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《高中英语》

选修 ( 模块） 8-3.2

• English Song

• English Class

• Language Data Bank

课时分配课时 板块结合范例

Period 1&2 Warming up and Reading I

Period 3 Learning about language

Period 4 Reading II

Period 5 Listening and Speaking

Period 6 Writing

Unit 3 Inventors and inventions

Period 1&2: 幻灯片 9-48页

Warming up:

In groups, discuss the inventions you know and then make a list.

Warming up-I (4m)

Do you know what these inventions are and when did they happen?

Telephone 1876

television 1923

colour television 1940

photocopier 1937

air conditioner 1902

electronic digital computer 1942

Atomic bomb 1945

Credit cards 1950

Penicillin 1928

Among the inventions above, which invention do you think is the most important one? Why?

Warming up – II (2m)

What is an invention?

An Invention is something that is created by a human being. Inventing is a scientific activity.

Warming up-III (2m)

What is a discovery?

A discovery merely makes known something that already existed in nature.

In pairs discuss which of the following pictures show inventions. Does any of them show discoveries?

Pre-reading – I (4m)

An amphibious car(2003)This is the first car that can travel safely on water and on land. When moving on water, the wheels of the car turn sideways and move into the body. The underneath of the car is strong enough to sail as a boat. It is a prototype and is not yet being produced for sale. This is an interesting modern invention.

Stephenson’s “Rocket” (1781-1848)

George Stephenson was one of the first men to design engines for the railways which were new at that time. One of the first tracks to be laid was between Stockton and Darlington. Stephenson was one of the first railway engineers and in 1825 he drove the first train along the line.

The structure of DNA

This was a discovery of Francis Crick and James Watson and published in 1953. These two scientists were the first to show that our genes consist of two spirals of DNA (called the double-helix). This work led directly to the human genome project in 2003, which discovered the Structure of DNA.

Do you know the stages every inventor must go through before they can have their invention approved? Discuss in pairs , and then put the following stages into a suitable order.

1.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

Pre-reading – II (3m)

The suitable order:

Finding a problem

Doing research

Thinking of a creative solution

Testing the solution

Deciding on the invention

Applying for a patent

Patent office ( 专利局 ) plays the role of deciding what is an invention and what is not. And only inventions can get patens and so be recognized and protected.

patents

Reading

The problem of the snakes

Skim the whole passage and get the main idea:

The text narrates _____________________ and

presents _____________________

and applying for __________.

the problem of the snakes

the procedures of catching them

a patent

Reading-I(3m)

Divide the text into four parts and work out the main idea for each paragraph.

Part I

Part II

Part III

Part IV

(Para.1)The discovery of the problem of the snakes.

(Paras2-3) 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.

Reading – II (5m)

Scanning: Find out which paragraph or paragraphs deal with each inventing process in the passage and find the examples:paragraph Stages Examples in this story

Find a problem

The snake must be ________but not______

Do research Look for ________ of removal; the ______ of snakes

Think of a creative solution

Identify _______ possible approaches: choose______.

removed harmed

methodshabits

three

one

1

2

3

Reading –III (7m)

Test the solution several times

Try_____ times to make it work____________

Apply for a patent

This means the solution is ___________

4,5,6

7

three

efficiently

recognized

Detailed reading:Answer the following questions:

1.What are the three creative steps that the writer takes to catch the snakes without hurting them?

2.Why did cooling the snakes make them less active?

3.What might the advantages be of getting a patent?

Reading – IV (5m)

1.What are the three creative steps that the writer takes to catch the snakes without hurting them?

(1)_______________________________________________________

(2)_______________________________________________________

(3)_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

To put the frozen bowl over the snakes’ habitat in the morning.

To put the frozen bowl over the snakes’ habitat in the evening.

To put the frozen bowl over the snakes’ habitat in the evening and carry a net to collect the snakes without harming them the next morning.

2. Why did cooling the snakes make them less active?

The cooling made the snakes less active because they are reptiles and their body temperature depends on the heat around them.

•You are able to prove that you were the first person to make the invention.

•You are recognized as a real inventor.

•You can make money if you sell your invention to others.

3.What might the advantages be of getting a patent?

(The students can have various answers)

Match the different writing characteristics with each writing styles:

Formal language with few adjectives, not emotional, factual

Vivid use of words with similes and metaphors, emotional to describe atmosphere, not factual but imaginative

Creative writing/ story

Description

Report

recount

Reading – V (3m)

Vivid use of language and more informal style, imaginative but can be based on fact

Not use vivid or emotive language and sticks to the facts. It is clearly set out and follows the framework for the inventing process

Creative writing/ story

Description

Report

Recount

Discussion:

1.What’s the writing purpose of the writer?

2.What should we learn from this text?

Reading –IV (5m)

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 and persistence to achieve his or her ambition in life.

Apply what we learn:

In pairs look at the following problems. Choose one and use the scientific stages to design a new invention to solve it. Remember to include one change to your invention in case it doesn’t work the first time.

After-reading (10m)

(This can be done after class.)

Problem 1: the apples growing on your apple tree are too high for you to reach them. What can you invent to pick your apples in comfort?

Problem 2: You need to make a house but you only have fishing nets and many plastic bottles. How can you solve it?

Problem 3: You want to catch fish but not hurt them when you do so. Design a fishing rod that will solve this problem.

Assignment

1.Go over the whole passage.

2.Recite the key sentences in the text.

3.Prepare for Learning about Language in the textbook.

Unit 3 Inventors and inventions

Period 3: 幻灯片 49-67页

The keys to the ex. 1

Checking answer – I (3m)

When I first __________applying for a patent I was very puzzles by the criteria. I realized they would be very __________, but I could not understand why new varieties of plants or animals were not included. I had produced a new type of lily and my ____________ was that my successful___________ for a patent would make me very rich.

set about

strict

expectation application

My plans were_________ brought to a stop. A new plant variety, it seems, is not a _______ invention as it is a result of adjusting growth scientifically. So nothing went according to plan and that is why I am not as rich as I hoped to be!

abruptly

valid

Checking answer – II (5m)

The keys to ex. 2 :

1.the most convenient

2. distinguish them

3.now and then

4. call him up

5. criteria

6.monitored

Grammar-----Revise the Past Participle as the Attribute, Predicative and Object Complement

过去分词做定语：表示分词动作与所修饰的名词之间存在被动关系。单一的过去分词做定语一般防在被修饰的名词之前；过去分词短语做定语放在被修饰的名词之后，过去分词及过去分词短语做定语均可以转换为一个定语从句。

Explanation-(12m)

破损的窗户很快就会被换掉。

______________________will be replaced soon.

= The window which was broken will be replaced soon.

昨天买的书确实不错。

The books _______________are of high quality.

= the books which were bought yesterday are of high quality.

The broken window

bought yesterday

完成下面句子：

1.______________( 污染的 )air and water are harmful to people’s health.

2. The problem ________________ （在会议上讨论的） yesterday was very difficult to solve.

He

Polluted

discussed

过去分词作表语：过去分词做表语，表示主语的状态，且该状态通常是由外界因素引起的。这时过去分词可以被看作一个形容词，是形容词化的过去分词。

我对金庸写的小说很感兴趣。

______________________________________.

当他听到他在比赛中赢得第一名时很兴奋。

He became _____________ when he heard he had won the first place in the competition.

I’m interested in reading novels written by Jin Yong

excited

过去分词作宾语补足语：做宾语补足语的过去分词一般是及物动词，和宾语有逻辑上的主谓关系。可以带过去分词做宾语补足语的动词有：

1.see, hear, watch, feel, think, find 等表示感觉和心理状态的动词。

我们发现她变了很多。

___________________________________.We found her greatly changed

2.make, get, have ,help, leave 等表示“致使”意义的动词。

什么使他们这样害怕？

_________________________________.

3.like, want, wish, order 等表示“希望，要求” 等意义的动词。

他不想让这样的问题在会上讨论。

He won’t like such questions________________________.

What made them so frightened?

discussed at the meeting

单项选择：

1.You can make yourself ______in English pretty well if you keep on speaking the language.

A.understand B. understanding

C. to understand D. understood

2.---- There is a hole in your bag.

---- I know. I’m going to have it ________.

A.mend B. mending C. mended D. to be mended

D

C

Practice (20m)

3.----How do you deal with the disagreement between the company and the customers?

---- The key ______ the problem is to meet the demand ____ by the customers.

A.to solving; making B. to solving; made C. to solve; making D. to solve; made

4.English is a language ____ all around the world and is the _____ language of most international organizations.

A.to speak, working B. spoken , working

C. speaking, worked D. spoken, worked

B

B

5.A: Who are those people with the banner?

B: A group ____ itself the League for Peace.

A .calling B. calls C. called D. is called

6.There was a terrible noise_____ a sudden burst of light.

A.followed B. following

C. to be followed D. being followed

A

B

7.How to feed a ____ population is a problem that is _____ many people.

A.growing, troubling B. grown, troubled

C. growing, troubled D. grown, troubling

8.He found a magazine _____ with the owner’s name_____ on the desk with the back cover _____ off.

A.marking, lying, torn B. marked, lying, torn

C. marked, laid, tearing D. marking, laying, tearing

A

B

高考链接：1.Sarah, hurry up. I’m afraid you won’t have tim

e to _____ before the party. (NMET2004)

A.get changed B. get change

C. get changing D. get to change

2.The disc digitally _____ in the studio, sounded fantastic at the party that night.(2004 上海）

A.recorded B. recording

C. to be recorded D. having recorded

A

A

3. Linda worked for the Minnesota Manufacturing and Mining Company, ____ as 3M. (2004 浙江 )

A.knowing B. known

C. being known D. to be known

4.You should understand the traffic rule by now. You’ve had it ______ often enough. （ 2005 天津）

A. explaining B. to explain C. explain D. explained

B

D

Assignment

1.Finish the exercises on grammar in this unit.

2.Preview the reading materials in Using Language.

Unit 3 Inventors and inventions

Period 4: 幻灯片 68-84页

Alexander Graham Bell

Do you know the following scientists and what things they invented? Match the following two columns.

Galileo

Einstein

Newton

Watt

Edison

Alexander graham Bell

telephone

telescope

steam engine

bulb

Theory of Relativity

Newton’s law

Alexander Graham Bell was an inventor that lived between 1819 and 1905. He was born in Scotland and later lived in the U.S. He spent much of his career teaching the deaf.

Have you ever wondered why telephone companies often have the word "Bell" as part of their name?

Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876 - and this is the phone company's way of honoring his achievement! The very first phone call was from Bell to his lab assistant, and he said "Mr. Watson, come here at once. I want you."

Read the passage and answer the questions:

1.What did he think was the key to his success as an inventor?

2.How did curiosity make Alexander Graham Bell into a great inventor?

3.What inventions did Bell make by chance?

4.Why will he always be known as the inventor of the telephone?

2.How did curiosity make Alexander Graham Bell into a great inventor?

It made him ask questions ,think of practical ways to solve problems, be prepared to try solutions (and alter them) several times and finally publish his findings for others.

1.What did he think was the key to his success as an inventor?

He believed that his curiosity was the key to his success.

3.What inventions did Bell make by chance?

Bell invented the telephone and the tetrahedron shape by chance. Both of these are extremely useful and still used today.

4.Why will he always be known as the inventor of the telephone?

He will always be known as the inventor of the telephone because it was a very popular invention and the patent made the most money ever.

Reading taskWas Leonardo Da Vinci just a painter

Mona Lisa----

Da Vinci’s most famous painting

Discussion:

Do you think Leonardo da Vinci is really a good painter?

What else do you know he is famous for?

Read the passage and then answer the following questions:1.Why did Leonardo need to design things for

employer when he was such a great painter?

2.Why were Leonardo’s design different?

3.How did painting help him invent things?

4.Which skill do you think was more important: his drawing for the inventions or his understanding of machines for his painting? Give a reason.

1.Why did Leonardo need to design things for employer when he was such a great painter?

Because painting did not always provide a steady income when he was young so he had to develop his drawing skills to earn money in other ways and he learn to design whatever his employer wanted.

2.Why were Leonardo’s design different?

Because he had developed a new attitude towards machines. He realized that by understanding how each separate machine part worked, he could improve them and combine them in different ways to improve existing machines.

3.How did painting help him invent things?

While he was studying under Verrochio , Leonardo observed and used a variety of machines. By studying and drawing the machines ,Leonardo gained knowledge about their design and structure. His drawing skills enabled him to produce clear drawings of his mechanical ideas easily, many of which can still be used to create perfect working machines. The use of mechanical gears was his most interesting part and he came up with numerous inventions based on the gear.

4.Which skill do you think was more important: his drawing for the inventions or his understanding of machines for his painting? Give a reason.

His understanding of machines for his painting was more importing because by understanding how each separate machine part worked, he could improve them and combine them in different ways to improve existing machines, which lead to a lot of inventions.

(The students can have other opinions)

Assignment

1.Read the passage again.

2.Recite the new words in the reading.

Unit 3 Inventors and inventions

Period 5: 幻灯片 85-97页

Listening on P62:

Please read the questions before listening and discuss them in pairs.

1.What function are already included on a mobile phone?

2.Which ones do you find useful on P62?

3.What else do you expect a mobile phone to do for you?

Listen to the tape and tick the descriptions you have heard.

a mobile that “thinks”

a mobile that makes tea

a mobile that spends your money

a mobile that is a computer

a mobile that can teach you English

a mobile that wakes you up

a mobile that chooses your holiday

a mobile that orders your food

√√

√

√

mobiles

can _________ and ________now.

3-G mobiles

They will be able to ______ how you use your phone. They will _____________, ____________, _____ and an appropriate place to stay.

It also helps people who are busy at work to ____________at the cheapest price.

take photos act as a computer

monitor

book holidayschoose the airline

hotel

order things

Listen to the tape again and finish the following chart.

Mary

will buy the mobile that _____________ when it receives important calls.

worried it might_____________________

turns itself on

spend her money

Listening and speaking on P26

Listen to the tape and tick the words you hear.

washing machine

bicyclecarpet cleaner

courtrefrigerator

drum√

√√

√

Listen again and make notes on James Dyson’s invention.

Object The problem James Dyson’s improvement

Washing machine

Object The problem James Dyson’s improvement

Washing machine

Washing machines at that time do not _____________________________________________.

He invented a machine __________________________________________________________.

clean the clothes as well as by hand.

using two half drums which move in opposite directions

Brainstorming:Do you remember the expressions related to making telephone?

Hello, may I speak to …?

Sorry. He/ she is out.

Hold the line, please./ Hold on, please.

Wait a minute, please./ speaking.

I’ll ring him/ her up again.

Just a moment, please.

I can’t get through. ……

Speaking activity

Suppose you want to apply for a job in James Dyson’s company. So you ring up one of his engineers to ask what kind of person he needs. Remember to ask for as mush information as you can.

Then swap roles and answer your partner’s questions. Remember you must behave as if you are a member of Dyson’s company and answer the questions honestly.

Some useful expressions:

Hold the line, please. / Hang on, please.

Just a moment, please.

I’m sorry, but this phone is out of order.

I can’t get through.

Sorry. He/ she isn’t here right now.

Can I ring back later?

I’ll ring him/ her up again.

I must ring off now because…

Assignment

1.Listen to an extra material.

2. Practice making a dialogue on the phone with your partners.

Unit 3 Inventors and inventions

Period 6: 幻灯片 98-106页

Pre-writing ：

Discuss in groups of four on the following topic:

Suppose you are going to apply for a job in a company, what skills will you tell the interviewer to qualify you?

Writing:

Now you are going to apply for a job in James Dyson’s company and you write a letter to him. The following point may help you:

1.Use the list of skills to make new paragraphs in your letter.

2.For each skill set down any experience you have had, which shows that you are a suitable person. You may be creative in this part of the letter.

3.Finish the letter by mentioning again the skills that you have.

4.End the letter.

The beginning and the ending of the letter:Dear Mr. Dyson,

I would like to apply to become an assistant in your company.

…….

I would be grateful if you would consider employing me in your company.

Yours sincerely,

(your name)

Sample writing:

Dear Mr. Dyson,

I would like to apply to become an assistant in your company.

I expect to get a degree in mechanical engineering from Beijing University at the end of this year. I have always been a good student and last year I finished third in my year and my professor expects me to do even better in this year’s exams.

I have worked (in my holidays) for a company that makes toys for the Western market. I helped in the design department and designed a range of new panda playing cards and board games. It was fun and made me think that I would like to work in a real inventor’s company.

I understand that my qualifications and experience are what you look for in a new employee. So I would be grateful if you would consider employing me in your company.

Assignment

1.Correct the mistakes in your composition.

2.Read the sample writing.

Language points for Reading I

Video data

幻灯片 108-121页

1. When I called up my mother in the countryside on the telephone, she was very upset.

call up 打电话，使…回忆起今晚我会给你打电话。 __________________________I’ll call you up tonight.

老相片引起了我对童年的回忆。

_____________________________The old photo calls up memories of my childhood.

call back

call for

call in

call on

call at

召唤某人回来；再访；回电话需要，要求，接（人或物）邀请；请来拜访（人）拜访（某地）

Ex. ----Can I do the job?

----I’m afraid not, because it ______skill and patience.

A.calls on B. calls out

C. calls up D. calls for

D

2. now and then 时而；不时 = sometimes, but not often

我偶尔看见他，但不常见。_______________________________

我有时喜欢去看歌剧。_____________________________

I see him now and then, but not often.

I like to go to the opera now and then.

from time to time

(every) now and again

from now on

just now

since then

相关短语：有时；不时时而；不时从现在开始，今后刚才从那时以来

3. Here was a chance for me to distinguish myself by inventing something that would catch snakes but not harm them.distinguish vt. & vi.

(1) 辨别；辨认

从远处我能认出他们。___________________________I can distinguish them at a distance.

(2) （常与 from, between 连用）区别；区分你能区分那两个物体吗？________________________________

应当教育孩子分辨好坏。Children should be taught to __________________

Can you distinguish between those two objects?

distinguish right from wrong

(3) ( 常与 from 连用 ) 使别于；有…特点

语言把人和动物区别开来。

Speech ________________________________

象因为有长鼻子而有别于其他动物。

Elephants _________________ by their long trunks.

distinguishes men from animals

are distinguished

(4)distinguish oneself 显扬自己；使自己扬名这个人因智慧而扬名。

The man________________________________.distinguish himself by his wisdom

be distinguished from

distinguish …from …

be distinguished by

be distinguished for

不同于…与…加以区别

辨别，把…和…区别开

以…为特征

因…而著称

distinguished adj.

distinguishing adj.

distinguishable adj.

著名的，出名的

有区别的

可区别的

4. I set about researching the habits of snakes so I could trap them in the easiest way.

set about =set out: to begin or start 着手；开始他一到那儿就着手解决问题。

He __________________________ as soon as he arrived there.

= He ________________________ as soon as he arrived there.

set about solving the problem

set out to solve the problem

set out 的另一个意思为“动身”， “出发”，后面长跟介词 for

他们以出发到上海去了。

_____________________________________.They have set out (= set off ) for Shanghai

set out

set out to do sth.

set off

set aside

set down

set up

出发，起程开始做某事出发，动身留出，对…不予考虑记下，写下设置，造成，产生

5.They abruptly disappeared into a convenient hole in the wall.abruptly adv.突然地，唐突地 abrupt adj.突然的；意外的

Ex. 这路有很多急转弯。

The road is full of ________________.

这会议突然结束了。

The meeting came to ______________.

我们的讨论突然给缩短了。

Our discussion was ____________ curtailed.

abrupt turns

an abrupt end

abruptly

6. …, which freezes hard when cooled. …, （果冻）被冷却后会变硬。

when cooled 为 when it is cooled 的省略结构

when/while /once/unless/ if 等连词所引导的时间状语从句中的主语与主句主语相一致，且从句中含有系动词 be 时，从句中的主语和系动词 be可省略，形成“连词 + 分词” 结构。

1._________ with the size of the whole earth, the biggest ocean does not seem big at all.

A.Compare B. when comparing

C. comparing D. When compared

2. _____more time, we are sure to finish it.

A. Given B. Giving C. Be given D. If giving

D

A

convenient adj. 便利的，方便的be convenient to sb.

it is convenient for sb.

it is convenient to do sth.

对某人方便

对某人方便

做某事方便

三点钟对你方便吗？

________________________________Will 3 o’clock be convenient for you?

我想这个时候见你恐怕不大合适。

I’m afraid this isn’t a ___________________ to see you.

convenient moment

Come and see me whenever________________.

A.you are convenient B. you will be convenient

C. It is convenient to you D. it will be convenient to you

C

If it is quite ______ to you, I will visit you next Tuesday.

A. convenient B. fair C. easy D. comfortable

A