Unit 3 Inventors and inventions WARMING UP&READING 古田一中 王松钰.
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Unit 3 Inventors and inventions
WARMING UP&READING
古田一中 王松钰
electric bulb
Wright Brothers
Airplane first telephone
BellEdison
Lead
in
Lead
in
seismograph
movable-type printing
Paper Making techniques
Zhang Heng
Bi Sheng
Cai Lun
Inventions nowadays
Moreconvenientconvenient
creative
What are inventions like?
Practicaluseful
novel( 新颖的 )
What qualities should one have to be an inventor?
What qualities should one have to be an inventor?• knowledge( 学识 )• curiosity( 好奇心 )• imagination( 想象力 )• creativity ( 创造力 )• determination( 决心 )• pioneering spirit ( 开拓精神 )• perseverance( 恒心 )• perspiration (辛劳)
Look more carefully! What else can you see?
perspiration
Inventions
Inventorscreativity
Imagination curiosity
knowledge
creativeuseful
novel
Reading
The problem of the snakes
蛇 的 困 扰
What kind of article is it ?• 记叙文 ( narrative essay/writing )• 以一般过去时为主,各种时态为辅,合理使
用丰富多彩的谓语动词时态是英语记叙文的首要的语言特征。
• 多用动词,特别是动态强的行为动词是英语记叙文的又一个明显的语言特点 。
Skimming
What is the text about?
The text is about ________________________
and presents ____________________________
and _____________________.
the p______ of the snakes
the p_______ of catching them
a________ for a patent
roblemrocedures
pplying
1. Finding a problem
2. Doing research
3. Thinking of a creative solution
4. Testing the solution
5. Applying for a patent
Work out a suitable order
FAST READING
Para. ______
Para. ______
Para. ______
Para. ______
Para. ______
1. Finding a problem
2. Doing research
3. Thinking of a creative solution
4. Testing the solution
5. Applying for a patent
Summarize the main ideas of each part in the text
FAST READING
Para Stages in the inventing process
Example in this story
1
2
Find a problem
The snakes must be removed but not harmed
Do researchLook for methods of removal; the habits of snakes
Further explosion
3
4
5
6
7
8
Test the solution
several times
Try three times to
make it work
efficiently
Apply for a
patent
This means the solution is recognized
Think of a
creative solution
Identify three possible
approaches: choose
one
True or false:
1. The writer was very happy to help her mother to solve the problem of the snakes.
2. The writer wanted to kill the snakes.
3. The writer was successful in the third attempt.
4. An inventor can easily get the patent for the invention.
CAREFUL READING
• show us how to trap the snakes but not to kill them
• tell the readers how to get a new idea and make it a patent
• Necessity is the mother of invention.
需要是发明的动力
Explanation
How to How to Separate EggsSeparate Eggs
egg white, egg yolk
Presents-giving Presents-giving TimeTime
A
B
C
Invention is the place where no one else has ever been. You cannot get there by bus, only by hard work, taking risks and by keeping on trying.
What you will discover will be wonderful---
yourself.
Let’s think!Let’s create!Let’s invent!Let our nation be stronger!
Genius ( 天才 ) is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration( 汗水 ).
---- Thomas Alva Edison
Homework • Summarize your
feelings about the lesson today.(100-120)
Thanks for Thanks for your coming.your coming.