Remove the bottom from each of the bottles.
Stick the bottles together with the glue to form a solid wall.
2.Cover them with the fishing net to hold them secure.
3.Pour water down the bottles to encourage plants to grow up inside them.
4.Make a roof of empty bottles. This means it will not be too heavy.
5.Put the roof on after the plants have grown so that the walls are very secure and steady.2. Now pretend you are a patent
officer and it is your job to decide
whether an application should be
considered valid or not.ExtensionSuggested answers:
1.This is a new kind of meat produced by
introducing plant genes into traditional animal
meat genes. As this can be considered as new
variety of animal, it cannot receive a patent.
2.The new part of this is the computer program
training, so it cannot receive a patent.
3. It is a discovery and not an invention. So it cannot receive a patent.
4.It solves the problems in a practical way. It can
be given a patent.
5.A book is a work of literature and cannot be
given a patent.What kind of things will you
invent?
Will you apply for a patent?
What the advantages might
be of getting a patent?Writing task: Thank you !