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Unit 3 Inventions and Inventors television 1923 colour television 1940 Do you know what these inventions are and when did they happen? Telephone 1876 Atomic(原子的) bomb 1945 Credit cards 1950 Penicillin 1928（青霉素） What is an invention? An Invention is something that is created by a human being. Inventing is a scientific activity. What is a discovery? A discovery merely makes known something that already existed in nature. 1. Do you know the stages every inventor must go through before they can have their invention approved? go through (1) 经历 Most families went through a lot in the war. (5) 穿过, 通过 A terrible noise went through the house. read through 通读 look through 浏览 flow through 流过 get through 通过, 接通,使….成功 search through 搜寻, 查找 绝句漫兴 肠断春江欲尽头， 杖立徐步立芳洲。 癫狂柳絮随风去， 轻薄桃花逐水流。 Patent office (专利局) plays the role of deciding what is an invention and what is not. And only inventions can get patens and so be recognized and protected. 绝句漫兴 Walnut Reading The problem of the snakes Detailed reading: What was the mother upset about? Why was the writer happy to help her mother? What are the three creative steps that the writer takes to catch the snakes without hurting them? Why did cooling make the snakes less active? Discuss with your partner what the advantages might be of getting a patent. Trap vt. 诱捕；使…受限制；使…陷入困境 n. 陷阱；圈套；[建] 存水弯 vi. 设陷阱 If a person traps animals or birds, he or she catches them using traps. 用捕捉器捕捉; 设陷阱捕捉 Trap in :陷入….（困境） They were trapped in the rain storm 他们被暴风雨困住了。 jelly n. 果冻；胶状物 vi. 成胶状 vt. 使结冻 ．The next morning I got up early before the sun was hot. 第二天早上，天还不是很热，我就早早地起床了。 before作连词表示时间时，根据其在句子中的实际情况可有多种译法。 Mother usually tastes the food before adding more salt. 母亲通常在加盐之前都要尝一尝菜。(在……之前) It was a long time before she came to the city again. 很长时间之后她才再次回到这个城市。(……之后) It was not long before we heard the news. 我们不久就得到了这个消息。(不久) See you (*^__^*) 。。。。