课件30张PPT。Unit 3Inventors and inventionsWarming up and readingTop 10 “inventions” that changed the world 1. GPS Technology
2. The Sony Walkman
3. The Bar code (条形码)
4. TV Dinners (冷冻快餐)
5. PlayStation (游戏站)Top 10 “inventions” that changed the world 6. Social Networking
7. Text messages
8. Electronic Money
9. Microwaves
10. TrainersWhen we speak of inventions, we can’t help thinking of the four great inventions in ancient China. Can you name them?Free talkpaper-makingprintingcompassgunpowderHow many famous inventors do you know? What did they invent?
Zhang Heng
(78—139)Seismograph Thomas Edison
America
(1847 --- 1931)Alexander Graham Bell
England
(1847--1922) Karl Friedrich Benz
Germany
(1884--1929)Wilbur and Orville Wright invented the airplane, which they patented as a “flying machine”.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. GuessThis 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. GuessIt 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. GuessThe invention looks like a chair.
It has a pipe through which the waste can go.
People use it to get rid of waste in their bodies .
It is usually made of china these years. GuessAmong the inventions above, which invention do you think is the most important one? Why? And how did it change people’s lives?A discovery = =An inventionMake a difference between invention and discovery according the situations.Situation 1Columbus found Tomato in America in 1492. Situation 2The Structure of DNA was first described by James Watson and Francis Crick in 1953.A invention is __________.
making or designing something that did not exist before.
An discovery is _________.
finding or learning about something (place, fact) that has already exist for the first time.Discoveries often lead to inventions.If some snakes are in your yard, how do you deal with them?Fast-readingThe text narrates the problem of the snakes
and presents the procedures of catching them and applying for a patent.What’s the main idea of the text?Divide the text into four parts and work out the main idea for each part.Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV(Para. 1)The discovery of the problem of the snakes.(Para. 2-3)The research on the approaches to solve the problem.(Para. 4-6)The attempts to catch the snakes.(Para.7-8)The requirement of getting a patent.Careful-reading1. Why did the writer do so much trap the snakes but not hurt them ?
A. Because she wanted to eat the snakes.
B. Because she planned to apply for a patent.
C. Because she obeyed her parents and wanted to test her new idea.
D. Because they were poisonous snakes.Choose the best answers.C2. The writer set about researching the habits of snakes in order to________A. know how to drive them off.
B. kill them in the easiest way.
C. trap them in the easiest way.
D. get on well with snakes.C3. The writer placed a frozen bowl over the snakes’ habitats because______.A. The snakes were small.
B. She knew the snakes were cold-blooded animals.
C. She didn’t want to be bitten.
D. She wanted to make the snakes passive and caught them easily. D4. Which statement is not true according to the text?A. The writer decided to send her invention to the patent office the moment she succeeded catching the snakes.
B. The snakes were still as active as before in the first attempt.
C. The writer could make a lot of money if she succeeds.
D. If an application for your product proves to be valid, you can get a patent immediately. .C5. According to the text, which subject do you think can be given a patent?A. A new kind of flower found by a botanist.
B. A new way to make dirty air clean
C. A new poem written by Mr. Li.
D. A .new star discovered by a scientist.BDiscussionWhy do you think the mother didn’t try to
catch the snakes herself?2. Why do you think the writer felt she had a
chance to distinguish herself by inventing
something merciful to catch the snakes but
not harm them?3. Why do you think the writer chose this way of
solving the problem? Would you do the same?4. Why do you think she failed the first time?HomeworkReview the text and pick out the difficult language points for you.
Find and underline the sentences in the text containing the past participle used as the attribute.