课件47张PPT。 UNIT 3
Inventors And InventionsBrainstorm
Can you make a list of important inventors and useful inventions?
Thomas Alva Edison Electric bulbBenjamin Franklin Lightning A discovery is merely making known something that already _____ in nature. An invention is something that is ______ by a human being.createdexists
???Newton ____________gravitydiscovereddiscover/ invent?Stephenson ________ the traininventeddiscover/invent?Columbusthe New Continent1493,3,15discovered____________discover/invent?radiumMadame Curie _________discovereddiscover/invent?DNAFrancis Crick
and James Watson _________discovereddiscover/invent?Zhang Heng ________ the seismograph
inventeddiscover/invent?What do you use to catch snakes without harming them?Reading
The problem of the snakesRead the passage quickly to find the main idea of each part.Task one Skimming Discussion Divide the text into four parts and work out the main idea of each part.Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
(Para 1)The ________of the problem of the snakes.(Para 2-3)The research on the ___________ to solve the problem.(Para 4-6)The __________ to catch the snakes.(Para 7-8)The ____________ of getting a patent.discovery approachesattemptsrequirement Read for detailsTask Two Choose a letter and do as instructedPlay a gamenventionsi Why was the writer happy to help her mother?
Because here was a chance for him to ____________himself by inventing something ________ that would catch snakes but not________ them. distinguish harmmercifulWhat are the three possible approaches I decided on?and I decided to use the _______ onethirdfirstly…
secondly…
thirdly… Why did cooling the snakes make them less active ?
The cooling made the snakes less active because they are ____________ animals and their body temperature depends on the heat around them.cold-bloodedWhat did I prepare before taking action?an ice-cream maker, a bowl and jelly, putting the bowl with jelly into the fridge, ice-cubes, a large bucket, and a net.Describe the 3 attempts using your own words.I had to _________ my first plan.
I needed to________ my second design.
My third attempt _________.adjustimprovesucceededCan you find out some key verb phrases to describe the steps that the writer takes to catch the snakes?
Firstly,
Secondly,
Finally,
The next morning,
and
The next day, ______ the bowl for 24 hours. ____ it over the snakes’ habitat with some _________ on its top. ____the whole thing with a large ______ and ____ everything overnight. ______ the bucket and the bowl;______the snakes with a net.______ them into the wild.freezeplaceice-cubescoverbucketleftremovecollect releaseAfter the writer caught the snakes in her own way, can we say she is an inventor?No. Only after you have had the recognition of patent can you say you are truly an inventor.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.True or falseIf you have a scientific theory or mathematical model, you can get a patent.An inventor can easily get the patent for the invention.True or false 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 The procedure of applying for a patent:Task Three DiscussionCan you invent a method to prevent
you from falling asleep in class?Early to go to sleep ,and take exercise every day.
Open the window to let the fresh air come in.
To eat some fresh vegetables and fruits and avoid oil food.Free talk在农村
似乎做了某事
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使自己扬名
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开始做
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谨慎地
按计划进行
抓住机会
被某人督促
一个...的问题a frozen bowl with cautiongo according to planseize the opportunitybe pressed bya matter of 1. There only seemed to be powders __________ (design) to kill snakes.2.____________ (prepare) with some research findings, I decided ____ three possible approaches. designedPreparedon important sentences3.Between the outside and the inside walls of the bowl there is some jelly, _____ freezes when ________(cool).4. Once ______ (pick) up, they tried to bite me.whichcooledpicked 5. The next morning, I carried in my hand a small net ______ (use) for catching fish..6. But ___________ (monitor) carefully, the snakes proved to be no trouble and all went according ___ plan.usedmonitoredto 7. __________ (press) by my friends and relations, I decided to seize the opportunity _____ (get) recognition for my successful idea by sending my invention to the patent office.Only after you have had that recognition ____ you say you are _____ (true) an inventor.Pressedto getcan truly 8. Nor ____ you receive a patent until a search has been made to fin out _____ your product really is different from everyone else's.
9. There are a large number of patent examiners, too, _______ only job is to examine _______ your clam is valid or not.whosewhether willthat Read the text aloud! Retell the whole storyMother was ______ because snakes came near the house ____________and they seemed to have made their home there. So she asked me to _________ them. I was happy to have a chance to __________ myself by inventing something that would catch the snakes ______ hurting them.upsetdistinguishwithoutnow and thenget rid of
Instead of using ________to kill them, I set about __________ the habits of snakes and found new approaches to catch them. Luckily these reptiles were small, ______ made the _______easier.powdersresearchingsolutionwhichTrying to think of a creative solution, I decided on three possible ___________: firstly, removing their habitat; secondly, attracting them into a _____ by means of male or female _________ or food; and thirdly catching them after making them sleepy by ______ them.approachestrapperfumecooling
I decided to use the last approach and so I _________ some ice-cubes. My first ________ failed because the snakes were not made sleepy enough. So I had to _______ my plan.attemptadjustpreparedFor my second attempt I _____ cooling the snakes’ habitat for a ______ night. The snakes were very sleepy this time, but they still tried to _____ me once picked up. I clearly needed to improve my _______ again. My third attempt repeated the earlier __________.keptwholebitedesignprocedureIn the ___________ that the snakes would bite again, this time I used a small fishing net to ________ the passive snakes and the next day we set all of them free. In other words we _________ them all back into the wild. I was proud I made it.expectationcollectreleased_________ by my friends and relations, I decided to get my invention ____________by the patent office. It was difficult for new ideas to be accepted because the _________ are rather too strict.Pressedrecognizedcriteria _________this, I have filled in the form and _____my patent application ______ the Patent Office. I am expecting my success enthusiastically now!Despitefiledwith HomeworkSuppose your ship was caught in a storm and sunk. You were washed away to an island. Use the things you found to ask for help.
rope, rod, plastic bottles, knife, tall trees, flash light, a broken fishing net