课件23张PPT。Period 1&2 Warming
up and Reading IUnit 3 Inventors and inventions人教版高中英语选修8the four great inventionspaper-makingprintingcompassgunpowderThe Four Great Inventions of Ancient China What are they famous for?NewtongravitydiscoveredBenjamin Franklin electricity.discoveredradiumMadame Curiediscoveredwhich pictures below show inventions and which show discoveries?An amphibious
carStephenson’s
“Rocket”DNAA great inventionDNAA discoveryAn invention is ____________________
_________________. A discovery is ___________________________
______________________________________.existing in nature but not yet knownfinding out something alreadynot existing before creating somethingWhat’s the connection between discovery and invention?Discoveries often lead to inventions.Work out two rules: Thomas Edison invented the electric bulb.Electricity electric bulb stages every inventor must go through:Applying for a patentFinding a problemDoing researchTesting the solutionThinking of a creative solutionDeciding on the invention1.___________________________
2.___________________________
3.___________________________
4.___________________________
5.___________________________
6.___________________________Pre-reading: What if some snakes in your yard… What should the writer do?
The problem of the snakesDivide the text into four parts and work out the main idea for each paragraph according to order.Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV(Para.1)The discovery of the problem of the snakes.(Paras.2-3)The research on the approaches to solve the problem.(Paras.4-6)The attempts to catch the snakes.(Paras.7-8)The requirement of getting a patent.Reading for organizationWhat was the mother upset about?
2.Why was the writer happy to help her mother?
The mother was upset because a family of snakes has made their home near the houseThe 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.1.What instruments were used for catching the snakes?
2.What are the three creative steps that the writer takes to catch the snakes without hurting them? Paras 4-6:Testing solution1、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.
C2.The writer was successful to catch the snakes in ________ attempt.
the first B. the second
C. the third D. everyC3. The following are used in the three attempts EXCEPT _____.
A. perfume B. a bowl
C. jelly D. ice-cubesA4. Why did cooling the snakes make them less active? ( )
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. C5. Which of the following may get a patent according to the text?
A. A computer programme. B. A new animal variety.C. A work of literature.D. A truly novel and useful invention.DSnakes came near my mother’s house ____ ____ _____, which u____ my mother much, and she wanted me to ____ ____ ___them. So I ___ _____ researching the _____ of snakes to find the easiest way to trap them. I thought of three possible a__________. Firstly, removing their h________; secondly, attracting them into a _____(陷阱); and thirdly cooling them so that they would become s_______ and could be easily caught. I made up my mind to use the third one. I tried three times and the third _______ was finally successful. ________by my friends and relations, I decided to _____ the opportunity, hoping to get a ________ with my invention.getabouthabitssetapproachesattemptPressedpatentridofpsetnowandthenseizeabitatleepytrapAssignment1.Go over the whole passage.
2.Recite the key sentences in the text.
3.Prepare for Learning about Language in the textbook.Thank You !