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1、Whenwespeakofinventions,wecanthelpthinkofthefourgreatinventionsinancientChina.Canyounamethem?Warminguppaper-makingprintingcompassgunpowderHowmanyfamousinventorsdoyouknow?Whatdidtheyinvent?ZhangHeng(78139)SeismographThomasEdisonAmerica(18471931)AlexanderGrahamBellEngland(1847-1922)KarlFriedrichBenzGe
2、rmany(1884-1929)WilburandOrvilleWrightinventedtheairplane,whichtheypatentedasa“flyingmachine”.Choose your lucky number and play a game.AirplaneThisinventionismadeofmetal.Thisinventionlookslikeabird.Itmakesitpossibleforpeopletoflytodifferentplacesintheworld.Itispoweredbyanengineandisflownbyapilot.Thi
3、sinventioncanhelppeopledosomedailywork.Itishelpfulforhousewives.Themachinecanmovesomethingthatyouputintoit.Itneedssoapandwatertowashsomethinginit.WashingmachineItallowsyoutogetalikenessofanobject.Whenyoupressthebutton,itworks.Whenaflashhappens,itwillcopyasceneontoafilm.Whenthefilmisdeveloped,thescen
4、eyoucopiedappearsonapaper-likething.CameraTheinventionlookslikeachair.Ithasapipethroughwhichthewastecango.Peopleuseittogetridofwasteintheirbodies.Itisusuallymadeofchinatheseyears.ToiletYearInventionInventor(s)1902Air conditionerWillis Carrie1903Gas-motored and manned planeWright brothers1910The firs
5、t talking filmThomas Edison 1923TelevisionLogie Baird1928Penicillin (青霉素)Alexander Fleming1937Photocopier (影印机)Chester F Carlson1940Colour televisionPeter Goldmark1942Electric digital computerAmerican scientists1945Atomic bombAmerican scientists1950Credit cardsRalph Schneider1985Windows OSMicrosoft
6、Company1990World Wide WebTim Berners-LeeAmongtheinventionsabove,whichinventiondoyouthinkisthemostimportantone?Why?Andhowdiditchangepeopleslife?=Makeadifferencebetweeninventionanddiscoveryaccordingthesituations.Situation1ColumbusfoundTomatoinAmericain1492.Situation2TheStructureofDNAwasfirstdescribedb
7、yJamesWatsonandFrancisCrickin1953.Adiscoveryis_.makingordesigningsomethingthatdidnotexistbefore.Aninventionis_.findingorlearningaboutsomething(place,fact)thathasalreadyexistforthefirsttime.Discoveriesoftenleadtoinventions.ReadingTheProblemoftheSnakesIfsomesnakesareinyouryard,howdoyoudealwiththem?Fas
8、t-readingThetextnarratestheproblemofthesnakesandpresentstheproceduresofcatchingthemandapplyingforapatent.Whatsthemainideaofthetext?Dividethetextintofourpartsandworkoutthemainideaforeachpart.PartIPartIIPartIIIPartIV(Para.1)Thediscoveryoftheproblemofthesnakes.(Paras2-3)Theresearchontheapproachestosolv
9、etheproblem.(Para.4-6)Theattemptstocatchthesnakes.(Para.7-8)Therequirementofgettingapatent.Careful-reading1.Thepurposeofwritingthistextis_.A.toshowushowtotrapthesnakesbutnottokillthemB.totellpeoplehowtoapplyforapatentofthewritersnewideaC.tointroducethewritersnewideaoftrappingthesnakesandherapplicati
10、onforapatentD.totellthereadershowtogetanewideaandmakeitapatentChoosethebestanswers.C2.Thebiggestadvantageofthewritersnewideaisthat_.A.itmakesthesnakesmoveslowlyB.itmakesthesnakeshardlybiteusC.itiseasierforustokillthesnakeswithouthurtingourselvesD.itiseasierforustocatchthesnakeswithoutkillingthemD3.W
11、hatinstrumentswereusedforcatchingthesnakes?A.Abowl,ice-cubes,maleperfume.B.Abowl,abucket,femaleperfume.C.Asmallnet,ice-cubes,abucket.D.Asmallnet,abucket,powders.B4.Whichstatementistrueaccordingtothetext?A.Thesnakesweresosleepyinthesecondattemptthattheycouldntbitethewriteratall.B.Yourproductmustbedif
12、ferentfromeverybodyelsesifyouwanttoreceiveapatent.C.Thewriterdecidedtosendherinventiontothepatentofficethemomentshesucceededincatchingthesnakes.D.Ifanapplicationforyourproductprovestobevalid,youcangetapatentimmediately.B5.Accordingtothetext,whichsubjectdoyouthinkcanbegivenapatent?A.Anewstardiscovere
13、dbyascientist.B.AnewnovelwrittenbyHuoDa.C.Anewwaytomakedirtywaterclean.D.Anewkindofgrassfoundinamountainwhichcanbeusedasamedicine.CDiscussion1.Whydoyouthinkthemotherdidnttryto2.catchthesnakesherself?2.Whydoyouthinkthewriterfeltshehadachancetodistinguishherselfbyinventingsomethingmercifultocatchthesnakesbutnotharmthem?3.Whydoyouthinkthewriterchosethiswayofsolvingtheproblem?Wouldyoudothesame?4.Whydoyouthinkshefailedthefirsttime?Homework1.Reviewthetextandpickoutthedifficultlanguagepointsforyou.2.Findandunderlinethesentencesinthetextcontainingthepastparticipleusedastheattribute.
