Unit 3 Inventors and Inventions----- Warming up a

1、Unit3InventorsandinventionsWarmingupandreadingWhenwespeakofinventions,wecan’thelpthinkofthefourgreatinventionsinancientChina.Canyounamethem?Freetalkpaper-makingprintingcompassgunpowderHowmanyfamousinventorsdoyouknow?Whatdidtheyinvent?ZhangHeng(78—139)SeismographThomasEdisonAmerica(1847——1931)AlexanderGrahamBell(电话之父）England(1847--1922)KarlFriedrichBenz（汽车之父）Germany(1884--1929)WilburandOrvilleWrightinventedtheairplane,whichtheypatentedasa“flyingmachine”.Airplane•Thisinventionismadeofmetal.•Thisi。

2、nventionlookslikeabird.•Itmakesitpossibleforpeopletoflytodifferentplacesintheworld.•Itispoweredbyanengineandisflownbyapilot.•Thisinventioncanhelppeopledosomedailywork.•Itishelpfulforhousewives.•Themachinecanmovesomethingthatyouputintoit.•Itneedssoapandwatertowashsomethinginit.Washingmachine•Itallowsyoutogetalikenessofanobject.•Whenyoupressthebutton,itworks.Whenaflashhappens,itwillcopyasceneontoafilm.•Whenthefilmisdeveloped,thesceneyoucopiedappearsonapaper-likething.Camera•Theinventionlookslikeac。

3、hair.•Ithasapipethroughwhichthewastecango.•Peopleuseittogetridofwasteintheirbodies.•Itisusuallymadeofchinatheseyears.Toilet==•Adiscoveryis__________.findingorlearningaboutsomething(place,fact)thathasalreadyexistedforthefirsttime.•Aninventionis__________.makingordesigningsomethingthatdidnotexistbefore.Doyouknowthestageseveryinventormustgothroughbeforetheycanhavetheirinventionapproved?Heregiveyousomesimilarstagesusedinresearch,pleaseputtheminthesuitableorder.Pre-reading1.Applyingforapatent2.Findin。

4、gaproblem3.Doingresearch4.Testingthesolution5.Thinkingofacreativesolution6.DecidingontheinventionCanyouputtheminrightorder？Ifsomesnakesareinyouryard,howdoyoudealwiththem?Fast-readingThetextnarrates（叙述）the__________ofthesnakesandpresentsthe___________ofcatchingthemand______________apatent（专利）.What’sthemainideaofthetext?problemproceduresapplyingforReadthetextquickly,anduseonekeywordtosummarizethemainideaofeachpart.4partsMainideaofeachpartPara1The__________oftheproblemofthesnakes.Para2-3Threepossib。

5、le___________tosolvetheproblems.Para4-6Three_________tocatchthesnakes.Para7-8The_______ofgettingapatent.discoveryapproachesattemptscriteriaFindaproblemDoresearchandfindasolutionTestthesolutionApplyforapatentCareful-reading1.Thepurposeofwritingthistextis_____.A.toshowushowtotrapthesnakesbutnottokillthemB.totellpeoplehowtoapplyforapatentofthewriter'snewideaC.tointroducethewriter'snewideaoftrappingthesnakesandherapplicationforapatentD.totellthereadershowtogetanewideaandmakeitapatentChoosethebestans。

6、wers.CReadaloud2.Thebiggestadvantageofthewriter'snewideaisthat____.A.itmakesthesnakesmoveslowlyB.itmakesthesnakeshardlybiteusC.itiseasierforustokillthesnakeswithouthurtingourselvesD.itiseasierforustocatchthesnakeswithoutkillingthemD3.Whatinstrumentswereusedforcatchingthesnakes?A.Abowl,ice-cubes,maleperfume.B.Abowl,abucket,femaleperfume.C.Asmallnet,ice-cubes,abucket.D.Asmallnet,abucket,powders.B4.Whichstatementistrueaccordingtothetext?A.Thesnakesweresosleepyinthesecondattemptthattheycouldn'tbitet。

7、hewriteratall.B.Yourproductmustbedifferentfromeverybodyelse'sifyouwanttoreceiveapatent.C.Thewriterdecidedtosendherinventiontothepatentofficethemomentshesucceededincatchingthesnakes.D.Ifanapplicationforyourproductprovestobevalid,youcangetapatentimmediately.B5.Accordingtothetext,whichsubjectdoyouthinkcanbegivenapatent?A.Anewstardiscoveredbyascientist.B.AnewnovelwrittenbyHuoDa.C.Anewwaytomakedirtywaterclean.D.Anewkindofgrassfoundinamountainwhichcanbeusedasamedicine.C1.Inthispassage,thewriterwantsto。

8、encouragethereaderstoconsidercarefullytheproblemsindailylife.2.Thewriterwassuccessfulincatchingthesnakesinthesecondattempt.3.Aninventorcaneasilygetthepatentfortheinvention.TorFscanningReadingComprehensionIIIScanningtogetdetailinformation4.Thewritercollectedthepassivesnakesathisthirdattempt.5.Ifyouhaveascientifictheoryormathematicalmodel,youcangetapatent(专利).6.Ifyourinventionspassthetest,yourapplicationforapatentwillbepublished17monthsfromthedateyouapply.Discussion1.Whydoyouthinkthemotherdidn’ttr。

9、ytocatchthesnakesherself?2.Whydoyouthinkthewriterfeltshehadachancetodistinguishherselfbyinventingsomethingmercifultocatchthesnakesbutnotharmthem?3.Whydoyouthinkthewriterchosethiswayofsolvingtheproblem?Wouldyoudothesame?4.Whydoyouthinkshefailedthefirsttime?Homework1.Reviewthetextandpickoutthedifficultlanguagepointsforyou.2.Findandunderlinethesentencesinthetextcontainingthepastparticipleusedastheattribute.。