人教版英语选修八unit3 reading

Pre-reading – II (3m)
Do you know the stages every inventor must go through? Discuss in pairs , and then put
the following stages into a suitable order.
II. Read the text carefully and choose the best answer. 1. According to the text, which of the following inventions may get a patent? A A. A truly novel idea. B. A new plant variety. C. A computer program. D. A scientific theory.
4,5, 6
three Test the Try_____ times to solution make it work several times
Apply for a patent 7,8
This means the solution is recognized ___________
Task 2 Skimming
Scanning: Find out which paragraph or paragraphs deal with each inventing process in the passage and find the examples: paragraph Stages Examples in this story Find a The snake must be problem ________but not______ harmed caught 1 Do research Look forapproaches of _________ removal; the ______ of habits snakes 2 three Think of a Identify _______ creative possible approaches: 3 last one solution choose__________.
6. Which statement is true according to the text?
A. The snakes were so sleepy in the second attempt that they couldn't bite the writer 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.
1.Applying for a patent 2.Finding a problem 3.Doing research 4.Testing the solution 5.Thinking of a creative solution 6.Deciding on the invention
The suitable order:
3. The purpose in writing this text 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 of the writer's new idea C. to introduce the writer's new idea of trapping the snakes and her application for a patent D. to tell the readers how to get a new idea and make it a patent
Hale Waihona Puke 5. What instruments were used for catching the snakes? A. a bowl, ice-cubes, male perfume B. a bowl, a bucket, female perfume C. a small net, ice-cubes, a bucket D. a small net, a bucket, powders
Task 4 Make a summary within 30 words
• The passage talks about that the writer invented catch _______ a harmless way to _________ the snakes . She trapped the snakes by cool making them _____ and sleepy Finally, ______. she decided to apply for ________ for her patent approach.
4. The biggest advantage of the writer's new idea is that: 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
habitat in the evening and carry a net to
collect the snakes without harming
them.
3. Can you describe the final solution in your own words? Firstly, freeze the bowl for 24 hours. Secondly, place it over the snakes’ habitat with some ice-cubes on its top. then, cover the whole thing with a large bucket. the next morning,remove the bucket and the bowl; and collect the snakes with a net. The next day, release them into the wild.
The three creative steps:
1) to put the frozen bowl over the snakes’ habitat in the morning. 2) to put the frozen bowl over the snakes’ habitat in the evening. 3) to put the frozen bowl over the snakes’
Pre-reading
1. What’s the uses of these inventions?
Discussion:
What do you think is the greatest
invention in the world? Why? Your
reason? telephone? papermaking? computer? flush toliet? vaccination? (接种疫苗） instant noodle？
2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? A. In my first attempt, the snakes were as active as before. B. The snakes were not sleepy at all in my second attempt. C. I killed all the snakes after I collected them. D. D Ice-cubes were used in the three attempts.
Unit 3 Inventors and inventions
Period 1&2: 幻灯片9-48页
Warming up-III (2m)
Invention and Discovery An Invention is something that is created by a human being. A discovery merely makes known something that already existed in nature.
Finding a problem Doing research Thinking of a creative solution Testing the solution Deciding on the invention Applying for a patent
Reading
The problem of the snakes