Unit 3 Inventors and inventions
Unit 3 Inventors and inventionsI．教学内容分析本单元的中心话题是“发明家与发明”，具体涉及“发明与发现的区别”、“发明产生的过程”和“申请发明专利的条件”。
语言技能和语言知识都是围绕“发明”这一中心话题设计的。
只要人类在地球上生存起，发明就是人类生活的一部分。
每一项发明都是每一个人在解决问题和应某种特别的需求，经过不断的科学实验的结果。
因此发明和发明家不是新东西，只要大家勤于思考、发挥想象力和创造力去解决问题，就可能有所发明。
Warming Up部分提供了一些图片，要求通过小组讨论弄清“发明”和“发现”的区别。
因为这部分的问题很有趣且具富有挑战性，所以能调动学生讨论的积极性，达到热身的效果。
Pre-reading部分让学生了解发明家为了让其发明得到认可所必须通过的六个重要的程序，让学生意识到发明和科学过程之间的联系。
Reading部分是一篇记叙文。
故事讲的是一个女孩如何通过多次尝试最后成功地把在她母亲家院子里安家的一窝蛇捉住并放归大自然，她的捕蛇技术申请了发明专利。
学习这篇短文，让学生更进一步了解发明的六个重要程序并说明发明不一定是非常重要的东西，有时它们是一些细小的解决问题的方法。
Learning about Language部分突出了词汇和语法的学习与训练。
本单元的语法是理解和掌握过去分词做定语、表语和宾语补足语的用法。
Using Language部分包括了听、读、写三个部分的内容，阅读和听力材料分别介绍了电话发明家亚力山大·贝尔以及当今英国发明家詹姆斯·戴森的故事。
通过描述亚力山大·贝尔为什么和怎样最终完成了他的最著名的发明：电话。
学生可从中了解一个真正的发明家发明的过程。
并通过操练打电话和写求职信进一步训练学生读和写的能力。
Learning Tip部分告诉学生不要害怕失败。
成功的发明家往往要经历很多次实验的失败。
然而如果继续犯同样的错误，那明显是错误的，因此，提醒学生要注意这一点。
II．教学重点和难点1. 教学重点(1) 本单元的生词和短语；(2) 掌握运用过去分词做定语、表语和宾语补足语的用法；(3) 培养学生学会思考，发挥学生的想象力；激励学生求知欲和学习兴趣；(4) 进一步熟悉打电话用语和书信格式，并懂得如何写求职信。
2. 教学难点(1)了解科学发现与发明创造的区别，以及发明产生的过程和专利认定的标准；（2）如何写求职信。
III．教学计划本单元建议分七课时：第一、二课时：Warming Up Pre-reading, Reading & Comprehending第三课时：Learning about Language & Using Words and Expressions第四课时Grammar第五课时：Using Language, Reading task (Workbook)第六课时：Listening第七课时：Speaking &WritingIV．教学步骤：Period 1 & 2 Warming Up Pre-reading, Reading & ComprehendingTeaching Goals:1. To learn about the difference between a discovery and an invention2.To arouse Ss’ interest in learning about the stages of an invention3.To develop Ss’ some basic reading skills.4.To deve lop Ss’ ability to discover and solve the problems and cultivate Ss’ creativityand imagination.Teaching Procedures:Step 1. Warming UpPurpose: To arouse Ss’interest in learning about the difference between a discovery and an invention1. Get Ss t to guess what the invention is or who the inventor is in groupsQuestion 1:It`s made of plastics and metal.It looks like a small box.The invention can contact someone while you are on the move.Suggested Answer: Mobile phone.Question 2:The inventor is from America.He is one of the father of inventions.The inventor invented the bulb.Suggested Answer: Edison2. Get Ss to tell as many the inventions they know as possible in groups.3. Ask Ss to look at the pictures on P19 and answer the following questions.(1) Which of the pictures is an invention?(2) Which of the pictures is a discovery?4. Get Ss to discuss the difference between the inventions and a discovery and give a definition of them and give some examples of each category.Suggested Answer:An invention is something produced for the first time through the use of imagination or ingenious thinking and experimentation.A discovery merely makes known something that already exists in nature.Step 2. Pre-readingPurpose : To get Ss to be aware of the connection between inventing and the scientific process.1. Let Ss work in pairs and decided what the first and most important stage is to make aninvention.2. Ask Ss to finish the exercise of Pre-reading on P19 and then check the answer in pairs.Step 3. Leading-inPurpose: Arouse Ss’ interest in the text and encourage Ss to imagine the content of the text.Ask Ss to predict in pairs the content of the text based on the title and pictures.Step 4. Fast readingPurpose: To get Ss to have a brief understanding of the text1. Ask Ss to read the text quickly and try to get the main idea of the whole text.Suggested Answer:The text narrates the problem of the snakes and presents the procedures of catching them and applying for a patent2. Get Ss to divide the passage and work out the main idea for each part.Part I (Para 1): The discovery of the problem of the snakes.Part II (Para 2～3): The research on the approaches to solve the problem.Part III (Para 4～6): The attempts to catch the snakes.Part IV (Para 7～8): The requirement of getting a patent.Step 5. Intensive reading1. Ask Ss to read the text carefully and find out which paragraph or paragraphs deal with each inventing process in the passage and find the examples:Suggested Answer:false.(1) When the writer called up her mother in the country on the phone she was very excited.(2) The writer felt very proud that she had a chance to distinguish herself by inventingsomething that would catch snakes but not harm them.(3) The first thing the writer tried to do was to catch the snakes.(4) The writer decided to remove the snakes` habitat.(5) The writer used an ice-maker、a bowl、some jelly、ice-cubes、a bucket and a net to catchthe snakes.(6) After three attempts, the writer finally caught the snakes and sent them into the wild.(7) The writer himself decided to send her invention to the patent office to get recognition forher successful idea.(8) The criteria are so strict that it is difficult for new ideas to be accepted unless they are trulynovel and are really different from everybody else`s.Suggested Answers:(1) F (2) T (3) F (4) F (5) T (6) T (7) F (8) T3. Ask Ss to take the quiz below and see whether Ss can grasp the details of the text.(1) Why did the writer do so much trap the snakes but not hurt them ?A. Because she wanted to eat the snakes.B. Because she planned to apply for a patent.C. Because she obeyed her parents and wanted to test her new idea.D. Because they were poisonous snakes.(2) The writer set about researching the habits of snakes in order to________A. know how to drive them off.B. kill them in the easiest way.C. trap them in the easiest way.D. get on well with snakes.(3) The writer placed a frozen bowl over the snakes` habitats because______.A. The snakes were small.B. She knew the snakes were cold-blooded animals.C. She didn`t want to be bitten.D. She wanted to make the snakes passive and caught them easily.(4) Which statement is true according to the text?A. The writer decided to send her invention to the patent office the moment she succeededcatching the snakes.B. The snakes were still as active as before in the first attempt.C. The writer could make a lot of money if she succeed.D. If an application for your product proves to be valid, you can get a patent immediately. .(5) According to the text, which subject do you think can be given a patent?A. A new kind of flower found by a botanist..B. A new way to make dirty .air cleanC. A new poem written by Mr. Li.D.A .new star discovered by a scientist.Suggested Answers:(1) C (2) C (3) D (4) C (5) B4. Ask Ss to read the text carefully and try to get more details from the text and then fill in the(1) powers (2) hurt .(3)removing (4) attracting (5) using (6)cooling(7) sleepy (8) frozen (9) ice-cubes (10) a large bucket (11) two hours (12) less (13) disappeared (14) placed (15) bucket (16) Overnight; (17) very (18) bite (19) procedure (20) monitored (21) Overnight (22) passive (23) released(25) form (26) application (27) examined (28) 185. According to the form above, get Ss to retell the text.Step 6. ExtensionPurpose: To develop Ss`s ability to discover and solve the problems and cultivate Ss creativity and imagination.To provide a chance for Ss to apply their creative skills to real tasks.1. Ask Ss to work in qroups and answer the following questions.(1) What’s the writing purpose o f the writer?Suggested Answer: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?Suggested Answer: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.2. G et Ss formed in groups of four and discuss some inconveniences they’ve met in th eir life. They must imagine an invention to solve these inconveniences. After discussion, fill in the following form. Here are some problems for Ss to choose from and Ss can choose their own problem. Remember to include one change to your invention in case it doesn’t work the first time. (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.Step 7. Homework1.Ask Ss to go over the reading text.2.Ask Ss to preview Learning about Language.Period 3 Learning about Language (1) Teaching Goals:1. To enable Ss to master key phrases and expressions2. To enable Ss to learn how to use these words and expressionsTeaching Procedures:Step 1. Language studyPurpose: To train Ss’ listening ability and language capacity.1. Ask Ss to read the text and match Column A with Column B.Column A Column B(1) upset A. standard of judgment(2) distinguish B. substance that has been crushed, rubbed, or worn to dust(3) powders C. having force in law(4) approach D. trouble; cause( sb )to be disturbed(5) abruptly E. make (oneself) well known; see or recognize the difference(6) valid F. way; path, road(7) criteria G. suddenly; unexpectedlySuggested Answers:(1) D (2) E (3) B (4) F (5) G (6) C (7) A2. Ss are divided into small groups and have a discussion. Find out difficult words and expressions and write the words and expressions found on a piece of paper.3. Get students to display their papers by projector, and tick out the most useful words and(1) Here was a chance for me to distinguish myself by inventing something that would catchsnakes but not harm them.(2) The first thing I tried to do was to see if there were Products that might help me, but thereonly seemed to be powders designed to kill snakes..(3) Only after you have had that recognition can you say that you are truly an inventor.(4) The criteria are so strict that it is difficult for new ideas to be accepted unless they aretruly novel(5) Nor will you receive a patent until a search has been made to find out that your productreally is different from everybody else`s.5. Explain some important points(1) call up : ring up打电话，使…回忆起call back召唤某人回来；再访；回电话call for 需要，要求，接（人或物）call in 邀请；请来call on 拜访（人）；call at 拜访（某地）call off 取消Ask Ss to use the above phrases to fill in the following blanks:①Let’s go to the meeting together ,and I’ll ______you.A. call onB. call atC. call upD. call for②The football match was ________ on account of the weather.A. call backB. call offC. call inD. call for③As soon as he got home, he________ Mr wang.A. call onB. call atC. call upD. call for④The old photo_________ memories of his childhood.A. call inB. call atC. call upD. call forSuggested Answers:①A ②B ③C ④C (2) now and then :sometimes; at times; from time to time; once a while时而；不时I see films now and then, but not often. I like to go on a trip now and then.(3) distinguish vt. & vi.①辨别；辨认In spite of the haze he can distinguish the hill fairly.②（常与from, between连用）区别；区分你能区分那两个物体吗？C an you distinguish between those two objects应当教育孩子分辨好坏。
高考英语一轮巩固~人教选修八 Unit 345核心考点解析典例示范
Unit 3 Inventors and inventions核心考点解析+典例示范associate vt.联想；联系n．同伴，伙伴[教材原句]Although he is most often associated with the invention of the telephone, he was indeed a continuing searcher after practical solutions to improve the quality of everybody's life.虽然人们常把他和发明电话联系起来，但是他的确是一名永不停息的探索家，不断寻求着改善人们生活质量的途径。
[归纳拓展](1)associate ...with ...使……与……联系起来associate with sb. 与某人交往/联系be associated with 与……有关(2)association n. 联合；联想；交往；协会；社团in association with 与……联合/有关联[典例示范]①If you associate with positive-thinking people, you are definitely going to achieve success.②There are many serious health problems which are associated with smoking.③We are working in association with a local company to raise money for the homeless.bear vt.(bore, borne)忍受；忍耐；负担；承担；记住；生育；结果实[教材原句]I cannot bear the smell of burnt sausage on the barbecue.我忍受不了烤肉架上烤香肠的味道。
高考英语 Unit 3 Inventors and inventions 【高考复习课件】
用本单元所学单词及用法完成下列句子
1．这台机器把石头碾成粉末。 The machine pounds the stones into _p_o_w__d_er_. 2．这项专利期限为三年。 The _p_a_t_en_t_ runs out in three years' time. 3．你能分辨这对双胞胎吗？ Can you _d_is_t_in_g_u_i_s_h_ the twins apart? 4．他个性消极。 He has a _p_a_s_s_iv_e_ disposition.
用本单元所学短语及用法完成下列句子
1．他们到达办公室很快就开始他们的工作了。 No sooner had they got to the office than they _s_e_t_a_b_o_u_t their work. 2．电话占线，所以我打不通经理的电话。 The line is always engaged, so I can't _g_e_t_t_h_ro_u_g_h_to the manager. 3．美餐一顿后，他们开始去爬这座山的山顶。 Having had a good meal, they _s_e_t_o_u_t_ to climb to the top of the mountain. 4．杰克差点掉下悬崖，但是他成功地挂住直到救援到来。 Jack almost fell off the cliff, but managed to_h_a_n_g__o_n_until help came.
运用 用适当的介词或副词填空
(1)Human Rights groups are calling _f_o_r the release of political prisoners.
2022届高考英语一轮复习选修8Unit3 学案含解析新人教版
Unit 3 Inventors and inventions话题：心理慰藉【场景背诵】－－体会黑体表达并背诵全文Even the most successful public speaker will make mistakes. Yet, the only one who cares about any mistake is the one who is speaking. People's attention wanders constantly. In fact, most people only absorb about 20 percent of a speaker's message. So, don't stop speaking when you make a mistake unless it's a truly serious one. (2020·新高考全国卷Ⅰ·阅读七选五) 【话题运用】－－根据提示进行写作1．忧虑就像旋转的椅子，它让你有事可做，却不会有任何进步。
Worrying is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but doesn't get you anywhere2．把所有的不快留在昨天，把所有的希望留给明天，把所有的努力献给今天。
Leave all your unhappiness to yesterday, give all your hopes to tomorrow, and do all your hard work today.在认识的单词前打“√”□patent n．□c ourtyard n.□powder n. □perfume n.□stainless adj. □cube n.□valid adj. □claim n．& vt.□ripe adj. □glue n．& vt.□helicopter n. □greengrocer n.□identification n. □directory n.□rainfall n. □lantern n.□personnel n. □forehead n.□dynamic adj. □wire n.□straw n. □current n．& adj.□triangle n. □version n.□refrigerator n. □court n.□competence n.1．distinguish vi.& vt.显示……的差别；使……有所不同；辨别2．seize vt.抓住；捉住；夺3．stable adj.稳固的；稳定的；安定的4．product n．产品5．file n．文件；档案；文件夹vt.提交；将……归档6．associate vt.联想；联系n.同伴；伙伴7．bear vt.忍受；忍耐；负担8．dial vt.拨(电话)(这是边文，请据需要手工删加)1．criterion n．(评判的)标准；尺度→pl.criteria2．merciful adj.宽大的；仁慈的；慈悲的→merciless adj.残忍的；无情的→mercy n．宽恕；仁慈3．convenient adj.便利的；方便的；就近的→convenience n．方便，便利→conveniently adv.便利地，方便地4．caution n．小心，谨慎→cautious adj.小心的，谨慎的→cautiously adv.小心地，谨慎地5．abrupt adj.突然的；意外的→abruptly adv.突然地；唐突地6．practical adj.实际的；实践的；实用的→practice n．实践；练习→impractical adj.不切实际的；不现实的7．expectation n．预料；期待；期望→expect v．预料；期待；期望；认为8．innocent adj.清白的；无罪的；天真的→innocence n．天真，清白9．recognition n．认出；认可；承认→recognize vt.认出，识别；承认10．freezing adj.冰冻的；严寒的→freeze v．冰冻→frozen adj.冻结的11．occasionally adv.偶然地；不时地→occasional adj.偶然的；临时的；特殊场合的→occasion n．时机，机会；场合12．merry adj.愉快的；高兴的→merrily adv.高兴地；愉快地[强化训练]一、根据所给提示，用适当形式填空1．We believe that only a stable (稳定的) and fully confident middle class will guarantee the stability and prosperity of Hong Kong.2．Nowadays many old people have to bear (忍受) miserable loneliness after their sons or daughters leave home for work.3．And there are questions about the films made outside the States, which sometimes are not monitored as closely as productions (product) filmed in the States.(2020·高考全国卷Ⅲ)4．He was briefly associated (associate) with that organization.5．The merciless king showed no mercy and killed all the innocent common people，which people couldn't bear.They resisted him and didn't want to be at the mercy of him.(mercy)6．Tom was angry at her abrupt manner，so he left abruptly．(abrupt)7．We had expected that he wouldn't come to our party，but his sudden appearance was beyond our expectation．He made our party full of laughter as expected．(expect) 8．Children are innocent；as a future teacher I have a childlike innocence and I will really love them.(innocent)9．In this freezing weather，two men were frozen to death on the mountain.(freeze) 10．From the house came the bursts of merry laughter so the children must play merrily．(merry)11．He is a cautious man and is always doing things with caution. You should get on with him cautiously．(caution)12．You can visit Professor Li when it is convenient，that is，at his convenience．His house is conveniently near the bus stop.(convenient)13．We are both very busy so we only see each other very occasionally．He pays me occasional visits in his spare time and we try to use the occasion to express our love.(occasion)二、熟词生义(写出加黑词的词性及词义)1．(2018·高考全国卷Ⅱ)In a 2014 study, Elizabeth Dunn，associate professor of psychology at UBC, invited people on their way into a coffee shop. One group was asked to seek out an interaction (互动) with its waiter; the other, to speak only when necessary. adj.副(职)的2．(2019·高考天津卷)I was ready to pay for my bananas at the grocery one night, when fear seized me. My wallet was gone. vt.虏获，控制3．(2020·高考全国卷Ⅲ)If you do, you won't be able to handle it and the whole thing develops into an unpleasant scene and that ruins everyone's day. n．场景，场面，事件【联想记忆】“冷暖”知多少①freezing adj.冷冰冰的；极冷的②icy adj.冰冷的③cold adj.寒冷的④hot adj.热的⑤cool adj.凉爽的⑥warm adj.温暖的⑦heated adj.热的；火辣辣的1．call up 给……打电话2．dive into 迅速把手伸入；一心投入3．set out to do 开始(做)4．get through 设法联系上(尤指打通电话)；(设法)做完；通过5．now and then 偶尔；有时6．hang on 不挂断；稍等；紧紧握住7．set about 开始；着手8．out of order 次序颠倒；发生故障9．ring back 回复电话10．ring off 挂断电话11．attract sb. into a trap 把某人引入陷阱12．out of one's expectation 出乎某人的意料活用一：One day，a student ①ccalled me up abruptly，saying that she graduated and ②set out to find a job. She can't bear the freezing weather in the North. So she wants to find a job in a city in the South where transport is convenient. But only by ③getting through the interview can she get the job in the firm. She wants to ④hang it on．活用二：Last year，Xiao Ming ①set about designing his new mobile phone after he figured out all the puzzling problems. He did get through a lot of pains during his work. To his pain，the phone he is using now is often ②out of order, especially when he ③rings others back. How he hopes to invent his new phone earlier！原句展示仿写运用1.The criteria are so strict that it is difficult to get new ideas accepted unless they are truly novel.[解读] so...that...“如此……以至于……”，引导结果状语从句。
高二英语人教版新课标选修八第三单元第二篇课文Alexander Graham Bell课文逐段分析16张ppt
有志者，事竟成.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart./Where there is a will there is a way千里之行，始于足下.The longest journey begins with the first step。积少成多.Ev 益.Pride hurts, modesty benefits。世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获.Nothing is to be got without pain but poverty。伟业非一日之功/冰冻三尺非一日之寒.Rome was not built in a 买寸光阴.Lost years are worse than lost dollars。自助者天助.God helps those who help themselves。欲速则不达.More haste, less speed。台上一分钟，台下十年功.One min years practice off stage。好的开端是成功的一半.Well begun is half done。酒好不怕巷子深.Good wine needs no bush。成功源于勤奋.Industry is the parent of success。英雄 alike。熟能生巧.Practice makes perfect。静水流深.Still waters run deep。滴水穿石.Little stone fell great oaks。前事不忘，后事之师.The remembrance of the past is the teac 如水.A hedge between keeps friendship green。机不可失，时不再来.Take time while time is, for time will away。集思广益.Two h
Inventors and Inventions基础写作之写作策略
句 5： (1)该书第一版成为1955年圣诞时英国最 畅销的书。 (1)In 1955, the first edition went to the top of the British best-seller lists by Christmas. (2)自此之后该书家喻户晓。 (2) From then on the book became a household name.
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句 4： 1954年8月Hugh Beaver开始推荐大学朋 友Norris McWhiter和Ross Whirter编撰 The Guinness Book of Records 。 he set out to recommend his university friends Norris and Ross McWhirter to compile what became The Guiness Book of Records in August 1954.
[写作程序] 1. 首先, 认真审题, 整理信息。
文体：本文要求描述Hugh Beaver发明《吉尼斯世界 记录大全》的原因和过程,属于记叙文 人称：第三人称 时态：现在时和过去时 整理信息:本题目里对“原因”和“过程”的陈述, 是 按照时间顺序排列, 因此在信息点的划分这步相对容 易。 由于“原因”部分的陈述内容相对比较多，考 虑安排为三个句子，“过程”则为两个句子。按照这 两方面，把文章安排为两个段落，层次明了。
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3. 连句成文。 在写作过程中不要被中文提示限制了思路。如 第一个信息点“1951年10月10日Hugh Beaver参 加一个狩猎聚会时无法回答欧洲猎鸟中哪一种 飞得最快” ,学生不要被这个长句吓倒，可以先 把它分成三个单句，然后通过逻辑分析，再合 并成为一个句子。又如最后的一个信息点“该 书第一版成为1955年圣诞时英国最畅销的书。” 把“in 1955”改为“printed the next year”能更 好地起到承上启下的作用。
Unit3 Inventors and Inventions-教学设计
Book VIII Unit 3 Inventors and Inventions
中心主讲人白璐高二十七班
Teaching aims: Knowledge and ability：
Useful words and expressions.
Technique of guessing new words in the context.
A.By shaking and hitting it.
B.By turning it on and off.
C.By switching channels.
D.By having it repaired.
4．How does the author sound when telling the story?
Process and method:
To help the Ss acquire useful words and phrases and improve answering technique through guessing in the context.
Emotion, attitude and values:
2. I hope to _______ you at your office at three o’clock today.
3. She can still _________ scenes of training.
4. Success _________patience.:
2.distinguish汉译英
With caution =_adv.________With a caution_________
Step I I I Exercises Multiple choices
Unit3《Inventors_and_Inventions》公开课教案
Unit3 Inventors and inventions(Period1Warming up, pre-reading and reading)Teaching Goals:1. Enable the Ss to familiar with some famous inventors.2. Enable the Ss to distinguish between discovery and invention.3. Let the Ss learn the reading skill.Important and difficult points1. Make students speak out their ideas in English.2. Train students reading ability.Teaching methodsSpeaking, Pair-work, Skimming, Scanning, SummaryTeaching toolsPPT and other normal teaching tools.Teaching process:Step 1 Greeting and lead-in1. Greeting.2. Lead-in.Step 2 Speaking1. Read the pictures.2. Distinguish between discovery and invention(pair work).1) A discovery is_______________.2) An invention is______________.Step3. Pre-readingLook at the list and work out a suitable order.Applying for a patent Finding a problemTesting the solution Thinking of a creative solutionDoing research Deciding on the invention1_____ 2_____ 3_____ 4______ 5______ 6______Step 4 Reading1. SkimmingSkim the text and get the main idea of the text.The text is about ________________________ and presents ____________________________ and applying for __________.2. ScanningFollowing the tape, find out which paragraph or paragraphs deal with each inventing process in the passage and find the examples:Step5. Post reading.1. True or False statements:1) In this passage, the writer wants to encourage the readers to consider carefully the problems in daily life and to be creative and hardworking as well as thinking intelligently.2) The writer was successful in catching the snakes in the second attempt.3) An inventor can easily get the patent for the invention.4) If you have a scientific theory or mathematical model, you can get a patent(专利).5). The stages to apply for a patent is to fill in the form for your invention, file your patent application with the patent office and wait for the patent examination.6). If your invention passes the test, your application for a patent will be published 17 months from the date you apply.2. Multiple choices.1) How did the writer catch the snakes?A. Use something the snakes were interested to attract them into a trap.B.Take their habitat to another place.C. Place the snakes at a low temperature for them to sleep and then catch them.D. All the above.2) Why did cooling the snakes make them less active?A. Because snakes are warm-blooded animals.B. Because snakes like high temperature.C. Because snakes are cold-blooded animals and they usually hibernate(冬眠) in winter.3) Which statement is TRUE according to the text?A. The snakes were so sleepy in the second attempt that they couldn’t bite the write at all.B. Your product must be different from everybody else’s if you want to receive a patent.C.The writer decided to send her invention to the patent office the moment she succeeded in catching the snakes.D. If an application for your product proves to be valid, you can get a patent immediately.4) According to the text, which subject do you think can be given a patent?A. A new star discovered by a scientist.B. A new novel written by Yao Ming.C. A new way to make dirty water clean.D. A new kind of grass found in a mountain which can be used as a medicine.Step 6 Summary and homework1. Summary2. Homework1) Complete the exercise1 on page21.2) Read the text again and line out your difficult phrases and sentences.。
高考英语一轮复习 话题 发明家与发明(Unit 3 Inventors and
晨读背诵基础知识自测一、单词拓展(A)根据音标及词义写出英文单词｡1.distinguish [dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ] vi. & vt.显示……的差别;使……有所不同;辨别2.merciful [ˈmɜːsɪfʊl] adj.宽大的;仁慈的;慈悲的→mercy [ˈmɜːsɪ] n.宽大;仁慈3.product [ˈprɒdʌkt] n.产品4.abrupt [əˈbrʌpt] adj.突然的;意外的→abruptly [ә'brʌptlɪ] adv.突然地,唐突地5.convenient [kənˈviːnɪənt] adj.便利的,方便的,就近的→convenience [kənˈviːnɪəns] n.方便,便利→conveniently [kənˈviːnɪəntlɪ]adv.便利地,方便地6.caution [ˈkɔ:ʃən] n.小心,谨慎→cautious [ˈkɔ:ʃəs] adj.小心的,谨慎的→cautiously[ˈkɔ:ʃəslɪ] adv.小心地,谨慎地7.passive [ˈpæsɪv] adj.被动的;消极的;被动语态的8.seize [si:z] vt.抓住;捉住;夺9.file [faɪl] n.文件;档案;文件夹 vt.提交;将……归档10.freezing [friːzɪŋ] adj.冰冻的;严寒的→freeze [friːz] v.冰冻11.innocent [ˈɪnəsənt] adj.清白的;无罪的;天真的→innocence [ˈɪnəsəns] n.天真,清白12.bear [beə(r)] vt.忍受;忍耐;负担13.tap [tæp] vt.轻打;轻拍;轻敲 n.轻轻地敲击(声);(水)龙头14.current [ˈkʌrənt] n.(水或气)流;电流 adj.现在的;当前的15.stable [ˈsteɪb(ə)l] adj.稳固的;稳定的;安定的16.associate [əˈsəʊʃɪeɪt] vt.联想;联系 n.同伴,伙伴17.practical [ˈpræktɪk(ə)l] adj.实际的;实践的;实用的petence [ˈkɒmpətəns] n.能力;胜任;本领(B)单词活用用所给词的正确形式填空｡1. I’m sorry, but I don’t know there is an abrupt ( abruptly)change of plan.2. As expected (expect), the sales manager gave in his notice at work today.3. We should try our best to put the enemy in a passive ( passive) position.4. As we all know, newspapers influence the current ( currently) of thought.5. I have heard two versions (version) of the accident.6．I t’s freezing (freeze) outside. You’d better put on more clothes. 7．Your invention is ingenious, but not very practical (practice). 8．I keep my reference books near my desk for convenience (convenient)．二、短语互译及运用(A)短语互译1.call up 给……打电话2.now and then 偶尔;有时3.set about 开始;着手4.dive into 迅速把手伸入;一心投入5.set out (to do) 开始(做)6.hang on 不挂断;稍等;紧紧握住7.out of order 次序颠倒;发生故障8.get through 设法联系上(尤指打通电话);(设法)做完;通过9.ring back 回复电话10.ring off 挂断电话(B)灵活运用选择以上恰当的词组填空｡1. The poor girl has gone through such a lot since her parents died.2. Do be careful with those fireworks; the slightest spark could set them off.3. These old photos called up childhood memories.4. I set out to knit(编织) a sweater but in the end it became a vest.5. He's not in; why don't you ring back after 6 o'clock?6. He takes my sister out to the theatre now and then.7. My clock is out of order and waked me up at 3 this morning.三、课文语法填空When I called up my mother in the countryside 1 the telephone she was upset. There were some snakes in the courtyard 2 came near the house now and then. I think here was a chance for me to distinguish 3 by inventing something to catch the snakes 4 I set about working on some approaches. Finally I came up with an easy 5 convenient way: I put a bowl with some ice-cubes in it 6 the snakes’ habitat to make them sleepy, then I used a small net 7 (collect) the passive snakes and the next day I merrily released them all back 8 the wild. I was satisfied with my invention that I decided to seize the opportunity to apply 9 a patent. So I sent my invention to the patent office to get recognition. And 10 after I have had the recognition can I say that I am truly an inventor.【答案】1. on 2. which/ that 3. myself 4. so 5. and 6. over 7. to collect 8. into 9. for 10. only重点词汇精讲精练1. distinguish vt.辨别；辨认；（常与from, between连用）区别；区分背诵 The man distinguishes himself by his wisdom这个人因智慧而扬名。
高中英语人教版 选修8 Unit3Inventors and inventions--过去分词的用法
5) Mr. Smith,____ of the speech, started to read a ____ novel. (2003 北京春) A. tired, boring B. tiring, bored
C. tired, bored
D. tiring, boring
二、动词-ed形式作表语
他们认为这问题解决了。
(2) 动词-ed形式可作使役动词的宾语补足 语, 这类动词包括make, get, have, keep, leave, hold等。 I have my hair cut once a month．
我每个月理一次发。
He was trying to make himself understood．
作表语的-ed形式可被much, very, quite等 所修饰。
I was very pleased at the news．
听了这消息我很高兴。
He grew much tired of the work．
他十分厌倦这工作。
He seemed quite delighted at the idea.
3) The pilot asked all the passengers on board to remain ____ as the plane was making a landing. (2004 上海) A. seat B. seating C. seated D. to be seating
人们发现那女孩被打得青一块紫一块。 (主语补足语)
(1)动词-ed形式可作表示感觉和心理状态的
动词的宾语补足语,这类动词包括see, hear,
watch, notice, feel, find, think, suppose, consider等。 We thought the game lost．
新人教选修8 Unit 3 Inventors and inventions-Using language
1. He believed that one should always be curious and his most famous saying was: ”Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods. Every time you do you will be certain to find something that you have never seen before. Follow it up, explore all around it, and before you know it, you will have something worth thinking about to occupy your mind. All really big discoveries are the result of thought.” 他认为一个人应当具有好奇心，他最著名的一句话 是：“偶尔离开平路去寻求困境。当你这么做的时 候，你一定会发现你从未见过的东西。跟踪下去， 不断探索，不知不觉中，你就会发现某种值得思考 的东西占据着你的头脑。所有真正伟大的发现都是 思考的结果。”
He ____ his career and made a great
contribution to our country. A. dived himself into B. devoted himself to C. dived into D. devoted to
All really big discoveries are the result of
The boy dived into the river from the bridge
这男孩从桥上跳人河中。