Unit-3-Inventors-and-inventions-Reading课件

Unit31.Doyouknowsomefamousinventorsandtheirinventions?Trytomakealistofthem.LeadinginWhataretheimportantinventionsofthe20thcentury?Whichdoyouthinkisthemostimportantone?YearInventionInventor(s)1902AirconditionWillisCarrie1903Gas-motoredandmannedplaneWrightbrothers1910ThefirsttalkingfilmThomasEdison1923TelevisionLogieBaird1928PenicillinAlexanderFleming1937photocopierChesterFCarlson1940ColortelevisionPeterGoldmark1942ElectronicdigitalcomputerAmericanscientists1945AtomicbombAmericanscientists1950CreditcardsRalphSchneide1985WindowsOSMicrosoftCompany1990WorldWideWebTimburners-leeWarmingup1.Discussion:WhowasEdison?Doyouknowhowmanyinventionshemade?Canyoumentionsomeofthem?Everybodyknowsheinventedtheelectricbulb.Alampcan’tgivelightwithoutelectricity.ThomasEdisoninventedtheelectricbulb.DidEdisoninventelectricity?Canelectricitybeinvented?Iselectricityaninventionordiscovery?Why?2.Whichofthispicturesshowinventions?Doesanyofthemshowdiscoverers?Stephenson’s“Rocket”AnamphibiouscarDNA伽利略的望远镜牛顿制造的反射望远镜X射线广泛用于医学领域谷腾堡发明的印刷机英国钟表匠阿克莱特发明的水力纺纱机3.Workoutrulesthatwillhelpyoudecidewhatisdiscoveryandwhatisaninvention?(1)AdiscoveryisAdiscoverymerelymakesknownsomethingthatalreadyexistinnature,suchasthediscoveryontheNewContinentbyColumbia.(2)Aninventionissomethingthatcreatedbyhumanbeing,suchasthelightingrod.DiscoveriesInventions1.Electricity1.Systemsofdeliveringelectricallightandheatingtohomesandoffices2.Householdmachinesforwashing,ironing,keepingfoodcold,etc3.Computers,telephones,television,etcDiscoveriesInventions2.Themovementofair1.Airplanejetengines2.Airballoons,etcMachinestohelppeoplewithseriousdisease(likekidneyfailure)3.ThecirculationofthebloodDiscoveriesInventions4.X-rays1.Bodyscannerstoseewhetheryouareill2.Machinestotreatillnesses(likecancer)4.Nowinpairsdiscussanymoderninventionsyouknow.Describethemtoyourpartnerandhowusefultheyareinlifetoday.Doyouknowthestageseveryinventormustgothroughbeforetheycanhavetheirinventionapproved?Heregiveyousomesimilarstagesusedinresearch,pleaseouttheminthesuitableorder.Pre-reading1.Applyingforapatent2.Findingaproblem3.Doingresearch4.Testingthesolution5.Thinkingofacreativesolution6.DecidingontheinventionAsyoureadthefollowingpassage,checktheorderyouwroteabovetoseewhetheritfollowsthecorrectstagesinproducinganinvention.ReadingThetextnarratestheproblemofthesnakesandpresentstheproceduresofcatchingthemandapplyingforapatent,fromwhichwehavegotabetterunderstandingofhowtodoscientificresearchesandhowtoapplyforaReadandanswerthequestions.1.What’sthemainideaofthetext?patent.Afterlearning,weknowthatitusuallycostssometimeandcontinuouseffortsinordertosolvesomepracticalproblemsinascientificway.Thewriterwantstoinformusofthescientificmethodstosolvepresentproblemsothatwestudentscannotonlybroadenthehorizonsbutbecomemoreskilledindiscoveringandconsideringcarefullytheproblemsindailylife.2.What’sthewritingpurposeofthewriter?Wearealsoencouragedbythewritertobecreativeandhardworkingaswellasthinkingindependently.ParaStagesintheinventingprocessExampleinthisstory12FindaproblemThesnakesmustberemovedbutnotharmedDoresearchLookformethodsofremoval;thehabitsofsnakes3.Thestagesinmakinganinvention.34,5,67TestthesolutionseveraltimesTrythreetimestomakeitworkefficientlyApplyforapatentThismeansthesolutionisrecognizedThinkofacreativesolutionIdentifythreepossibleapproaches:chooseone4.Dividethepassageintoseveralpartsandfindoutthemainideaforeachparagraph.Part1(para.1)thediscoveryoftheproblemofthesnakesPart2(para.2-3)theresearchontheapproachestosolvetheproblemPart3(para.4-6)theattemptstocatchthesnakesPart4(para.7-8)therequirementsofgettingapatent5.Whatarethethreecreativestepsthatthewritertakestocatchthesnakeswithouthurtingthem?1)toputthefrozenbowloverthesnakes’habitatinthemorning.2)toputthefrozenbowloverthesnakes’habitatintheevening.3)toputthefrozenbowloverthesnakes’habitintheeveningandcarryanettocollectthesnakeswithoutharmingthemthenextmorning.6.Whydidcoolingthesnakesmakethemlessactive?Thecoolingmadethesnakeslessactivebecausetheyarereptilesandtheirbodytemperaturedependsontheheataroundthem.7.Discusswithyourpartnerwhattheadvantagesmightbeofgettingapatent.•Youareabletoprovethatyouwerethefirstpersontomaketheinvention.•Youarerecognizedasarealinventor.•Youcanmakemoneyifyousellyourinventiontoothers.1.ThepurposeinwritingthistextisA.toshowushowtotrapthesnakesbutnottokillthemB.totellpeoplehowtoapplyforapatentofthewriter'snewideaC.tointroducethewriter'snewideaoftrappingthesnakesandherapplicationforapatentD.totellthereadershowtogetanewideaandmakeitapatentComprehending.2.Thebiggestadvantageofthewriter'snewideaisthat:A.itmakesthesnakesmoveslowlyB.itmakesthesnakeshardlybiteusC.itiseasierforustokillthesnakeswithouthurtingourselvesD.itiseasierforustocatchthesnakeswithoutkillingthem3.Whatinstrumentswereusedforcatchingthesnakes?A.abowl,ice-cubes,maleperfumeB.abowl,abucket,femaleperfumeC.asmallnet,ice-cubes,abucketD.asmallnet,abucket,powders4.Whichstatementistrueaccordingtothetext?A.Thesnakesweresosleepyinthesecondattemptthattheycouldn'tbitethewriteratall.B.Yourproductm