Unit 3 Inventors and inventions WARMING UP&READING 古田一中 王松钰

electric bulb Wright Brothers Airplanefirst telephone Bell Edison Lead in

seismograph movable-type printing Paper Making techniques Zhang Heng Bi Sheng Cai Lun

Inventions nowadays

Moreconvenient creative What are inventions like? Practical useful novel ( 新颖的 )

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 Inventors creativity Imagination curiosity knowledge creative useful novel

Reading The problem of the snakes 蛇 的 困 扰蛇 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 roblem rocedures 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. ______ 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 research Look for methods of removal; the habits of snakes Further explosion

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 Separate Eggs egg white, egg yolk

Presents-giving Time 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.( )

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