Unit3《Inventors_and_Inventions》选修8.pptVIP

Unit 3 Inventors and inventions Words preview patent courtyard walnut distinguish merciful product powder n. 专利证书；专利权 n. 院子；庭院；天井 n. 胡桃；胡桃木 vi. vt. 显示…差别； 使…有所不同；辨别 a. 宽大的;仁慈的;慈悲的 n. 产品 n. 粉末；火药 criteria valid file ripe string n. 标准；尺度 adj. 有效的；确凿的 n. 文件；档案；文件夹 vt. 把…归档；提交 a 熟的；成熟的 n 线；绳子；一串 Words preview Expressions preview call up now and then set about in case 给…打电话 偶尔；有时 开始；着手 （以防）万一 Read the passage and answer the questions (scan it for about five minutes). 1.What upset the authers mother? The snakes. 2.How many times did the auther attempt to remove the snakes? Three times. 3.What did the auther do after he successfully get rid of the snakes? To apply for a patent. Careful reading 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. C 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. C 3.Which statement is TRUE according to the text? 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. B 4.The purpose of the text is __________. 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