高二英语人教版选修8学案：Unit3InventorsandinventionsSectionⅠ

Unit 3Inventors and inventions

重点句型

1．Here was a chance for me to distinguish myself...(Here is a chance for sb.to do sth.有个机会让某人做某事。)

2．I set about researching the habits of snakes to find the easiest way to trap them.(set about doing sth.着手做某事；the easiest way to do sth.最容易做某事的办法)

3．Only after you have had that recognition can you say that you are truly an inventor.(“only ＋时间状语”位于句首时句子要用部分倒装)

4．It was this exploring around problems and his dynamic spirit that led to his most famous invention—the telephone in 1876.(“It is/was＋被强调部分＋that＋句子其他成分”是强调句型) 5．Hold the line，please.请别挂断。

6．Can I speak to...，please？我可以和……通电话吗？

重点语法

复习过去分词作定语、表语和宾语补足语的用法。

写作要求

能用本单元的单词、短语、句型写一篇求职信之类的应用文，正确表述自己的观点，要求文体恰当，用词准确。

Section Ⅰ—Warming Up，Pre-reading，Reading & Comprehending

一、看下面的图片，回答下列问题

1．What is Yuan Longping famous for?

________________________________________________________________________ 2．Who was Thomas Edison?

________________________________________________________________________ 3．Who was Cai Lun?

________________________________________________________________________ 4．What did George Stephenson invent?

________________________________________________________________________ 5．Do you know some other inventors?

________________________________________________________________________

二、将单词与相对应的释义搭配起来

A B

1．distinguish a．a set of papers，records

2．convenient b．to take hold of something suddenly and violently

3．file c．to recognize the difference

4．seize d．happy，cheerful

5．merry e．close and easy to reach or quick and easy to do

三、短语互译

A．从文中找出下列短语并写出它们的汉语意思

1．in the countryside ____________

2．get rid of ____________

3．living creatures ____________

4．decide on ____________

5．on top of ____________

B．从文中找出与下列释义对应的英文

1．给……打电话____________

2．偶尔；有时____________

3．开始；着手____________

四、阅读THE PROBLEM OF THE SNAKES，将一项发明被批准之前的顺序重新排列A．Applying for a patent

B．Finding a problem

C．Doing research

D．Testing the solution

E．Thinking of a creative solution

F．Deciding on the invention

正确顺序：1.______ 2.______ 3.______ 4.______ 5.______ 6.______

五、阅读THE PROBLEM OF THE SNAKES，回答下列问题

1．The purpose of writing this passage is ______.

A．to show us how to trap the snakes but not to kill them

B．to tell people how to apply for a patent

C．to introduce the writer's new idea of trapping the snakes and her application for a patent D．to tell the reader how to get a new idea and make it a patent

2．What's the biggest advantage of the writer's new idea?

A．It makes the snakes move slowly.

B．It makes the snakes hardly bite us.

C．It is easier for us to kill the snakes without hurting ourselves.

D．It is easier for us to catch the snakes without killing them.

3．The writer finally caught the snakes by______.

A．hitting them with a stick

B．cooling them and catching them with a net

C．putting them into a schoolbag

D．watering them with cool water

4．You won't get a patent before you______.

A．make an invention B．catch all the snakes

C．learn to operate a computer D．get rid of your bad habits

5．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 Huo Da.

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.

答案：一、1.Y uan Longping is famous for his hybrid rice.

2．Thomas Edison，an American inventor，invented more than 1000 things，including the lamp bulb(灯泡)．

3．Cai Lun，a Chinese inventor，invented the papermaking technology.

4．George Stephenson，an English inventor，invented the locomotive(铁路机车)．

5．Answers will vary.

二、1.c 2.e 3.a 4.b 5.d

三、A.1.在农村 2.除掉 3.生物 4.决定 5.在……的顶端

B．1.call up 2.now and then 3.set about

四、1.B 2.C 3.E 4.D 5.F 6.A

五、1～5 CDBAC